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therefore, embracing every detail of these important 
affections, in as concise and plain a manner as possible, 
is something that cannot be regarded with indifference, 
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an experience of twenty years.to sustain me, and being 
perfectly familiar not only with the study of cutaneous 
disease, but with its careful and methodical treatment, 
I shall aim to place before the public, in the ensuing 
pages, definite, authoritative and invaluable information. 
Doing justice to all, I ask only justice for myself. 
To be as honest to my patients as my duty as a der- 
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good or bad results accomplished, so long as great 
pecuniary benefit is derived from their sale. I would 
like to impress this fact most strongly upon my readers, and I feel certain that every one must see how utterly 
impossible it is for any one medicine to cure all forms of 
disease, whether external or internal. 
To every one the fact is self-evident, that, in order to 
successfully treat any disease, a correct diagnosis is the 
first essential. Hence, it is always our first great care to 
determine the exact nature and character of the disease 
in question ; we are then ready to furnish such remedies 
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INDEX. 
Chapter I.—Anatomy of the Skin,with its Disfigurements 
and Imperfections ; to Consultants. 
Chapter II.—Acne, or Pimples ; and Comedones, or 
Fleshworms. 
Chapter III.—Acne Rosacea, or Unnatural Redness of 
the Nose and Face. . 
Chapter IV. — Sycosis, or Barbers’ Itch; and Moth 
Patches, or Freckles. 
Chapter V.—Verruca, or Warts; Naevi, or Moles ; Dis- 
tinct Red Veins ; Powder Marks ; Molluscum and 
Follicular Elevations. 
Chapter VI.—Birthmarks. 
Chapter VII.— Scars, Pock Marks and Untimely 
Wrinkles. 
Chapter VIII.—Facial Development. 
Chapter IX.—Shaping the Nose and Ears. 
Chapter X.—Nervous Diseases ; Exhausted Nervous 
Vitality ; Genito Urinary Diseases ; The Kidneys ; 
The Liver. 
Chapter XI.—Enlarged Finger Joints; Offensive 
Breath; Hyperidrosis, or Excessive Perspiration ; 
and the Axilla or Armpit. 
Chapter XII.—Seborrhoea, or Oily Skin ; Congelatio, 
or Chilblains ; and Miliaria, or Prickly Heat. Chapter XIII.—Urticaria or Nettle Rash ; to Consul- 
tants ; and Antiseptic Toilet Soap. 
Chapter XIV.—Scrofuladerma or Lupus. 
Chapter XV.—Development of the Hair ; General Man- 
agement of the Hair ; Children’s Hair; Hair of 
Adults. 
Chapter XVI.—Alopaecia, or Falling of the Hair; and 
Debilitation of the Cuticle. 
Chapter XVII.—Pityriasis, or Dandruff; and Eczema, 
or Salt Rheum. 
Chapter XVIII.—Porrigo ; Favus, or Scald Head; and 
Ringworm. 
Chapter XIX.—Lepra, Psoriasis, and Steatozoon or 
Hair-eaters. 
Chapter XX.—Loss of Color, Blanching, and Grayness 
of the Hair. 
Chapter XXI.—Eyebrows ; Beard ; Hypertrichosis, or 
Superfluous Hair. 
Chapter XXII.—Hygienic Face Steaming and Massage; 
to Consultants. 
Chapter XXIII.—Irregular and Suppressed Menstrua- 
tion ; Superfluous Fat; Catarrh ; Arsenic as a 
Remedy in Skin and Blood Diseases. 
Chapter XXIV.— Dyspepsia ; Constipation ; Leucor- 
rhea; to Consultants. 
Chapter XXV.—Some Interesting Surgical Operations ; 
Facial Paralysis ; How Dimples are Made ; Article 
from N. Y. Sun of September n, 1892. CHAPTER I. 
Anatomy of the Human Skin, 
with 
Its Disfigurements and Imperfections. 
Every person knows what the skin is—its external 
appearance and its general properties ; but there are 
many who may not be aware of its peculiar and wonder- 
ful construction, its compound character, and its mani- 
fold uses. It not merely acts as an organ of sense and 
a protection to the surface of the body, but it clothes 
it, as it were, in a garment of the most delicate texture 
and of the most surpassing loveliness. In perfect health 
it is gifted with exquisite sensibility, and, while it pos- 
sesses the softness of velvet and exhibits the delicate 
hues of the lily and the rose, it is, nevertheless, gifted 
with extraordinary strength and power of resisting ex- 
ternal injury, and is not only capable of repairing but of 
actually renewing itself. It is furnished with innumer- 
able nerves, which endow it with extreme susceptibility 
to all the various vicissitudes of climate and of weather 
and prompt the mind to provide suitable materials in 
the shape of clothing to shield it under all the circum- 
stances in which it can be placed. The skin, though 
apparently a single membrane, is composed of three 
distinct layers or membranes, each of which has special 8 
Anatomy of the Human Skin. 
duties to perform. The exterior of these, or that one 
which immediately meets the eye, is called the cuticle 
epidermis, or scarf skin. It is of uneven thickness, in 
some parts being extremely thin and delicate, and in 
others, particularly those exposed to friction, thicker 
and harder, in this respect being accommodated to the 
nature of the part it covers. Throughout its whole 
surface it is thickly pervaded with minute pores, to 
permit the escape of the perspiration and other exha- 
lations from the body. Its reparation and renewal are 
carried on at its under surface, whilst its damaged, 
worn-out and useless portions are thrown off in the 
form of whitish dust or minute flakes or scales. 
Immediately under the cuticle, and resting on the 
cutis, is the rete mucosum, or mucous network. It is 
a thin layer of soft pulpy matter, of a fibrous char- 
acter and reticular form, and appears to be the seat of 
the color of the skin, with the hue of which it always 
coincides. Beneath the rete mucosum, and forming the 
third, last in succession inwards, and principal tegu- 
mentary covering of the body, is the cutis derma, or true 
skin. It is a highly sensitive, vascular, gelatinous 
texture of a very complex structure. It is of a whitish 
color and fibrous, and appears to be made up of an 
irregular species of network. Closer examination shows 
it to be composed of condensed cellular tissue and to be 
very thickly supplied with absorbent vessels and with 
arteries, veins and nerves. It is here that the minute 
capillaries of the arteries spread themselves out and, 
by means of the ducts of the sudorific glands or follicles, 
exhale the peculiar secretions which we call perspira- 
tion. The importance of the perspiratory functions of Its Disfigurement and Imperfections. 
the skin «annot be overestimated, nor can too much care 
be taken to keep them in a state of healthy integrity. 
Their use is to preserve the softness and sensibility of 
-he skin, to maintain the temperature of the body at a 
uniform standard, and to remove from the system a 
number of compounds noxious to life. Regular and 
healthy perspiration, more particularly that usual form 
of it termed “ insensible perspiration,” is not merely in 
the highest degree conducive to health, but absolutely 
necessary to its very existence. Obstructed or sus- 
pended perspiration is one of the most common causes 
of catarrhs (colds), bronchitis, coughs, etc. The sudor- 
ific glands and the perspiratory pores pervade every 
portion of the skin and are exceedingly numerous. On 
the palm of the hand the orifices of these pores are 
faintly perceptible to the naked eye in hot weather, and 
are distinctly so with a lens of small magnifying power. 
The perspiration contains about one per cent, of solid 
animal and saline matter, the latter consisting chiefly of 
lactic acid and salts of soda and ammonia, the rest being 
water with variable quantities of carbonic acid, nitrogen, 
etc. Such is the general structure of the human skin, so 
complicated and yet so perfect, so delicate and yet so 
useful. 
Diseases of the skin are very numerous and 
varied in their character, and all of them more or less 
impair its beauty, whilst most of them disfigure it, and 
not a few render it loathsome and their victims unfit 
for the social circle and society. It is, however, chiefly 
of those of a mild character, and of the milder forms of 
others, in which medical aid is seldom sought, and of 
the removal of their ill-effects on the personal appear- ance, that I shall chiefly refer to here. Of late the 
steadily increasing interest in dermatology shows the 
importance of paying reasonable attention to the matter 
of which it treats. 
* The most common forms of skin disease and disfigure- 
ments which we meet are Acne, or Pimples ; Comedones, 
or Flesh-worms; Acne Rosacea, or Unnatural Redness 
of the Nose and Face ; Sycosis, or Barbers’ Itch ; Moth 
Patches, Freckles, Warts, Moles, Distinct Red Veins, 
Powder Marks, Molluscum, Follicular Elevations, Birth- 
marks, Scars, Pockmarks, Untimely Wrinkles ; Cyanosis, 
or Unnatural Blueness of the Skin ; Anaemia, or Extreme 
Paleness of the Skin and Ugly Complexion. 
To Consultants. 
Patients living at a distance who desire to avail them- 
selves of our services need not hesitate because of their 
inability to visit us personally. 
We have treated successfully patients in all the 
states and territories as well as in all parts of the civilized 
world. On application we will send a question blank 
which, when carefully filled out, enables us to judge cor- 
rectly your disease and temperament. Those who wish 
to indemnify us for our time and trouble can enclose a 
fee of One dollar ; those who do not may simply enclose 
stamps to prepay a reply. Those who are disposed to 
employ us may rest assured of one thing, and that is 
that we will not hazard the reputation gained at the ex- 
pense of years of study and toil, by giving unwarranted 
encouragement or an uncandid diagnosis. 
We especially invite correspondence with those who 
have failed to find relief under other treatment. 
of the Human Skin. CHAPTER II. 
Acne Simplex, or Pimples; 
and 
Comedones or Flesh-worms. 
Before beginning this chapter let me try and remove 
from the minds of the readers some of the most prevail- 
ing errors in regard to all skin troubles as a class. Most 
people have the idea that when they notice any one 
suffering from any form of skin trouble, or they them- 
selves become afflicted, that it is a disease of the blood 
essentially. Now let me impress most strongly upon 
you this fact: that the great majority of skin diseases 
are not a result of a diseased state of the blood. There 
are exceptions to this, however, and I am certain that, if 
one would stop long enough to reason the matter, this 
fact would seem just as clear as it does to me and as the 
results of my treatment for the past 20 years have 
proved. If the blood were at fault, making the circuit 
of the body as it does so rapidly, every portion of it 
would most certainly become involved from contact 
with the diseased fluid. That such is not the case I 
think you will all agree. So, for the intelligent under- 
standing of this class of disorders, we will drop, if you 
please, this prevailing but erroneous conviction. Let 
me add this fact, though, that in spite of the great 12 
Acne Simplex, or Pimples. 
advance in education, civilization and science of late 
years, there never was a time when skin diseases were 
so prevalent as they are to-day. Now, why should this 
be so ? From the very fact that the erroneous ideas al- 
ready spoken of have got such firm hold upon the 
popular mind that, in every case of skin disease, some 
one of the thousand so-called blood purifiers is resorted 
to and only serve to aggravate the trouble that may have 
been but a simple form of skin disease at the start and 
might have been promptly cured had the proper means 
been adopted at first. The market is flooded with these 
noxious preparations, and it is most astonishing to me 
to see with what eagerness they are purchased, par- 
ticularly as. they can in no possible manner accom- 
plish any good whatever, and, as I have already said, only 
serve to aggravate the trouble in the great majority of 
cases. Wasting valuable time and money in the effort 
to obtain an impossible relief. If this erroneous idea 
can only be stamped out and a rational mode of treat- 
ment adhered to, there will no doubt be better results 
in every way obtained with far less expense and loss of 
time to patients so afflicted. Let us mention just here 
that all of these patent medicines that are foisted upon 
the public all claim too much ; they all claim to cure all 
forms of skin trouble, no matter what the cause may be. 
Now let me ask if this seems reasonable ? That alone, I 
should think, in the mind of every intelligent person, 
would cause such a nostrum to be regarded with sus- 
picion. It is an utter impossibility for any one medicine 
to cure all forms of disease. The only rational mode of 
treating any disease is to first discover the cause and 
then use the remedy that shall remove it. In this way Cofnedones or Flesh-worms. 
alone can good results be obtained. Now, whereas the 
disorders I am about to describe are not the results of a 
diseased state of the blood, they are due to some morbid 
condition of the skin and can only be successfully 
treated by external applications which shall be absorbed 
by the skin, and in this manner counteract and remove 
the exciting cause. 
There are four varieties of Acne that we are most, 
commonly called upon to treat—Acne Simplex, Acne 
Rosacea, Acne Indurata and Acne Miliaris. The first 
two forms are the only ones that I shall have space to 
describe in this work. 
Acne, even in the restricted sense in which the term 
is now used, may be regarded as the most common of all 
cutaneous affections. It is an inflammatory affection of 
the sebaceous follicles. It may be asserted that the 
majority of adults, male or female, have not passed 
through the period of adolescence without having at 
least a mild form of acne, either on the face or upper 
portion of the back. These are the regions upon which 
the affection is most apt to appear. They may increase 
in number, new ones coming faster than the old ones 
disappear. Month after month the skin becomes more 
thickened by the products of inflammation ; and finally 
the disease reaches the chronic and disfiguring stage, 
and this stage is very frequently a most unsightly one. 
From the activity of the inflammation and the great 
number of pimples, the face has assumed an aspect any- 
thing but pleasant to look upon, aside from the personal 
discomfort to the patient. Pimples are always a source 
of annoyance, especially to young ladies whose complex- 
ion would be all that could be desired without them. Acne Simplex, or Pimples. 
Oftentimes they are the occasion of very unpleasant com- 
ment by the ignorant and narrow-minded. The causes 
of Acne are impaired digestion, menstrual irregularity, 
suppressed secretion of the skin, but the most common 
cause is the indiscreet use of those noxious cosmetics 
and face powders that close the pores and so cause these 
disfiguring eruptions. 
Comedones, or Flesh-worms, etc.—Comedones are 
an affection of the sebaceous glands, occurring alone or 
associated with acne. It consists in an extensive secre- 
tion of sebaceous matter, which, becoming hardened, 
produces a distention of the sebaceous ducts. The skin 
may be tolerably smooth and dotted with numerous 
dirty specks, which indicate the gaping mouths of 
distended ducts, or, as is usually the case, small conical 
papules are seen with black dots on their summits. The 
dark color of these “ black heads ” is owing to the 
adherence of particles of dirt to the exposed ends of 
the fatty plug which occupies the follicle. In patients 
who work in dusty rooms these black dots increase 
in number and prominence, until the face looks as 
though it had been exposed to an explosion of gun- 
powder. When pressure is applied to opposite sides of 
a comedone, an inspissated mass, composed of sebum and 
epithelial cells, can be extruded in the shape of a curdy, 
cheesy worm. The affection is commonly observed 
upon the face, neck, nose and the upper portion of the 
back. In the concha of the ear the black ends of a 
jroup of comedones are frequently seen. In this location 
;hey are firmly imbedded and pressed out with diffi- 
culty. Upon the forehead and temples comedones do not 
ittain as large a size nor are they as numerous as upon the cheeks. They may be soft, whitish and curdy, 
curling as they are extruded from the sebaceous ducts, 
or in cases of long standing they may be more or less 
hardened, of a yellowish color and pyriform shape. 
The comedone will sometimes reveal the presence of an 
animal parasite. Several of these microscopic insects 
may be found in one follicle. My treatment for these 
affections is absolutely certain. Patients desiring treat- 
ment will please state the nature of their case, whether 
male or female, age and how long they have been 
troubled. 
Comedones or Flesh-worms 
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Acne Rosacea 
or 
Unnatural Redness of the Nose and Face. 
There is one other important variety of Acne to 
which I must direct your attention in this connection. 
In the article entitled “ Shaping the Nose ” I shall empha- 
size the necessity of a symmetrical nose as an adjunct 
to good looks. But if you add unnatural redness to an 
ill-shaped nose, then indeed is one a target for all eyes, 
and the person so afflicted is in sad need of a remedy. 
The distress produced by this condition of the face is 
suffered from by both sexes, irrespective of age, figure 
or complexion. 
The nose being the prominent feature of the face, 
even a slight redness attracts instant attention, and often 
invidious remarks, extremely annoying to its possessor, 
are made. 
The disease has a decided tendency to increase ; a 
warm room, nervous excitement, or outdoor air, all 
aggravate, and cause a hot, burning sensation. If a 
person be at all sensitive, a glowing nose will cause 
constant annoyance and vexation. A remedy, if effect- 
ual, will be most gladly sought. 
The fleshy nose is nearly always more or less red. Unnatural Redness of the Nose and Face. 
and it is one most difficult to cure. The more cartilagi- 
nous the feature, the whiter and better shaped it is ; if it 
be fleshy the circulation is more or less apparent, whilst 
with cartilage there is little or no blood circulation, and 
as blood is the redness, and non-circulation is the oppo- 
site, the cause and effect is palpable. 
A severe attack of indigestion will often make the 
nose red. Of course the remedy in such a case is to give 
heed to the laws of health, by eating and drinking care- 
fully. 
An exceedingly thin skin, possessed by most fair 
persons, is another cause for the blood to show readily 
through its coverings, and therefore I recommend that 
the flesh be thickened by using an astringent, that the 
pores may be tightened, and that the skin be made less 
transparent. This astringent liquid is applied with a 
piece of linen, and this is done without inconven- 
ience or discomfort. The outside skin of the feature is 
covered with a piece of linen, well saturated with the 
astringent. This outward using soon tells upon the 
texture of the flesh, and resists the showing through 
of the blood. 
The forehead, chin and neck, are as a rule, pale in 
color. The reason for this is that the skin is tightly 
drawn and little blood can flow between the skin and 
cartilaginous matter. And so it would be by the use of 
an astringent that would draw the flesh to a normal 
condition. 
The redness of the nose in its early stages consists 
of simply a reddened condition of the skin on the tip 
of the nose, sometimes accompanied with a similar 
v mdition of the cheeks. The redness may not be uni- 18 
Acne Rosacea. 
formly distributed over the affected parts, but consists 
of reddened spots, with intervening skin of natural 
color. 
Gradually the area of redness increases by enlarge- 
ment of the spots, until finally the greater part of the 
nose is the seat of a diffuse redness, not a bright red, 
but of a livid hue, especially noticeable when the part 
has been exposed to the cold. This process does not take 
place with rapidity, but, on the contrary, in the majority 
of cases, with very great slowness, requiring months and 
not infrequently years for its development. In this 
condition it may persist indefinitely, but more frequently 
passes into the next stage, which is known by the 
appearance of very small blood-vessels upon the sur- 
face. As the trouble progresses, they increase in size 
and become tortuous and enlarged. At the same time 
the skin itself thickens, and occasionally pimples arise. 
These are generally from the glands ; this is due to an 
extension of the disease from the surrounding skin. 
This second stage, like the first, is of slow development, 
often requiring years, but still it advances with a slow 
but steady step. In this condition it may remain indefi- 
nitely and, in fact, never go beyond it. In some cases, 
however, more frequently in men than in women, the 
trouble may continue and result in a very great thicken- 
ing of the skin, until it becomes very large and produces 
a great deformity of the nose. This thickening may be 
uniform, or somewhat irregular, budding out in differ- 
ent places into rounded elevations. 
Causes.— The causes of a red nose are both ex- 
ternal and internal ; the latter being the more frequent 
and prominent. Anything which tends to increase the Unnatural Redness of tne Nose and Pace. 
circulation of the face is influential in the production 
of this malady, as repeated exposure to cold, etc., may 
cause a congestion which may not subside before fresh 
exposure aggravates the trouble. Among the internal 
causes which influence it are gastric and uterine de- 
rangements, but gross living and the indiscreet use of 
cosmetics are certainly the most common causes. 
The trouble, however, is not, in men, to be exclu- 
sively attributed to the use of alcoholic stimulants, as 
I frequently meet with cases among strict abstainers. 
In females, digestive derangements likewise play an 
important part in its production, also tight lacing 
is almost sure to produce it in time, but there is no 
doubt that uterine or ovarian disturbances are more 
frequently the source of the trouble. 
In ordinary cases the astringent liquid quickly and 
effectually produces a cure. No one need be a sufferer 
who will carefully follow my directions for treatment. 
This liquid I will guarantee as harmless, and, by steady 
application during-treatment, will always be effectual, by 
reducing and shrinking the small capillary blood-vessels, 
thus causing a less flow of blood through the affected 
' parts. 
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Sycosis, or Barbers’ Itch; 
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Moth Patches and Freckles. 
I will claim here just a brief space to describe an 
affection that is most persistent and annoying when it 
exists, and that is Barbers’ Itch. This affection is an 
inflammatory disease of the hair follicles, usually affect- 
ing the bearded portion of the face. It is characterized 
by tenderness and swelling of the skin and the develop- 
ment of deep-seated nodules and superficial pustules, 
each one of which is usually perforated by a hair. The 
affection is allied to Acne and differs from it only in the 
seat of the inflammatory process, it taking place in this 
affection around the hair follicles instead of the seba- 
ceous glands. It often begins suddenly with a heat and 
tension of the part, the starting point of the inflammatory 
action being usually in the connective tissue around the 
hair sac. The follicle becomes quickly involved and the 
pus reaches the surface of the skin between the hair and 
the wall of the follicle. The inflammatory process ex- 
tends rapidly, until a large area of the bearded portion 
of the face becomes covered with the disease. The 
course of the disease is very variable. In some mild 
cases it may tend to a spontaneous cure, but generally it Sycosis, or Barbers' Itch. 
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becomes chronic and a most annoying affection, par- 
ticularly when the upper lip is involved. When the 
suppuration has been profuse the hair bulb is often 
destroyed and permanent baldness of the affected part 
is the result. It is a disease of adult males and often 
attacks the robust, although its worst effects are gen- 
erally observed among those who are weak or in poor 
condition. One of the causes of this affection is sup- 
posed to be the premature growth of new hairs in the 
follicles, the follicles being at the time smaller than the 
hair, giving rise to inflammation of the part and its 
ensuing unpleasant symptoms. It sometimes comes on 
as the result of the use of a dull razor, but the most 
prevalent cause, hence its suggestive name, is the con- 
tagion carried from one to another by the use of either 
razor or brush in the hands of a barber who is not 
particularly careful as to the cleanliness of the tools he 
uses on his patrons. My treatment for this most annoy- 
ing affection is perfectly reliable. 
Chloasma, or Moth Patches ; 
and 
Lentigo, or Freckles. 
Chloasma, or moth patches, and freckles are names 
that have been applied to all brownish or yellowish 
brown discolorations of the skin, by whatever cause 
produced. Freckles include those deposits which are 
the results of external causes, as, for instance, result of Chloasma, or Moth Patches. 
scratching or itching affections, or the stains which 
sometimes follow the application of a blister, or, 
iastly, the discoloration of the skin, commonly known 
as tanning, due to exposure to the weather. 
Chloasma, however, is in some cases different, and 
is due to an internal cause, the most important being 
from uterine derangements. This affection appears as 
a brownish discoloration of the forehead, temples or 
cheeks, as a result of pregnancy or uterine disorder. 
It may be limited in extent and not very prominent 
in color, or it may show itself very extensively and with 
very dark hue. The stains are supposed to be of 
uterine origin, inasmuch as they seldom appear before 
puberty. 
Iron being the only darkening constituent of the 
human body, and those brown spots, so conspicuously 
disagreeable, are sometimes the result of this element 
becoming incorporated in the external tissues of the 
skin, because of an inability of the cuticle to exude it 
through the pores, therefore it is advisable that persons 
who are afflicted with those brown discolorations should 
avoid the use of iron in any form, because, as it is their 
origin in some cases, it certainly would tend to increase 
them. 
Freckles or moth are very annoying to ladies of 
light complexion, for the discolored spots show more 
plainly on the face of a blonde than of a brunette, but 
they greatly mar the beauty of either, and any prepa- 
ration that will effectually remove them without injur- 
ing the texture or color of the skin is certainly a 
desideratum. These morbid secretions are both re- 
moved in the same manner, with an outward applica- Lentigo, or Freckles. 
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tion, which opens the pores and exudes these secretions 
through the skin, whatever was the cause of their pro- 
duction. 
My long experience as a practical Dermatologist has 
given me a thorough acquaintance with cutaneous dis- 
orders, and has thus qualified me to attempt the control 
of this obstinate affliction. 
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Warts; Naevi, or Moles; Distinct Red Veins; 
Powder Marks. 
Molluscum and Follicular Elevations. 
Warts are new formations, resembling in structure 
the ordinary papillae of the skin. They consist of a 
basis of rich connective tissue supporting blood-vessels 
which terminate in a single capillary loop or blood- 
vessel, from which they derive their nourishment; the 
whole is enveloped in a covering called epithelium. 
This is often very abundant, and the superficial layers 
are hard and stratified, forming a dense, firm cover- 
ing. 
They chiefly attack the hands and particularly the 
fingers, and sometimes the feet; when they appear on 
the feet they are very troublesome. The papula 
eruption, properly called soft or string warts, is an 
affection quite distinct from true warts. They appear 
on the face, scalp, eyelids, neck, back, and, in fact, all 
parts of the body. 
Moles—using the word in the broad sense, to in- 
clude small spots of discolored skin and small tumors 
with pigment, with or without unnatural growth of 
hair or skin glands—are very common ; few people are 
without one or more upon the surface of the body, Warts, Navi, or Moles, Distinct Red Veins. 
25 
and many have them in numbers. When they appear on 
the face they cause great disfigurement. They are 
generally harmless and are often inherited. They are 
also caused from pimples that have been picked or 
irritated in any way. They often appear in small spots, 
not as large as the head of a pin, and gradually enlarge 
from year to year. Moles and warts are both removed 
in the same manner, without cutting or even breaking 
the skin and without leaving scars, by an application of 
ansesthetic nature, which, when applied, penetrates and 
dessicates or dries them up without breaking the skin, 
thus transforming them into an incrustation or scab ; 
this, in a few days, falls off of its own accord, the dis- 
figurements being eradicated without harm or pain. 
Small, distinct red veins which appear so promi- 
nently at the sides of the nose and on the cheeks of 
middle-aged people, causing in some cases great dis- 
figurement, are removed in the same manner as moles. 
Powder Marks. 
Of all the different disfigurements of the face, there 
is hardly one possessing more disfiguring qualifications 
than powder marks. They are occasioned by explo- 
sion, the grains of powder becoming firmly and deeply 
imbedded in the deeper layers of tissue, making it 
most difficult for them to be eradicated without resort- 
ing to a most painful surgical operation. Even in that 
case the scar resulting from the operation is often- 26 
Powder Marks. 
times as bad as the original mark. Powder marks are 
very easy to distinguish, because the color of powder is 
a blue black and when it becomes imbedded in the skin 
by explosion it assumes just a slightly lighter shade, 
somewhat resembling the blue of India ink. The marks 
when situated in the upper portion of the face and 
about the eyes give to the face a most brutish expres- 
sion. Patients so suffering try every means in their 
power or that their friends can suggest to disguise the 
disfigurement, but generally with ill-success. They are 
perfectly removed the same as Moles. 
There are some cases, however, where the spots are 
thickly confined about the eyes, that will require a 
personal examination and treatment. Price for personal 
treatment cannot be definitely stated without seeing 
the case. 
Molluscum and Follicular Elevations. 
This affliction arises from the sebaceous follicles. 
They appear on the face and neck and are round, promi- 
nent tubercles of various sizes, from that of a large pin’s 
head to that of a small bean. They are hard, smooth, 
shiny on their surface, with a slight degree of trans- 
parency and nearly of the color of the skin. The 
progress of their growth is very slow, but gradually 
increases from year to year, sometimes attaining such a 
size that they become real deformitives and disfigure the 
face to an alarming extent. When they appear it is 
always advisable to attend to them as soon as possible Molluscum and Follicular Elevations. 
27 
as better results are obtained than when they 
assume a larger size. As follicular elevations I desig- 
nate those whitish globular elevations, generally of the 
size of a pin’s head, formed by the sebaceous follicles, 
full of an unctuous, whitish, solid matter. These 
follicular elevations are most commonly encountered 
on the eyelids and face generally. They are often 
associated with inflammation of the follicles. Among 
children from seven to ten years old, also middle-aged 
people, they are frequently seen about the chin and over 
the cheeks. They rarely occur among the aged. 
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Birth Marks. 
Birth marks, when found upon the face, neck or 
hands, are unsightly disfigurements, which cause great 
mortification and annoyance to the unfortunate person 
having them. Birth marks, as their name implies, are 
always congenital and are caused by an extravasation of 
blood between the external and middle layers of tissue. Birth Marks. 
29 
Just how tne extravasation takes place is not quite clear. 
That the influence of the mind of the mother of a person 
possessing such a mark might have something to do with 
it would seem reasonable from the various fanciful shapes 
they sometimes assume. It is more probable though that 
the little one meets with some injury during its Uterine 
life, that, though too slight to do damage to this life, 
yet it is still sufficiently grave as to act upon the delicate 
layers of skin and so cause a slight hemorrhage which is 
carried between the layers of tissue and there congeals 
and forms the red and unsightly marks designated as 
Birth Marks. Most of these marks are susceptible of 
removal, but sometimes the discoloration is so deeply 
seated, that whereas they cannot be perfectly removed, 
they can be treated in such a manner as to greatly lessen 
the amount of disfigurement. They are always the oc- 
casion of great anxiety on the part of every parent tak- 
ing interest in the future welfare of their offspring so 
afflicted, and it is to them that I particularly direct my 
remarks. When these marks are elevated above the sur- 
rounding tissue, no matter how great a space they may 
cover, or how long they may have existed, an almost 
perfect result may be obtained without any injury what- 
ever to the patient. 
The tendency of some of them to rapidly increase by 
spreading should teach the person affected to give speedy 
attention to their removal—to say nothing of the dis- 
figuring appearance they cause—the possessor being a 
mark for every eye when they appear in public. This 
causes a life-long trouble, equal to deformity, and many 
lives have thereby been saddened. 
If there were no remedy for these unsightly marks; 30 
Birth Marks. 
it would indeed be a great affliction, but I would sayto 
all suffering from this trouble, unless in a very aggra- 
vated case, they can be wholly relieved from their disfig- 
urements. 
I have, in the course of my practice, treated many 
large marks upon the face with the best success. They 
were of various shapes, some of animals, others of fruits, 
such as cranberries, strawberries, and the like. Some of 
them were raised from the surface of the skin. All of 
these were effectually removed without pain or harm to 
the patient, and without cutting. The operation is per- 
formed in about twenty minutes by penetration ; the mark 
is deadened or transformed into a dead substance and 
comes off the same as any other scab, in about ten days 
after the operation. 
Children having these marks can be brought here for 
operation as soon as they are old enough to keep from 
meddling with the scab after the operation is performed, 
say from seven to ten years of age. The marks will not 
increase in size very much before the child reaches that 
age. Price of operation cannot be definitely stated with- 
out seeing case. 
For patients having these marks and living at a dis- 
tance, who are unable to come here for treatment, we 
prepare a remedy called Dermaform, which can be used 
Oy their family physician, to whom full and detailed in- 
structions will be sent. CHAPTER VII. 
Scars, Pock-marks and Untimely Wrinkles. 
Scars and pock-marks are caused either by accident 
or disease. They are marks left after repair or healing 
has taken place. "When there is a rupture or break in the 
skin, either from external or internal causes, as a cut or 
burn or from pimples in the first, or an abscess or pustule 
in the second place, and the wound has been properly 
cleaned of blood, dirt or matter, as the case may be, 
nature instantly begins to repair or heal the injury sus- 
tained. If we closely examine we will see, after a few 
hours, a peculiar grayish-white film; this, after a short 
time, becomes toughened and more vascular, as is indi- 
cated by the redness seen, the surfaces are more even and 
the wound secretes a yellowish fluid. The wound is now 
said to be cleaning ; after the lapse of one day or more, 
the surface becomes covered with a number of little red 
points, varying in size from a millet to a hemp seed ; these 
are called granulation cells. The secretion of the wound 
is now of a thick, creamy yellow character, called pus or 
matter. Each granulation point has a blood-vessel, which 
gives forth a rich material for the repair of the wound ; 
when the granulations have reached the level of the skin, 
a dry red band of newly formed tissue will be seen, 
which, on its outer border, assumes a bluish-white color 32 
Scars, Pockmarks and Untimely Wrinkles. 
where it comes in contact with the sound skin. The 
band is the new skin forming ; it is caused by the gradual 
growth of the skin from the margin of the sound skin 
toward the centre of the sore. This is called cicatriza- 
tion, or forming the scar. The scar is red at first; it sub- 
sequently becomes paler, and, as year after year passes, 
it contracts and hardens, becoming firmer and harder as 
time passes. 
All forms of scars can be removed, without doubt. 
Those resulting from burns where there is great destruc- 
tion of tissue show best results from treatment. Pittings 
from Small Pox or Pock-Marks are sometimes so numerous 
and their bases so deep as to occasion most frightful dis- 
figurement, and patients so affected have formerly sought 
in vain for means to partially, at least, disguise the 
unsightly appeaiance. They can be perfectly removed. 
It takes a little time and patience ; but the results are so 
satisfactory that the time will not be begrudged. No 
matter how long the scar has existed nor how hard the 
tissues may have become a quick result will always be 
obtained. My treatment is in shape of a penetrating oil 
which, combined with gentle manipulation or friction, 
penetrates, breaks up and softens the firm tissue which 
forms the scar. By this method I have succeeded in 
starting the circulation and removing scars, even those 
of long standing, without producing any soreness or any 
inconvenience to the patient, excepting about ten minutes’ 
time each day during the treatment. I sincerely urge 
this treatment for patients having scars of any kind, as 
they will be surprised at the improvement after one 
month’s treatment. By using the Facial Instrument in 
connection with the above a quicker result can be obtained. Scars, Pockmarks and Untimely Wrinkles. 
33 
Wrinkles. 
Premature old age is indicated by the wrinkles under 
the eyes and on the face ; they induce withered, faded 
or sallow appearance, which destroys the natural com- 
plexional freshness so characteristic with the young and 
middle-aged ladies of America. These unmistakable 
signs of old age depend chiefly on the attenuation of the 
cutis, or true skin, and the reduction in the bulk of the 
underlying surfacial portions of the body. They cannot 
be regarded as a disease of the skin, but are the results of 
anxiety, study, bad health, etc. Old age comes to all 
rapidly enough, and I do not think there are any of us but 
that watch its approach with a feeling of foreboding or 
impending evil that we try in vain to repress. The Book 
of Books has told us that the allotted time of our exist- 
ence is three-score years and ten, and it is our duty so to 
live that we may fulfill the eonditions imposed upon us 
during that space of time. We are all aware that as old 
age approaches, the skin begins to assume a wrinkled or 
shriveled appearance. This usually begins about the 50th 
year of life. If it begins at about the 25th or 30th year 
it is a badge of premature old age and should excite more 
or less apprehension in the mind of every one so afflicted. 
That untimely wrinkles can be removed is a fact beyond 
dispute, and I consider it the duty of every one to make 
use of the means at hand for so doing. They are treated 
in a similar manner to scars, and with the most perfect 
success. This treatment, combined with the Facial In- 
strument, accomplishes the desired result in a much 
, . r <c • 
shorter space of time. CHAPTER VIII. 
Facial Development. 
The human face is distinguished by its delicacy and 
beauty, and the numerous tints which it is capable of 
exhibiting. More than all, it is marked by the variety 
of its expressions, and the faithfulness with which it is 
capable of revealing the emotions of the mind. The 
beauty of the face depends chiefly on all its several 
features being pleasingly mounted and in perfect keep- 
ing with each other ; without this proportion between 
the individual features, the most delicate complexion, 
the brightest eyes, the softest cheeks, the most finely- 
moulded mouth and the ruddiest lips may fail to charm. 
It is this excellence of proportion that constitutes one of 
the chief elements of personal beauty. 
Expression, as associated with personal beauty, is 
the representation of the various passions of the mind 
in the teatures, and has justly been called the “ spiritual 
part of beauty. ” Handsome are admitted to be 
correctly chiseled, and plain features to be irregular, but 
the character of both is changed by expression. The 
several component parts of the human body are sepa- 
rately susceptible of beauty, but it is only when the whole 
or chief of them possess a certain degree of excellence Facial Development. 
and the remainder do not, that personal beauty of a 
high order is developed. Without proportion of parts 
beauty cannot exist. The effect which beauty exercises 
on the mind, particularly when associated with expres- 
sion, illumined with moral excellence and intelligence— 
those holy lights which burn within—is almost wonder- 
ful. Its influence is as extensive as our race. Nor is 
this influence peculiar to the human species ; it extends 
in a diminished degree to the whole animal world. It 
is probable that fully one-half of the friendships and 
affections of life are attributable to beauty. The noble 
and more spiritual passions and aspirations and pleasures 
of the human soul, and even intellect and moral worth 
are unfolded and promoted by its presence. 
Personal beauty, in all its delicate gradations, offers 
a more extensive field for the exercise and gratification 
of taste than all the other departments of nature, but 
the resulting variety and diversity belong more to the 
modifying influence of expression in the individual pos- 
sessing it, and the quality of mind of the observer, than 
to its permanent form. 
The chin is a feature on which little need be said. 
It has been remarked that “it is grievous to allow a 
beautiful chin to be covered by the beard.” Perhaps it is 
so, but this must depend on the taste of its happy 
possessor. The defects of an ill-formed or ungraceful 
chin may be remedied. A weak chin, or one too hard or 
angular-looking, or one too small or too long and 
pointed for good proportions will seriously mar the looks 
of a face, as there is as much character indicated by the 
chin as by the nose, eyes or mouth. If you would have 
an intellectual face, you need a rather prominent chiru 36 
Facial Development. 
a receding one often denotes lack of mental force. The 
New Facial Instrument for hollow or sunken cheeks, 
defective chin, scars, pitting, wrinkles, neck, arms, chest, 
and in fact for developing all fleshy parts of the body, 
has no equal. Its simple but scientific treatment for 
development, combined with manipulation, has met with 
most remarkable success, and it has since its introduction 
received the highest endorsement from those who have 
personally become familiar with its merits. It is used 
by physicians in restoring withered limbs to their nat- 
ural size. The instrument is composed of rubber and 
glass, which when applied, places the parts under a 
complete circulation for a time, and through its opera- 
tion from day to day naturally brings sufficient stimulus 
to the aid of nature to complete its work. The principle 
involved in this process is similar to that in the use of 
the dumb bells and rowing machine. It nourishes, 
stimulates and strengthens the parts. It is nature’s 
assistant, perfectly simple and safe to use, easily ad- 
justable to all fleshy parts of the body, and should be on 
the toilet table of every lady and gentleman. 
A compound for manipulating the parts accom- 
panies each instrument with full directions and advice. 
See last two pages. 
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Shaping the Nose and Ears, 
How few have that excellent feature, a good-shaped 
nose. As it is such an important feature, I propose to 
devote this article to its discussion. 
As few of us can have a perfect member, it will be 
of interest to us to know how we can obtain an .,u- 
provement. 
We are all familiar with the eight types of noses, 
namely: the bulbous, the parrot-beak, the Roman, the 
angular, the mixed, the broken, the snub and the 
Grecian. 
One may meet one or all of these types by stroll- 
ing down any crowded thoroughfare. Some of these 
are repulsive to look upon, and one quickly glances 
away ; but each kind gives a determining character to 
the face. 
Many a good-looking face is spoiled by the shape 
of a nose. We often hear the remark that such a person 
would be good-looking if possessed of a good shaped 
nose. But many falsely believe this defect is beyond 
remedy, and will smile skeptically at the mention of 
changing the shape of one’s nose. “ If it were any other 
feature, or the complexion, or hair,” they say, “ of course 
it could easily be done ; but the nose—why it is out of the 
question and they still live with an ugly nose, to be 38 
Shaping the Nose and Ears. 
a constant s >urce of annoyance. This is all very foolish, 
if one stops for a moment to consider, and it will seem 
most reasonable that the nose, composed, as it is, of 
cartilage, that few things are easier tha'j to give it di- 
rection of shape. It may be made by gentle, continuous 
pressure, broad or thin, pointed or arched. An attempt 
is sometimes made by mothers to pinch their children’s 
noses into good form, but, from, want of regular or con- 
stant application, their efforts seldom succeed. What 
is wanted is a frequent or even continuous modified 
pressure and a suitable adjustment of some appliance 
by which the protruding parts of the cartilage may be 
gently forced into evenness and symmetry 
We know only too well how quickly even bones 
yield to pressure, and are forced from their natural 
position, the joints of the toes being a common illus- 
tration.. 
The Chinese, admiring, as they do, a broad nose, 
quickly change theirs to the kind they consider desir- 
able. 
The Hottentots pride themselves on having long 
heads, which they manage to obtain not by hard study- 
ing or close application, but by means of the pressure of 
the head in infancy, which is surrounded by pieces of 
board. In this way they direct its growth, and the 
result is satisfactory. These results were obtained by 
the rudest appliances ; but the little contrivance we are 
recommending is made upon scientific principles, effect 
ing its object in a very short time, as the soft, tractable 
cartilage of the nose is much easier acted upon than is 
bone, taking quickly the shape that is desired. 
More than one instrument has been constructed for Shaping the Nose and Ears. 
39 
'the proper formation of the nose, with more or less 
success. The principal thing in these contrivances, of 
course, must be to be able to adjust the instrument in 
such a way as to give pressure in certain parts, but in 
those parts only. For instance, if the nose be thin at the 
point and large at the base, the pressure must not be 
at the tip, but at the base of the nose, And the diffi- 
culty has been in so contriving an appliance that it 
might be set at any gauge, and kept at that until the 
object for which it has been used is obtained. This 
difficulty is now overcome, and we are making neat in- 
struments that can be used without a troublesome pres- 
sure, and that will effect the object desired in-a remark- 
ably short time. 
An hour during.the day or night is sufficient for the 
wearing of these appliances. 
Our urgent desire is that all persons unfortunate in 
having an unsymmetrical nose should at once use our 
appliance, and thus quickly remedy the greatest imper- 
fection from which the face can suffer. 
Patients ordering this apparatus will please describe 
their case and send the outlines of the nose drawn on 
paper, or a photograph. 
Shaping Ears. 
Few people are aware how important a part the ear 
plays in the beauty of the face. 
The French, with their quick perception, quickly 
notice this ; and a beautiful ear is not the least of a fair 
lady’s charms, with them. If we are not equally quick 40 
Shaping the Nose and Ears. 
to detect this, we do not fail to observe a misshaped ear. 
Many a face is marred by what is commonly called lop 
or projecting ears. In many cases this is caused by men 
wearing their caps pulled down so as to press upon the 
ears, these being very elastic or pliable, rapidly change 
their form and begin to project from the head, and if 
this pressure continues any length of time it soon bends 
the ear. This may often be observed in females, having 
been caused by the practice of placing the hair behind 
the ears in childhood. Many other cases are inherited. 
The disfigurement is remedied by a mechanical appli- 
ance holding the ears in their proper shape. It is worn 
at night, without inconvenience or pain, and will soon 
bring the ears to their natural position. 
Can be worn by the smallest child, as they are made 
to fit any person’s ears. 
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Nervous Diseases; Exhausted Nervous Vitality; 
Cenito Urinary Diseases; The Kidneys; 
The Liver. 
Diseases of the nervous system are without doubt th. 
most common of all affections at the present day. Ner- 
vousness and exhausted nervous vitality are frequent and 
distressing diseases, and not only affect all classes, but 
are confined to no particular age, the young, middle-aged 
and old being alike subject to their depressing influence 
Nervous Diseases Amongst Women. 
How They Affect Patients. 
Women are peculiarly susceptible to nervous dis- 
orders, which is owing partly to their more delicate nervous 
organization, and partly to their sedentary life and con- 
sequent confinement indoors. Such affections are at- 
tended by restlessness and nervous excitement, an 42 
Nervous Diseases. 
anxiety or depression of the mind, loss of interest in 
society and the daily affairs of life. There will be a tired, 
languid feeling, with a sense of exhaustion upon waking 
in the morning. The patient tires easily, having little 
power of endurance ; there is often a bad taste in the 
mouth, with a faintness or sinking at the stomach ; there 
will be loss of appetite, or it will become variable, and 
digestion will be impaired. The patient gradually be- 
comes nervous, restless and irritable, and there is often 
more or less loss of sleep, with prostration, instead of 
recuperation, from the night’s rest. These symptoms 
will, in many cases, be attended by pain in the side, 
back or abdomen, and the nervousness and sense of 
weakness will become more and more marked, until the 
sufferer declares that she is tired all the time, every 
movement or exertion being an effort. These are dan- 
gerous symptoms, and should be attended to immedi- 
ately by the sufferer in order to prevent complete prostra- 
tion and breaking down, which will inevitably follow if 
the disease is neglected. 
Nervous Diseases of Men. 
Something Men will do well to Ponder over. 
Nervous diseases are fully as prevalent among men as 
among women. Many a man who had formerly supposed 
himself possessed of a powerful physique and strong and 
steady nerves wonders at his feeling of exhaustion, 
lassitude and lack of inclination for physical and mental 
exertion. Where before he had a feeling of strong and Nervous Diseases. 
vigorous physical and nerve power, always ready for any 
mental or physical work, he now has only a sense of 
weakness,languor and dullness. This is often especially 
noticeable in the morning ; every movement is an exer- 
tion for a time, and it is only after some time, when the 
machinery of the system gets warmed to work, so to 
speak, that the feeling of exhaustion gradually wears 
away. When night comes and the day’s work is over 
the same tired and enervated sensations return, and the 
night’s sleep, which should refresh the system and 
restore strength and vigor to the nerves and muscles, 
often leaves the person in the morning more tired and 
exhausted than on retiring. 
Business men, prosperity depends upon their 
clearness of brain and mind, find their mental 
Strength Impaired 
and their endurance and power to work diminished. 
Professional men, stud ents and clerks,whose brains, being 
constantly active, require a more than ordinary amount 
of nerve force, often find their power of thought decreased; 
where formerly they could endure many consecutive 
hours of close application of the mind, they now find that 
the thoughts wander, and there is inability to fix the 
mind for any length of time upon one subject; together 
with this there is an extreme nervous and irritable con- 
dition, a dull, cloudy sensation, often accompanied by 
disagreeable feelings in the head and eyes. 44 
Nervuus Diseases. 
As these symptoms increase, there is usually a de- 
rangement of the digestive organs. The feeling of languor 
is increased, with a gradual failing of strength and weak- 
ness and pain in the back. There is often a bad taste in 
the mouth in the morning, accompanied by frequent 
dizziness. Persons thus affected are often despondent, 
and suffer from gloom and depression of the mind. 
The nerves become so weakened after a time that the 
least excitement or shock will bring on a tremor or 
trembling, often attended by more or less palpitation 
of the heart. The patient having these symptoms, or a 
portion of them, is suffering from 
Exhausted Nervous Vitality, 
from overwork, brain-tire or those excesses and abuses 
which will inevitably in time gradually break down the 
nervous and physical system, unless proper strengthen- 
ing and invigorating remedies are used to overcome the 
weakness and re-establish health and strength, 
Cenito Urinary Diseases. 
Their Influence on the Skin. 
To the silly fastidiousness which a false state of society 
has engendered, is due the fact that science has con- 
tributed but little to public literature in reference to the 
diseases of the genito-urinary system and their diastrous 
influence on the general health. Knowing the prejudices 
against those who deal with this delicate subject, I have 
long hesitated in referring to it in this work ; but, sur- 
rounded as I am with wrecks of humanity, cast away 
through the influence of excesses and secret vices, I feel Genito- Urinary Diseases. 
45 
impelled to utter a few words of warning to avert these 
evils. It is not my purpose to enter into a treatise on the 
various diseases of the genito-urinary system and their 
causes and treatment, as troubles of this character inva- 
riably require the services of the skilled physician. So 
complex and varied are they, that a plan of treatment 
adapted to all cases is impossible. Whatever the nature 
of the disease may be, their terrible influence on the 
general health is invariably through the great sympa- 
thetic nervous system, with which the organs of genera- 
tion are so intimately associated. I shall confine myself 
to a description of the constitutional Symptoms which 
characterize the insidious approach of diseases of this 
character. They are numerous, and varied according to 
the temperament of the patient. Sometimes only a little 
nervous irritability and debility are apparent, while the 
mental powers gradually lose force and activity; the 
patient drifts on utterly unconscious of his danger, 
quickly angered if his ability is questioned. Another 
will be keenly conscious of his condition, and, noting his 
failing memory, his powers of concentrating thought 
waning, bodily and mental energies daily becoming more 
feeble, lives in a state of terrible mental and physical 
despair. They become whimsical and hypochondriacal, 
imagine the approach of all sorts of evils. Every little 
thing startles them, and they turn from a world of 
horrors without to a temple of horrors within. If not 
harassed by these mental hallucinations, other distressing 
physical symptoms are invariably present, such as dizzi- 
ness, shortness of breath, sleeplessness, neuralgia, palpi- 
tation of the heart, disturbances of digestion, and general 
-nervous depression and physical debility. 46 
Genito-Urinary Disease:,. 
Many diseases of the skin are aggravated, and in 
some instances owe their origin to disorders of the 
genito-urinary system. This is especially the case in the 
pustular form of acne, owing to improper nourishment 
of the skin, resulting from an impoverished condition of 
the blood, sluggish circulation, and general nervous 
debility. 
Persons afflicted with diseases and derangements of 
the genito-urinary system cannot be too strongly 
cautioned against the use of empirical remedies. Treat- 
ment, to be successful in this class of diseases, should be 
especially prepared to meet the requirements of each 
individual case. All patients living at a distance should 
state their case, giving a detailed description of symptoms, 
both local and general, so that a correct diagnosis can be 
given. All who place themselves under our care can 
rest assured that our best efforts will be used for their 
restoration to health. Consultations at office or by letter 
are strictly confidential. 
The Kidneys. 
While the skin and lungs excrete a large amount of 
the waste fluids of the body in the form of perspiration 
and vapors exhaled, they would be wholly inadequate 
to the task without the aid of the kidneys, whose espe- 
cial function is the elimination of soluble effete matter 
from the body which is given off by the blood in its cir- 
culation through these organs. Any disturbance of the 
function of the kidney, which may result from various 
causes, such as a severe strain, overwork of any kind, 
from cold and exposure, or from disease settling there, 
is always followed by more or less distressing symptoms, The Kidneys. 
47 
the whole system becoming poisoned, and various remote 
troubles, such as rheumatism, weak back, and general 
nervous and physical debility follow. 
In the course of our extensive practice in the treat- 
ment of diseases of the skin, in looking for the cause, we 
have found, in a large percentage of cases, some functional 
or organic affection of the kidneys, to which, in order to 
obtain permanent results from our treatment of the skin, 
we have found it necessary to give our attention. 
In this manner numerous cases of all forms of kidney 
diseases have come under our observation, and hundreds 
of cases of chronic, long standing disease have been re- 
stored to health by our treatment. We desire to mention 
that we have no cure-all or specific, the treatment being 
varied to suit the requirements of each individual case 
after a careful study of the symptoms, and microscopic 
examination and chemical analysis of the urine. To 
patients living at a distance a question blank will be 
sent, which, when filled out and sent with a specimen of 
urine, will enable us to treat them at home. All who 
can do so are invited to call at our office, where consulta- 
tion is free. 
The Liver. 
In the maintenance of the animal economy there is 
no organ in the bod/ which plays a more important part 
than the liver. 
Owing to the complex nature of its functions any dis- 
turbance of the same is invariably attended by more or 
less distressing symptoms, in many cases so far removed 
from the seat of the trouble as to give rise to much con- 
jecture as to their nature and origin. 48 
The Liver. 
The liver is both a secretory and excretory organ. 
The secretion of bile from the organ while in the intes- 
tines plays a most important part in the process of diges- 
tion, its peculiar function being the emulsifying of the 
fatty portions of the food, rendering them capable of ab- 
sorption. It also possesses certain antiseptic properties 
serving to prevent the decomposition of food during 
its sojourn in the intestines. It also promotes an in- 
creased secretion from the lining membrane of the intes- 
tines, thus acting as a natural purgative, stimulating the 
intestines to a propulsion of their contents. 
From the peculiar manner in which the liver is sup- 
plied with most of the blood that flows through it, it is 
apparent that this organ is excretory, removing all such 
hydro-carbonaceous matters as may need expulsion, and 
also serves for the direct purification of the stream of 
blood which, passing into the liver through the portal 
vein, has gathered up various impurities in its course 
through the digestive organs, which need to be expelled 
immediately after absorption. 
It at once becomes apparent to the most superficial 
observer that any disease of this vital organ, either or- 
ganic or functional, cannot but exert a serious influence 
on the general health, and prompt and effective measures 
should not be delayed whenever symptoms point to dis- 
turbances of this class. 
The symptoms which characterize disease of the 
liver are very numerous, and varied according to the 
nature of the affection. There is usually more or less 
cough, headache, pain in the right side, increased on 
pressure ; in the right shoulder, more or less severe, 
which are often mistaken for rheumatic pains ; the tongue The Liver. 
49 
is usually moist and covered with a whitish fur; jaundice 
may or may not be present ; constipation is almost in- 
variably a close companion of all derangements of the 
liver. This is due to the fact that when the liver is af- 
fected the bile is not properly secreted. 
Liver derangements of all sorts, to which numberless 
troublesome symptoms are due, are usually curable if 
properly treated. 
In the treatment of all obstinate and different liver 
complaints our first effort should be to ascertain the 
nature and cause of the disease. If directly due to ner- 
vous debility, a course of treatment embracing the use of 
electricity, in combination with proper internal medica- 
tion, will yield most gratifying results. 
If it is the outcome of chronic inflammation or enlarge- 
ment of the liver, then treatment must be varied to meet 
the requirements of each individual case. 
Our treatment of diseases of the liver is both rational 
and scientific ; it goes directly to the seat of the disease, 
and hundreds of despondent sufferers have been made 
happy by the relief afforded them. 
To those who cannot consult us personally a symptom 
blank will be sent, that will enable them to thoroughly 
describe their case, from which we can correctly diagnose 
the case and prescribe proper treatment. 
All desired information regarding terms for treat- 
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Enlarged Finger Joints; Offensive Breath; 
Hyperidrosis, or Excessive Perspiration; 
and the Axilla, or Armpit. 
Rough usage or violent exertion of the hands, 
whether in work or sport, tends to make them broad 
thick and coarse, and to produce enlargement and distor- 
tion of the joints of the fingers ; also rheumatism, rheu- 
matic gout, and the like will produce them. They can 
be greatly relieved, and frequently wholly cured. Even 
enlarged finger joints containing the gouty excretions, 
properly called “ chalk stones,” will, in general, yield to 
treatment. 
Offensive Breath. 
y 
Scarcely anything is more disagreeable, and in marked 
cases more disgusting, than fetid breath. It is unpleasant 
to the person who has it, and it renders them unfit for 
the society of others. The cause of offensive breath 
may generally be traced to dr limited to the mouth or 
nose, or it may arise from diseased conditions of the 
respiratory or digestive apparatus. In many cases the 
secretion from the tonsils is very offensive. My treat- Offensive Breath. 
ment for bad breaths is entirely different from anything 
heretofore offered for that purpose, and must be tried 
to be appreciated. 
Hyperidrosis, or Excessive Perspiration. 
Hyperidrosis is an affection characterized by the per- 
spiratory glands becoming so abnormally active that the 
amount of the perspiratory fluid becomes excessive and 
a source of great annoyance to the patient. We are most 
of us aware that after undergoing any violent exertion or 
being exposed to a great degree of heat there is an enor- 
mous amount of the fluid called perspiration secreted by 
the perspiratory glands, and it is perfectly natural, it be- 
ing nature’s manner of equalizing the temperature of the 
body in such a manner that it shall not be increased by 
even a single degree above the normal standpoint. We 
also are aware that in the course of some diseases to 
which the human frame is liable an excessive amount of 
perspiration constitutes one of the most unpleasant and 
annoying symptoms, and usually departs upon the sub- 
sidence of the disease. To neither of these forms of 
Hyperidrosis is it my wish to attract your attention here, 
but to that form of the affection that arises in a condition 
of the most perfect health, presumably, and from no ap- 
parent exciting cause. Patients frequently suffer from 
Hyperidrosis of the entire body, but it is generally the 
hands, feet, and exceptionally the face that suffer most. 
When the hands are alone affected it constitutes a most 
annoying and embarrassing affliction not only to the 
patient, but to those with whom he may be brought into 
contact socially. It is almost impossible for such a 52 
Hyperidrosis, $r Excessive Perspiration. 
patient to wear kid gloves without their being almost 
immediately soaked through as though they had been 
dipped in water, so great and rapid is the secretion of the 
perspiratory fluid. And there are instances where per- 
sons who have employment on certain kinds of metal- 
lic goods, or fabrics of a delicate texture, have been 
obliged to relinquish their employment entirely from this 
cause alone. I have known cases of great mental de- 
pression to occur as a result of this affection. And let 
me say that it often happens that the affection becomes 
greatly aggravated from a patient’s own consciousness 
that it exists. That it is a most annoying affection you 
may easily perceive from what I have already said, and 
its tendency is to get worse as time goes on or is left to 
itself. Hyperidrosis when it is confined to the feet is also 
a most annoying affection, they being bathed in a profuse 
perspiration, keeping the stockings perpetually wet, 
no matter how often they may be changed, and in 
winter keeping the feet continually cold and damp, 
being the exciting cause, no doubt, of many cases of severe 
colds that not infrequently are the forerunners of an 
attack of pneumonia or pleurisy. It is also sometimes 
confined to only one side of the body, viz.: one side of the 
face and head may be bathed in perspiration, while the 
other will be as dry as normal. In the treatment of this 
affection the majority of physicians fail to secure good 
results, because they begin at once the administration 
of internal medicine which can be of no possible value, 
as the cause of the trouble is confined to the skin, or 
rather the perspiratory glands in the skin, and this be- 
ing so, you can easily see that it is local application 
alone that we must depend upon to relieve and cure this Hyperidrosis, or Excessive Perspiration. 
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most persistent and annoying affection. That it can be 
cured is a fact that is now beyond dispute. In the milder 
cases good results may sometimes be obtained from 
frequently bathing the parts in moderately cold water, 
but in the severer cases, and they are in the majority, a 
special treatment must be adopted to heat and dry the skin 
and restore the disordered glands to their normal con- 
dition. In contradistinction to this affection there is 
another termed Xerosis, in which the quantity of the 
sebaceous material is so scanty that the skin becomes 
dry, harsh, inflexible and cracked, as is frequently seen 
in those who are employed much with soapy materials, 
or in fact cold water alone—as barkeepers and the like. 
Whatever the cause, it is a most undesirable state 
of affairs, and is frequently a most painful condition when 
the skin cracks and fissures are formed that become raw 
and excessively sensitive to any external source of irri- 
tation. It is most easy to remove and cure this annoying 
trouble. Patients requiring treatment will please men- 
tion the parts affected. 
The Armpit. 
The armpit or “axilla” may be referred to here on 
account of the common practice among young ladies of 
wearing pieces of oil-skin, oiled silk, thin sheet gutta- 
percha, or India rubber and the like, inside their dress 
over the part, under the name of “ dress protector.” 
This practice cannot be too strongly reprobated, since 
the axilla is full of important blood-vessels, nerves, 
glands, etc., and should not be subjected to undue heat, 
a close atmosphere or pressure. 54 
The Armpit. 
It frequently happens that even the most healthy 
people are afflicted with a most annoying, persistent and 
embarrassing trouble. I refer to Bromidrosis, or a dis- 
eased state of the axillary glands. These glands in 
their most healthy state secrete a fluid possessed of pecu- 
liar properties, and having as well an odor peculiar to 
itself. Now, when these glands become diseased from 
any cause, such as those mentioned above, or as the re- 
sult of some former constitutional trouble, they become 
sluggish in their action, the secreted fluid is not able to 
be thrown off in as free and limpid a condition as nature 
demands ; in other words, it is suppressed, decomposition 
ensues and a most penetrating and disagreeably offen- 
sive odor arises continually from the part that cannot be 
disguised by even the most powerful odors, except tem- 
porarily. That this is a most mortifying condition of 
affairs goes without saying, especially to ladies whose 
social duties are exacting; but happily it is a condition of 
affairs that is easily amenable to treatment. 
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Seborrhoea, or Oily Skin ; 
Congelatio, or Chilblains; 
and 
Miliaria, or Prickly Heat. 
Seborrhoea is an affection of the skin characterized 
by an abnormal increase of the sebaceous or lubricating 
material of the skin, causing it to appear oily or greasy 
continually. This affection may frequently involve the 
entire body, but as a rule it is confined to a limited area, 
being most commonly noticed in ladies, especially on the 
forehead, nose (generally on the sides of that organ) 
and about the chin, giving to the face a peculiar, greasy, 
shiny, unsightly appearance that is still further intensi- 
fied by the accumulation of various small particles of 
dust, etc., in the air, so that a person so afflicted is 
forced to be either washing or wiping the face continu- 
ally. Ladies troubled with this annoying affection 
think they have a perfect resort to fly to in the form of 
some one of the numerous face powders and cosmetics 
that are so widely distributed, and so they have tempo- 
rarily; but little do they consider the injury to their com- 
plexion and skin that is sure to result from the use of 
these most pernicious articles of the toilet or I am sure 
hey -would never use them. As I have already men- 
tioned in a previous chapter, these so-called skin beauti- 
fiers are themselves responsible for the vast majority of Seborrhaea, or Oily Skin. 
the cases of Acne, or Pimples, and Comedones, or Flesh- 
worms. In this affection the sebaceous glands are 
largely at fault, without doubt, as from their sluggish 
action the sebaceous material is continually accumulating 
in quantities larger than normal, and oozes sluggishly 
through the ducts and manifests itself externally in the 
oily, greasy condition already described, giving to the 
countenance the unsightly appearance so characteristic 
of this affection. To ladies whose social duties are 
great it is an especially annoying affection, and one that 
they try every means in their power to get rid of, but 
without success. Why is this? Simply because the 
methods they employ are not directed to the removal of 
the cause of the trouble, and in the great majority of 
cases only serve to increase the trouble, and at the same 
time act as an exciting cause for some new difficulty. 
As the sebaceous glands are at fault in this affection, and 
their accompanying ducts, it is to them that we must 
direct our attention if we wish to secure satisfactory re- 
sults. If this is borne in mind carefully, this affection 
can always be most successfully treated by the selection 
of such remedies as shall exercise a gently stimn]a.ting 
and toning influence on the sebaceous glands. 
Chilblains. 
Chilblains are those well-known inflammatory swell- 
ings, of a color more or less leaden-purple, produced by 
the action of cold. They extensively attack the extrem- 
ities of the body, and are generally confined to the 
fingers, toes and heels. Itching, irritation and tender- 
ness, often accompanied with shooting pains and tume- Congelatio, or Chilblains. 
57 
faction, are the common symptoms. Children, particu- 
larly those of weakly or scrofulous habit, and elderly 
persons are generally the most liable to them ; but they 
occur frequently among all persons who have thin skin, 
also those to whom the circulation in the extremities is 
languid. One of the most common causes of them is 
holding the hands or feet to the fire after they have been 
exposed to the cold ; any sudden change of temperature, 
under such circumstances, especially from cold to heat, 
should be carefully avoided, as the action of the minute 
superficial blood-vessels is thereby more or less arrested, 
and their vitality in many cases partially destroyed. It 
sometimes happens that a very severe inflammation of 
the superficial portions of the skin results from a too 
rapid thawing of parts that have been exposed to a great 
degree of cold, this often resulting in the formation of 
ulcers of various depths that are very remarkable for 
their slow tendency to heal. These ulcerations are gen- 
erally preceded by large blisters, or bullae, as they are 
technically termed. If left to themselves, or treated by 
the usual home remedies, they often become very trouble- 
some affections, and I have known cases to last many 
months before they have got entirely well. Ordinary 
chilblains are, as a rule, very easy to get rid of, but the 
intense itching is frequently most persistent, and is the 
occasion of much agony to the patient suffering from the 
ulcerative condition already mentioned. Patients should 
not temporize with this state at all, but should undergo 
a course of effective treatment as early as practicable. 
The first event in every case of frosting consists in the 
continued contraction of the superficial vessels, followed 
by a gradual dilatation of the same, and it must be our aim Congelatio, or Chilblains. 
in treatment to employ such remedies as shall regulate 
as j:ar as possible, and as consistent with the health of 
the part as may be, this gradual dilation. 
Miliaria, or Prickly Heat. 
Miliaria, or Prickly Heat, is an affection of the skin 
characterized by the appearance of a fine eruption 
somewhat elevated above the surrounding tissue, of a 
bright red color at the base and body and white at the 
apex, caused by the presence of a drop of the watery por- 
tion of the blood. It may occur at any time of the year, 
but is most commonly met with during the heated term. 
It is not an affection of very great gravity, as a rule, but 
at times it is very annoying to a patient. The surface of 
the body seems to be the selected site, generally speak- 
ing, but it not infrequently attacks the face and neck, and 
in these latter situations it is especially annoying and 
uncomfortable, Persons of a light complexion and very 
thin skin are more subject to this affection than those of 
an opposite complexion, and it is a fact worthy of notice, 
that a patient who has once experienced an attack of this 
trouble seems to be specially liable to succeeding attacks. 
The eruption is almost invariably accompanied by a most 
disagreeable sensation of stinging or pricking of the skin, 
which has been the origin of the term Prickly Heat, 
the amount of perspiration secreted during an attack 
being in many cases excessive, so much so, in fact, that 
this alone constitutes one of the most unpleasant symp- 
toms of the complaint. Violent exercise, too much cloth- 
ing, loss of vitality from any cause, and over-indulgence 
in stimulating articles of diet are, in the great majority Miliaria, or Prickly Heat. 
59 
of cases, the causes of this affection, but excessively hot 
weather or excessive heat from any cause long continued 
is undoubtedly the most common cause, exciting as it 
does a great determination of blood to the surface of the 
body, and thus causing an active congestion of the skin, 
that gives rise to the eruption. In the rational treatment 
of this affection, we must keep constantly in mind that 
as it is the skin that is the seat of the congestion, we must 
direct our efforts entirely to the relieving of the skin from 
this undue amount of congestion. Ladies with a fine, 
sensitive skin are the ones who suffer most severely from 
the trouble, and, appearing as it does quite frequently 
on the face and neck, it gives to the one so suffering .) 
most unsightly appearance. The exciting causes should 
be most carefully avoided, and in extreme hot weather a 
proper attention to hygienic measures, combined with a 
course of judicious treatment of the skin will invariably 
bring about a satisfactory result. 
See last two pages. 
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Urticaria, or Nettie Rash, and Antiseptic 
Toilet Soap. 
Nettle Rash is an eruptive affection of the skin, char- 
acterized by the sudden appearance of elevations called 
hives, which are most difficult to be accounted for. They 
may remain for but a brief time, causing the patient more 
or less discomfort during this time, or they may exist for 
a longer period. The tendency of this persistent affection 
is, generally speaking, to increase until it assumes a 
chronic form, and then it is a most obstinate and annoy- 
ing affection and causes the lives of the patients so 
afflicted to be most miserable. The hives are elevations 
of a solid character, attended always with more or less 
inflammation. They are generally of a white or pinkish 
white color and surrounded with a portion of surface 
more red than normal. A very fair idea of the appear- 
ance of the eruption maybe obtained by regarding closely 
the elevations caused by striking the skin pretty sharply 
with a thin switch or cane. As a rule, they are oval in 
shape and vary greatly in size, from that of a three-cent 
piece to a dollar, or even larger. In a mild attack the 
eruption is generally limited to a small extent of space 
and is also small in character, but in a severe, acute 
attack it generally invades the greater portion of the body 
and is larger in size. In a mild attack, where the eruption 
is limited, the amount of discomfort to the patient is not Urticaria, or Nettle Rash. 
61 
very great, and eventually it disappears almost as sud- 
denly as it came. If this were the history of all cases of the 
disease there would be no need of a description of it; but 
unfortunately it is not. A patient will most frequently 
be attacked by this disease without any previous warning 
and from no apparent cause. The first symptom noticed 
will be the appearance of the characteristic oval or oblong 
elevations, and these will be accompanied by more or lest 
itching. At first the itching is fairly mild, but it very soon 
assumes a more active character and becomes most intense, 
so that the patient is compelled to indulge in the most 
persistent and severe scratching to get any relief what- 
ever from this agonizing annoyance. If the disease con- 
tinues for any length of time the symptoms increase in 
severity, the eruption becoming more general, and the 
surface of the skin becoming greatly excoriated and sore 
from the constant and severe scratching. At night the 
unhappy individual experiences absolute torture from 
the presence of the warm bed-clothing, often being com- 
pelled to get up and walk about the room, so great is the 
irritation of the skin. Insomnia, or inability to sleep, 
when nature most requires it, is one of the most distress- 
ing symptoms accompanying this disease. I have known 
patients to be driven almost beside themselves from this 
cause and the itching together. Accompanying the erup- 
tion there is always a burning or stinging sensation that 
is most annoying to the patient. It generally exists alone, 
but it may accompany some other form of skin disease. 
There is an important point that I must mention in this' 
v. onnection. The eruption is always favored by a most 
peculiar and intense irritability of the skin, which is the 
result of reflex nervous irritation, and the exciting cause 62 
Urticaria, or Nettle Rash. 
elevations attended with itching. For then we may hope 
to often succeed in cutting short an attack before it 
becomes chronic, or before the surface of the skin of the 
affected parts has become excoriated and sore. Let it be 
borne in mind, if you please, that the chronic form, even 
where the excoriation of the surface is extensive, is very 
readily amenable to a judicious and accurate method of 
treatment. 
To Consultants. 
Patients living at a distance who desire to avail them- 
selves of our services need not hesitate because of their 
inability to visit us personally. 
We have treated successfully patients in all the 
states and territories as well as in all parts of the civilized 
world. On application we will send a question blank 
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63 
Woodbury’s Antiseptic Toilet Soap. 
It is many years since the value of soap as a medium 
for the application of remedies to diseases of the skin 
first suggested itself to me. The idea of utilizing this 
essential of the toilet as a preventive of disease is of 
more recent origin. 
To prepare a soap that should not only fulfill every 
requirement for toilet use, and at the same time not only 
possess valuable medicinal properties, but also contain 
an antiseptic, harmless, yet sufficiently powerful to de- 
stroy disease germs, was no easy task, and it was only 
after many trials and disappointments that my efforts 
have been rewarded with the most brilliant success. 
Cleanliness is essential to health. While soap and 
water accomplish this, they do not prevent the inception 
of diseases by local infection. 
Woodbury’s Facial Soap is the product of long years 
of study and experience in the treatment of diseases of 
the skin. As an adjunct to the toilet it represents the 
highest standard of perfection. While it has remarkable 
medicinal properties in all morbid conditions of the skin 
and scalp, its most valuable property, however, is as a 
preventive of disease, not only of the skin, but of all dis- 
eases of a contagious nature. The germs so fatal to 
human life, and productive of so much loathsome dis- 
figurement, are rendered absolutely innocuous and harm- 
less where this soap is used. Barber’s itch and other 
parasitic diseases to which one is exposed in shaving, 
are absolutely impossible. For this reason its use in 
hotels, barber-shops and all public buildings is recom- 
mended, the dangers of contagion being reduced to the Woodbury's Antiseptic Toilet Soap. 
minimum. Its use in bathing of children cannot be too 
highly commended, as its antiseptic properties render it 
the greatest safeguard against the contagious diseases 
of childhood, of which thousands perish annually. The 
best evidence of the merits of this soap is found in the 
enormous demand that has been created for it in the short 
time that it has been before the public. Our purpose 
here has been to call especial attention to its medicinal 
virtues and as a preventive. I also desire to correct the 
impression existing in many minds that a medicated 
soap is not intended for toilet purposes. Woodbury’s 
Facial Soap, while possessing remarkable medicinal and 
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Scrofuiaderma, or Lupus Superficialis. 
Superficial Lupus generally appears on the most prom- 
inent part of the cheek, in the form of a slight circular 
elevation of the skin, insignificant in size at first, a little 
inflamed, soft to the touch and, if pressed firmly, rather 
painful. After a time, perhaps several weeks or even 
months, it exhibits a thin, brown and hard scab, but it is 
apparently altered in no other way. Should the scab be 
removed, the sore would appear superficially ulcerated, 
the edges seeming to be slightly thickened and presently 
another scab'similar to the first, but firmer, would make 
its appearance. The sore increases in size very slowly 
and after an interval of several months the disease ap- 
pears to have completed its ravages on the spot originally 
affected, whence the dry scab or crust falls and the sore 
now being completely healed, the skin presents the white 
and seamed appearance of the scar produced by a burn. 
From this starting point the disease advances slowly, 
though generally from one side only, and, except when ir- 
ritated by scratching or by applications of an inflamma- 
tory nature, preserves its original undemonstrative char- 
acter. Its track is always marked by the disfiguring 
white scar, which will remain through life unless effective 
and intelligent advice be sought for its removal. There 
is another form of this disease that should always be at- 
tended to as soon as it makes its appearance. . The circu- 
lar elevation of the former assumes in this the appearance 
of a livid or dusky red spot of about the same size or a 66 
Scrofuladerma, or Lupus Superficialis. 
trifle larger in circumference, being ostensibly as indolent 
in this form as the other. This apparent inaction, though, 
is only too deceptive. Underneath the inoffensive exte- 
rior we usually find that con sumption of the deeper tissues 
is going on, the truth being revealed finally by an issue 
of purulent matter, showing that the parts have been un- 
dermined by the process of active inflammation. Now 
bear in mind, if you please, that at this stage eruptive 
spots similar in character appear in the vicinity of the 
original eruption, and it is the rule for them to coalesce or 
unite, forming one large ulceration which finally heals 
and leaves a most ugly scar. This form of the disease 
needs more active treatment than the first to secure good 
results. Let me say that this disease is generally the 
result of a scrofulous tendency, and therefore the treat- 
ment must always be of a supporting and toning charac- 
ter, so that the blood-vessels may endure the extra work 
put upon them in the process of healing. 
See last two pages. 
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Skin, Scalp and Complexion. CHAPTER XV. 
Development of the Hair. 
The hair given us by nature to protect the head, as 
well as to add to the beauty of mankind, is subject to 
many diseases. Carelessness, neglect and ignorance of 
how to preserve this most beautiful ornament of our- 
selves being, in many cases, the cause. Before we con- 
sider these diseases let us study the manner in which 
nature creates and nourishes this delicate organ. That 
we may the more readily comprehend and simplify it, 
we will drop all technical terms and divide (the hair) 
into root and shaft. The root is that part which is im- 
planted in the skin, and has at its extremity a bulbous 
enlargement, which is whiter in color and softer in text- 
ure than the shaft. This is lodged in a follicular involu- 
tion of the epidermis, called the hair follicle or bulb. 
This little follicle or sack is supplied with a blood-vessel 
and nerve, from which the shaft derives its life, growth 
and color. Just above the follicle, on either side of the 
shaft, are two little glands that secrete an oily substance 
which serves to keep the hair glossy, and prevents dust 
and other excrementitious matter from forming a crust 
around th* fchua retard its growth, The shaft 68 
Development of the Hair. 
you already know, and need, but little explanation ; it is 
that part which projects from the surface of the skin and 
is more or less cylindrical in shape, and gradually lessens 
its calibre to the point, which is of no interest farther 
than to indicate, by its dividing or splitting, that the 
shaft has not a proper nourishment for further growth. 
The scalp in which these hair follicles are implanted, 
so to speak, is the same as the skin which covers and 
protects our whole body. Diseases of the hair are nu- 
merous, but I only refer to those that are met with most 
commonly. The hair may grow too long or too thick. 
It may be defective in its growth, or may fall off prema- 
turely from various causes, or in the natural course of 
things, as from old age. It may change its color, too, 
under a great variety of circumstances, and at nearly 
every age. It is not very uncommon to find a single 
lock varying in color from that which surrounds it. Old 
age, the winter of life, naturally brings the “ frosted 
locks,” but they frequently appear also upon the heads 
of younger persons. Strong mental emotions, such as 
fear, grief and sorrow, may bring a bleaching of the hair 
in a brief period, or even suddenly. Byron, in his 
“ Prisoner of Chilon,” beautifully refers to this fact. 
“ My hair is gray, but not with years, 
Nor grew it white 
In a single night 
As men’s have grown from sudden fears.” General Management of the Hair. 
Having given as briefly and clearly as possible a gen- 
eral outline of the anatomy and construction of the skin 
and hair, I will engage the attention of the reader for a 
brief space by giving my views for the proper manage- 
ment of the hair, both in children and adults, before 
proceeding to the consideration of those diseases which 
tend to destroy it. The following directions refer exclu- 
sively to the treatment of the hair and its supporting 
surface in their ordinarily or comparatively healthy state, 
and though these hints must necessarily be of a general 
character, it will be found that there are few persons so 
peculiarly constituted as to need more specific directions. 
Children’s Hair. 
Though medical writers, in the part of their several 
works relating to the nursery, are explicit enough with 
regard to the general physical management of children, 
it is remarkable that so little is said in regard to the 
course of treatment proper for the hair and scalp. Now 
this reticence cannot be the result of indifference to the 
state of the hair. Nor can I assign any more satisfactory 
reason for the fact above stated than this. The popular Children's Hair. 
impression that the scalp is exempt from the operation 
of those laws of cleanliness which every one admits 
affect all the rest of the body’s surface, is entertained 
by the learned, or else the latter believe that they have 
but a choice of evils, the least being to let the scalp 
alone, while the greater would be to keep that surface 
thoroughly clean at the expense of constant trouble with 
the hair. So that the old, bad custom of harsh brushing 
and combing, and the copious use of oil and grease still 
constitute the practice of mothers and nurses, with the 
permission and implied approbation of the family physi- 
cian. How many of the cases of serious diseases of the- 
scalp in infancy and childhood are directly or indirectly 
the result of this objectionable mode of treatment it 
would be impossible to decide, but from the marvellous 
delicacy of the integuments at that tender age and the 
great constitutional susceptibility, we cannot but infer 
that disease of the scalp must have often been produced 
in this manner, and that in a vast number of other 
instances the disorder must have been terribly aggravated 
by the same malign practices. Does any sensible person 
imagine that the tender and delicate cuticle on the 
head of a child can be daily raked and harrowed with 
fine-toothed combs and stiff, bristled brushes, and also 
inflamed and irritated with violent frictions and stimu- 
lating applications ? No : every touch affecting so deli- 
cate a structure should be soft and soothing, and every 
application as mild as possible. From the time when 
the hair first appears the scalp should be kept clean with 
frequent baths of an infusion of Murillo Bark. It should 
not be too strong, and may be made with either cold or 
hot water. If the bark cannot be obtained, a bath may Children's Hair. 
be substituted, composed of equal quantities of the Aro- 
matic Spirits of Ammonia and Alcohol largely diluted 
with soft water, pure rain water which has been boiled 
being best suited for the purpose. The scalp and hair 
should be thoroughly rinsed and carefully dried with 
cloths, care being taken to carefully protect the head from 
cold. Then brushing the hair gently in the direction in 
which it naturally lies will force from the free ends of 
the hairs a portion of the sebaceous secretion with which 
their central parts are filled, and the soft bristles of the 
brush will diffuse it equally in quantities sufficient for 
every needful purpose, whether of health or artistic effect. 
In cases where this sebaceous matter is deficient, whether 
from delicate health or other constitutional cause, a 
small quantity of the Tincture of Bayberries may be 
applied. This will render the hair soft, glossy and 
flexible. I recommend this tincture with entire confi- 
dence, having used it for many years. It is volatile, and 
contains no gummy or glutinous ingredient to irritate 
the scalp and permanently obstruct the pores. Whenever, 
then, the necessity of a softening application is apparent, 
the Tincture of Bayberries may be used, and should be 
preferred to any of the compounds before the public, 
however highly they may be recommended. Let no 
mother or nurse commit the senseless and tasteless error 
of endeavoring to plaster down the little one’s hair, and 
resorting to some fatty unguent to accomplish this fool- 
ish end. Everything pertaining to a child should be as 
,free and unconventional as its own nature. The ends of 
the hair should be clipped once in about every four or 
six weeks to further the escape of the oil contained in 
each strand of hair. If this is not done the hair is very 72 
Children's Hair. 
apt to become harsh and dry, and then the only remedy 
is a resort to some one of the vile compounds already 
spoken of. A fine, healthy growth of hair upon the head 
of a child is not so common a thing as might be supposed. 
Protracted observation would, in at least one-half the 
cases, discover some predisposition to a destructive dis- 
ease of the scalp, if not its actual presence, in at least its 
incipient stages. This consideration alone should urge 
the necessity of following the advice given in this chap- 
ter. Scarcely any other care will be so gratefully remem- 
bered in after-life as that bestowed upon the condition of 
the hair in the early years of life. Remember, please, 
how rare it is to see a splendid head of hair and how very 
common is baldness. Hardly any other defect is so 
keenly felt, especially by ladies. No art can perfectly 
conceal it, and art is generally impotent to restore that 
which has been so unfortunately lost. 
Hair of Adults. 
I have little to add to the foregoing as peculiarly 
applicable to grown people, since much that has been 
said of children’s hair applies equally well to that of grown 
people. From youth to age the same strict attention to 
absolute cleanliness of the scalp should be adhered 
to. At no time of life does that part of the body’s sur- 
face lose its tenderness or its peculiar susceptibility to 
functional or structural disorder. Indeed, modern habits 
of life are commonly so unfavorable to the healthful per- 
formance of the bodily functions, that when these habits 
have been long indulged a chronic disorder of some part Hair of Adults. 
73 
of the system cannot be thought a strange occurrence, as 
is amply proven by well-known facts. This precarious 
tenure upon the elements of vigorous functional life is 
held particularly by the scalp, which, to add to the 
trouble, is generally overworked and otherwise abused. 
In view of these considerations, it is plain that attention 
to the scalp on the part of grown persons can hardly be 
amiss and may often be abundantly rewarded. It may 
be observed at the outset that various conditions of the 
hair and scalp, referring often to simple mechanical ob- 
struction of the pores or to the immediate consequences 
of over-stimulation or other ill-treatment, sometimes 
indicate more serious difficulties, as will be apparent 
from a perusal of the chapter on debilitation of the 
cuticle. Here a cleansing of the scalp will not alone 
suffice to remove the unpleasant symptoms. This con- 
dition will require a special treatment. The conditions 
alluded to are, briefly, irritation—indicated by a constant 
itching of the scalp, more or less severe—a moist exuda- 
tion from the surface, dandruff and scurfy accumula- 
tions, a faded and lifeless appearance of the hair and a 
falling out of the same. In the treatment of these or 
any other conditions, causing a loss of hair, there is but 
one rational plan to be observed. First, discover the 
cause of the difficulty and then remove it. By this means 
alone can we ever hope to be successful in accomplishing 
the desired result. Cleanliness, and I mean absolute 
cleanliness when I say this, must be observed under all 
circumstances. In point of fact, it is necessary to 
cleanse the head just as often as the other portions of 
the body. I could never understand why the great ma- 
jority of persons pay so little attention to this important Hair of Adults. 
•*X)int. Even the most fastidious in regard to their per- 
sonal habits of neatness are often most lax in this. And 
now a word on another point. Those who will use 
pomades, lotions and other preparations for the hair 
should exercise great care in seeing that the ingredients 
composing them are not capable of lasting injury, not 
alone to the part to which they are applied, but to the 
constitution itself. Many of them contain lead and 
silver. These poisonous substances, being absorbed by 
the tissues and acting violently upon the nerves, have not 
infrequently occasioned some form of paralysis, now of 
the optic nerve, occasioning loss of sight, again of the 
auditory nerve, causing deafness, and sometimes even a 
general paralysis of the whole nervous system. After 
what has been said of the structure of the hair, in the 
first chapter of this little work, and the exceeding deli- 
cacy of the producing surface, it would seem almost 
superfluous to remind any one, especially ladies, that 
twisting or binding the hair firmly or inducing a pro- 
tracted tension in any portion of it—particularly next 
the head—must necessarily be an injurious practice. 
And yet most ladies—so devoted are they to the fickle 
freaks of fashion—resort to most of these reprehensible 
practices, to the detriment of their hair, which in many 
cases is their crowning beauty. That this is not idle 
talk is amply proven by the indisputable fact, that in the 
last .fifty years particularly, it is the exception, rather 
than the rule, to observe a perfect head of hair. The 
result of an upward strain, long continued and con- 
stantly felt by the roots of the hair, would be the loosen- 
ing of their hold upon the tract whence the sustenance 
of the hair is drawn, and a consequent diminution of the Hair of Adults. 
quantity of nourishment to which it has before been 
accustomed. Besides, a persistent mechanical pressure 
on the shaft of a hair by obstructing the flow of the 
■oleaginous substances before referred to, tends to render 
dry those portions beyond the ligature, thus occasioning 
a noticeable variety in shade and texture, sadly at vari- 
ance with the requirements of the toilet. The freer the 
style, and the more loose, of dressing the hair, the better. 
Just a word more on a point commonly not well under- 
stood, and I have done with this part of my subject. There 
are many who fancy that it is necessary to comb the hair 
back from the forehead to prevent its growing too low 
down, overgrowing the seat of intellect, and thus re 
duce the unhappy individual to the condition (capillary) 
of the gorilla. To say nothing of the absurd mania 
for a high forehead—certainly not an element of beauty 
in women—it is absolutely true that the comb and brush 
can have no effect whatever in preventing the growth of 
a single hair. A glance at the mode of its production 
should convince any reasonable person that as the hair 
follicles are a part of the original structure of the skin, 
and not an afterthought, hair cannot be produced in a 
part not intended for them, and are never long repressed 
where Nature has decreed they shall appear. 
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Alopecia, or Falling of the Hair; 
and 
Debilitation of the Cuticle. 
Those who possess the advantages appertaining to 
good, general health, vigorous circulation and cleanly 
Habits are not to any appreciable degree liable to diseases Alopecia, or Falling of the Hair. 
77 
or the scalp. But the number of such is not remarkably 
large. Thus, there are many who, although they fulfill 
the two conditions first named, must acknowledge that 
they do not the third. And a large number who are al- 
ready ill, and are habitually attentive to personal cleanli- 
ness, possess but an indolent circulation, a condition 
which is unfavorable to the perfect health of the scalp 
and hair, since the nourishment of the tissues is supplied 
by the blood, and a deficiency of it occasions constrictions 
of the perspiratory ducts, the foundation of much mis- 
chief, as will presently be shown. 
Alopecia is perhaps the most ancient of the numerous 
terms which have been applied by medical writers to 
indicate the condition known as baldness. It signifies 
a general falling out of the hair. There are three or 
rather four varieties of the affection : Alopecia Calva, 
Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Vulgaris and Alopecia Senilis. 
Alopecia Areata and Alopecia Calva are the two varieties 
to which I wish especially to direct your attention here. 
Alopecia Areata is that form of the disease or rather 
affection in which the hair falls out in spots varying in 
size from a ten-cent piece to that of half or even a dollar. 
In the other variety the falling out of the hair is general, 
cases having occurred in which the whole surface of the 
body has in a few days been deprived of all its hair—eye- 
brows, eyelashes, etc. The hairs themselves frequently 
seem diseased in Alopecia ; they appear dry, faded, brittle 
and generally lifeless. When they appear as healthy as 
before the attack it is reasonable to infer the presence of< 
some disorder of a different character than those producing 
the contrary effect. Various cutaneous diseases, as a 
perusal of £he following pages will show, are attended 78 
Alopecia, or Falling of the Hair. 
with a shedding of the hair from the parts affected. The 
loss in some of them being permanent and only temporary 
in others, according to the violence or the inveteracy of 
the attack. But these losses are not such as come under 
the head of Alopecia. For in this affection the falling 
of the hair is the main or ®nly symptom. It may be occa- 
sioned by disease or may result simply from the atrophy 
of the deeper tissues, the wasting of the tissues in which 
the hair bulbs are situated necessarily involving a de- 
struction or loss of the hair. Atrophy of the scalp, though 
a sign of age, may and does occur to some extent to those 
who are comparatively young. In the latter it is suscep- 
tible of cure. It is frequently the result of fevers, owing 
to the debility and constitutional exhaustion which they 
occasion. The hair follicles, however, generally remain 
uninjured and new hair eventually takes the place of the 
old, with a little judicious treatment. It is very frequently 
the result, too, of an undue amount of pressure on the 
head, too great friction to the scalp, and the heat of the 
sun; but the most frequent cause is undoubtedly the 
constant application to the head of some one of the 
vile compounds prepared by patent medicine men under 
the name of hair restorers. Hair destroyers would be 
a more appropriate name for them, in my judgment. 
Alopecia may be preceded or accompanied by a form 
of disease called Vitiligo. So mild and undemonstrative 
is it in its effects, that it is often regarded with complete 
indifference. It might be termed, in fanciful language, a 
kind of Ghostly Ringworm. It consists in a deficiency 
or generally a total absence of coloring matter in different 
localized spots of the hair. It occurs more frequently in 
''dark than light haired persons, and the hair eventually falls Alopecia, or Falling of the Hair. 
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Wit in the space indicated by the white hair, causing the 
condition known as Alopecia Areata; although in this 
affection the hair frequently, or rather most frequently, 
falls out without any change in the color whatever. A 
careful risumi of the foregoing will serve to convince the 
reader that any specific or cure-all offered for Alopecia, 
or falling of the hair, must necessarily fail. Alopecia is 
really a symptom not of one disease, but many, and it 
is absolutely necessary for a good result to be arrived 
at to first ascertain the cause of the loss, and then we may 
hope to accomplish some good in the way of treatment. 
As a rule, it is a condition from which we may expect 
the best possible results, even when it has existed for a 
considerable length of time and the loss of hair has been 
pretty extensive. 
Patients desiring treatment for Alopecia will please 
answer the following interrogatories in their order: 
How long has the hair been falling ? 
Did it begin after a fever ? 
Is there much fine, white, dry Dandruff ? 
Is the hair very dry ? 
Is it thin in spots or not ? 
Is there loss of color of the hair in localized spots ? 
Do you suffer much from headache ? 
Debilitation of the Cuticle with suppressed secretion ? 
Debilitation of the Cuticle. 
While the more formidable diseases of the scalp are 
comparatively infrequent the case is far otherwise with 
several minor disorders. The least of these may be pain- 
ful or annoying; and to others may be traced most 80 
Debilitation of the Cuticle. 
instances of gradual loss of hair and even many cases of 
violent eruptive effusion. The most important of the 
number I term Debilitation of the Cuticle. I regard 
this state as a most fruitful source of mischief. In other 
words, it is the starting point of numerous annoying 
and obstinate affections which afflict the scalp, and in 
many cases greatly injure or destroy the hair. In order 
to fully comprehend the history and nature of this disor- 
der, and the reason of its peculiar frequency in the seat 
of the hair, we must call to mind certain physiological 
facts. In every part of the cutaneous surface, as 
elsewhere in the system, vital processes are constantly 
going forward, requiring for their motive power a portion 
of that mysterious principle of life which we term vital 
force. Now, the amount of this force cannot be materially 
increased in any given locality while its total quantity 
in the system remains the same. But some portions of 
the body require far more of this vital force than others, 
because the processes occurring in their provinces are 
more complicated and laborious than in others. Therefore, 
it is in these regions that we may the soonest look for 
derangement, because, while the motive force remains 
substantially the same, various circumstances may often 
increase the amount of labor to be performed, and hence 
that labor must be accomplished inefficiently or in part 
neglected. Now, there is no other considerable portion of 
the cutaneous surface that can compare with the scalp 
in the extent and variety of the labor required of it. 
Let us for a moment consider the amount of these 
extraordinary duties, that we may better understand the 
nature of the trouble to be considered. Were we to ex- 
amine the surface of the scalp with a powerful leps we Debilitation of the Cuticle. 
should find it very thickly sown with minute punctures, 
which represent the orifices of the perspiratory ducts, 
more than three thousand of them terminating in every 
square inch of superficial measurement. It is likewise 
peculiarly rich in sebaceous glandula, which furnish the 
lubricating and softening fluid to the external surface of 
the scalp. Now, when we reflect that every one of this 
vast number of minute channels is lined by a continua- 
tion of the cuticle, and that millions upon millions of 
cells which constitute these continuations is an active, 
vital agent, demanding a constant supply of vital force, 
we must understand that the scalp is really a very busy 
portion of the system. Nor is this all. Every square inch 
of the scalp has to propagate and sustain from five to seven 
hundred hairs. Adding this responsibility to the former, 
we are able to form some idea of the magnitude of the 
perpetual task that this portion of the cutaneous surface 
is called upon to perform. That favorable conditions are 
essential for the proper performance of these varied and 
laborious duties goes without saying. Not only must 
the supply of vital force be adequate and continuous, but 
the state of the surface must be such that every opera- 
tion connected with the functions of the scalp may go 
forward with the vigor contemplated in the design of na- 
ture. That these conditions are rarely fulfilled will be 
apparent on a moment’s reflection. As it is the cuticle 
which suffers most from mismanagement, and is so gen- 
erally overworked, impoverished and abused, it is that 
tissue, in particular, which we so often find in a state of 
debilitation. The symptoms of this disorder are various, 
but it is always attended with a weak, lifeless and 
shriveled appearance of the skin, and is generally accom- Debilitation of the Cuticle. 
panied in greater or less profusion with the fine, branny 
particles called dandruff and occasional irritation of the 
surface. The hair is deficient in vitality, being faded in 
color, dry, brittle and inclined to split at the ends. In 
this disorder the hair is readily detached with the brush 
-or comb and complete baldness is inevitable unless the 
result is anticipated by a course of judicious treatment. 
When this disorder is complicated with suppressed secre- 
tion, either through lack of energy or mechanical obstruc- 
tion of the ducts with scurf or grease, a more serious 
state of affairs obtains ; the repressed fluid accumula- 
tion in the space between the Cutis Vera and the Cuticle 
Epidermis, growing more and more morbid as time goes 
on, finally assuming all the characteristics of an irritant 
poison. The surface of the scalp soon becomes covered 
with hardened scurf, the hair soon begins to lose its nat- 
ural lustre, becoming gradually dull, harsh and languid. 
It is more brittle than in simple debilitation and the ends 
of the hair split to a greater distance from the point, and 
fall out more readily, and the beard as well becomes 
affected in males. Both these conditions are readily 
amenable to treatment. 
Patients desiring treatment will please answer the 
following questions: 
Has the hair been falling pretty rapidly ? 
In combing, does a great quantity come out ? 
Is there much Dandruff or Scurf ? 
Is the hair harsh and dry ? 
Do the ends of the strands split ? 
Do you suffer from dyspepsia or indigestion ? 
See last two pages. CHAPTER XVII. 
Pityriasis, or Dandruff; 
and 
Eczema, or Salt Rheum. 
Pityriasis, or Dandruff, is perhaps the most common 
of all the diseases affecting the scalp and hair. Dandruff 
is the name given to the branny scales or particles that 
characterize the disease. Most, or rather a great major- 
ity of the people we meet, both male and female, are 
troubled to a greater or less extent with this annoying 
and oftentimes persistent affection. As a rule, though, 
the quantity of dandruff is considerable, and is especially 
noticeable, both in ladies and gentlemen, when the 
color of their clothing is dark. In such cases you will 
notice it dusted pretty freely about the shoulders by the 
different movements of the body. This is the simple 
form of dandruff and is composed of the exfoliation or 
casting-off of the outer portion of the cuticle and the pro- 
ducts of diseased sebaceous matter as well. As I have 
already mentioned it is a very persistent symptom, and 
no matter how cleanly a person may be, it will recur 
again and again. And in this consists its chief annoy- 
ance. Eventually, if allowed to go on, some of the symp- 
toms of inflammation will supervene or be developed. 
The skin of the scalp will become intensely irritable, and 
when scratched will pour out an abundant serous secre- 84 
Pityriasis, or Dandruff. 
tion, the subcutaneous cellular tissue becoming painful 
and swollen over a large extent of surface, the heat and 
pruritus or itching becoming very troublesome symptoms; 
and there may be signs of constitutional trouble as well. 
As the disease increases by degrees, it spreads in time 
over the greater portion of the scalp, the layers of scurf 
thicken, resembling at this period a coating of bran o* 
coarse flour, the under surface of which is saturated with 
fluid. If the scalp is very carefully freed from this ad- 
hesive material, it will be found divested of its cuticle. 
It is usually of a pink color and offers a smooth, polished, 
shining surface, resembling varnish. Dandruff is due to 
a want of tone of the surface of the scalp, and in its 
simple form, no matter how copious or how long it may 
have existed, may be very easily cured after a very short 
time of careful treatment. The inflammatory form must 
be more actively treated, especially when there is any 
constitutional disturbance. Let me say just here, that it 
often happens that a simple case of ordinary Pityriasis 
becomes very much worse from the irritating substances 
employed by patients to cleanse the hair and scalp from 
dandruff—Sal-soda, Borax, strong solutions of Ammonia, 
etc. 
Persons desiring treatment will please answer the 
following questions : 
Is there much irritation or itching ? 
How long has the dandruff existed ? 
Is it in light, flaky particles and dry or in the form 
of scurf and moist ? 
Is the quantity great or little ? 
Is the general health fair? 
Is there any falling of the hair ? Eczema. 
85 
Eczema. 
Those various forms of cutaneous eruptions that 
consist in an elevation of the epidermis or cuticle, pro- 
duced by the collection beneath it of a watery fluid which, 
though at first transparent, eventually becomes opaque, 
are by modem dermatologists generally thrown into 
one group, to which the term vesicular is applied. To 
this class of eruptive affections Eczema belongs. The 
eruption is well known under the appellations of 
scall or humid tetter and is very common. It may 
appear on the face, scalp, arms, back of the hands and 
more rarely on the trunk and lower limbs, and in any 
situation it assumes various conditions, according to 
the state of the constitution, the degree of natural irrita- 
bility of the skin, and the method of treatment adopted. 
Its primary general characteristic is the appearance of 
the minute transparent vesicles or watery pimples before 
mentioned, which are very frequently no larger than the 
head of a pin, and are closely though irregularly 
gated and the affected parts more or less inflamed. 
Even in Eczema Simplex, the mildest form of the disease, 
although the skin may appear on a casual inspection of 
the natural hue, a strong lens reveals evidence of inflam- 
matory action around each vesicle. Slight febrile symp- 
toms usually attend Eczema Simplex, and occasion- 
ally a trifling nausea and headache precede the attack, 
and there is a slight tingling about the affected parts. 
Eczema Rubrum, as its title implies, is attended by a far 
higher degree of inflammation than the preceding variety, 
and is generally preceded by a sharp fever, and the parts 
on which the eruption is to occur become heated, pain- 
ful and swollen. The vesicles which soon appear present 86 
Eczema. 
the usual characteristic appearance, and though profuse 
in number, are grouped together in patches. As is natu- 
ral where the parts are so much swollen, they feel tense, 
even painfully so, and the tingling felt in Eczema Simplex 
is more noticeable here. In a day or two after the ap- 
pearance of the vesicles the watery fluid becomes opaque. 
In the simpler form they usually soon afterward dry up, 
and if the prognosis be favorable, that is, if the disease 
will soon terminate without complication, a few days’ fine, 
mealy desquamation terminates the attack; but other- 
wise, and this is more generally the case, a new crop of 
vesicles makes its appearance after the maturation of the 
first, pursuing a similar course, this state of affairs con- 
tinuing till thin, yellowish scabs having formed, a serous 
exudation begins, which frequently grows very copious. 
The inflammation continues and the tingling sensation 
gives place to most persistent and distressing itching of 
the inflamed surface. If this be relieved by scratching 
which is most always the case, the symptoms are aggra- 
vated and the duration of the eruption prolonged, while 
the inflamed surface has become terribly sore and painful. 
In Eczema Rubrum the accretion of the fluid matter is so 
rapid that the vesicles first appearing, instead of subsid- 
ing, as in the other form, eventually burst and discharge 
their contents, which dry into crusts similiar to the scabs 
of Eczema Simplex, but thicker and more formidable. 
When Eczema is local, appearing on but a limited tract, 
as the scalp or face, it is more obstinate than the general 
form and more inclined to become chronic. Eczema 
Capitis, or Eczema of the Head, owing to the presence of 
the hair, presents a greater variety of symptoms than the 
other forms. The vesicles, which are usually very minute, Eczema. 
87 
often being indistinguishable, are announced, by more or 
less of heat, tingling and itching in the part about to be 
affected, and may appear in patches or be diffused over 
a large part of the scalp, the skin appearing red and 
inflamed. When they have burst the characteristic 
serous exudation begins. Sometimes the watery effusion, 
which begins to flow after the rupture of the vesicles, 
continues long to be the principal outward manifestation 
of the disorder. There is little soreness, inflammation 
or irritation of the parts, although the condition of the 
scalp in these respects is apt to vary greatly in different 
cases, and perhaps the patient may be more sensible of 
the symptoms designated by night than by day. The 
hair is always kept unpleasantly moist by the quantity of 
the exudation, and dressing it is not an agreeable episode, 
especially to ladies. Irritation of the scalp, with a comb 
or the finger-nails, naturally aggravates the disorder, as 
the tender cuticle is easily torn and results in increased 
inflammation, greater soreness and the changing of the 
serous to a sero-pustular exudation, which concretes 
into yellowish scabs. If left to itself it rarely gets well 
in a shorter time than two or three months, and occasion- 
ally becoming chronic, will last for years. From the fore- 
going description it may be readily seen what an undesir- 
able state of affairs this is, and what a great amount of 
unpleasantness may be inflicted, particularly upon ladies 
possessing luxuriant heads of hair and especially when 
the hair follicles become involved, which is generally the 
case, and a loss of hair follows corresponding to the 
extent of the inflammation. * This disease is more fre- 
quently met with in persons of pretty full habit than 
otherwise. In the majority of cases I think I am justi- 88 
Ju,zcma, 
fied in asserting that there will be found to have existed 
lor a longer or shorter period a state of plethora, or a 
morbid condition of some of the secretions, resulting 
from overfeeding, some abnormal condition of the parts, 
menstrual irregularity and lastly an hereditary taint. It 
frequently occurs in children from some abnormal con- 
dition of the milk. Eczema of the head should be taken 
in hand as soon as possible after its appearance, to prevent 
any liability to a destruction of the hair follicles, thus 
preventing an extensive loss of the hair. It requires 
judicious management, but the results of careful treat- 
ment are always most gratifying to the patient. 
Patients desiring treatment will please answer the 
following questions: 
What is the character of the eruption ? 
Is there much redness of the skin ? 
After the eruption breaks, does it dry up or not ? 
Is the itching and heat intense or not ? 
Is the eruption general or limited to spots ? 
How long has it existed ? 
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Porrigo; Favus, or Scald Head ; 
and 
Ring Worm. 
The various writers who have treated of this disease 
are by no means of one mind, either as regards its name 
or nature, but that it is contagious—that is, communica- 
ble from one person to another—is an admitted fact by all. 
The first external symptom of Porrigo or Favus is the 
appearance on the scalp of small, smooth, perfectly 
circular spots, slightly elevated, of a bright yellow color, 
more or less numerous, generally isolated and pierced in 
the center by the aperture of a hair follicle, whence issues 
a strand of hair. They are usually at the outset no larger 
than the head of a pin, and are slightly depressed in their 
central portion. In other words, their upper sides are 
cup-shaped. They increase in size, by gradual additions 
in circumference, still retaining their characteristic con- 
cavity, but rarely attain the diameter of a quarter of 
an inch. There is usually a little redness of the skin in 
the immediate neighborhood of the eruptions, but no 
apparent heat or itching ; nor is there any fluid accumula- 
tion or exudation, nor a tendency to suppuration either in 
or around them. Where the crusts are rather thickly 
planted, they eventually unite with each other and form 
large irregular patches, at the outer edges of which may 
still be seen parts of the outlines of the original circular 90 
Porrigo ; Favus, or Scald Head. 
crusts. The term Favus was given to these crusts from 
their resemblance in color and characteristic depression 
of their surface to a honeycomb. As would naturally be 
inferred from the nature of Porrigo, the hair is very 
seriously affected by it. Though we may chance to find 
it apparently uninjured in the earlier stages, the follicles 
very soon become diminished by the presence of the 
surrounding accumulations. They grow more and more 
shallow, and eventually, if the disease is suffered to 
continue, are entirely obliterated. Meanwhile, as the 
hair is a product of the follicles, it exhibits in its appear- 
ance the ill-effects of deficient nourishment and long- 
continued inflammation of the producing organs. In the 
more advanced stages of the disease the hairs rapidly 
fall out, that which remains exhibiting signs of low vital- 
ity. They lose to a certain extent some of their coloring 
matter, and the internal structure of the hair having be- 
come affected, it presents as well a shriveled appearance, 
and will fall out upon the very slightest provocation, 
the extent of the loss corresponding to the size of the 
surface occupied by the eruption, as was mentioned in 
the description of Eczema. It will generally be found 
that a bad state of health accompanies this disease and 
indeed very often precedes it. The digestive organs are 
evidently disordered, and there are present both fever 
and irritability. The cellular membrane underlying the 
scalp partakes of the disorder, being at times so much 
inflamed as to give rise to small abscesses, which, though 
they rapidly heal after having discharged their contents, 
sometimes so affect the nourishing properties of the 
hair, and the hair follicles as well having been totally de- 
stroyed, the spots which they have visited will remain Porrigo; Favus, or Scald Head. 
permanently bald, presenting the appearance of Alopecia 
Areata, already described, and with which it must not be 
confounded. The absorbent glands at the back of the 
head are also affected, being enlarged and tender. This 
disease appears more frequently in children than in 
adults and rarely survives the age of puberty, disappear- 
ing spontaneously before that time. But the amount 
of irreparable mischief it may inflict before this happy 
consummation, which, bear in mind, if you please, is by no 
means certain, should warn parents never to trust to this 
possibility or to indulge the treacherous disease a moment 
longer than is absolutely necessary. The best results can 
always be obtained from a course of active treatment, 
and active treatment is most necessary to subdue the in- 
flammatory action as quickly as possible in order that we 
*may prevent the destruction of the hair follicles and a 
consequent loss of hair. Let me say here that in the 
great majority of cases a loss of hair that cannot be re- 
placed is, in the great majority of cases, owing in a great 
measure to a patient’s own neglect to adopt a method of 
treatment that is applicable to the complaint which occa- 
sions the loss of hair. In other words, experimenting with 
some one of the quack nostrums with which the market 
is deluged. A truce to such practices. Let every person 
afflicted with any form of skin or scalp disease apply at 
once to an intelligent practitioner making a specialty of 
such diseases and they will not only receive that careful 
attention their cases demand, but will save much trouble 
and money as well. In connection with this let me 
mention, if you please, that it may be and frequently is 
communicated to different portions of the face and body 
by means of the finger-nails, so that care should always Perrigo ; Favus, or Scald Head. 
be to cleanse the hands and nails as perfectly as 
possible after attending to the head of any person afflicted 
with this form of trouble. 
Patients desiring treatment will please answer the 
following questions : 
How long has the eruption existed ? 
Did it appear first in yellowish spots ? 
Was there a hair or hairs through the middle of any 
of these spots ? 
Have any of the spots come together, forming a larger, 
irregular spot ? 
Has the hair fallen out or not ? 
Has there been any feverish symptoms ? 
Is there any tenderness at the back of the head ? 
See last two pages. 
Ringworm. 
It is very proper to explain at the outset that 
the appellation Ringworm referred originally to two 
distinct circumstances, one of which was the form of 
the eruption which characterizes the disease, it being 
usually circular, while the other seems to have been 
merely a notion that the ring of diseased skin resembled 
a malignant worm, or that, as some writers contend, there 
really is a worm present. In my experience Ringworm 
of the hairy scalp is rarely brought to notice in its 
incipiency, owing to the fact that it is ushered in by little 
or no constitutional disturbance of any very important 
sensation in the part affected; As it occurs principally, if Ringworm. 
93 
not exclusively, in children from three to twelve years of 
age, who would scarcely consider a slight tingling, pro- 
vided they felt it a subject of sufficient importance to bring 
before the attention of their parents, it is only when the 
hair changes its appearance and begins to fall that any- 
thing unusual is observed. The first indications of the 
disease apparent to the eye are several very small rings 
of minute vesicles, the advent of which is unattended 
by redness of the adjacent parts. A trifling discharge 
may attend the destruction of the first crop of vesicles, 
which dry up and desquamate and are followed by others 
which occupy a larger space exterior to the first and run 
a similar course. Thus the affected parts slowly increase 
in size, still preserving their circular form ; they are 
rarely perfectly circular, often assuming more or less of 
an oval form, the central parts which were first affected 
sometimes appearing slightly elevated above the general 
level of the scalp and always exhibiting numerous fine 
scales, easily removed and just as promply renewed; 
this latter stage being sometimes attended with violent 
pruritus or itching. And the effort to relieve this most 
annoying symptom, of course, directly aggravates the 
other symptoms by increasing the local irritation and 
inflammation. The hairs begin to be affected early in 
the history of the disorder ; those situated inside the 
rings exhibiting various indications of a diseased state, 
such as harshness and dryness and a propensity to 
double upon themselves. Then they become twisted 
or broken, discharge part of their color and become 
loosened in their follicles, so that they will fall out of 
their own accord or are easily extracted. In some cases 
a few of the hairs which remain on the affected portion 94 
Ringworm. 
of the scalp collect into little agglutinated bundles, pre- 
senting the appearance of tow. It is not at all uncom- 
mon to observe on the denuded surface a downy or furzy 
growth, resulting from the efforts of nature to replace the 
hair that has been lost. When the scalp is carefully ex- 
amined, particularly if it be first shaved, besides the two 
or even greater number of spots exhibiting the advanced 
stages of the disease there will usually be discovered a 
number of small discolorations of a yellowish red, which 
will eventually disclose the same features that have char- 
acterized the others and pursue a similar course. The fore- 
going description refers more particularly to persons who 
have a very fine, thin skin and light complexion, because 
it is more frequently noticed in such than in persons of 
a dark complexion and thick, coarse skin. If the disease 
appears on the head of one of the latter, all of the fore- 
going symptoms are of an aggravated form, and where 
the hair is stiff and strong it acts as a local irritant, there 
is an amount of intolerable itching, which the patient is 
driven to relieve by scratching, thus breaking the little 
vesicles and rendering the surface of the affected parts 
particularly raw and tender. Ringworm may result from 
any constitutional unsoundness, from scrofulous taint, 
unclean habits, gross living, a bad state of the blood, 
irritability of the skin, and sometimes results from the 
local irritation produced by the active growth of very 
thick strong hair. That it is a most annoying and persist- 
ent affection cannot be denied, and if allowed to continue, 
without taking the necessary steps to cut it short, the 
mischief it will accomplish in a comparatively short 
space of time will seem almost incredible. The loss 
of hair attending it will often prove one of the most Ringworm. 
dreaded results, as from the entire destruction of the 
hair follicles the baldness occasioned by the loss of hair 
will be permanent. In this class of diseases of the ski* 
this fact should always be borne in mind: that the 
destruction of the hair follicles as a result of a high grade 
of inflammatory action is always attended with perma- 
nent baldness, and that it is our duty to use the most 
active treatment to cut short the inflammation before the 
hair follicles have become seriously involved. This, as a 
rule, can be accomplished by a careful management of a 
case with efficient remedies. 
Persons desiring treatment will please answer the 
following questions : 
How long has the eruption existed ? 
Is it circular in shape or irregular ? 
What is its color ? 
Has the hair fallen out in quantities or not ? 
Has there been any tingling or pricking of the skin ? 
Has there been any constitutional disturbance ? 
Is the complexion fair or dark ? 
See last two pages. 
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Lepra; Psoriasis; 
and. 
Steatozoon Folliculorum, or Hair Eaters. 
The common notion of leprosy endows it with char- 
acteristics that have usually associated with it feelings 
akin to horror, this arising in great measure from the 
fact that heretofore writers have either not sufficiently 
well understood their subject or else for purposes of gain 
have made their descriptions as offensive as possible. 
These diseases belong simply to the class of scaly skin 
diseases and with proper care are easily managed. Of 
course if allowed to go on after their advent, unattended 
or attended by unskillful hands, they often may and do 
assume forms that are all that the most vivid imagi 
nation could picture them in the way of repulsiveness. 
The first symptoms generally observed are the appear- 
ance of a number of red, circular spots, usually quite 
distinct and elevated quite perceptibly above the general 
level. At the beginning, the papules or spots rarely 
exceed the size of a split pea and are as high at the 
edges as in the center. A certain degree of rigidity 
is apparent to the touch, the natural flexibility of the 
part having in a great measure departed. After the 
lapse of one or two days it will be observed that these 
spots have acquired a very smooth, hard, glossy surface. Lepra. 
imparted by a thin, semi-transparent, silvery-white scale, 
which has recently formed. As the affection is con- 
stantly spreading, and this growth produces a gradual 
change in the disposition of the particles beneath the 
unyielding scale, the latter becomes loosened, especially 
about its circumference, and if it be removed, a minute 
protuberance, more like flesh, than the substance of the 
scale will be found to occupy the central portion, and a 
corresponding small depression will be perceived in the 
surface of the skin from which it has been detached. 
Sometimes a minute point of blood may be found when 
the scale has been forcibly removed and the scale itself 
will be somewhat dark in color. No effusion, however, 
can ever be .detected, and when the scale is permitted to 
fall' of itself, even this appearance will be looked for 
in vain. It may be observed that the surface, deprived 
of its accompanying scale, exhibits no particular change 
in color, but is somewhat rough and uneven. As 
the spots enlarge, fresh scales succeed the first ones, 
but are thicker and on the under surface smoother and 
drier. They soon cease to present a continuous, un- 
broken surface, however, as from their exceeding, 
brittleness and dryness they crack into fragments more 
or less numerous, the edges becoming more perfectly 
dry than the remaining substance, looking white and 
powdery. The greater the size the scales attain the 
more elevated become their outer edges above the 
central portion, the latter exhibiting a comparatively 
healthy appearance much] earlier than the remain- 
ing portion of the scale. * Sometimes when the 
eruption has been profusely scattered over the surface 
of the skin their gradual enlargement causes some of 98 
Lefird. 
them to partially coalesce, though such portions ol. 
their several perimeters as do not become merged in 
some neighboring circle still retain their original curve. 
Though the central portion of the spots in their process 
of desquamation become somewhat changed in character, 
that from the border still retains the original form of 
true scales, which are sometimes so crowded at the 
extreme limits of the patch as to become imbricated 
on one another. The seat of the eruption grows some- 
what thickened and hardened during the course of the 
disease. In this connection let me state, if you please, 
that every eruption accompanying a disease is only a 
symptom of that disease, and to treat such a case suc- 
cessfully it is absolutely necessary to discover, in the 
first instance, the true cause of the disease before re- 
sorting to any means for its cure. In this disease the 
hair bulbs, or rather the hair follicles, and then the 
bulbs become affected, but not so soon or so extensively 
as in the affections already described ; although, as I 
have already mentioned, if allowed to go on indefinitely, 
either from neglect, ignorance, or by the use of some 
one of the so-called blood purifiers, the inflammatory 
.process may involve a great quantity of the hair follicles 
'in a destructive process and the loss of hair may be 
extensive. Accompanying this disease there is usually 
a considerable amount of irritability of the skin, indi- 
cated by a good deal of itching, and one of the most 
marked symptoms is a sensation of pricking noticed 
just a little before the separation of the first scales. 
The foregoing description relates particularly to the 
form known as dry tetter or Lepra Vulgaris. Psoriasis. 
99 
Psoriasis. 
Psoriasis is really only a more aggravated fc rm of the 
foregoing ; the scales are a little thicker and more solid and 
more yellow in color, owing to a higher grade of inflam- 
matory action in the tissues about the sebaceous glands. 
The hair follicles, too, are more quickly involved, and 
the consequent loss of hair correspondingly great. The 
extent of surface involved is always greater. In fact, 
there may be several patches of eruption and the scales 
under their central portion present a red, central point 
that generally passes the level of the surrounding tissue. 
The pruritus, or itching, too, is increased and the pricking 
sensation before alluded to before the separation of the 
scales becomes now almost a pain. As I have already 
remarked, all forms of skin diseases that attack the scalp 
and involve a loss of hair should always be seen to as 
early as possible, especially those of an inflammatory 
nature, because the hair itself always acts as an offend- 
ing body, especially where it is thick and coarse, and the 
hair fpllicles once being involved, the course of destruc- 
tion is a rapid one, and the consequent loss of hair cor- 
respondingly great. Now it is one of the simplest mat- 
ters in the world to preserve this natural ornament if it 
be only treated in a perfectly honest and reliable manner. 
It will not do to experiment upon it, though, or to use 
any preparation that will tend in the slightest degree to 
interfere with the healthy, natural action of the scalp or 
irritate the delicately organized follicles. Persons desir- 
ing treatment will please answer the interrogatories : 100 
Psoriasis. 
Did the eruption first appear in red, circular spots? 
Was it elevated above the surrounding tissue ? 
Did it soon change to a silvery white ? 
Is there a quantity of white powdery dust? 
Any sensation of pricking in any of the spots ? 
Any falling of the hair ? 
Any yellowish scales at the roots of the hair ? 
See last two pages. 
Steatozoon Folliculorum, 
or 
Hair Eaters. 
The Steatozoon Folliculorum, or Hair Eaters, are 
insects almost microscopic in size that inhabit the in- 
terior of the sebaceous and hair follicles, and when they 
are present in large numbers the amount of mischief 
inflicted by them is almost incredible. There are many 
persons in whom the sebaceous and hair follicles, from 
one cause or another, secrete an inordinate quantity 
of a fatty or oily substance, which keeps the surface of 
the skin covered with an oily or greasy deposit. This 
condition is hardly worthy of the name of a disease, 
though it rarely accompanies a perfectly healthy condi- 
tion of the system, and it is clearly proven that in such 
subjects there exists in these follicles minute insects, 
and that they perform some beneficent work has also 
been clearly proven. . That work consists in the disin- 
tegration of the over-distended cells and the stimulation 
of the secretory tubes to perform their work more 
efficiently. In corroboration of this view is the fact Hair Eaters. 
that these little creatures increase in number when the 
vital power declines, so that when the energies of the 
system are impaired by disease, and when the skin, 
participating in that reduction, is unable to alone fulfill 
its functions correctly and efficiently, these little beings 
are produced to aid it in its work. No doubt they ac- 
complish a great amount of good when they confine 
themselves strictly to the work for which they were 
intended, but when they make their debut upon the 
hair they should be looked upon with anything but a 
favorable eye. And this frequently happens from the 
fact that in the scalp the sebaceous and hair follicles 
frequently coalesce, and the contents of the former are 
emptied into the latter. This, though a good thing for 
the hair, is unquestionably a good thing for the insect, 
which manifestly prefers gnawing or eating off a hair to 
any other form of exercise, though swimming in its 
native element would be manifestly more conducive to 
the well-being of the hair. I have often found a steato- 
zoon glued to a hair shaft just above the surface of the 
scalp, to which point he may have been conveyed from 
within the follicle by the natural growth of the hair, 
and have observed oftentimes with surprise the powerful 
tenacity of his hold, which usually withstands not only 
the stiffest kind of brushes, but the very finest combs 
as well, and seems next to impossible to get rid of it. 
It unfortunately happens that this impression finds jus- 
tification in subsequent facts, for nothing less than 
the absolute destruction of the hair, root and shaft 
seems to satisfy the ardent creature, which clings closer 
and closer, attaining at length such a pitch of pressure 
upon the delicately organized hair shaft that it is liter- 102 
Hair Eaters. 
ally squeezed to death. Now, how are we to know 
when this little pest is present ? The base of operation 
selected by this destructive little animal for the exercise 
of its faculties seems to be confined to the apex or top 
of the head and the tract where the hair fringes the 
neck. I have never found it elsewhere. Wherever it> 
appears the hair becomes dry and brittle, and, if nat- 
urally dark, assumes a yellowish hue or a variegated 
mixture of the old and new shades, and very soon after 
this begins to fall. A peculiarity of this destructive 
action is that the hair is never afterward as luxuriant in 
its growth as before, unless their presence can be de- 
tected before the work of destruction has been carried 
on to the extent mentioned. It may be that, having 
eaten its way into the hollow interior of the shaft, it 
pours into it some poisonous material which finds its 
way to the roots and destroys the apparatus employed 
in the physiological production of the hair, or paralyzes 
the nerve that vitalizes the atoms that enter into its 
original formation. However this may be, the fact re- 
mains that the hair is never the same, either in texture 
or luxuriance, after it has once been invaded by these 
pests, as it was before. The true steatozoon, which is 
able to achieve such deplorable results, is of a rather 
blueish tinge, resembling a nit in size, but not in shape 
or color, and though he triumphs signally over such 
means of a mechanical nature as are employed to re- 
move him, he quickly succumbs to proper treatment 
and his after-poisonous results counteracted if seen in 
time. There are other insects that sometimes invade 
the hair and scalp. I refer now to nits. They are gen- 
erally the result of personal habits of uncleanliness. Hair Eaters. 
6ut are often conveyed from one person to another by 
personal contact. This frequently happens in schools 
and crowded workrooms where intimate personal re- 
lations are absolutely unavoidable. This form of para- 
site is very easy to detect, from the peculiar and per- 
sistent itching that arises from its presence and the ap- 
pearance of small, whitish, glistening points scattered 
pretty thickly through the hair an,d the rapidity with 
which they increase in number. While they are per- 
sistent, annoying and oftentimes embarrassing, they 
are the occasion of no real mischief, although I have 
seen an Eczema produced from no other cause than the 
inflammatory action set up by the nails, in scratching, 
to relieve the itching produced by these little parasites. 
They are most easily destroyed. I should recommend 
all parents to examine closely, every little while, the 
hair of their children, for no matter how cleanly they 
may be they will often acquire them in the manner I 
have mentioned, and they are anything but desirable 
companions, as the unpleasant symptoms I have enu- 
merated will prove to the person who has contracted 
them. 
Persons desiring treatment for Steatozoon, or hair 
eaters and nits, will please answer the interrogatories :jj 
Has the hair become rapidly dry and brittle ? 
Has it assumed a variety of shades ? 
If dark, has it become yellowish ? 
Is some of it bright and healthy and san’.s dull ? 
Has it fallen out rapidly ? 
Is there much irritation or itching ? 
See last two pages. CHAPTER XXi. 
Loss of Color, Blanching, 
and 
Creyness of the Hair. 
I think it very proper here to make a few remarks 
about the coloring matter, or rather the predominating 
elements that give to the hair its color. There is im- 
parted to the hair by Nature six distinct colors—black, 
dark brown, blonde or light brown, yellow or golden, 
very light or flaxen and red. Black and dark brown hair 
owe their color to the predominance of iron in their solid 
constituents, being greater in the former than the latter. 
In blonde and light brown hair we find a very large 
proportion of sulphur. Yellow or golden exhibits among 
its inorganic constituents an excess of lead. Magnesia 
is "the predominating element in flaxen. Hair of this 
shade rarely if ever turns grey. It grows darker gradu- 
ally as the middle of life approaches, and at length by 
degrees returns to its original color ; so that old age 
finds one with the flaxen locks of youth. The origin of 
the color of red hair I do not presume to determine with 
the precision which characterizes the foregoing specula- 
tions. In my opinion it may arise from a variety of 
causes, but I should say that an abundance of oxygen 
would be found to influence that part of the system Loss of Color, Blanching and Greyness. 
105 
most intimately concerned in its production. Thus the 
oxygen could unite with either iron or lead in the pro- 
portion necessary to form a peroxide, which in either 
case is red. Greyness of the hair is not normal. It was 
not contemplated in the original scheme of the human 
organization. It is an incident of long, generally of 
mature life, and indicates either a diminution of the vital 
force or its accidental partial preclusion from the affected 
region. The first growth of children’s hair is often white 
or flaxen, but never grey. A grey-haired baby would be 
a phenomenon indeed. In examining the various phe- 
nomena which are involved in a change in the color of 
the hair, we observe many peculiarities relating both to 
the nature of the change and the time consumed in 
effecting it. Thus, the change may be a mere gradual 
fading, such as referred to in the chapter on Debility 
of the Cuticle, or here and there a single hair is found 
to have changed its color, having become grey with ap- 
parent suddenness, or a lock of hair becomes gradually 
grey while all the remaining hair retains its original 
shade, or the head exhibits an even distribution of grey 
hairs and hairs of the original color, the former slowly 
increasing in number, or, finally, a part or the whole of 
the head becomes suddenly and permanently blanched. 
Some writers have asserted that greyness begins at the 
free extremities of the hair. My experience teaches me 
that, so far from this being the case, greyness never 
begins at the free extremities, but the portion nearest 
the surface of the scalp invariably exhibits the first 
signs of greyness. It is true that in frequent examf 
nation of the long hair of ladies we sometimes find that 
an inch or more of the extremities is faded to a 106 
Loss of Color, Blanching and Greyness. 
greater or less degree, and now and then the hairs are 
even split for the same space. But this is not grey ness, 
and is due solely to the closing up of the free ends from 
neglect, thus preventing the free passage and escape of 
the softening sebaceous fluid contained in the strand, 
causing the ends to become faded and lifeless. White 
hairs that fall out are seldom reproduced. Dark hair 
turns grey sooner than light, and the hair of men than 
women. There are four varieties of grey ness—consti- 
tutional, paralytic, emotional and premature. The phil- 
osophy of premature or untimely greyness, the only one 
of the»four varieties of this affliction susceptible of cure, 
is this : Iron and oxygen are the principal constituents of 
dark hair ; lime and magnesia of light. If the perspira- 
tory secretions contain an excess of lime, it is absorbed 
by the hair bulb and imparted to the hair, causing 
greyness at an indefinite period of life. 
There is a marked difference between the symptoms 
of premature and constitutional greyness. While in the 
latter the scalp is comparatively healthy and we may 
search in vain for any prominent sign of local derange- 
ment, in the former it is very quickly apparent that the 
disorder is mainly, if not wholly, of a local character. 
The usual signs of debilitation of the cuticle present 
themselves, and in most cases we find a thick, yellowish 
fluid oozing to the surface, where it generally concretes 
into a crust so firm that it is removed with difficulty. 
If, however, this be done the cleansed surface is promptly 
covered with a new deposit. The peculiar fluid thus 
continually exuding from the pores is a suppressed 
perspiratory secretion, inspissated through long con 
finement, and being gradually increased by fresh accessions slowly forces its way to the surface, and it is 
the increase of lime deposited in this secretion which, 
conveyed to the hair, gives rise to the condition known 
as premature greyness. This form of greyness may 
occur at any period of life, and may be prevented or 
arrested by any means which is capable of restoring 
and maintaining the functional energy of the scalp. 
From the nature of the disorder in question it is appar- 
ent that the most we may justly anticipate from even a 
perfect means of this sort is that further change or loss 
of color in the hair already produced will be prevented, 
that the new hair will exhibit the original shade, and, 
finally, that the hair that has lost its color may 
ultimately regain it, wholly or in part, through a 
graded process of absorption and substitution in the 
material of the strand. 
Loss of Color, Blanching and Greyness. 
107 
Patients desiring treatment will please answer the 
following questions: 
What is the patient’s age ? 
How long has the greyness existed ? 
Is it general or localized ? 
Is there any dandruff or yellowish scurf ? 
Has there been any falling of the hair ? 
Has it a dry, faded appearance ? 
Is there any history of paralysis ? 
Is the patient emotional ? 
Did the greyness come on after grief or frip^t? 
See last two pages. CHAPTER XXI. 
Eyebrows; Beard ; 
and 
Hypertrichosis, or Superfluous Hair. 
In the preceding chapters I have endeavored to make 
as plain as possible the anatomy of the skin and de- 
velopment and growth of the hair, together with its 
proper management in health, how to keep it healthy, 
and a description of a number of the diseases of the 
scalp most commonly met with that tend to destroy it. 
This description, though, has related entirely to the hair 
covering the head. Before leaving this portion of my 
subject it is incumbent upon me to occupy just a little 
more space to say a word about the Eyebrows, Beard, 
and, what is most annoying to every one, especially to 
ladies, superfluous hair. 
Eyebrows. 
The eyebrows should never be cut, or in any way 
subjected to the action of the scissors or razor. Their 
beauty consists in their being smooth, glossy and well 
defined and extending in a graceful, arched line over the 
eyes. 
Cutting them ultimately destroys these qualities by 
causing them to grow coarse, stiff and irregular. In Eyebrows, 
109 
cases where the eyebrows are too thin or too short an 
application of a stimulating nature is applied to thicken 
and promote the growth. 
Many ladies use this application as a dressing for 
the eyebrows when making their toilet. The finger is 
slightly moistened with the solution and then passed 
over the eyebrows. 
It slightly darkens and gives them a gloss, as well as 
to promote the growth. 
Persons who dye the hair or beard are very apt to 
meddle with the eyebrows, and often produce effects 
contrary to their intention and anything but pleasing. 
This is nearly always the case with persons of a light 
complexion, either from confinement in-doors or ill-health. 
Any interference with the natural color of the eyebrows, 
therefore, should be limited to merely brightening 
or slightly darkening them. An occasional coarse or 
unsightly hair may be plucked out with the tweezers, 
but should never be cut off. It sometimes happens that 
the hair is inclined to and does grow pretty thickly in 
the clear space at the top of the nose between the two 
brows, thus destroying the symmetry of the part and 
often giving a peculiarly repulsive expression to what 
would otherwise be a most pleasing countenance. All 
this can be easily remedied ; the same treatment re- 
sorted to for the removal of superfluous hair being effica- 
cious here. 
Beard. 
Whiskers, imperials and mustaches. The cultiva- 
tion and cut of any one or more of them and the use or 
non-use of the razor altogether are matters entirely de- pending on personal taste and caprice, and on the prevail- 
ing fashion of the times. 
It would be folly to attempt to show how easily the 
appearance of the face may be modified and improved 
by an appropriate and tasteful mode of wearing its ori- 
nal appendages ; how a thin and long one is shortened 
and widened in appearance by the presence of hair on 
the sides and lower part of the chin, or by having its 
length broken by a mustache ; or how a short or wide 
one may be modified by a contrary mode of treatment, 
assisted by the whiskers. 
In cases where the beard is thin or does not grow, a 
stimulant is used to force the growth in those places. 
This stimulant has been in great demand for the past 
five years, especially among young people who wish to 
grow a mustache. 
Allow me to say just here that there is no reason 
why every man may not be the happy possessor of a 
beard, either in the form of whiskers, imperials or mus- 
taches. In men the skin of the face is almost as plen- 
tifully supplied with hair follicles as the skin of the head, 
and it is entirely owing to a sluggish action of the nour- 
ishing vessels of the skin that in a great number of 
people a beard is tardy in making its appearance. It 
is a most simple matter to counteract this seemingly 
lethargic condition, and stimulate the circulation so that 
the hair bulbs may be roused into action and the beard 
induced to grow more quickly than it otherwise would 
Beard. Hypertrichosis, 
or 
Superfluous Hair. 
The hair, as is well known, grows on the entire 
surface of the body, excepting the palms of the hands 
and soles of the feet, but of not so vigorous a growth 
as on the head. By disease, irregularities of life, hot 
applications, or a peculiarity of temperament, the hair 
oftentimes grows of such abundance as to disfigure the 
face, hands and arms of ladies so as to produce marked 
attention and annoyance in public as well as to detract 
from the beauty of the face. This is very embarrassing 
to sensitive persons, causing them to lose their self- 
possession and inducing bashfulness. 
Oftentimes giving rise to attacks of great nervous 
prostration and despondency really alarming to their 
friends. The growth of hair upon the female face is un- 
doubtedly one of the greatest deformities from which a 
lady can suffer, especially so when it becomes so prolific as 
to form a beard. It very frequently happens that a female 
may have gone on through the period of adolescence and 
arrived at the age of maturity without a sign of the ap- 
pearance of the disfiguring growth. In point of fact, she 
may have been rather proud of her almost perfect com- 
plexion, rather inclined to boast of it, when all of a 
sudden, without any premonitory symptoms, she notices 
the appearance of a few straggling hairs on her upper 
lip or the sides of the chin, with feelings of the most 
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Superfluous Hair. 
diately sets about for some means to rid herself of the 
“old man of the sea.” The public at large can form but 
little idea as to the prevalence of this affliction. There 
are hundreds, yes thousands of ladies who are happily 
circumstanced in every sense of the word, but yet whose 
lives are really made most miserable and unhappy from 
the existence of this most disfiguring affliction. Com- 
pelling many of them to renounce society altogether. 
That such a state of affairs should be allowed to exist in 
this age of improvement and perfected scientific research 
seems to me to be really inexcusable, and I am highly 
pleased to notice that Dermatologists, the leading ones 
especially, have at least been compelled to devote some 
attention to this branch of the science of medicine. In 
my description of the development of the hair it will be 
seen that the hair follicles are almost as numerous in 
the tissues of the face as they are in the scalp, only 
not so highly developed; but when they once begin to 
exhibit signs of activity a growth of hair is bound to 
follow', and the extent of the growth depends entirely 
upon the perfection of the development of the hair 
follicles. But whether it be great or little, there is no 
disfigurement to female beauty more to be dreaded than 
this. Numerous methods and remedies have been em- 
ployed to eradicate this trouble with varying success, 
foremost among them being Depilatory Powders, which 
are used by mixing the powder with water to form a 
paste and applying it to the hair, which immediately 
hardens, and when removed the hair comes with it ; but 
t'iiis is not so effective as one might think, because the 
hair follicle is not destroyed, therefore the hair will grow 
again in a short time as badly as before. Superfluous Hair. 
If you win refer to my article on the Hair, where I 
explain its growth, you will readily see that the little 
blood-vessel and nerve in the follicle are the cause of the 
growth, then of a necessity these must be destroyed be- 
fore a cure can be effected. 
My treatment is in liquid form and is very penetrating. 
It penetrates the follicles and effectually destroys them. 
In cases where the skin is thick and the hair heavy it 
will require several applications to destroy the sac of 
the hair. Be persistent in using and it will surely de- 
stroy the hair. It is entirely painless and leaves no stain 
or mark, the patient being able to appear in company 
two hours after using it. 
Removing Superfluous Hair by Electricity. 
Hitherto one great objection to the removal of super- 
fluous hair by electricity has been the severe pain attend- 
ing the operation. This difficulty has been done away 
with, to a great extent, by recent improvements in the 
apparatus used and by the application of the Rheostat, 
by which means the intensity of the electric current is 
greatly modified ; at the same time its strength is in no 
way impaired, thus reducing the pain attending the 
operation to the minimum. 114 
Removing Superfluous Hair by Electricity. 
I give two illustrations for the purpose of showing 
how the operation is performed. The first shows the 
instrument, A being the conductor that leads from the 
battery and B the needle. 
The second engraving illustrates how the needle 
may be inserted without killing the hair, and also the 
kind of insertion that is sure to destroy, C being the 
improper insertion and D the correct one. The secret- 
ing surface that furnishes the nourishment for the 
development and growth of the hair is at the end of 
the root, which is usually from one-eighth to three- 
sixteenths of an inch beneath the surface of the skin. 
This secreting surface must be totally destroyed, other- 
wise the operation is of no avail, but when once de- 
stroyed it never re-forms. Removing Superfluous Hair by Electricity. 
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Our engraving is highly magnified to better illustrate 
the manner of the operation. A, A, A, A, is the surface 
of the skin. B, B, B, is the end of the root, and point to 
which the needle must go in order to effectually and per- 
manently destroy the growth of hair. 
For more than ten years I have made the treatment 
of hypertrichosis, or superflous hair, a subject of con- 
stant study and investigation ; that is surely long enough 
to qualify me to judge intelligently as to the merits and 
demerits of the numerous remedies that have been recom- 
mended from time to time for the removal of superfluous 
hair. As a result of my experience I have found that the 
various depilatory pastes and powders, so much extolled 
and long in common use, have little if any more effect 
than the use of a razor in permanently eradicating the 
growth. With the interests of my patients at heart, I have 
been, inconsequence, continually experimenting, striving 
to find some safe, sure and gentle means of accomplish- 
ing permanent results, and I am glad to be able to say 
that my efforts have at last been crowned with a fair degree 
of success, and I take lpleasure in announcing to my pa- 
trons that I have discovered a sure and safe means of 
operation, and one that is absolutely free from pain and 
applicable to the vast majority of cases. There are cases 
to be met with occasionally, however, in which, owing 
to the use of depilatories, or repeated extraction of the 
hair with the tweezers, the growth becomes so strong 
and deeply seated, and the adjacent skin thick and un- 
yielding, that we are compelled to have recourse to elec- 
tricity as the only means of relief. In such cases we 
employ the method which was first suggested by Harda- 
way as being the best, by which hair can be removed 
without injury to the skin. This method of operation 
has been gradually perfected during the past few years, 
until now it is universally conceded to be one of the most 
brilliant triumphs in the annals of dermatology, Latest Method for Removing Superfluous Hair. 
My latest method of removing superfluous hair con- 
sists, first, in the application of a powerful, penetrating 
fluid to the base of each strand of hair or external 
aperture of each hair follicle. By means of a very fine 
needle, whose point has been wret with the same solution, 
I open and at the same time penetrate the follicle, thus 
allowdng the fluid to come in direct contact with the 
nutrient blood-vessel and nerve of the hair bulb, instantly 
destroying them and rendering it utterly impossible for 
another strand of hair to grow from it. The operation 
is somewhat lengthy, it is true, because each follicle is Latest Method *or Removing Superfluous Hair. 
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separately treated, but the good results obtained and 
the comparative freedom from pain are a sufficient 
compensation for the length of time. Bear in mind, too, 
that there is no scar or mark of any kind left after the 
operation. As each hair must be operated upon sepa- 
rately, the number that it is possible to remove at one 
time varies with different people and the location of the 
growth. Definite information in regard to the time 
and number of treatments can only be given by personal 
examination, for which there will be no extra charge. 
Patients out of the city will please notify by letter when 
they intend coming to have an operation performed. 
See last two pages. 
WOODBURY’S 
FACIAL SOAP 
FOR THE 
Skin, Scalp and Complexion 
FOR SALE BY 
Dmgsists. Grocers and Dry Goods Houses, or Seat 17 Mail 
3 CAKES FOR 1.00. CHAPTER XXII. 
Hygienic Face Steaming and Massage, 
The value of steam in conjunction with massage, as a 
preservative of the complexion, and as a remedy in cer- 
tain skin diseases, also, as a vehicle for the application of 
various remedies in vaporized form, has long been 
known and endorsed by the medical profession. The 
great value of steam as a remedy and beautifier, lies in 
its cleansing and solvent powers. In order to possess a 
pure complexion, a perfectly healthy condition of the 
cuticle is essential, this can only be obtained by thorough 
cleansing and softening of the cuticle, thereby facilitating 
the natural action of the skin permitting the various 
secretions and impurities to escape through the pores. 
Especially is this the case with people possessing a 
naturally oily skin, owing to the power of the sebaceous 
or oily secretion, which exudes from the myriads of 
secretory glands in the skin, to attract dirt forming what 
are known as comedones, to such cases steam is espec- 
ially applicable* Hitherto a great objection met with in 
the use of steam has been the need of a proper apparatus 
for its generation and application, we have for some 
time been endeavoring to overcome this obstacle, and 
we take pleasure in saying that we have succeeded in 
perfecting an apparatus which meets with all require- Hygienic Face Steaming and Massage. 
119 
ments. The method is entirely new, and produces the 
most satisfactory results, without any evidence of artificial 
means having been employed. It enables one to give 
the face a perfect Russian bath, without any debilitating 
effects on the system. We especially commend its use 
in atrophy of the cuticle, to which wrinkles are due—as 
by its use in connection with massage its effects are 
truly wonderful. Its use is also recommended in oily 
skin, and in connection with our other treatments. 
Physicians commend it highly, as it can be used for all 
purposes to which a vapor bath is applicable. See price 
list. 
To Consultants. 
Patients living at a distance who desire to avail them- 
selves of our services need not hesitate because of their 
inability to visit us personally. 
We have treated successfully patients in all the 
states and territories as well as in all parts of the civilized 
world. On application we will send a question blank 
which, when carefully filled out, enables us to judge cor- 
rectly your disease and temperament. Those who wish 
to indemnify us for our time and trouble can enclose a 
fee of One dollar ; those who do not may simply enclose 
stamps to prepay a reply. Those who are disposed to 
employ us may rest assured of one thing, and that is. 
that we will not hazard the reputation gained at the ex- 
pense of years of study and toil, by giving unwarranted 
encouragement or an uncandid diagnosis. 
We especially invite correspondence with those who 
have failed to find relief under other treatment. CHAPTER XXIII. 
Irregular and Suppressed Menstruation; 
Superfluous Fat; Catarrh; Arsenic 
as a Remedy in Skin and 
Blood Diseases. 
Uterine diseases are becoming so common that 
women exempt from them in one form or another, form 
but a small minority of the whole. Carefully compiled 
statistics showing that about 70 per cent, of the female 
sex suffering from some uterine disorder either functional 
or organic, and unfortunately these difficulties are not 
wholly local in their effects, so complex and delicate is the 
structure of the procurative system, and so intimately 
associated through the ramifications of the sympathetic 
nervous system, with every other organ in the body, 
that it cannot be the seat of disease without seriously 
affecting the general health. Irregular and suppressed 
menstruation is one of the most common forms of uterine 
derangements, and owing to the importance of this func- 
tion in eliminating from the system certain effete ele- 
ments, and in relieving the venous congestion of the 
uterus and ovaries which occurs periodically. It is a de- 
rangement that should meet with our most serious con* 
sideration and no time should be lost in having recourse 
to such treatment as is best designed to correct the diffi- 
culty. Derangements of menstruation are the result of 
various causes ; it may arise from a deficiency of blood to 
properly perform the function, to partial retention of the 
menstrual fluid owing to the mechanical obstruction to 
its flow The most common of all causes, however, is 
found in derangements of the circulation in thr uterus 
and its appendages, Tt is to meet the requirements of Superfluous Fat. 
the latter class of cases that our Pennyroyal pills are es- 
pecially designed. Tne value of this agent as an emmena- 
gogue has long been known to medical science. It 
is a powerful specific, and when prepared in accordance 
with the formula used by us they are certain in their 
action, and contain nothing that will act unfavorably on 
the most delicate constitution. Their great service is 
shown in the removal of those obscure and hidden 
causes resulting in derangement of menstrual function, 
re-establishing normal organic action, inducing rest and 
hope, and a more active interest in affairs of every day 
life. 
If a certain cure for prolonged or suppressed menstru- 
ation is desired that does not involve disagreeable 
after effects, we commend our Pennyroyal pills; they 
will be sent by mail on receipt of price, securely sealed 
from observation. See last page for price list. 
Superfluous Fat. 
A moderate amount of fat is conducive to good health. 
In spite of its function as a non-conducting substance, in 
impeding the escape of animal heat, and also as a store 
of material to compensate for waste of tissue in case of 
illness, when in excess it becomes not only burden- 
some and unsightly, but also a serious evil. There is a 
certain degree of obesity which is recognized as a disease. 
This condition may be partial or complete. Of the for- 
mer we see many illustrations in fatty tumors, and in. 
that condition commonly spoken of as “ pot-belly,” which 
is caused by fatty enlargement of the omental covering 
of the intestines. In general obesity we find the fatty Superfluous Pat. 
accumulation about the heart, the kidneys, the breast 
and hips. 
The causes of obesity are very numerous. It is some- 
times due to hereditary inclination; over-feeding induces 
fat, also the habit of taking too much fluid. 
The consequences of obesity, both directly and indi- 
rectly, are often more serious than is generally believed. 
Without taking into consideration the many inconve- 
niences, which are in themselves sufficiently annoying to 
make the sufferer anxious to reduce her weight, it is 
generally conceded that obesity does not conduce to 
either strength or long life. The function of various 
vital organs is constantly impeded, giving rise to serious 
disorders, such as apoplexy, fatty degeneration of the 
heart, the kidneys, liver and of the lungs ; it also is a 
common cause of sterility among women. 
We have devoted careful study and attention to the 
treatment of this affection for years past, and we now 
offer it as our opinion that superfluous fat may be safely 
diminished—thanks to the light which has been shed by 
physiological chemistry on the production of fatty tissue, 
and our knowledge of the respiratory function in remov- 
ing carbon from the blood! 
Our treatment consists in the scientific application of 
certain vegetable and alkaline remedies in the form of a 
pill, which produces reduction of weight by absorbing 
the fatty tissue at the rate of about ten pounds per 
month, and that without in any way injuring or impairing 
the function of the internal organs. Patients desiring 
treatment will be given all information desired on ao- 
plication by letter or in person. Catarrh of the Head, 
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Thexu :s no affection of the breathing apparatus* 
excepting actual consumption, that more effectually 
obstructs and interferes with the function of respira- 
tion than catarrh. The profuse mucous secretion form- 
ing in the nasal cavities passes downward into the- 
larynx and bronchial tubes, and oftentimes into the air- 
vessels of the lungs themselves, so obstructing the pas- 
sage of air in the act of respiration that the blood is only 
partially relieved of these elements and insufficiently 
vitalized by oxygen. Catarrh is a very common com- 
plaint ; at some period of life almost every one has 
touch of it, and there are many who never knew what it? 
U to be free from this troublesome disease. Many people 
are affected with this disease without being conscious of 
it, imagining that the profuse secretion of mucus is but 
the natural secretion of the mucous membrane. This is a. 
grave error, as the secretion from the nasal mucous, 
membrane in health is only sufficient to keep it moist 
and free from dryness. A profuse discharge from the 
mucous membrane is always indicative of a diseased 
condition, and should receive immediate attention. To> 
enumerate all the symptoms, local and general, that 
characterize catarrh, acute or chronic, would be a task 
that space will not permit us to essay. In some cases it 
presents no evidence of its existence other than the dis- 
agreeable accumulation of phlegm in the air-passages. 
In others it is attended with severe headaches over both 
eyes, dullness of hearing, ringing in the ears, tickling in 
the throat and cough, foul and offensive breath, and in 
some cases ulceration of the nasal membranes, Terma- 
Catarrh. 124 
Catarrh o/ the Heact 
nent deafness is often directly traceable to catarrh, and 
a loss of taste and smell is a common occurrence. 
When catarrh outlasts the cold which is a common 
cause of it, it may be properly said to have become chronic, 
The mucous membrane becomes very much thickened, 
and there is visible on examination small and inflamed 
patches on its surface. The secretion becomes acrid, 
and inflames and irritates the membranes with which it 
comes in contact. In all cases where any predisposition 
to pulmonary disease exists there is serious danger of 
threatening lung complications. 
Most serious constitutional disorders are ofttimes di- 
rectly due to systemic poisoning, the result of chronic 
catarrh. The disease in itself is strictly a local one 
and is due to looal causes ; hence all treatment designed 
to effect a cure should be local—applied directly to the 
part involved. When associated with an impoverished 
condition of the blood or nervous debility, of course, 
due attention should be paid to such complications. In 
the practice of our specialty of diseases of the skin, we 
have met with numerous cases of catarrh where it has 
played an important part as a factor in the causation of 
various eruptions and diseases of the skin. The suc- 
cess of our treatment of this disease has been phenome- 
nal, and in consequence of repeated solicitations we have 
determined to place our treatment at the disposal of 
patients living at a distance. The remedies are applied 
to the throat by means of a or douche ; and their 
effects in relieving the thickening and congestion and 
checking catarrhal secretion are truly wonderful. They 
are perfectly harmless and can be used with the positive Arsenic as a Remedy in Skin Diseases. 
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assurance of immediate benefit in the worst cases. Full 
particulars by mail on application. See price list. 
Arsenic as a Remedy in Skin and Blood 
Diseases. 
While the vast majority of skin diseases characterized 
by eruptions on the face are directly due to local causes, 
there are certain internal derangements which render 
the patient peculiarly susceptible to external influences, 
manifesting themselves in a disordered condition of the 
skin. Among these may be mentioned indigestion, tor- 
pid liver, constipation and nervous debility, manifesting 
themselves in a muddy, coarse complexion, dullness of 
the eyes and lack of expression, owing to a flabby con- 
dition of the facial muscles, and any pre-existing skin 
diseases, such as acne, are very much aggravated by dis- 
orders of digestion and assimilation. The effect of our 
Compound Arsenic Tablets in this class of cases, when 
used in conjunction with our other special treatments, 
is truly wonderful. Eruptions quickly disappear, the 
skin takes on the clear, blooming hue of health, the eye 
regains its brilliancy, and feelings of tired languor and 
n»rvous depression give place to the elastic vigor and 
..xength which characterize perfect health. 
Compound Arsenic Complexion Tablets are made by 
a special process, whereby the arsenic is deprived of its 
toxic or poisonous properties. While its value as a blood 
alterative and perve tonic is in no way impaired taken 
in accordance with our instructions, we can assure the 
patient of absolute freedom from any injurious effects. 
For terms see price list. CHAPTER XXIV. 
Dyspepsia; Constipation; Leucorrhea; 
to Consultants. 
Disorders of digestion are among the most common 
of all diseases afflicting suffering humanity, and one of 
the most far-reaching in its effects on the general health, 
as, owing to its immediate nervous association, the brain 
at once enters into sympathy with the stomach whenever 
there is any disturbance of its functions. So intimately 
are the stomach and head connected through the medium 
of the great sympathetic system, that mental disturbances 
will not only produce loss of appetite but also disturb the" 
process of digestion which, in its turn, causes depression 
of spirits, hypochondria and almost insanity. 
The disease, though so common, often proves the 
despair of the physician. The reason for this will be- 
come apparent when we consider those circumstances 
which require to be united to insure a perfectly healthy 
digestion. 
ist. A proper quantity and quality of the food. 
2nd. Sufficient mastication and salivary secretion. 
3rd. A healthy condition of the muscular coats of 
the stomach. 
4th. A proper quantity and quality of the secretions 
of the stomach, liver and intestines. 
5th. A consecutive and harmonious action of the in- 
testinal canal. Dyspepsia. 
127 
Dyspepsia may be produced by any cause which oc- 
casions derangement of any one or more of these condi- 
tions. 
The most common, causes of dyspepsia every one is 
familiar with. Excesses in eating and drinking are the 
most frequently met with. The excessive use of alco- 
holic liquors irritates and inflames the coating of the 
stomach, thus leading to dyspepsia. The immoderate 
use of condiments also induces inflammation of the lining 
of the stomach. Over distention of the stomach from 
excessive eating leads to dyspepsia, by producing debili- 
tation and impairing the muscular coat of the organ. 
There are other conditions which predispose and 
perpetuate this troublesome disease that demand our 
most serious attention. I refer more especially to im- 
pure blood and derangements of the nervous system. A 
disordered condition of the blood renders the stomach 
more susceptible to attacks of inflammation and irrita- 
tion. The symptoms which characterize dyspepsia in 
this class of cases are numerous and varied in their char- 
acter. They are palpitation of the heart, trembling ot 
the pit of the stomach, loss of flesh, disturbed rest, great 
and continued depression of spirits, and mental and phy- 
sical apathy ; the muscles of the body become weak and 
flabby ; there is tenderness in the region of the stomach 
felt upon pressure ; the extremities are cold and rigid ; 
the skin becomes dry, rough and pale or hot and burning. 
Eczema, acne and many other diseases of the skin 
frequently owe their origin to disturbances of digestion. 
Other symptoms that characterize all forms of dys- 
pepsia are loss of appetite, acidity of the stomach, heart- 
burn, vomiting, flatulence and palpitation of the heart. 128 
Dyspepsia, 
Our knowledge of the offices performed oy the gas- 
tric biliary and pancreatic secretions in digestion have 
greatly advanced in recent years, and, as a result, our 
treatment is attended with most gratifying results. 
It is utterly impossible to lay down a line of treat- 
ment that would be applicable to all cases. Disorders of 
digestion may arise from a variety of causes. Starting 
with a clear and comprehensive idea of the nature of the 
trouble we are prepared to give such treatment as will 
ctire causes as well as effects, and at the same time be 
of no more trouble than the regular habits of life, while 
it works silently on the system, rousing the healing power 
of nature, aiding it in regulating every diseased condi- 
tion of the mental and physical organization. 
Full particulars in reference to terms and mode of 
treatment by mail, furnished on application. 
Constipation. 
The immediate causes of constipation are, a disordered 
liver resulting in an insufficient secretion of bile ; the use 
of food that is too great an absorbent of the fluids ; the 
habitual use of concentrated nutrition; overeating by 
which the digestive apparatus and intestines are severely 
distended; resulting ultimately in a relaxation of the 
muscular fibres of the bowels, so that they contract 
feebly ; tight lacing, weakness of the abdominal muscles, 
and paralysis of the rectum. The remote causes are 
sedentary, and other habits which tend to depress the 
nervous energy, and weaken those forces which give 
activity to the various parts. Blood impurities in many 
cases intercepts nerve force producing practically the 
same results. Everybody who has ever been afflicted with Constipation. 
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constipation is familiar with its effects ; the crowded, dis- 
tended feeling of the bowels, feelings of drowsiness and 
lassitude, and in many cases, profound nervous depression. 
In the treatment of constipation the causes being compara- 
tively unknown to the popular mind, we cannot dis 
courage too strongly the pernicious habit that is so com- 
mon, of the indiscriminate use of physic. It only gives 
temporary relief, and ultimately leads to an aggravation 
of the evil by over stimulating the delicate mucous lining 
of the bowels, impairing its sensibility ana function. 
The wonderful success that has attended the use of 
our remedy for constipation (which trouble is frequently 
a remote cause of skin diseases) has impelled us to 
place it in our list of remedies. We wish it distinctly 
understood that this remedy is in no way cathartic or 
physic. It cures by its action as a tonic to the nervous 
system by promoting a normal secretion of the 
bile from the liver, and restoring the normal 
sensibility of the lining membrane of the in- 
testines. It can be used by the most delicate persons 
without any unpleasant effects, and a short course of this 
remedy is all sufficient to cure the most aggravated case. 
It is prepared in pill form and is sent securely sealed to 
any address. See price list. 
Leucorrhea. 
Among women this disease is genei ally better known 
by the name of * ‘ whites ; ” at the outset the disease is 
characterized by the discharge of a thin, watery fluid 
from the vagina. As time passes on the discharge becomes 
more profuse and undergoes many changes in its appear- 130 
Leucorrhea. 
ance, presenting in its advanced stages either a greenish 
yellow or brownish appearance. The disease is charac- 
terized by various symptoms, such as a great degree of 
lassitude, especially in the morning ; fainting, loss of 
appetite, sympathetic disturbances of the heart’s action, 
shortness of breath, extreme paleness, dark circles under 
the eyes, and pain in the back and loins. Leucorrhea is 
a disease which is very prostrating in its effects ; the 
symptoms are of a most distressing character, and the 
constant drain on the system, if not checked, ultimately 
leads to serious organic changes in the uterus and its 
appendages, to irritability of mind, nervousness and pro- 
found mental depression. Leucorrhea is a catarrhal 
affection of the lining membrane of the uterus or vagina, 
the causes which produce the disease may be divided 
into two classes, viz.—predisposing, and exciting or im- 
mediate ; the predisposing causes, which produce this 
disease are vascular impurities and various nervous 
derangements. 
Of the exciting and immediate causes, the most com- 
mon is the irritation of the mucous lining of the uterus 
and vagina, due to the decomposition of retained men- 
strual fluid. If proper regard were paid to cleanliness, 
this troublesome affliction would be very rare. After 
the age of puberty and the establishment of the men- 
strual function, the vagina should be thoroughly irri- 
gated with pure water at least every other day,and within 
twenty-four hours after the cessation of the menstrual 
flow there should be a thorough washing out ’of the va- 
gina with warm water in combination with some mild an- 
tiseptic. The most popular method of treatment is the 
*"-~e of astringent injections, but, however, much relief Leucorrhea. 
may be obtained in this manner, it is invariably of the 
most temporary nature unless it is accompanied with 
such medicaments as will improve the general health, 
and impart vigor to the tissues involved. A bad case 
of leucorrhea is of quite too serious a nature to trifle 
with, it should not be neglected, it is liable to assume a 
troublesome and prostrating form, which terminates in 
serious organic disease of the womb, and oftentimes in 
premature decline and death. We are glad to say 
that this disease, in any form, is not necessarily incur- 
able. Our special treatment for leucorrhea is the re- 
sult of years of patient investigation and research, and 
in ordering same you summon to your aid the skill of one 
of the most eminent and famous physicians of modern 
times. Thousands of the most aggravated cases have 
yielded to its virtues, and it never fails to give permanent 
relief in a single instance. The remedy will be sent to 
any address with full directions for using. See last page 
for price list of treatments. 
131 
Patients living at a distance who desire to avail them- 
selves of our services need not hesitate because of their 
inability to visit us personally. 
We have treated successfully patients in all the 
states and territories as well as in all parts of the civilized 
world. On application we will send a question blank 
which, when carefully filled out, enables us to judge cor- 
rectly your disease and temperament. Those who wish 
to indemnify us for our time and trouble can enclose a 
fee of One dollar ; those who do not may simply enclose 
stamps to prepay a reply. Those who are disposed to 
employ us may rest assured of one thing, and that is 
that we will not hazard the reputation gained at the ex- 
pense of years of study and toil, by giving unwarranted 
encouragement or an uncandid diagnosis. 
We especially invite correspondence with those who 
have failed to find relief under other treatment. 
To Consultants. CHAPTER XXV. 
SOME INTERESTING SURGICAL OPERATIONS 
FOR THE 
CORRECTION OF FACIAL DISFIGUREMENTS 
AND IMPERFECTIONS. 
Plastic surgery has attained that degree of perfection 
in the past few years that its possibilities are almost un- 
limited, especially when applied to the correction of 
anomalies of facial development and the removal of vari- 
OUTLINE OF OPERATION 
FOR HORIZONTAL 
WRINKLES. 
OPERATION COMPLETE 
FOR HORIZONTAL 
WRINKLES. 
ous disfigurements and imperfections of the skin, whether 
due to injury or to congenital causes. A brief descrip- 
tion of a few of these operations will prove of undoubted 
interest to the reader, as during the past few years the 
brilliant results attending these operations at our hands 
have attracted the attention of the people throughout the 
..United States, and have received the highest encomiums 
from the public press throughout the country. Some Interesting Surgical Operations. 
133 
Among the many interesting operations may be men- 
tioned, first: for the permanent removal of wrinkles on 
the forehead. This is accomplished by making a hori- 
VERTICAL WRINKLES. 
OPERATION FOR VERTICAL. 
WRINKLES, 
AFTER OPERATION. 
gontal incision through the integument of the forehead 
at its junction with the scalp ; a second incision, in form 
of an ellipse, completes this part of the operation, after 
which the tissue bounded by the incision is dissected out Some Interesting Surgical Operation*. 
and the edges brought together, thus overcoming the 
relaxation which results in formation of wrinkles, without 
leaving any visible trace. 
Another operation is for the removal of vertical lines 
between the eyes, and the disfiguring cushion of flesh 
caused by a habit of scowling and by wearing eyeglasses. 
This disfigurement is wholly remedied by two vertical 
incisions, including a small area of tissue, which, being 
removed, and edges of the wound brought together, 
entirely removes the disfigurement. 
A deformity of the ear frequently met with is produced 
by a laceration of the lobule, from the violent removal of 
A TORN EAR. 
THE OPERATION. 
an earring ; or the constant wearing of heavy pendants 
produces inflammation, resulting in great enlargement of 
the lobe, until it presents an unsightly appearance. This 
troublesome deformity is entirely remedied by a sim- 
ple operation, rendered entirely painless by the use of 
cocaine. 
Other operations of interest are clearly described in the 
article on page 137, which is a copy of an interview 
which appeared in the New York Sun of September nth. Facial Paralysis, 
135 
This is a common cause of various types of facial 
deformity, and is characterized by a sudden paralysis of 
the muscles of expression on one side of the face. The 
facial fold or line, which extends from the nose to the 
angle of the mouth, is obliterated, giving to that side of 
the face a blank appearance, while the sound side ex- 
hibits all the varied and individual expressions of the 
human countenance. In some cases the deformity is 
not so marked, being limited to a slight inequality of 
the facial lines, a drooping of the comer of the mouth on 
one side, a peculiar staring expression of one eye, or a 
drooping of the lid, commonly known as ptosis. 
This condition may be slight and exist for a few 
days, or it may be severe and continue for months and 
years. A very small proportion manifest a tendency to 
a spontaneous cure. 
The distortion of the features resulting from facial 
paralysis constitutes a sad deformity, and is a source of 
great misery and distress to the unfortunate sufferer. 
Under proper treatment a cure is easily effected. The 
methods used by us are both rational and scientific, in- 
cluding massage and the application of electricity, from 
which we obtain most brilliant and satisfactory results. 
Patients desiring consultation can do so in person or by 
mail. 
Facial Paralysis. 
A dimple in the cheek or on the chin is commonly 
regarded as a most important adjunct to beauty of 
features. To reproduce by artificial means this mark 
How Dimples are Made. 136 
How Dimples are Made. 
of nature has hitherto been deemed beyond the range of 
possibility. However, thanks to modern surgery, it is 
now possible to produce a dimple so closely resembling 
the natural one that it is impossible to tell them apart. 
It is a comparatively simple operation in the hands of a 
skillful operator. It consists in introducing a knife of 
needle-like fineness under the skin and subcutaneously 
dividing a few muscular fibres, after which the skin is 
pressed down into the cavity thus formed, producing a 
dimple when adhesion has taken place, without scarring 
or disfigurement. 
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COMELY FEATURES. 
If Yon Don’t Life Yonr Nose Have it Altered. 
SURGICAL WIZARDS CAN CHANGE IT. 
By a Touch of Their Lancet Pug and Roman Noses 
Transformed, and Crooked Noses Straightened. 
For a reason that has never been fully explained pug-noses are 
not popular, even where they have been known to be becoming 
to certain types of pretty faces, says the New York Sun. It will 
be glad news to possessors of the retrousse pattern of nose, there- 
fore, to hear that persons who have pug-noses and don’t like 
them, can part with them, and adopt those of a more approve'd 
pattern in a week’s time. A still more sensational surgical fact 
is that those who have big mouths can 
have them reduced in size by a similar 
feat of surgical magic, or can have them 
made bigger if they think their mouths 
are too small. Large mouths are, if any- 
thing, even more popular than “ turn- 
up ” noses, despite the fact that phre- 
nologists assert that, like big noses, big 
mouths are indicative of the possession 
of a large heart and an amiable dispo- 
sition. 
A man with a mouth of normal size, 
adorned with a mustache of graceful 
outline, made the announcement that 
the doctor’s lancet could now accom- 
plish this astonishing sort of surgical vrnely Features. 
trickery as nonchalantly as he might have said that a cook could 
peel a potato or slice a tomato. He sat in a parlor in West Forty- 
second street, and spread before him were photographs from 
life which proved the truth of the statement that he afterward 
made. He was Dr. John H. Woodbury, a dermatologist, who has 
devoted several years to the delicate job of transforming the 
countenances of patients who objected to the noses, mouths and 
ears that nature had given to them. 
“ It is the easiest and in one sense the 
simplest thing in the world to change 
your face if you want,” he said quietly, 
“ and the feat is being accomplished now 
every day on the faces of persons who 
think that another style of countenance 
would become them better than the one 
with which they were born. Experience 
Eroves that their noses give folks more 
other than their ears or their mouths. 
They want pugs or Roman noses or 
crooked noses made straight, and 
straightening them up for these patients 
has developed into a genuine surgical 
art. The transformation of a woman’s 
pug-nose, or a retrousse nose, as we call 
it nowadays, into an aquiline nasal or- 
gan that will be an ornament to her face, 
is the simplest of the feats of improved dermatology, and is the 
operation which is performed most frequently.’’ 
“ How do you get rid of the pug ? ” said the visitor, eagerly. 
“ By cutting away the cartilage of the septum, or the tissue wall 
that separates the nostrils. 
“ Anybody who thinks for a moment of what makes a pug-nose 
point skyward will recognize how ra- 
tional the remedy is, so to speak. A 
small V-shaped section is cut out of the 
cartilage between the end of the nose 
and the point of juncture with the upper 
lip, and ‘the edges of the cut are then 
sewed together with thin thread. Co- 
caine is sprayed on the nose to make 
the operation painless. When the car- 
tilage has been removed and the edges 
of the wound drawn together, the oper- 
ation, as you can readily understand, 
draws the point of the nose downward 
to a graceful angle. This angle can be regulated at will by care- 
Eully judging the amount of cartilaginous tissue to be cut away. 
The drawing down of the point of the nose naturally spreads the 
nostrils, which would be as unsightly, perhaps, as the elevation 
of the end of the nose. This spreading is prevented by the use 
of a metallic clasp which is called a 'nose vise.’ It consists of Comely Features. 
two thin, flat, semicircular bars of metal, about two inches i 
length and about a quarter of an inch in width. They fasten to- 
gether in parallel surfaces, with a screw 
at either end. This little nose vise is 
slid down over the end of the nose, witt 
the curved edge of the parallel bars, 
turned outward, and the screws are 
tightened until the metal presses tire 
nostrils against the septum tight enough 
to keep them from spreading. The vise 
is put on the nose at night, and kept ou 
for several hours, being held in place bv 
a silk bandage, which passes over the ears and ties behind tha 
head. It is possible to go to sleep with your nose literally in a 
vise. The wound made by the operation heals in three or four 
days, the nose vise is removed, and behold ! the objectionable pug 
of a few days ago has become aquiline in its outline, and the face 
that has been marred by the skyward tilt of the nose has become 
handsome. A few weeks later all mark of the magic transforma- 
tion will have disappeared. The rapidity with which the change 
can be made is one of the marvels that illustrate the immense 
stride that has been made in the science of dermatology.” 
“But how about a Roman nose? How do you get rid of the 
hump?” 
“ Easier,” replied the surgeon—“easier, if anything, than we ban- 
ish the pug feature. The flesh of the nose is cut on either side of 
the hump, a hook is inserted in the flesh, and it is held away from 
the bone by an assistant. It doesn’t seem pleasant to think of 
having a hook stuck in your nose ; but that is mere sentiment, for 
it doesn’t hurt when cocaine has been spread on the flesh. While 
the skin is raised a steel bur, which is a small drill run by an 
electric motor, is pressed against the hump of the bone, and the 
hump is quickly ground away. All that then remains to do is to 
take the hook out of the skin of the nose, trim the edges where 
they have been cut, sew them together, bandage up the nose and 
wait for it to heal. When it does, the removal of the bandage re- 
veals a nose that hasn’t the slightest suggestion of the noble old 
Roman hump to it. 
“Crooked noses that will land men 
either in the roadway or up against the 
side of a house’ if they were to follow 
their noses, and noses that have been 
smashed, can be quite as readily 
straightened and mended. The opera- 
tion by which John L. Sullivan’s nose 
will be rebuilt after Champion Cor- 
bett’s demolishing blow upon it, will 
illustrate the method and ease with 
/?hich such things can be done nowa- 
days. It is possible to skillfully conceal 
the fact that a nose has been smashed 
down on a man’s face. This is accom- 
THE MACHINE. 
THE WAY TO MAKE THE 
MOUTH SMALLER. 140 
Comely Featui ,s. 
olished by creating an artificial bridge. This is done by insert- 
ing a lancet called a needle knife in the side near the upper part 
of the nose. The needle knife is a lancet with a thin and narrow 
blade about half an inch long on the end of a round bar like the 
handle of a small button-hook. It is a delicate implement, ex- 
actly suited to the purpose. The knife can be inserted in the 
flesh, and the latter cut away from the broken bone, without en- 
larging the hole made by pushing it into the flesh when the oper- 
ation is begun. When the flesh has been entirely separated from 
the broken bone it is bunched at the point where the bridge orig- 
inally was, and kept bunched by a plaster mold until the wound 
has healed. When the operation has been properly performed, 
a perfect artificial bridge is the result of the experiment. 
“ All that is necessary to straighten a 
crooked nose is to insert a pair of nasal 
forceps over the septum cartilage and 
push it in the direction opposite to its 
original turn, either to the right or the 
left, pushing it hard enough to splinter 
the cartilage at the point where it begins 
to deviate from the medial line. When 
it is splintered a metal plug is inserted 
in the nostrils, and the splintered carti- 
lage is allowed to heal, which it does 
quickly. The nasal plug used is a 
piece of metal with a needle-point. This 
needle is thrust upward through the 
septum and holds the cartilage straight on the medial line until 
the nose has healed,” 
“ Aren’t these queer doings with the knife and needle and for- 
ceps dangerous ? ” was asked. 
‘‘Not where proper care is taken and the operator knows his 
business. There is always danger of inflammation in surgery 
unless one is cautious, but I have never in my experience in 
making over noses known of an instance where evil effects have 
followed the operations. Modern antiseptic appliances have re- 
duced the dangers of this kind of surgery to a minimum, and 
the rapidity with which the wounds heal is another element that 
insures success.” 
“Did you really mean it whetl you said a few minutes ago that 
a doctor can make a woman’s mouth smaller?” the visitor in- 
quired in a dubious tone. 
“ Mean it ? ” retorted the surgeon, “ of course I do. It is another 
of those feats that are easy enough when you know how. It 
has been tried with success. The method is to cut the flesh of the 
mouth both outside and inside along the edge of the vermilion 
border of the lip at the corners of the mouth. A small section of 
this vermilion flesh is removed by dissection, and the edges of 
the lips are then drawn together at the corners and sewed to- 
gether and allowed to heal as in other operations. The healing 
process occupies less than a week sometimes. But while the oper- 
method of enlarging 
THE MOUTH. Comely Features 
I4I 
ation is accomplished by simple means, its successes to appear- 
ance depends upon the skill of the surgeon. It is an operation of 
the most delicate description, and the greatest care has to be 
taken in judging of the amount of flesh to be dissected from the 
lips. Recently 1 was called upon to enlarge the mouth of an in- 
surance broker of this city. His mouth had become sore at the 
corners, and when the violent inflam- 
mation had subsided he found that his 
lips had become drawn at the corners of 
the mouth so that he could not open his 
mouth as wide or as readily as before. 
I cut into the flesh at the corners of the 
mouth and dissected away a small por- 
tion of the flesh after removing the 
outer and inner skin from the parts that 
I proposed to take away. Then I drew 
the layers of the outer cuticle together 
and sewed them together. They healed 
in three days, and the broker was able to use his mouth as freely 
as before it became diseased. It was a mere reverse of the oper- 
ation by which the size of the mouth is reduced. 
“ Dermatology has, furthermore, supplied quite recently the 
means of successfully remedying deformity of the ear. Ears 
that project from the head in an unsightly way, or which have 
hanging lobes that mar the owner’s personal looks, are readily 
restored to a normal appearance. The uncouth projection of the 
ear from the head is corrected by cutting the flesh of the ear at 
the point where it joins the head, and then making an elliptical 
dissection and removing a section of the cartilage near the head. 
The several edges of the ear about the wound are drawn 
together and sewed. The surplus of cartilage that made 
the ear project from the head having been removed, the ear 
when it heals is no longer unsightly and rests close to the 
head. A V-shaped dissection of the outer edge of the ear 
and the removal of a small section of the cartilage will 
summarily remedy the defect of the misshaped lobe. 
“In short,’ said the surgeon in conclusion, “dermatol- 
ogy has now attained to such perfection that its possibili- 
ties are almost limitless. With the skin-grafting method, 
now practiced with such success, it is possible to com- 
pletely change the expression of the human face. Liter- 
ally, all that a man or a woman who doesn’t like the face 
he or she possesses need do to secure contentment is to go 
to the doctor and get a new face ; for, as you know, the 
nose and mouth and ears have more to do with beautify- 
ing or marring the countenance than anything else excepting the 
eye. No one need put up with uncouth features who will appeal 
to the improved surgery of to-day. It corrects the seeming 
errors of nature, and makes plain faces pretty with a success that 
is marvelous.” 
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143 
A Few Specimen Extracts from Testimonial 
Letters. 
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find my complexion greatly improved. F j. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Have used yor- soap for Pimples and Blackheads with remarkable 
results. H. A. M. 
Waltham, Mass. 
Your treatment for moles received. I think it one of the greatest 
remedies of the day. I removed two large moles from a lad ’s face 
without leaving any scar whatever. R. E. B. 
Washington, D. C. 
Though I commenced using your Pennyroyal pills with little hope, 
t am surprised and gratified to be able to report that after commenc- 
ing on the second box I was perfectly relieved and have been regular 
ever since. I shall always take pleasure in recommending them to 
my friends. Mrs. S. S. Testimonials. 
ChiCk6o, Ills. 
Enclosed please find two dollars ($2.00) for which send me two 
boxes of your anti-constipation pills. They have cured a friend oi 
mine who had suffered for years, and I am anxious to try them. 
Mrs. J. B. D. 
Boston, Mass. 
I must say your anti-corpulent pills are the best remedy ever known 
Have taken two boxes and lost 20 pounds, never feeling better in my. 
life. I shall always recommend them. D. D. S. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
After suffering from catarrh in my throat for eight years, I am 
happy to say that I am entirely well, thanks to your wonderful treat- 
mentfor Catarrh. I shall always recommend it to anyone suffering 
to a similar way. J. B. L. 
New Orleans. 
The face steamer arrived safely and to say I am delighted with it, 
expresses it mildly. I have used it now for two weeks in connection 
wfth your special treatment and the eruptions have almost entirely 
disappeared. I shall recommend it toall my friends. Mrs. C. R. S. 
Albany, N. Y. 
I consider your face steaming apparatus a household necessity. 
My face which was covered with wrinkles is now perfectly clear and 
smooth. I would not be without it. Mrs. H. R. F. 
Arctic, R. L 
Have used one bottle of your treatment for Moth, and it has done 
me much good P. D. 
Muncy, Pa. 
Your soap has done me more good than anything I have ever used, 
the itching is much better. J. L. 
Chicago, 111. 
The cake of soap I received from you has done me so much good 
that I do not think I need anything more. G. G. 
Hawley, Minn. 
Your preparation for removing superfluous hair, works admirable. 
Am much pleased with it. O.A.J. 
New York. 
Have used your soap for pimples and have been very much improved 
in appearance. It is more than magic. Miss A. McD. 
Boston, Mass. 
I have used your Dermaform in my practice and so far it has given 
me satisfaction. Dr. C. A. G. 
New Bed lord, Mass. 
Have Deen successful in removing warts and sup- rfluous hair in 
several cases with your Dermaform. Dr. I. P. 
Helena. Mont. 
After a thorough trial of your remedy Dermaform for warts and 
moles, I have been successful. C. K. Ik Testimonials. 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Please send me at once another bottle of your nerve tonic. Enclosed 
find my check for same. I have taken one bottle with most satisfactory 
results, it is a wonderful remedy and should be used by all sufferers 
from nervous disorders. Mrs. H. W. C. 
New York, N. Y. 
Enclose you will find $5, for which send me six boxes of your Com- 
pound Arsenic Tablets. I have used two boxes and the effect on my 
skin has been wonderful, all the eruptions have disappeared and I 
never enjoyed such good health. Mrs. C. S. R. 
New York City, N. Y. 
For over three years I was a sufferer from nervous debility and in- 
somnia, and I had almost despaired of ever obtaining relief till I used 
your treatment. I have been using the renudy now forthree.weeks, and 
the change in my condition is wonderful; am sleeping well, awake 
feeling refreshed and feel like a new man, and have every confidence 
in a complete recovery. H. W. F. 
Lancaster, Pa. 
Please send me one dozen of your facial soap. I find its effect on the 
skin so marvelous that I shall never be without it. J. M. H. 
Somerville, Tenn. 
Please send treatment for superfluous hair. I find your freckle 
lotion excellent. Miss M. I. 
San Jose, Cal. 
I have used your remedy for moles and found it successful. E. S. 
Tellurids, Col. 
Your treatments for pockmarks, and hair and scalp, have proven to 
be Exact ly as you recommend tnem and have given perfect satisfaction 
; C. F. W. 
Wilber, Neb. 
I have used your remedy and my red veins are perfectly cured. J. Z. 
Montgomery, Ala. 
Have used the bottle I bought from you for moth patches, and am 
very much pleased with the results. Mrs. L. G. 
Burlingham, N. Y. 
My baby five months old was all sore under the chin, neck and 
breast; and we tried all known remedies, but failed to relieve the 
soreness, and a few washings with your facial soap cured it. W. E. S. 
Brinkley. Ark. 
Find enclosed 50 cents tor soap. Your nose instrument works like a 
charm. F. L. M. 
Woodbury’s Facial Soap for the skin, scalp and complexion; the 
only soap prepared by a dermatologist of twenty year’s experience in 
treating skin and scalp diseases. For sale by all live druggists, or 
sent by mail for 50 cents ; 3 cakes for $1.00. _ Fond du Lac. 
Enclosed nnd $2, for which please send me treatment for wrinkles. I 
have used your treatment for freckles and tan and also for oily skin 
successfully. W. x. 
Beemer. Nev. 
I was very much pleased with your constipation pills, and found 
them very efficacious. A. M. 
Ironwood, Mich. 
The remedy you sent me for Eczema worked like a charm ; it was 
simply wonderful. Also the remedy for wrinkles did splendid. 
Testimonials. 
OPERATION PERFORMED TO BRING EARS CLOSER TO 
HEAD. 
Second Place, Brooklyn. 
My ears are getting along splendidly; I can never thank you for what 
you have done. You can rely on me at any time to testify to the suc- 
cess of the operation you performed. J. C. 
West Hartford, Conn. 
Enclosed please find $4 for another of your special treatments for 
scars and pittings, and also one cake of Woodbury’s Facial Soap. The 
treatment has helped my face some, and I hope another will completely 
clear it of the pittings. J. B. 
Woodbridge, N. J. 
Out of gratitude to you I wish to add my testimony to the value of 
your special treatment for freckles. About two weeks ago I sent for 
named treatment and I will say that the result is simply wonderful. I 
have tried several other remedies highly recommended to cure freckles, 
without the least improvement, but I am glad to say that I have found 
the right one at last. J. C. A. 
Le Sueur, Minn. 
Please send me your medicine for removing superfluous hair. Have 
used your soap for only a short time, but have derived great benefit 
from it. Will never be without it! B. C. 
Hamilton, Canada. 
Please send me by mail a cake of your facial soap, as it is the best 
soap I have ever used. W. H. R. 
Eufaula, Ala. 
Please send me a cake of your facial soap. I find the article is just 
what it is recommended to be. W. R. J. 
Penbrook, Pa. 
I rt teived your mole cure some time ago and an.-well pleased with it. 
Please find $3.15 enclosed, for the preparation to clear the complexion. 
Wilmington, Del. 
‘I am glad I used your facial instrument, it is all could be desired. 
Enclosed please find $1 for rubber bulb. r‘. G. B. Testimonials. 
iJoageville, Wis. 
I will enclose you 50 cents for your facial soap, postage paid. Nearly 
a month ago you sent me a cake of your facial soap which I used 
according to your directions. Allow me to thank you for it, for it has 
done me more good than any thing I have ever used. L. J. T. 
New York. 
I am obliged to you for your interest in and services to my little girl, 
who was delighted at announcing yesterday, that the nose wart had 
dropped off, as you said it would. I send check for amount of your 
bill. A. H. H. 
Newark, N. J. 
. have used John H. Woodbury’s Facial Soap over one year, and find 
it does all that the proprietor claims it will do, and don’t want to be 
without it. Dr. A. G. 
Conway, Mass. 
Will you please send two cakes of your soap. I have been using it 
since last March and like it better than any that 1 have ever used. 
E. L. P. 
Lynchburg, Va. 
Please find enclosed stamps for your facial soap. The mole remedy 
has proved quite satisfactory in several cures. A. S. 
Indianapolis, Ind. 
Please send me a cake of your facial soap. I received a sample cake 
of this soap some time ago and was very much pleased with the results 
of its use. It seems to impart a cleanliness to the complexion that no 
other soap has done, and I have used a number of different kinds 
recommended for the complexion. L. O. 
Telluride, Colo. 
Enclosed find $2.15, for which please send me by return mail your 
special remedy for the removal of warts. A little more than a year ago 
I received a bottle of the same remedy from you, which removed 113 
warts from my hand. I think it is the best remedy in the world. 
C. F. W. 
, Boston, Mass. 
Dear Sir—I received the cake of soap you sent me, and can honestly 
say it is the very best soap I ever used. 
As long as your Facial Soap is to be procured I can assure you I 
shall use no other. Fanny Forrester, Actress. 
Sullivan, Ind. 
If you need testimonials for barber’s itch treatment you can refer to 
me. C. M. S. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
I inclose herewith $3.00 for one of your bottles of the same k'r.J of 
treatment you sent me here some time ago for falling of the hair and 
dandruff. G. M. 
. Cohoes, N. Y. 
Having used your remedy for Alopecia Areata, I am glad to say it is 
doing me a great deal of good. Enclosed you will find the price for 
another bottle. Miss D. D. CORRESPONDENCE. 
Patients living at a distance can receive reliable treat- 
ment and advice by describing their case. Mail the 
letter carefully addressed. State your post-office address, 
also your nearest express office. When convenient send 
money by registered letter, post-office order, draft, check, 
or express order. Patients wishing to consult me by 
letter will please enclose two stamps. All correspon- 
dence strictly confidential. All treatments securely 
packed and forwarded by mail or express with full direc- 
tions and advice. All treatments are harmless, and per- 
fectly safe for the patient to use. 
I would say to the public that I have devoted the 
greater portion of my life to the investigation, theoreti- 
cally and practically, of my specialty—the treatment of 
skin, scalp, nervous and blood diseases. 
I have practiced in the principal cities of New Eng- 
land, and lor the past fifteen years in New York State. 
I now occupy the elegant four-story and basement 
brown-stone-front building with a large two-story labora- 
tory in the rear, at 125 West 42d street, New York City, 
where all communications should be sent. Consultation 
free at office or bv letter. Established 1870. JOHN H. WOODBURY’S TERMS 
For Preparing Special Treatment for Patients Living 
at a Distance. 
For Pimples, Fleshvvorms, Oily Skin, etc. . . . $3 00 
For Unnatural Redness of the Nose, complete . . 3 00 
For Scars and Pockmarks 3 00 
Scars and Pockmarks, including Facial Instrument 5 00 
For Moth, Freckles and Tan 2 00 
For Warts, Moles and Red Veins 2 00 
Dermaform (for physicians’use only) for Birth Marks etc 5 00 
For Untimely Wrinkles 2 00 
Untimely Wrinkles, including Facial Instrument . 5 00 
For Barber’s Itch 5 00 
For Hair and Scalp 3 00 
For Superfluous Hair 3 00 
For Eyebrows 2 00 
For Beard 2 00 
Excessive Perspiration 2 00 
For Offensive Breath 1 00 
Appliances for Shaping the Nose, with Application. 3 00 
Appliance for Ears, with Application 2 00 
Facial Instrument 3 00 
For Enlarged Finger Joints 2 00 
For Eczema . 5 00 
Facial Soap, postage paid 3 cakes .... 1 00 
Antiseptic Shaving Sticks, 25c.; 5 for 1 00 
Antiseptic Shaving Bars, 15c.; 2 for 25 
For Powder Marks 5 00 
Toilet Mask or Face Glove 3 00 
Compound Arsenic Tablets, per box 1 00 
Remedy for Leucorrhea “ “ 1 00 
Anti-Constipation Pills “ 1 00 
Pennyroyal Pills " “ 2 00 
Anti-Corpulent Pills, per box, $2.00 , 3 boxes . . 5 00 
Face Steamer and Vaporizer 5 00 
Remedy for Catarrh, full course 5 00 
Nerve Tonic 2 00 
Treatment to Turn Hair Golden ...... 5 00 
P. S.—Patients ordering1 more than one treatment will please 
state whether they are to be used by the same person. Patients 
having complicated cases will please write for terms. 
FLE3S A RIDGE PTG. CO., FIFTH AVE. , N. Y. FACIAL BLEMISHED 
idOHN-H-WOODBURYH 
DERMATOLOGIST 
125 WEST FORTY-SECOND SIESBI 
L,- NEW YORK CITY 
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