The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-04-19

until the nutrition of, the hair bulbs
is impaired from some other cause.
| have observed that the heads that
! are fully in front of the ears and with
/ rounded foreheads are most frequently
! bald. This is because the blood vessels
! in front of the ears and at the sides of
| the forehead aTe~Oject to the pressure
of the hat; while the square forehead,
which only permits the pressure of the
/ hat on each temple and on the back of
the head, leaves the sides free from
/ pressure and the hair is nourished.
: Every horseman knows that if I
/ horses tail be kept tied up for week
or ten days the hair at the end OF the
tail will fall off, and most horsemen
know that this is because the blood
circulation is interfered with A Wart
may be made TO drop off by tying a
ligature around its base, thus cutting
off its blood supply: similarly if the
blood supply of the scalp is cut off the
hair viii fall out.
Badness begins in the area where
the blood supply is enthusiastically at
the TOP or upper part of the head. be
cause pressure on the vessels in front
of the ears tthe temporal arteries) and
on those al the side of the back of the
head (the occipitaD is most frequent
If the pressure be on the vessels above
the eyes (the supra orbitaD the bald
ness will be of the high forehead
type. Usually the head becomes bald
above the line of pressure by the hat,
but not below that line
The foundation of badness is often
laid in boyhood, since pressure upon
the blood vessels at that time retards
their growth and prevents their per-
feet DEVELOPMENT. This accounts for
occasional badness in the twenties.
The inference is that children should
not wear any covering for the head ex-
cept in Indictment weather, and then
only cap that rests upon the top of
the head and does not grip the scalp.
The recent illness. of young Roosevelt.
son of the president. has been at
tributed to the custom of the boys in
Groton school taking long walks bare
headed The boys may have been in
discreet in facing bad weather, but
predict that the fac" of the Groton
boys viii become the fashion
Women are less subject to boldness
than men, regardless of the shape of
the head; first. because their Grown
ing glory, more luXuriant than that of
man, forms . cushion which protects
the scalp from pressure; and, second.
because a woTan's headgear does not
construct the scalp but rests on top of
the head.
The hat accounts for the badness of
men and the exemption Of women. 1t
accounts for the badness of civilized
men and the exemption of savages.
On reflection. it seems that the hat is |
more for ornament than utility, any
way. A good head of hair is all the
protection that is required, except in /
severe weather.
So-called restorers applied to the |
scalp to remedy hat badness are use
less. Rubbing the scalp with the fin
gers or a brush stimulates the circula-
ton and is useful. Too much washing
destroys the natural oil of the hair and
renders il brittle.
Forms of badness, other than hat
badness. may follow the debility
caused by exhausting febrile diseases
and local diseases of the scalp. 1t is.
however. as a rule. temporary Bald
ness in old persons is due to the im-
paired general circulation of the blood
common to the aged. All badness, ex-
,ept hat badness, may occur in people
d any nationality and in either sex
Arthur R. Reynolds. NJ. D., in Chicago
Tribune