The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-06-09

FACE is John ii. Woodbury.,
whose magniicently furnished parlors at
No. 125 West Forty second street, New
York City. are daily filed with people
who apply to him for relief from birth
marks, moles, superfuous hair on the
face and kindred disigurcments. Prof.
Woodbury. is really the dermatologist OF
To-day. He is the inventor of Dermaform,
which is sold TO ply aicians only. lie is also
the invent or Of Woodbury's Facial Soap for
the skin, scalp. and complexion, which is
for sale by all druggists; also the inventor
OF several facial appliances, which are
patented at Washington. There are emf
nent medical practitioners in New York
who stand in the front rank as specialists
in rheumatism. consumption. etc, but
there l. none holding a higher place among
those treating skin diseases than Prof.
Woodbury.. Many methods Uf removing
facial dishgurcments were tried before
Prof. Woodbury. solved the riddle This
physician treated the blood. this one used
his scall ell, and ano; her a useless powder.
Prof. Woodbury. rcvOlutiOnized the
science. lie advanced the extremely radi-
cal opinion that birihmarks or moles should
b. leated by penetration; that they could
DC reduced to such 4 state tina: they would
take on a scah. and that when the scab fol
the brthmark, or whatever the disficure-
ncnt might be. would neCe ssarily disap-
pear. This was sweeping declaration.
and Old forms and practices were shattered
by It. Yet it was a true solution OF the
riddle. He uses no scalpel nothing more
than a harmle lotion, which changes tho
birihmark into an ordinary scah Many OF
the most eminent soc e!y people Of the
metror oils. who had been Tor years de-
barred from public life through disfigurc-
men: OF the face, testify every day TO tho
success of the Professors methods There
Is no physician in this country who has no t
some time or other atien pied to remove 4
facial tlemtSh. Opo w n
can show such record OF uninterrup: Q |
success in SO doing as Prof. Wood turs ?
lie docs not keep record Of all the
epstles he receives documentary of his
Skill as Il GcrmatoiOgist. There is enc
letter, however, from a prominent New
Jersey banker, which is worthy of
especial consideration. since 1t shows tho
deep interest OF the writer in the ply sician
who cured him tt Q banker. after re-
citing. like hundreds of other corrcspo n l.
cnts. how he had been cur of Sc, e:al
very ugly marks on his face. suggested
that the Professor write n book on Dcrmat-
ology. He says he could not do n better
thing fer humanity. His volume would
arouse public interest in the great science,
and those who have for years believed that
they iiust live ali tn. ir life with Il crimson
birthmark on their face would take cour-
!! age and no doubt eventually be relieved OF
their blemishcS. The banker Is not, how
ever, aware that Prof. Woodbury. has al
ready written very instructive treatise OF
jas pages On the subject. and which any
one may obtain Ivy RENTING 10 cents to hi.
address. Prof. W. odbury's fame has now
become SO we'll established that he is busy
with his patients day in and day out and
can give no fur; her time to literary work
He is the President Of the Dermatologf lea
Institute. Nc. lc5 West Forty sccond street
New York City. which is the largest estab-
| iishment OF the Kind in the woflI