The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-02-04
BAhDNESS A DISEASE.
A Trsnoh Doctor Says II May Bs
NJ Prevented


Now the real cause of badness has
been discovered, and q French derma-
to1ogist, DIR. Labourand, suggests =
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 imagined3 Can people Of
this generation contemplate such so
cial condition as q 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?i Hair will grow
Ia vulgar abundance. t' ~
It has been known for some time
among medical men that baldnsss II o
disease. II has even been supposed to
be due to o specific microbe. In fact
such an extraordinary amount Of EVIL
dence in favor Of the theory has been
accumulated that the idea IL now gem
orally accepted. DR.. Labourand's in
vestigation IN the subject has been ex-
haustive and of such q conclusive ma
ture as to add heavy reinforcements to
the already existing microbic theory.
He believes that the disease IL con-
tAgious and that the cause Of contagion
and the spreading Of microbes II due
to the BARRIERS instruments. He pre-
sents strong evidence in support of this
theory. ~
According to ,Labourand the typical
diseased hair 10 found at the edge Of q
constantly enlarging bald spot. It is
the stump Of what was once a long hair.
II 10 shaped like an interrogation point;
It grows less in diameter toward the
root, and has lost its color, being either
grey or white. The normal rhth canal
is wanting at the root, which is itself
no longer bulbous and followed for the
papilla, but distorted in shape and
hardened. Within the root sac q little
bulb may be seen developing II ex-
aInined under the magnifying glass. It
IL this which is said to be the cause of
the disease. nv
In the good hair this bulb OF utricule
Il full and closed, and contains in its
center compact clusters Of microbes, q
culture Of the smallest ba0illus known,
Az the microbe natures IL may become
ono ons-hundredth Of an inch In width.
II bent or slightly curved In shape, Hike
. comma, blunt at the ends and slightly
swollen In the center. Each bulb oon-
tains millions Of these bacil1i, and to
them II attributed the cause Of badness
Investigation shows that by the time
the hair In dead and the root and
rebaoeous glands useless the miorobe
which produced this effect II gone,
Thus remedies applied to the bald spot
in the hops Of making hair grow again
are vain. For that glistening, white
desert IL totally barren Of productive
roots. and the oily sacs are dried for
ever.
However, the progress of badness
can be impeded. This is accomplished
by disinfection of the skin at the edge
and in the neighborhood Of the patch
by means of an effectual. microbe-de
stroying tonic. f# ~
II the microbe Of badness is an actual
fact, as seems fairly probable, and II
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 disappea,
from humanity.-Chicago Times-Her
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