New Britain herald., 1925-08-28
Your Health How to Keep It.
 Causes of Illness
By DR. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon General, United States
 Public Health Service

A good complexion depends in great measure upon two conditions. an active circulation and a clear skin.
 Beauty is more than skin deep be- cause the clearness of your skin de- bends to a large extent upon the completeness with which wastes arc eliminated from your body.
 If your liver, your intestines or your kidneys as well as the skin are not working effectively, that is if thCso organs do not remove the wastes of tho body promptly your skin is apt to be blotched and sal low and often covered with erup- lions.
 Many people make the mistake of thinking that the care of the face can be accomplished by merely talk ing care of the face. They do not realize that proper care of the face consists primarily of taking proper care of the body as a whole, care of illV llol'ip hS Ntll u0 ill' OhlSllS bl the body. Your face is often an outward indication of the condition of your body.
 Fresh air, ventilation, exercise, the care of the skin of the body, mental vigor a sound diet. together with correct posture, are necessary fac tors in producing healthy skin and are, therefore, factors which must be considered by those who are am- hitions to keep the skin in a state of perfection.
 Really Symptoms of Disease
 You should know that great many of the abnormal conditions Of the skin of the face are in reality not diseases st all
 Many of these skin diseases like | headaches, are merely symptoms of disease or symptoms of disorders, Tn some other part of the body Often times distressing skin conditions are due to disorder in some organ of the body quite remote and unsuspected. Faulty diet is one of the common causes for an unhealthy condition of 1 the skin A lack of fresh air. due to insufficient breathing is another cause of unhealthy skin conditions. There are however. some skin troubles which are not due 10 disor- dcrs in deeper parts of the body Or | t,, o nr Srnyh ir f0iliIro H | tho part of some organ of the body 10 function properly in lis capacity as an climinator of waste. These sO-calcd local skin conditions are AS a rule tho result either of poor cir culation in the circulatory system of tho head and face or they are due 10 infection.
 ITnqucstionably many skins are in- fectcd through the means of soiIcd fingers. Many objects with which inc hand comes in contact may be tho source of infcctlng organisms.
 Is is not surprising, therefore, de spite tic immunity which man has developed, that facial infections dc occur and are duo to the habit of ItouChing the face with contaminate cd fingers. Some skins, of course, are more susceptible to infection thar arc others.
 A simnle rule of hygiene Is, De velop tho habit of never touching your face unless you first wash youI fingers. especially if the skin of your f:,ce is peculiarly susceptible to in- fcctiOn." Another simple rule oi hygiene is "Ncvcr use a towel that has been used by others" And 2 third Is, use your own individua soap"
 Dirt in Ar May Infect Face
 Dirt carried by the air may alst infect the skin of the face.
 As In the cass of the hair, so II the case of the skin, the oil pre- serves tho skin. While this film 0 oil protects the face under norma conditions, it also acts 10 a certain extent as a "catch-aIl" for dust anr !. disease germs blown about by th
 air.
 Sometimes these germs may he s
 active and vigorous as to rroduc
 an infection of the skin almost i'm , mcdiatoIy. Usually. however. Uni , does not happen. With this fact ., , mind if should be obvious to all tha frequent bathing of the skin an. washing of the face is essential.
 Most skins will submit to fro0ucn