Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-16
II You Are Bothered With Pimples,
Here is the Way to Cure Them.

If You Are Bothered With Pimples,
Here Is the Way to Cure Them.
"Have you never tried to do anything for
that skin trouble of yours?" asked the gruff old
physician in a kindly way.
mo" replied the youth with the eruptive
countenance. II had been given to understand
that it was necessary for nearly every young
man to so through what is called the 'pimply
age and that there was nothing to be done,
particularly in so bad case mine, but to
wait for it to pass though it has caused me an
infinite amount of Distress
"Stuff and nonsense exclaimed the DOCTOR
! Its true enough that the average young man
undergoes period of affiction from pimples
! about the time the beard is developing, but to
say that nothing can be done to mitigate the
trouble. or even to cure it, is absurd. / was
| troubled with it thirty years ago badly as
you are now. and l remember very well how it
made ne suffer; used to be ashamed to go
into the society of ladies' or to appear on the
street, owing TO my Disagreement. But any
dermatologist ought to have been able to tell
me. as now propose to tell you. how the dis
ease could be successfully treated"
THE SKIN AND THE HAIR.
$50 it is a regular disease, then" said The
STAR reporter-tor it was indeed he
Decidedly 40. 1t is simply acne and the
easiest way to explain it is by telling you some
thing about the structure of the skin. You
have never seen piece of human skin tanned
and made into leather, suppose? Well, it is
as thick as plgskln and as tough-so like pig
skin. indeed, that tanner can hardly tell the
difference. / dare say that you have ALWAYS
imagined your skin to be very thin because it
peeled off SO, but what peels off is only the
scarf skim which serves rs an outer covering
for no firm Ift1,h thah
which are termed 'appendages' to the skin,
grow from little sacs. each hair having a sac of
Its own to sprout from with a root of its own
like any other vegetable in the shape of a mi
croscopic bulb. The hair is tube, 80 that the
sap that nourishes 1t may run through it, if the
tube is round the hair is straight and without
wave; if the tube Is hattened the hair is curly
in proportion to the hatness. Furthermore,
the halr. growing from the little sac-the latter
from one-siXteenth to one-eighth of an inch in
depths kept oiled, since otherwise it would
dry up and fail out, by small oil gland open
ing into its sac. Each hair has oil gland for
itself attached to its own sac engaged in the Sc
erection of oil for its especial use. Thus it
grows and under ordinary circumstances the
operation Is carried on so satisfactorily that the
incidental processes excite no attention. But
IN THE CASE OF YOUNG MAN
who has arrived at an age when the beard is
beginning to develop, there is always a stimu-
lated action Of the oil glands, and the flow Of
oil into the hair is increased. Then par
tlcularly IN the instance of person who is not
In fi-st-rate condition physically, nature finds
difficulty in disposing of the extra supply of OIL
and the latter forms little clot in the hair sac
That such a clot has formed you may often dis
cover from small elevation at a point on the
surface OF the skin, with sometimes a black
point in the middle. The black point is merely
particle of dirt gathered upon the clot at the
opening of the hair sac; you could see it was so
If you could bring microscope to bear When
you observe such "a thing take a needle, insert
the point where the black dot is, or in the CEN
ter of the small elevation, and per-
NIT the needle to enter the sac. Thrust it
gently down to the bottom of the sac-it may
be eighth of an inch deep-and move it
around little, taking care not to wound the
skin the inside of the sac. The performance
is painless and readily done with little prac-
tice. Next remove the needle and pinch the
skin between the thumb and forefnger at the
point treated. In nine cases out of ten the
cot will be squeezed out and the trouble in
that spot will be done with. Ii the clot is per-
mitted to remain. inasmuch as it is foreign
body, nature will try to get rid of it by exciting
you call pimple, which is very apt to appear
without giving such perceptible warming in ad-
vance as that have been talking about
YOUNG WOMEN TROUBLED, TOO.
"But girls who nave no boards have pimples
ometimes, too"
Most certainly. The whole body of every
human being, male or female, is covered with
hairs, though downy and almost invisible to
the naked eye, and in the sac from which any
one of these hairs grows a pimple-producing
oil clot may be formed When pimple comes
on the edge of the eyelid it is called 'sty'
Young women at a certain age, from causes
other than those which affect the male, are apt
to be troubled with pimples. In most cases the
annoyance can be readily cured by proper
means. 1t is pity that this fact should not be
realized and that the necessary treatment, SO
easily employed, should not be applied. The
cous in your own case and in those Of other
young men where the affection Is not constitu-
tional."
AND NOW THE CURE.
pray, tell me, doctor, what the treatment
is?"
at 10 simple enough. The first thing is hot
water. Apply it with sopped cloths to the face
as hot as II can be borne three or four times q
day-the oftener the better. This has ten
superhuous oil. Take, internally, a table,
spoonful of cod liver oil three times day, be-
fore meals. Cod liver oil is not only health
giving medicine; it has also specific action
upon the skin Of the most beneficial character
Finally, be most careful Of your diet; eat boiled
chops and steaks but no pork, and forswear
everything fried, as we'll as pastry and pud-
dings. In q word make your fare as plain and
a,ge.t,bie as you can Take plenty Of exercise
possible, drink nothing but water, unless lit
tie beer, and you will soon lind your pmples
going away and leaving your complexion clear.
1 don't charge anything for this medical ad-
vice, my young friend; bestow 1t upon you
gratis. II it could be published, it might save
many people great deal Of distress, perhaps."
There is great excitement in Webster county,
KY, over the rssppearance of the terrible spot
Ted fever seourgs that ragged In that county with
fatal effect last winter. The new cases are
around Dixon, the county seat.
The eighth annual meeting Of the National
law and order league viii be held in Toronto
February p, 1880.
The Knights Of Labor listened to an address
from Col. Livingston of the Farmers Alliance
2t Atlanta yesterday, and Mr.. Powderly replied.
Both speeches were loudly applaudsd.