The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-02-05

Socrates called OeauEy sHoFEilfeo
tyranny, Plato a privilege Of nature,
Theocritus a delightful prejudice,
Theophrastus a silent cheat, Carneades
a solitary kingdom, Homer glorious
gift of nature, Ovid a favor OF the
gods. Aristotle affirmed that beauty
was better than all the letters VI recon-
mendatlon in the world, and yet none
Of these distinguished authorities mas
left US even a hint of how beauty Is to
be perpetuated, or the rayagcS OF age
and disease deffcti. Time soon blends
the lily and the rose into the rallor OF
age, disease dots the fair face with
cutaneous designations and crinsons
the Roman nose with unsightly hushes,
moth, IL not rust, corrupts the glory
of eyes, teeth, aud lips yet beautiful by
defacing the complexion, and fills the
sensitive soul with agony unspeakable:
If such be the unhappy condition or
one afflicted with slight skin blcrniShes,
what must he the feelings OF those IN
whom torturing humors have for
wears run riot, covering the skin with
scales and sores and charging the
blood with poisonous elements to
become a part Of the system until
death? 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
pregnated with fiery element which,
when discharged through the pores
upon the surface OF the body, inhames
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.
Tins 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-devouring lupus, patch OF
letter on the palm Of the hand or on
the limbs suddenly envelops the body
in its fiery embrace, bruise on the leg
expands into a gnawing ulcer, which
reaches out its fangs 20 the sufferers
heart in every paroyysm OF pain,
small kernel in the neck multiplles into
q dozen, which eat away the vitality,
great pearl-like scales grow from little
rash-like inflam nations In such abun-
dance as to pass credulity; and so on
NAV we depict the sufferings to which
poor human nature is subject, all OF
Which involve great mental distress
because of personal designations.
If there were not another external
disease known, eczema alone would be
A sufficient infiction on mankind. 1t
peryades all classes, and descends I'm
partially through generations. While
some are constantly enveloped IN II.
others have 1t 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 us
distinctive feature Is small Watery
blister, which discharges oil acrid
fluid, causing heat, Inflammation, and
intense itching. Ring-worm, letter,
SCALED head, dandrutf. belong to this
scaly and itching order Of diseases.
Psoriasis, our modern leproSy, with
it's mother-of-pearl scale, situated on
q Redeemed base, which blceds upon
the removal of the scale, Is to be
dreaded and avoided, as Of old. I'M
petiyo, 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 manifestly impu rifles Of the blood,
viz: swelling Of the glands Of the
throa1 ulcers on the neck and limbs,
tumors, abSceSses, and mercurial
poisons, with loss Of hair. f'cause
the whole list can be comprehended in
the one word scro fula. s
It Is in the ire atmelt Of torturing,
dishguriug humors and affections OF
the skin, scalp. aud blood, with loss OF
hair, that the Cuticura remedies have
achieved their greatest success. Orig
inal in composition, scientifically CON-
pounded, absolutely pure, Interchangeable
In any climate, Away ready, aud agree.
able to the most del licate and sensitive,
they presentto youn g and Old the most
successful curative Of modern times.
This will be conside ed strong language
by those acquainted with the character
and obstinacy OF blood and skin humors
but 1t Is justified by innunerable sue
cesses where all the remedies and meth
DDS in vogue have failed to cure, and
in many cases, to relieve, even.
The Cuticura treatment Is ut once
agreeable, speedy. economical. aud
comprehensive. Battle the affected
parts freely with hot water and Cuti-
cura soap, to cleanse the sur ace Of
crusts and scales, and soft en- the
thickencd cuticle. Dry. without hard
rubbing, and apply Cuticura DIN tment