The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-04-27
That Bod V
Of Yours
Making Hair Grow
BY
JAMES W. BARTON, M. D.


list OF number of people on whose
head he had been able to induce a
new growth of hair.
Doctor Bengston was careful to say
that these were not cases In which
the hair had gradually disappeared.
but cases due to illness or shock.
Despite this statement he was be-
seiged by thousands of bald-headed
people. and by hundreds of others
anxious to secure his method and sell
II to the world.
AS matter of fact Doctor Bengston
made no secret of his method. He
simply stated that he used the extract
from the tiny pituitary gland, no larg-
er than pea, which is situated In the
floor of the skull.
Since the announcement other in
vestigators have been using this pitui-
tary extract on ordinary cases of loss
of hair without any real success.
In cases where the loss of hair came
in patches and finally all the hair was
lost. the use of the pituitary extract
has been successful in some cases and
a failure in others.
That other glands may have some
thing to do with the growth or loss of
hair is quite possible, even probable,
but until this has been definitely prov
en- wen have to use the methods now
recommended by skin and hair special
lists to preserve the hair and keep it
healthy.
The comb and brush should be kept
clean and the comb should be such as
not to tear the hair or wound the
scalp. A good comb has its teeth
smooth and wide apart and their tips
are blunt.
Hair brushes should have their bris-
ties set wide apart. The brush should
be stiff enough to allow one to brush
the hair and scalp vigorously without
injury.
Prof. William A. Pusey, University
of Illinois. says that brushing the hair
is of first Importance In the toilet of
the scalp and hair. It cleans both; 1t
makes the hair smooth and glossy and
it stimulates the scalp. The hair
should be brushed twice daily; this
brushing should be continued for
few minutes, at least-until the hair
is smooth and glossy and until there
is pleasant feeling of "life" In the
scalp.
The Sinuses
A LMOST every day the average
"A physician is asked about the ST.
muses. in the face, because sinus trou-
BILE is now quite widespread.
AS a matter of fact, the average
cold in the head is sinus trouble, but
fortunately the cold clears up before
any pus Is formed, and the openings
of the sinuses into the nose are there
fore not blocked.
What are the sinuses?
The sinuses are simply little cavi-
ties or caverns in the bones Of the
face which so adjoin the nose that
they form the sounding box" for the
voice.
AS you know the air comes up the
wind pipe from the lungs, strikes
against the vocal cords and noise or
voice occurs. The voice however needs
resonance" or sounding box to give
1t the proper tone or expression, and
this is the purpose of the sinuses.
You get an idea of what value the
sinuses are to the voice when the 81
muses. are blocked by the common cold,
or If you close your nostrils with your
fingers and speak. There is simply
fat sound without any ring or reso-
nance to 1t.
There are three sets of sinuses on
each side of the face adjoining the
nose, opposite the cheek, the eye. and
the forehead just above the eye.
The main point to remember about
these sinuses is that they are all con-
nected with the nose by small Open
ings, and have the same lining or
mucous membrane as the nose.
In fact the easiest way to get the
idea is to think of the lining of the
nose extending into these sinuses, just
as the floor Of a hall in home might
extend into the rooms adjoining the
han. Now just as water spilled on the
floor of this hall will flow along the
floors into the rooms, so cold start
ing on the lining of the nose extends
along this lining into the sinuses. and
causes sinusitis.
A change of temperature, change
from the outdoors to the indoors, the
eating of certain foods, the pollen Of
plants, and various other instances, in
flame the mucous membrane or lining
of the nose, and the individual devel-
ops a cold"
Fortunately. in most cases. the cold
simply irritates the linine and In
creases flow OF water. If this water
is damned back, thlckens, and organ
tsms Increase within it. pus is formed.
This is really sinusitis.
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