The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-12

Socrates called beauty q short-hved tyr
amy, Plato privilege of nature, Thcocritus
q delightful prejudice, Theophrastus
silent cheat, Carneades a solitary kingdom,
Homer glorious gift of nature, Ovid q favor
Of the gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters of reeommen-
dation in the world, and yet none Of these
distinguished authorities has left Us even
hint Of how beauty is to be perpetuated, or
the ravages of age and disease de1ed. Time
soon blends the lily and the rose into the
pallor Of sge. disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crimsons the
Roman nose with unsightly aushes, moth, II
not rust, corrupts the glory of eyes, teeth,
and lips yet beautiful by defacing the CON-
plexion, and fills the sensitive soul with
agony unspeakable.
If such be the unhappy condition Of one
afflicted with slight skin blemishes, what
must be the feelings Of those In whom tortur-
ing humors have for years run riot, covering
the skin with scales and sores and charging,
the blood with poisonous elements to become
3 part Of the system until death7 It IS vain
to attempt TO portray such suffering. Death
in many cases might be considered bless
ing. The blood and nuids seem to be i'm
pregnated with a fiery element which. when
face Of the body, innames and burns until, IN
his efforts for relief, the patient tears The
skin with his nails, and not Until the blood
dows does sufficient relief come to cause him
to deslst.
Thus do complexional defects merge into
torturing disease, and piqued vanity give
place to real suffering. little wart on the
nose or cheek grows TO the an-devouring
lupus, a patch of letter on the palm of the
hand or on the limbs suddenly envelops the
body in It's fiery embrace. bruise on the
leg expands into q gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs to the sufferers heart
IN every paroxysm of pain, q small kernel
in the neck multiples into a dozen, which
eat away the vitality great pearl ike scales
grow from little rash-nke infammations in
such abundance as to pass credulity; and 50
on may we depict the sUfFerings to which
poor human nature is subject, all Of which
involve great mental distress because Of per-
sonal designations.
If there were not another external disease
known, eczema alone would be sufficient
infection on mankind. It pervades all
classes, and descends impartially 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 nan09, on
the limbo, etc, but everywhere its distlnc-
tive feature is a small watery blister. which
discharges an acrid iiaid, causing heat. IN
worm, letter, SCALED head, dandruf, belong
to this scaly and itching order OF diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern lcprOsy, with its
Tzother-of pearl scale, situated on a roddened
base, which bleeds upon The removal OF the
scale, is to be dreaded and avoided, IS Of old.
Impctigo, BARRIERS Itch, orysipelas. aRd q
score Of miner Disorders maks up in part
the catalogue OF external diseases Of the
skin Thus far We have made 10 ellusi0n
to those S6iictions which are n1anifestly
impurities of the blood, viz swelling Of the
glands Of the throat. ulcers on the neck and
limbs, tumors, Assesses, and mercuTisl poi
soHs, with loss of hair, because the whole
list can be comprehendcd in the one word
scrofula.
It's in the treatment Of tortuTing, djsegJz.
ing humOrs and affections of the sldRs scalp,
and blood, with loss OF hair, that tue CisfteuEa
remedies have achieved their greatest srzc
cess. Original in coEpesstso1s scientifically
compounded. absolutely pure, u1ehangea ole
in any climate, always ready AID agrcea bie
70 the most delicate and sensitive, they pre-
sent to young and cid the most succces1u
curatives Of modern tines. Ihis VIII bs
considered strong language By those &c
ouainted with the character and O5seiuacy o.
blood and skin hunors, but It is JUSTIFIED 81
innumerable successes where all the remedies
and methods in vogue have failed to cure
and in many cases, TO relieve, even.
The Cutcura Treatment is at once agree
able. speedy, economical, and comprehen
eive Baths the affected parts freely with ho
water and Cuticura soap, to cleanse the sur
face of crusts and scales, and soften thi
thickened cuticle. Dry, without hard rubbing