Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-02-25

Socrates called beauty SnorGllVeu
tyranny, Plato o privilege of nature,
Theocritus a delightful prejudice,
Thcophrastus silent cheat, Carneadcs
solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift of nature, Ovid favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than oil the letters Of recon-
mcndation in the world, and yet none
of these distinguished authorities has
left us even hint of how beauty is to
be perpetuatcd, or the ravaGcs of age
and disease dened. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor of
nge, disease dots the fair 3ace with
cutaneous designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly flushes,
moth, If not rust, corrupts the glory
of eyes, teeth, aud lips yet beautiful by
defaclng the complexion, and fills the
sensitive soul with agony unspeakable.
If such be the unhappy condition OF
one afflicted with slight skin blemishes,
what must be tho feelings of those in
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become q part Of the system until
death? 1t is vain to attempt to por-
tray such suffering. Death in many
cases might be considered blessing.
The blood and fluids seem TO be i'm
pregnated with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores,
upon the surface of the body, inlames
and burns until, in his efforts for relief,
the patient tears the skin with his
nails, and not until the blood flows
does sufficient relief come to cause him
to desist.
Thus do complexional defects merge
into torturing disease, and piqued van
ity give place to real suffering. A
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
to the all-devourlng lupus, q patch of
tetter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
in its fiery embrace, bruise on the leg
expands into gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs to the sufferers
heart in every paroxysm Of pain, q
small kernel In the neck multiplies into
a dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like inham nations In such abun-
dance as to pass credulity; and 80 on
may we depict the sul1erings to which
poor human nature Is subject, all of
which involve great mental distress
because of pers onal designations.
If there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
q sufficient inhiction on mankind. 1t
pervades all classes, and desccnds I'M
partially through generations. While
some arc constantly enveloped IN 1t,
others have it confined to small
patches in the ears, on the scalp, on
the breast, on the palms Of the hands,
on the limbs, ETC., but everywhere Its
distinctive feature Is q small watery
blister, which discharges an acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Ring-worm, letter,
SCALED head, dandruf, belong to this
scaly and itching order of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leprosy, with
its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
O reddcned base, which blceds upon
the removal OF the scale, is to be
dreaded and avoided, as of old. I'm
petigo, barber's itch, erysipelas, and q
score Of minor disorders make up In
part the catalogue of external diseases
of the skin. Thus for we have made
no allusion to those Affections which
are. manifestly impu rites of the blood,
viz. swelling of the glands of the
throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, abSccSscs, and mercurial
posons, with loss of hair, because
the whole list can be comprehcnded in
the one word scro fula.
It is in the trc atment Of torturing,
dishguring humors and affections of
the skin, scalp. ard blood, with loss Of
hair that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal in composition, scientifically COM
pounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable
in any climate, alway ready, and agree
able 10 the most delicate and sensitive,
they present to young md old the most
successful curative of modern times.
This will be considc ed strong language
by those acquainted with the character
and obstinacy of blood aud skin humors
but 1t Is justified by innumerable sue
cesscs where all the remedies and meth
ods in vogue have failed to cure, and,
in many cases, to relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment Is OF once
agreeable, speedy. economical, and
comprehensive. Bathe the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace of
crusts and scales, and soften the
thickened cuticle. Dry. without hard
rubbing, and apply Cuticura DIN tment