Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-31

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| Better Let the Trouble Come Out.
| In spring especially they must be careful
| of these forcible methods, for the blood is ir-
ritable, and ten minutes rubbing of any
mart is enough to bring on rash or eczema,
| ing at all is used. Nature throws the blood
| to the surface, and the skin only wants the
slightest excuse to break out in different
| ways Eat watercress or pungent salads
| like mustard freely, and the first effect very
likely will be cold sore; but better out
| than in.
Very much better. Cases are not infre-
| uuent where chronic inflammation of the
stomach is greatly relieved by a rash on the
| skin. I recall a beautiful society woman
| afflicted with some digestive trouble from
| which she was never free except when a
brilliant rash spread over her face. Then
she felt entirely well, but when her face re-
sumed its clearness and delicacy the in
| ternal irritation began. Her friends knew
she was feeling her best and wittiest when
her beauty was gone. Especially such sub
stances as eggs or fish not particularly
fresh, or meats or stews kept too long un-
ventilated, though no change will be de-
tected by ordinary senses, will irritate the
| digestive tract and leave traces on the skin
which a little over-friction will render re-
pulsive.
Glycerine Taken Internally.
1t is a privilege to talk over some of the
| inquiries get from women with this clear
| headed specialist. I recalled late inquiry
| about the value of one of the fancy glycer-
ines as q cosmetic. 'They are much the
same thing" was the answer. "Starch or
tragacanth dissolved in glycerine, with per-
haps trife of alcohol, and heated in
water bath till it is like jelly. It is q
starch or gum made with glycerine instead
of water Women had better take their
glycerine internally if they can find it pure
enough. French physicians give it in some
forms of skin disease, especially in acne
and boils beginning with four teaspoonfuls
a day. Thick secretions grow liquid and
the irritation of the skin is greatly relieved.
The skin is more active in throwing of old
matter and forming fresh. You know
glycerine is used in many medicines, nota-
| bly, in the famous rock and rye for con-
| sumption.
'gthe only difficulty is in getting pufe
| glycerine to take. l should use only vege-
table glycerine, which is purified from olive
and cottonseed oils, and less likely to have
| the bitter and dangerous principle of i'm
pure animal glycerines"
| A girl writes to know what sort of sali-
| cylic acid is sold at 10 cents an ounce, as
| her doctor tells her that salicylic acid for
medical use is not less than so cents an
| ounce.
Facts About Salicylic Acid.
Doctors and apothecaries like to bewil-
der people. There is salicylic acid sold as
high as 81 20 an ounce, derived from spireas
and wintergreen, yielding small percentage
| of the acid, and it is also derived from car
bolic acid and so cheaply that it sells at re-
| tB!l at 10 cents an ounce, in quality perfect
| ly safe for external use on corns, ETC., and
it is ofteL dispensed for internal prescrip-
tions.
This acid, used externally, has marked
effect on fungous and morbid growths on the
skin-like moles, yellow freckles and moth
patches. Use 10 per cent solution in alco-
hol, and sponge the spots or moles often as
possible-every hour, if one can think of it
letting the acid dry on the skin. I can't
say it is a specific, but it comes nearest to it
of any drug known. For internal use, in
dyspepsia or rheumatism, tea of winter
green leaves or black birch is preferable,
from fou, to eight tablespoonfuls of strong
decoctioI being taken at each dose, three or
four times a day. Meadow sweet, spirea
dlSO COuldlu dClu, OF I0e
salicyl aldehyde, which by oxidizing be-
comes the acid The aldehyde is the safer
agent of the two.
An Aid to the Completion.
An infusion of meadow sweet flowers
drank freely improves the complexion and
clears the blood of scrofulous taint The
rule for making infusions is ten times as
much boiling water as of the herb poured on
I,&4 1,n~l,k al -, IL
or three minutes, then allowed to stand
where it will keep hot for two hours. -Four
to eight tablespoonfuls is dose, which may
be taken three to six times a day.
White willow is an old remedy in feyers,
long used in Europe and still largely pre-
scribed by the bakims or doctors of India
and Afghanistan. The Juice of the fresh
willow leaves largely diluted is preferred to
quinine for intermittent fevers, as it has
less irritating effect. The sap of the willow
gathered by Sitting the bark when the tree
is in flower is an old cosmetic and good to
cure redness of eyes and dim sight.
The greatest use for salicylic acid, how
ever, is in preventing smallpox. DR.. Bryce,
De Caibbol testify to its good effect, and
DIR. Bryce says: 81 believe that given
early and freely the acid will place
smallpox in the list with measles, chicken
pox and other trifing diseases"
Another question put to me is: els it
best to bathe the face, as advised, in very
hot water and then in very cold?"
should say not. This hardening off of
the face suddenly is likely to cause paraly-
sis and that droop of the muscles at the
corners of the chin which make face so old
and weak. The face is full of delicate
nerves and blood vessels, and the cooling
ftor etaa x,,iy in, hot
should be very gradual. Battle the face in
tepid water and dry carefully on warm,
soft towel and let it alone, especially being
careful not to go out for an hour afterward.
The Best Time for Hot Baths.
Immense harm is done by taking vapor
baths and going out in spring winds when
the system is heated and perspiring. Pro-
prietors of bath houses should refuse to give
baths which will not allow at least an hours
rest before persons leave the building. The
consequences of neglect on this point are
that vapor and hot baths generally will lose
their repute from the injury Of going out too
soon after taking them. Persons who bathe
are not aware of the risk, and it is the pro-
prietor's place to inform them. Hot baths
and face baths are best taken at home and
at night, so that nights sleep may temper
the system afterward.
If you want to produce good effect on the
skin steam1t at night, wipe dry and powder
it with fine sulphur, busted on with a pow
der puff. Sleep with this on, wash off in
the morning and rub in very little of this
delicious cerate, lightly rubbing most along
the lines of the face. A bit the size of
large pea is quite enough, and one minutes
rubbing by the clock is all the time that
ought to be spent on the soft fabric Of the
skin. Don't rub it in, but rub it out to
spread it over the face. This will prevent
frorr, mind