The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-20

he would have a right to put up a sign:
''Antiseptic Barber; Sterilized Shaving
In a few years the board of health may
license BARRIERS, just as they license
plumbers ana milk dealers at present Or
better yet. a college of BARRIERS Will be
organized to give Instructions and give
sheepskin diplomas to BARRIERS.
Badness, it's causes and means of pre-
vention, always has been a dark problem
to scientists. All sorts of explanations
have been offered, of which the following
are a few: The use of stiff hats, either
derby or tall silk hats, COMPRISING the
arteries and interfering with the proper
blood supply of the scalp; the premature
disappearance of the fat of the scalp
passes from the muscles of the forehead
back to the neck; too much thinking and
studying; too much wetting of the head;
too little wetting Of the head; too much
innumerable vices and virtues are said
somewhat loosely to cause badness.
The latest Investigations point to the
wicked microbe as the cause Of badness
AS far back as 1888 an enterprising bac-
teriOlOgist discovered in the diseased skin
of a special form of badness micrococci
which are small round microbes united in
pairs and in colonies.
They were located in the lymph spaces
in the skin. In 1890 a bacillus was obtained
in another form of badness, about twice
about and laid eggs. 1t was attached to
hairs Withdrawn from the diseased patches
and was easily cultivated in various me
dia. In 1895 a third form of badness
two famous psychologists obtained, by
cultivation from hairs pulled out from the
diseased patches, a mfcrococci which ac-
tually grew in gelatine,, turning it liquid,
which is a habit Of the micrococci. 1t
did not grow well on cooked potato, but
killed mice quickly when planted under
the skin above their tails.
When applied TO the surface of guinea
pigs or rabbits by rubbing, badness ex-
actly resembling the mans head from
which 1t originally had been extracted
was caused on their backs and heads.
1t is never regarded as proved that a
microbe causes a disease until it has
been caught, cultivated in test-tubes and
innoculated in animals subsequently de-
Veloping the same disease in them. As
these formalities had been carried out it
may be regarded as proved that some
forms Of badness are caused by mi
crobes.
To cultivate these microbes a warm
temperature is helpful. That is the reason
that men who habitually sit in the front
rows of theaters and vaudeville shows are,
asa a RUE nKeIy 70 develop badness. The
heat OF the footlights, combined with the
warm interest these gentlemen take in
the performances, cause great activity
among the microbes of badness.
The same reason holds good among SIN
dents who burn midnight oil.
To prevent badness, there is only one
sure means, and that is to enlist the SER
vices of the leucOcyte, or white blood cor
puscle, which eats microbes. Every means
must be taken to encourage the leucocytes
to camp out and do picket duty In the un-
der layers of the skin of the scalp. This
can best be done by any means that
cause more blood to circulate in the scalp,
Brusnlng, rubbing and gentle massage
Will do this. But on no account allow the
barber to use one of the rotary brushes
for that frightens the leucooEtes away IL
the end of the body.
DO not allow the barber TO SINCE or
sr4mR OF CUR the hair with hot irons.