Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-06-11

OPERATING ON TEE eCo " S -
snail's pace. It has run the race OF tho Aare,
INIT has NOT paused within sight Of the goal
Able physicians have brought to this ecaence
All the wealth Of their experience and knoWt
edge, and If any one suffers to DAY through
facial blemish it is his or her own fault
Foremost among the scientists who have
made undeniable triumphs In dermatoaogy y
John a. Woodbury., whose magnincently fuE.
nished parlors at 126 West Forty-second
street. New York City, are daily filed with peo-
ple who apply to him for relief from birth
marks, moles, superfuous hair on the lace sno
kindred dis6gurements. Prot. woodbury. =
really the dermatologist OF to-day. He the
inventor of Dermaform, which IL sold to phy
sicisns only. He is also the inventor Of Wood.
bury's Facial Soap for the skin, scalp ana
complexion, which is for sale by all druggists;
Also the inventor Of several facial appliances,
which are patented at Washington. There arc
eminent medical practitioners In New Iork
who stand in the front rank a. specialists 10
rheumatism, consumption, &C, Dus tneIe
none holding higher place among those Va.
ing skin diseases than Prof. Woodbury.. Many
methods Of removing facial disfgurenenta
were tried before Prof. Woodbury. solved tne
riddle. This physician treated the bleed, tnis
one used hia scalpel and another usesess
powder. ~, ..,.,..
He ADVANCED the extremely radical opinion
that birthmarks or moles should be treated oy
nenetration: that they could be reduced %
inch a state that they would take on scab,
and that when the scab fell the birthmark, o.
whatever the Disagreement might be, would
| necessarily disappear. This was sweepm6
declaration, and Old forms ana pracuces. 80 =
| shattered BY it. Yet 1t was true solution o.
the Riddle. He uses no scalpel, nothing more
than q harmless lotion, which changes the
birthmark into an ordinary scab. Many OF the
most eminent society people OF the metropons,
/ who had been for years debarred from puDnc
life through Disagreement OF the nee, tes-
fy every day TO the success o. tae f ts 1r
tu Who has not some time or other attempted
to remove facial blemish, but where 10 there
one who can show such . record OF uninter
rupted success in so doing as Prof woodbury.
He does not keep record OF all the episties d
receives testamentary Of his skin ~ derma
tologist There is one letter, however, rom
prominent New Jersey banker, which Is worthy
81 especial consideration, since It shows thu
deep interest Of the writer in the physiciaz
who cured him. The banker, after rectt1ng
like hundreds of other correspondents, how n
had been cured Of several very ugly marks OF
his face, suggests that the Professor write
book on Dermatology. He says he could no
would arouse public interest In the great sc1
| ence. and those who have for years believed
that they must live all their life with Grim
son birthmark on their face would take cour
AGE and no doubt eventually be relieved O
their blemishes The banker is not, however
1 aware that Prot Woodbury. has already wit
ten a very instructive treatise Of 146 pages OF
the subject, and which any one may obtain b
renting 10 cents to his address. Prot: Wood
bury's fame has now become so well estan
lished that he is busy with his patients day
and day out and can give no further time Y
! literary work. He is the President OF the Dei
: matological Institute, No: I'D West Forty
!. second street, New York City, which d th
+ largest establishment Of the kind IN II
' world. -