Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-16

OPERATING ON THE science OF dermatology
PACE has not advanced at 4
snail's pace. It has run the race OF the hare,
but has not paused within sight OF the goal.
Able physicians have brought TO this science
all the wealth Of their experience and knoWl-
edge, and IL any one suffers 10 day through
facial blemish it is his or her own fault
Foremost among the scientists who have
made undeniAble triumphs In dermatology Is
John II. Woodbury., whose magniheently fur-
nished parlors at 125 West Forty-second
street, New York City, are daily filed with peo-
pie who apply to him for relief from birth
marks, moles, superfiuous hair on the lace and
kindred disfgurements. Prof. Woodbury. Is
really the deHmatolOgist of to-day. He IL the
inventor of Dermaform, which is sold TO ply
sicians 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 are
eminent medical practitioners In New York
who stand in the front rank as specialists In
rheumatism, consumption, DC, but there Is
none holding higher place among those treat
ing skin diseases than Prof. Woodbury.. Many
methods Of removing facial dishgurements
were tried before Prof. Woodbury. solved the
riddle. This physician treated the blood, this
one used his scalpel and another useless
powder.
Prof Woodbury. revolutionized the science.
He advanced the extremely radical opinion
that birthmarks or moles should be treated by
penetration; that they could be reduced 70
such a state that they would take on scab,
and that when the scab fell the birthmark, OF
whatever the Disagreement might be, would
necessarily disappear. This was sweeping
declaration, and old forms and practices were
shattered by it. Yetit was true solution Of
the riddle. He uses no scslpel, nothing more
than harmless lotion, which changes the
birthmark into an ordinary scab. Many OF the
most eminent society people OF the metropolis,
who had been for years debarred from public
life through Disagreement of the face tes-
tify every day TO the success Of the Professor
methods. There is no physician in this coun-
try who has not some time or other attempted
TO remove a facial blemish, but where is there
one who can show such record OF unlnter-
rupted success in so doing as Prof. Woodbury.
He does not keep record of all the epistles he
receives testamentary OF his skill as derna-
tologist There lie one letter, however, from a
prominent New Jersey banker, which is worthy
of especial consideration, since It shows the
deep interest of the writer in the physician
who cured him. The banker, after reciting,
| like hundreds of other correspondents, how he
had been cured Of several very ugly marks on
his face suggests that the Professor write a
| book on Dermatology.- He says he could not
| do better thing for humanity. His volume
would arouse public interest In the great sci
ence, and those who have for years believed
| that they must live all their life with a Grim
/ son birthmark on their face would take cour-
| age and no doubt eventually be relieved OF
their blemishes. The banker is not, however,
/ aware that Prof. Woodbury. has already writ
| ten a very instructive treatise OF 145spages on
| the subject, and which any one may obtain by
/ remitting 10 cents to his address, Prof. Wood
| bury's fame has now become so well estab-
| lished that he is busy with his patients day Ia
| and day out and can give no further time to
| literary work He is the President OF the Der
matological Institute, No 40 West Forty
second street, New York City, which Is the
| largest establishment Of the kind In thu
world.