Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1891 — BALD AND TOOTHLESS. [ARTICLE]

BALD AND TOOTHLESS.

Man is Said to bo Rapidly Losing Hair and Teeth. Man is rapidly becoming hairless and toothless, according to some of the bust authorities, and if wo tako their statements it will not bo many generations before lie is ns bald us a baby and as toothless us a lion at the present rate of progress lie is making in that direction. '1 ne statement relative to liis liuir is made on tho authority of the London Lancet, the loading medical journal it»> the world. The Lancet attributes tho t rouble almost wholly to tho hats we wear liow-a-days, which, it declares, are tlio worst possible and very productive of baldness. It is especially opposed to the derby and stiff “silk” hat or beaver, which press down upon the glands of tho head, cutting off tho circulation of tho blood and keeping out tho air so as to produce atrophy in the capillary roots. Whenever a hat is tight and stiff enough to leave a mark on tho forehead it is* dangerous and to be shunned as certain to bring baldness in timo. While tho lints worn by men are the worst, tho Lancet bus serious fault to find with those lately fiishionablo among women, not because tlio cause baldness, but because they, ure no covering at all and only a pretense, subjecting tlio wearor to colds, lung troubles and similar complaints. The Lancet thinks tliut female fashion* ure setting in a direction that will assure# women better or at leust safer bonnets', but it sees no hope for jbo men. The derby and silk hut have apparently como to stay. They arc tho worst thut could possibly be worn, but tills will make no difference, for fashions soldom consider the matter of health. The only advice, it cun give men is to stay in tlie house a* much us possible and always remove* . their huts while in there. This will give tho hair a chance to improve and recover its health, but oven with this they may expect to become bald at u very early/ day. , At the suino timo tiiat the Lancet tells-/ us that there is little liopo of saving . wlmt liuir we have loft its, Dr. J. S. Tm> nor, president of tlie British Dental Aj»sociution, and a man of high standing ini his profession, declares tiiat our teeth are l rapidly deteriorating, and he offers some;) suggestions of how they can bo saved, although ho is doubtful whether theso suggestions will bo sufficient to stop tho deterioration now under way. it is a question, therefore, of how much we can save of civilized man. His hnir and teeth are going—they are apparently icyoiul saving—but lot us hope we com save enough of him to make some sort of appearance. It will not do to leave him. like Hhukespeare’s old man, “suns teeth, sans eyes, suns taste, sans everything-”' —[New Orleans Times-Democrat-