New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18
HAIR AND HEADS

what microban disease may infect, It there
= a nlunu LAYER Of fat underneath the scalp,
leaving it free to wriggIe and be "Iigged,
without wrggling the KIN oil the race OF
the back Of the neck at the same tiine' thcIc
is hope.
hausting levers. and comes IN again. ne
bodv's fat supply is burnt up by the ieDrilc
process. or IS drawn upon and utllilcd 10
furnish energy. Consequently the nar SUI
fcrs from lack Of food, and signifies the same
by coming out By handiuls. When the pa
,icnt becomes a fathcad once more the mar
returns to stay awhile.
And this is the crux Of the plantve iaic
Of the Hair That Was Lost. II doc'n Q
matter what else you may have IN the way
Of robust health, a golfers constitution OF
unlimited time and means whcrc"ltn 70 care
for your head, if the layer Of the tat Is MOI
there. For this fat supplies the scalp wi'.n
= First National Bank reserve upon which
the hair bulbs may draw at their leisure.
And further. u keeps the scalp freely NOV
ablc: not bound down over bony skull
ike the leather on a baseball. We might
almost translate the relations Of TAT and hair
and head by saying that one chci reason
vly the hair yaCatc5 the premises j. ina.
thc scalp docs not move All the care ana
coaving in the world will not prevent the
hair from dcserting q sterile pasture. u
ISM early picty, or a twenty. horsepower
L,ain that cause, badncss: It + lack Of TODD,
and the presence Of microbes. This IS the
clue. Now. how TO apply our knowledge.
First. We must understand that germs
cause irritation: irritation causes m
fammation: and inflammation eats up iaJ
and sometimes forms scar tissue III Us
Mace. With these facts m mind, Icl Us eH-
anime the chief causes Of Inflammation.
Most important Of these is scborrhea, Il
ri,hlv contaciou5 disease. II Is caused by
microbes. and may be in fact, almost al
WAYS contracted IN barber shops or mar
drc-s i'm establishments, or by using toNel
article, that have been infected by VIC
tim Of dandrufI. The pathological acton
set no bv these microbes produces an IN
creased flow Of the oily sccrc'ionS at the
root, Of the hair These Sccrctlons harden
and form scales on the surface Of the scalp,
which obstruct the mouths Of the & landular
ducts. fill NJ the hair folliclcs. and choke the
life out Of the hair.
I'm fact. many medical men contend that
the dandruff germ can eat OF the mar
itself. without going through the roundabout
method Of cutting off its base OF supplies.
In proof they submit that in some OF these
.ncicnt brushes fastened with a chain to the
wa,hstand in certain old-tashloned hotels
those awful places advertised As "homellke
the bristlcs themselves are partly de-
stroved by microorganisms. This, however
IS probably en- error in diagnosis.
In trcatng seborrhca a weekly shampoo
Of the scalp with petroleum, -fortnlghtly III
the case Of women followed by thorough
washing with some bland vegetable soap IN
cooperating cocoanut OF olive oil
in it, base, aftcrward rinslng ire
Is and rubbing the scalp with
olive or castor oil, affords good
results. Itmay take many weary
months OF treatment however,
before these are apparent.
\ fungoid disease Of the scalp, ii
which aflicts our foreign-born 90
population more frequently than ZtI
!. does native Americans, Is taVus. -
This is caused by a vegetable wsx2
parasite which produces great ~
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