The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-26
BADNESS A DISEASE.
a French Doctor Says It Nay Hs
Prevented
Ths Ccafsgion Scattered By Barbe4
On Whose Inplsmenss the
ncrobes Tind lodg-

Now the real CAUSE Of badness has
been discovered. and q French derma-
tologist DR.. Laboursnd. suggests q
remedy. BY the use Of this remedy. he
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 n so
ciai condition az . total lack or bald
ness? Whatwill the ballet girl do with'
out that inspiring row of shining psees
just beyond tho footiigh.? What VIII
the funny man DO. deprived Of bis fund
of baldheaded Jokes? Hair viii grow
in vulgar abundance.
1t has been known for sorne TINA
among medical men that badness h
disease. It has even been supposed to
be due TO a specific mtcrobe- In fack
such an extraordinary amount OF evi.
dencs N favor Of the theory has been
accumulated that the idea Is now gen-
lerally accepted. DIR. Eabourands in.
vestigation in tho subject has been ex,
haustive and of such a conclusive ma.
ture as to sdd heavy Reinforcement. q
the already existing microbic theory.
He believes that the disease IA con.
tasious and that the Cause Of ccnta1iou
md the spreading of microbes Is due
to the BARRIERS instruments. He pre-.
sents strong evidence in support OF this
theory.
According TO Iabourand the typica
diseased hair is found at the edge Of
constantly enlarging bald spot Il IL
the stump OF what was once a long hair.
It is shaped like an Interrogation points
it grows less I'm diameter toward the
root. and has lost its color, being either
gray or white. The normal pith canal
is wanting az the root. which 10 itself
no longer bulbous and followed for the
papilla, but distorted IN shape aud
hardened. Within the root ssc Q ltftle
bulb may be seen developing II er
amined under the magnifying glssA II
is this which Is said to be the cause Of
the disease.
In the good hair this bulb OF utricula
Is full and closed, and contains IA ita
center compact clusters Of microbes. Q
culture Of the smallest bacillus known.
AS the microbe natures it may become
ono one-hundredth of an ipch In width.
is bent or slightly curved In shape. Ike
a comma, blunt at the ends and slightly
swollen in the center. Each bulb con.
tains millions OF these becifh, and 70
them is attributed the cause Of badness
Investigation shows that by The tins
the hair is dead and the root and
rebaceous glands useless tho mierobs
which produced this effect 70 gene
Thus remedies applied 10 the bald spot
in the hope of making hair grow again
are vain. For that glistening. whifs
desert ia totally barren OF productive
roots, and the oily sacs are dr.ed for
ever.
However. the progress Of baldnaa
cnn be fmpeded- This is accomplished
by disinfoction of the skin at the eigs
and in the neighborhood Of the patch
by means Of an effectual, micrcbe-de
stroying tonic
II the microbc OF badness Is an actua,
fact. as seems fairly probable. and 81
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, in time, badness may disappear
from bumanity.-Chicago Times .Her
aid.