The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-03
ABOUT BARRIERS ITCH.
journal of the Trade Discusses Causes
and Effects

Since the state board of BARRIERS ex-
aminers has been created in Kansas and
an eXacting scrutiny been imposed over
the business methods of the man who
ShaVeS, there has been considerable dis
cussion in Topeka of the origin of bar
bers' itch, because of a few cases which
have developed here. BARRIERS itch has
been no more frequent in appearance
but it's appearance at all since the Gre
alton of the BARRIERS examining board
the failure of that commission to ac-
compliSh its designed purpose. In the
New York BARRIERS Journal for October
is printed an article, the inspiration for
which was secured from the comment
of an editorial writer in the Lincoln,
Neb., Star, who declares that ITO speak
with proper regard for the truth, there
is no such ailment as BARRIERS itch" The
BARRIERS Journal proceeds:
q" BARRIERS itch is an eruption of the
epidermis caused by infection and shaw
ing too close. The man who does not
wash his face frequently may contract
the disease without going into barber
shop. The man who shaves himself is
very apt to be visited by the disagree
able disease and the well groOmed in
dividual who insists on being shaved
two days under the skim is extending
a cordial invitation to the bacteria
which convey the ailment to make
themselves at home
ally shaves close. Perhaps he shaves
without first thoroughly washing his
face While engaged in pruning the
facial shrubbery he removes a portion
of the outer cuticle, drawing blood rms
usually results in a deposit of the dirt,
which is pushed before the razor blade
into the cut Before the shaving opera
ton has been completed the blood mas
taken up a portion of the deposit ana
sbarbers' itch is started It may not
md does the
victim is at loss to discover what IN
duced it, He usually blames the last
barber shop he has been in, for even the
fellows who practice the home shave 90
occasionally enjoy the luxury of shop
shave.
shave is more apt to catch the disease
than any other. After close shave On
inspection of the face with micro
scope discloses the presence OF little
drons of blood oozing from the pores OF
the skin Such a shave removes from
the face the thin outer cutlcle Wnlcn
nature has placed there to prevent IN
lection from germs which I'LL the air
When this is removed the thousands OF
minute blood vessels lying between II
and the heavier covering are severed
mutilated and exposed to the air. LII
this condition they absorb everything
With which thew come in contact and
this is what causes the unpleasant
smarting sensation felt for a short time
after the barber has operated.
1.-THE close shave man IS in CANCER
every time he uses a handkerchief or
towel. BARRIERS itch may have been
contracted DAVIS or weeks before it makes
it's presence felt, but the individual
who has it always suspects the barber
who shaved him last. while as a mat
ter of fact if he is a man, who does
not patronize one shop regularly he
may have contracted it in another shop,
or entirely outside of all shops. The
master barber breads the disease more
than does a customer, for it Injuries
his trade more than does conviction
injure the dairyman who puts formal
dehyde in the milk he sells.
BARRIERS itch can, of course. be con-
tracted in barber shops. If the towels
are not clean and the razors are not
sterilized after each shave, if the shaw
ing cup is not thoroughly washed OF
an antiseptic is not used after the
shave is completed it is apt to occur
but the BARRIERS of today are models
of cleanliness compared to those of q
few years ago. Clean towels, clean
mugs, antiseptic soaps, sterilized ra-
zors, antiseptic lotions and talcum
powders are all preventives and every
up-to-date shop uses all of these
things -