Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-11
beauty AND PURITY
Ancient and Modern Ideas on the Subject.
Time and Disease the EffaCng Agents
Of Beauty. What Has Science Done
to Restore the Lily and the Rose?

Socrates called beauty short lived
tyranny, Plato n privilege of nature.
Theocritus delightful prejudice.
Thcophrastus q sill mt cheat. Carneadcs
solitary Kingdom. Homer II glorious
git OF nature, Ovid favor of the
g,is. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than ull the letters Of recon.
IN, ndation i'm the world and yet none
OF these diStingui she'd authorities has
left us even a hint of how beauty is to
be pcrpctuatcd, or the ravagcs OF age
az disease dcncd. Time soon blends
tn lily and the rose into the pallor OF
age. disease dots the fair face with
crtancouS designations and crimsons
the Roman nose with unsightly fiushes,
mpih. If not rust, corrupts the glory
OF eyes. teeth, ard lips yet beautiful by
dcfacing the complexion. and fills the
sensitive soul with agony unspcakablc.
Ii such be the unhappy condition Of
orc afflicted with slight skin blcmishes,
what must be the feelings of those In
whom torturing humors have for
years run riot, GOV ering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements To
become part OF the system until
tray such suffering. Death In many
cases might be considered q blessing.
The blood and fluids seem To he i'm
prcgnatcd with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface OF the body. infiames
and burns until, In his efforts for relief,
the patient tears the skin with his
nails. and not until the blood flows
1nng gufipfnnt ralt..f 10 ~,
to dcsist.
Thus do complcXional defects merge
into tOrturing disease, and pqucd van
ity give place TO real suffering. A
little wart on the nose or cheek grows
TO the all-dcvouring lupus, IA patch OF
letter on the palm Of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
In its fiery embrace, brulse on the leg
expands into n gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out Its fangs 20 the sufferers
heart In every paroxysm OF pain, n
small kernel In the neck multiplies into
a dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-likc scales grow from little
rash-like innam nations In such abun-
dance as TO pass credulity; and so on
may we depict the sufierDgs 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
sufficient infection on mankind. II
pervades all classes, and descends I'm
partially through generations. While
some are constantly envelopcd I'm IL,
others have IL confined to small
patches I'm the ears, on the scalp, on
the breast, on the palms Of the hands,
on the limbs, etc, but everywhere it's
distinctive feature Is a small watcry
blister which discharges an acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation. and
intense itching. Ring.worm, letter,
scaled head, dandruf, belong 10 this
scaly and itching order OF diseases.
Psoriasis. our modern leprosy. with
its mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
q Redeemed base, which bleeds upon
the removal OF the scale, IL to be
dreaded and avoided, as OF old. I'm.
petigo, BARRIERS itch, erysipelas, and a
score OF minor disorders make up I'm
part the catalogue Of external diseases
Of the skin. Thus far we have made
no allusion TO those Affections which
are manifestly impurities of the blood,
viz; swelling OF the glands Of the
throat, ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, Assesses, and mercurlal
poisons, with loss OF hair. because
the whole list can be compTehended In
the one word scTofula.
IL Is In the treatment Of torturing,
disHguring 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 delicate and sensitive,
they present TO young and old the most
euccessful curatives Of modern times
This will be considered strong language
by those acquainted with the character
and obstinacy OF blood and skin humors
but II Is justified by lDDumerable sue.
cesses where all the remedies and meth.
DDS in vogue have failed 10 cure, and,
Ia many cases, to relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment IL 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