Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-16
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| hot DatnS, alkaline Win DOraX OF pearl
inc, or glutinous with bran or rice water,
are of value III soothing the skin, re-
moving scales and waste and promoting
perspiration. A diaphoretio mixture
| combined with quinins is given to secure
healthy action of the kidneys, which
have much to do with clearing the skin
| and preventing unsightly fuzziness of the
| face. A lint mask stepped in O lotion of
| glycerole of lead and glycerine, each
| one ounce, to q pint OF water, Is
| of benefit, the lead acting as a
| sedative and astringent, curing wrinkles
| and falling folds of skin. The
! glycerine keeps the surface moist, satu-
! rating. the epidermis and keeping the
! horny layer of the skin from splitting
and scaling as in rough hands or face.
| The lotion is used till all rougbness and
irritation disappear, and cocoa butter or
! cream is rubbed on the skin. This treat
ment explains the improvement made by
the popular preparations of glycerine and
| tragacanth solution, known as violet
| glyceTine and other names, the lotion
! keeping the surface moist and elastic, SO
that the changes of growth and repair
! pass with greater activity. A cut or
wound kept moist by antiseptio dressing
| heals IN half the time il would if left with
| dry bandage.
The endemic use of cocaine for the re-
| lief of obstinate neuralgias is of interest
| both for its own purpose and as suggest
| ing cosmetic application. The epidermis
| Is removed by the use Of vesicating COL
| lodion, i. Q. by blisterlng, and GOVERN g
| the denuded surface with an India-rub-
| Der membrane whose edges are securely
| glued to the surrounding skin. The rub
| Der membrane is provided with a metal
| shield through which 2 per cent. solu-
| ton of cocaine is introduced beneath the
| rubber on the bare skin directly affecting
the nerves. The use of vesicating COL
| lodion might solve the problem
how to remove superf1uous hair in
| obstinate cases. 1 have lately seen
n lady's face which was a constant dis
tress to It's owner on which various forms
of dipilatory treatment have been tried
without avail improved by similar treat
| ment. Milder means failing to meet her
wishes, she was provided with lotion to
be used with care, quantity and time OF
application being strictly set down. But
woman-like, she could think of nothing
but the desired improvement in her face,
and used month 8 supply in one week.
The result was fearful blistering, which
took days to heal and she was very wroth
about it. She came TO complain III a
high state of dudgeon, Of the
results of her own mistake, to
put it mildly, but with face pinklY
white, soft and clear as II child s. The
lotion had done its work, though at cost
of needless suffering. The details of the
case would be highly amusing to the
VublIc, though not so much to the family
friends, afflicted with the care of a hys-
teric and utterly ungovernable woman.
In
want a heroic cure for superfuous hair
they can get it by blistering till the outer
skin peels off. It is less painful than
electrOlysis, and surer. With the cocaine
and India rubber membrane the suffering
might be greatly reduced. / beg to be
excused however, from personally recon-
meuding the treatment.
Among the curiositiss of disease, Dr.
FRY reports San interesting aud valuable
case of young woman of thirty who
had run heavy sewing machine ten or
twelve hours daily for twelve years till
she was taken with muscular spasms,
during which the patient executed tramp
ing movements Of great rapidity, her
heels making a great clatter on the
floor. Now, this is not from a work
on the condition of the poor, but none
the less, IN the cool recital of a medical
report, it strikes one as shameful hor-
ror. The human being had done the
work of machine until its movements
had become mechanical, and passed
from voluntary control. Imagine, If you
can, the stress of that ten hours grind
day at a heavy sewing machine for
twelve years, and remember how many
creatures live by turning themselves into
machinery IN the same way, at a cost of
the same suffering.
A treatment for sciatica used for years
in Finland and France with much success
is TO envelope the leg in powdered sui
phur during the night. DR.. Duchesne
has seen permanet cure of sciatica by
single application, and another reports
severe case cured in two nights.
A new mode of administering exercise
provokes a smile. DR.. Gartner describes
an apparatus for therapeutic applica-
ton of muscular work, which consists of
q handle to be turned by the patient
through large circle, it being possible
to increase or diminish the resistance
offered by the handle The "thera-
peutio application OF muscular work.
is phrase which expresses good deal,
and plain folks may feel satisfaction in
taking their exercise without being con-
demned to a genteel therapeutic treadmill
neither more nor less. The good doctor
might push his idea farther by project
ing machine which without the inter-
ference of actual usefulness would pre-
sent all the movements of brushing,
sweeping, making beds and molding
bread, running up and down stairs.
scrubbing doorsteps, and the routine
of household work without the drawback
of being of the least use. By taking the
curse off in this way, and going through
the motions merely, with resistance
graduated to the Dynamite force OF the
patient, it would undoubtedly find great
favor, and be introduced into the public
schools in two or three OF our largest and
most ideal cities.
The treatment Of insomnia without
drugs is of interest to women, the loss of
sleep being the great cause of their nerv-
business and fading. The fine condition
of the skin depends greatly on the
nerves, which directly control the clrcu-
lation of the blood. The night bath in
which the patient is immersed, except
the head, in water at SO deg, Fahren-