The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-03-07

Socrates called beauty a short-lived
tyranny, Plato a privilege of nature,
Theocritus a delightful prejudice,
TheOphrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer a glorious
gift of natupe, Ovid a favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon-
mendation in the world, and yet none
Of these distinguished authorities has
left us even a hint of how beauty Is to
be perpetuated, or the ravagGs Of age
and disease deled. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the pallor Of
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneOus designations and crimsOns
the Roman nose with uRsightly fushes,
moth, If not rust, COrrupts the glory
of eyes, teeth, and lips yet beautiful by
defacing the complexion, and fills the
sensitive soul with agony u~nspcakable.
IL such be the unhappy condition of
one afflicted with slight skin hlemishes,
what must be the feelings of those in
whom torturing humOTs 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? It is vain to attempt to por-
tray such suffering. Death in many
cases might be considered a blessing.
The blood and fluids seem tn be inn
pregnGted with a fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface of the body, infiamcs
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 c~Omplexional 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-devoUring lupus, a patch Of
letter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelopes the body
In its fiery embrace, abruise on the leg
expands into O gnaWing ulcer, which
reaches out its fangG to the sufferers
heart in every parOXysm of pain, a
small kernel in the neck multiplies into
q dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like inaammations In such album
dance as to pass Credulity and so on
may we depict the sutferings to which
poor human nature is subject, all of
which involve great mental distress
because of personal designations.
IL there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
a sufficient infection on mankind. 1t
perVades all classes, and descends inn
partially through generations. While
some are constantly enveloped in it,
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 a small Watery
blister, which discharges an acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Ring-wOrm, letter,
scaled head, dandruff, belong to this
sealy and itching order of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leprOsy, with
It's mother-Of-pearl scale, situated on
a Redeemed base, which bleeds upon
the removal Of the scale, is to be
dreaded and avoided, as of old. I'M
petigo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and q
score of minor disorders make up in
part the catalogue of external diseases
Of the skin. Thus far We have made
no allusion to those Affections which
are m~anifestly impurities of the blood,
viz. swelling of the glands of the
throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, assesses, and mercurial
pOisons, with loss of hair, because
the whole list can be c~omprehended in
the one word s~crofuln.
1t is in the treatment of torturing,
dishguriug humors and affections Of
the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss Of
hair, that tho Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal in composition, scientifically COM
pounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable
In any climate, always ready, and agree
able to the most delicate and sensitive,
theypresent to young and old the most
successful curattVes of modern times.
This will be considered strong language
by those acquainted with the character
and Obstinacy of bloodand skin humors
but st Is justified by innumerabIe sue
cesses where all the remedies and meth
eds in vogue have failed to cure, and,
In many cases, to relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment is at once
agreeable, speedy, economical, and
comprehensive. Battle the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
Cura soap, to cleanse the surface of
crusts and scales, and soften the
thickened cuticle, Dry, without hard
rubbing, and apply CutiCura Ointment
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