Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-02-07

Socrates called beauty short-lived
tyranny, Plato privilege of nature,
Theocritus delightful. prejudice,
ThcOphraStus silent cheat, Carncadcs
a solitary Kingdom Homer glorious
gift of nature, Ovid favor of the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters Of recon-
,nendation in the world, and yet none
of these diStingui SIZED authorities has
left us even II hint of how beauty is to
be perpctuatcd, or the ravagcS of age
and disease dciicd. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the rallor OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutapeOuS designations and crinsons
the Roman nose with unsighllv bushes,
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 unspcaknble.
If such be the unhappy condition Of
one afflicted with slight skin biemishcS.
what must be the feelings Of those III
whom torturng humors have for
years run riot, covering the skin win
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become a part of the system until
death3 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
prcgnatcd with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface of the body, intiames
and burns until, in his efforts for relief,
tho 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 check grows
to the all-dcvouring lupus, a patch of
letter on the palm of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
in its fiery embrace, a bruisc on the leg
expands into gnawinS ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs to the sufferers
heart in every parOXysm of pain, II
small kernel In the neck nultiplieS into
a dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-likc scales grow from little
rash-like innam nations In such album
dance as to pass creduity; and so On
may we depict the sutlerlngs to which
poor human nature is subject, all of
which involve great mental distress
because of pcrs onal Designations.
If there were not another cXterna.
disease known, eczema alone would be
q sufficient intiiction on mankind. 1t
peryadcs all classes, and deSccnds In
partially through generations. While
some are constantly developed in 1t,
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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 disc harges an acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Ring-worm, letter,
scaled head, dandruti, belong to this
scaly and itching order Of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leprOsy, with
its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
a redeemed base, which blccds upon
the removal of the scale, Is TO be
dreaded and avoided, as of Old. I'm
petigo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and
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 manifestly impu rifles 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 comprchended in
the one word scro fula.
1t is in the ire atment of tOrturing,
dishgur;ng humors and affections of
the skin, scalp. and 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, always ready, and agree
able to the most del icatc and sensitive,
they present to young and old the most
successful curative of modern times.
This will be conside edstronS language
by those acquainted with the character
and obstinacy of blood and skin humors
but 1t is justified by innumerable sue
cesses where all the remedies and meth
DDS in vogue have failed to cure, and,
in many cases, to relieve. even.
The Cu,icura treatment Is at once
agreeable, speedy, economical. ana
comprehensive. Battle the affected
parts Freely with hot water and Cnti.
cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace OF
crusts and scales, and soft ell the
thickened cuticlc. Dry, without hard
rubbing, and apply Cuticura DIN tment