Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-01-28
BADNESS A DISEASE.
A French Doctor Says It May Be
Prevented.
The Contagion Scattered by BARRIERS
ON whose implements the
Microbes. Find Lodg-
ment-

Now the real cause of badness has
been discovered, and q French derma-
tologist, DR.. Labourand, suggests II
remedy. By the use of this remedy, he
SAYS, badness can be prevented, and i'll
the next generation it may be unknown.
Can the awful consequence of such Il
discovery be imagined? Can people Of
this generation contemplate such II So
cial condition as n total lack of bald
ness? Whatwill the ballet girl do with
out that inspiring row Of shining pates
just beyond the footlight? What Will
the funny man do, deprived of his fund
of baldheaded jokes? Hair will grow
| in vulgar abundance.
| 1t has been known for some time
| among medical men that badness is Il
disease. 1t has even been supposed to
be due to n specific microbc. in fact,
such an extraordinary amount of eFi-
dence in favor of the theory has been
accumulated that the idea is now gen
orally accepted. DR.. I.abourand's in
vestigation in the subject has been eX-
| hnustive and of such n conclusive ma
ture as to add heavy rcinforcements to
the already existing microbic theory.
He believes that the disease is con-
tagious and that the cause of contagion
and the spreading of microbes is due
| to the barbcr's Instruments. He pre-
sents strong evidence in support of this
theory.
According to Labourand the typical
diseased hair is found Mt the edge CT Il
constantly cnlarging bald spot. 1t is
the stump of what was once Il long hair,
1t is shaped like an Interrogation point;
it grows less in diameter toward the
root. and has lost its color, being either
gray or white. Tho normal pith canal
is wanting at the root, which is itself
10 longer dubious and followed for the
papilla, but distorted in shape and
hardened. Within the root sac Il little
bulb may be seen developing if eN-
amincd under the mngnifying glass. It
is this which is said to he the cause of
the disease.
In the good hair this bulb or utricule
is full and closed. and contains in its
center compact clusters of microbes, a
culture of the smallest bacillus known
AS the microbe natures it may become
one one-hundredth of an inch in width.
is bent or slightly curved in shape, like
n comma, blunt at the ends and slightly
swollen in the center. Each bulb con
tains millions of these bncilli, and &c
them is attributed the cause of badness
Investigation shows that by the timt
the hair is dead and the root ant
rebaccous glands useless the microb'
which produced this effect is gone
Thus remedies applied to the bald spo
in the hope of making hair grow agail
are vain. For that glistening, whit
, desert is totally barren of productiv
roots, and tho oily sacs are dried fol
ever
However, the progress of baldncs
can be impedcd. This is accomplishe
by disinfection of the skin at the cdg
and in the ncighborhood of the pate
, by means of an cffcctual, microbe-d'
f stroying tonic
l If the microbc of badness is an actu;
} fact, rs seems fairly probable, and
the prevalence of the condition is du
to contagion, as is the reasonable an
!. logical deduction, badness can be pr
vented and the first stages of the di!
ease arrested by intelligent treatmen
SO, in time, badness may disappen
from umanity.-ChcaGo Times-HeI
old