The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-02-04
NO MORE BADNESS.
A Disease That May Easily he Pre-
vented.

vented.
Now the real cause of badness has
been discovered, and French derma-
tologist, DIR. Labourand, suggests 4
remedy. BY the use of this remedy, nd
says, badness can be prevented, and in
the next generation it may be unknown.
Can the awful consequence of such q
discovery be imagined? Can people Of
this generation contemplate such sol
cial condition as total lack of bald
ness? What will 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 a
disease. 1t has even been supposed TO
he due TO a specific microbe. In fact,l
such an extraordinary amount of evil
d:nce in favor of the theory has beef
accumulated that the idea is now genb
orally accepted. DR.. Labourand's irA
yestigation in the subject has been eNf
haustive and of such a conclusive na-
ture as to add heavy reinforcements tl
the already existing micrObic theory.
lie believes that the disease is cons
tagious ard that the cause of contagion
and the spreading of microbes is due
to the BARRIERS instruments. Hef-4e-
sents strong evidence in support Of this
theory.
According to Labourand the typical
diseased hair is found at the edge CT Il
constantly enlarging bald spot. 1t is
the stump of what was once a 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. The normal pith canal
is wanting At the root, which is itself
no longer dubious and followed for the
papilla, but distorted in shape and
hardened. Within the root sac little
bulb may he seen developing if eN-
amined under the magnifying glass. 1t
is this which is sad to be the cause of
the disease.
In the good hair this bulb or utricule
is fun and closed. and contains in its
center compact clusters Of microbes. a
culture of the smallest bacillus known.
A. tie microbe natures it may become
one oue-huudredth of an inch in width.
is Gent or slightly curved in shape, like
a comma. blunt at the ends and slightly
swollen in the center Each bulb con-
yDF +r,
them is attributed the cause of badness.
Investigation shows that by the time
the hair is dead and the root and
rebaceous glands useless the microbe
which produced this effect is gone,
Thus remedies applied TO the bald spot
in the hope of making hair grow again
are vain. For that glistening, white
desert is totally barren of productive
,oots. and the oily sacs are dried for
ever
However, the progress of badness
ran be impcded. This is accomplished
by diSinfecton of :he skin at the edge
and in the neighborhood of the patch
by means of an effectual, microbe-t3e-
atrOying tonic.
If the Inicrobc of badness is an actual
fact, as seems fairly probable, and if
the prevalence of the condition is due
to contagion, as IS the reasonable and
logical deduction. badness can be pre-
vented and the first stages of the dis
ease arrested by intelligent treatment
SO, i'll time, badness may disappear
from humanity Chicago Times-Her-
aid