Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1892 — JOHN H.WOODBURY'S PARLORS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JOHN H.WOODBURY'S PARLORS

A Description of the Wonders Performed by the Leading Dermatologist of America. 111-shaped Kars aha Noses Perfected Dally; Facial Kxpesslons. Hard Lines and Wrinkles Softened by Electrolysis; Marks Disappear from the Vouch of His Magic Hand. Physicians throughout the country aro gradually beginning to give more and more attention to the subject of dermatology. A few yoars ago It was a very popular belief that a birthmark could by no possible . means bo eradicated from the skin. We have only to go back a very short time to recall dramas In which the vlllatn was •tracked from town to town and eventually handed over to outragod justice through a scar or birthmark which revealed his identity. A drumu built on such a foundation would meet with well-moritod ridicule to-day. The villain would not be such a fool as to permit a facial disfigurement to advertise his personality. He would tnako abort work of It by having it removed, and his changed appearance would then prove ■ls impenetrable dlsguiso. In ten days a ■erson afflicted with a mortifying birthmark, with pimple or red nose, could have any one of these disfigurements completely removed. The science of dermatology has not advanced at a snail's pace. It h*s run the race of the bare, but has not

paused within sight of the goal. Able physicians have brought to this science all the wealth of their experience anti knowledge, und If any one sufTera . to-duy through facial blemish, it Is his or her own fault. Foremost among the 'scientists who have made undeniable triumphs tu dermatology is John H. Woodbury,

*'''**“ *** "WVMVUIJ, whose magnificently furnished parlors at No. 125 West Forty-second street, New York City, are dally filled with people who apply to him for lellef from birthmarks, moles, superfluous hair on the face and kindred disfigurements. Prof. Woodbury Is really the dermatologist of to-day. He Is the In renter of llermaforin, which Is sold to physicians only. Ho Is also tho Inventor of Woodbury's Facial Soup for the skin, scalp- and complexion, which is for sale by all druggists; also the Inventor of several facial appliances, which are patented at Washington. There two eminent medical praetttloners In New York who stand In the front rank as specialists In rheumatism, consumption, etc., but there Is none holding a higher place among those treating skin diseases than Prof. Woodbury. Many methods of removing facial disfigurements wero tried before Prof. Woodbury solved the riddle. Tills physician treated tho blood, this one used his scalpol, und another a useless powder. Prof. Woodbury revolutlonl/.ed tho sclepce. Ho advanced the oxtremely radical opinion that birthmarks or moles Bhoitld bo treated by penetration; lhatthey could be reduced to such a stato that they would take on a scab, and that when the scab fell the birthmark, or whatever the disfigurement might be, would necessarily disappear. This was a sweeping declaration, and old forms and practices wero shattered by It. Yet It was a true solution of the rlddlo. He usos no scalpel, nothing more than a liarmle s lotion, which changes tho birthmark into an ordinary scab. Many of tho most eminent society people of the metropolis, who had been for years debarred lrom public life through a disfigurement of the face, testify overy day to tho success of the Professor’s methods. There is no physician In this country who has not some time or othor attempted to remove a facial blemish, but whore Is there one who can show such a record of unlnlerrnpte.l success In so doing as Prof. Woodbur.v? He does not keep a record of ull tiiß epistles ho receives testamentary of his skill us a dermatologist There Is One letter, however, from a prominent New Jersey bauker, which Is worthy of especial consideration, since It shows tho deep Interest of the writer In the physician wh<4 cured him. The banker, after roCltlng. like hundreds of other correspondents. how he had been cured of several very ugly marks on his face, suggested Unit the Professor write a book on Dermatology. Ho siiys be could not. do a better thing for humanity. His volume would arouse public Interest In tho great science, and those who have for years believed that they must live all their ilfo with u crimson birthmark on their face would take courage and no doubt eventually be relieved of their blemishes. The banker Is not, however, aware that Prof. Woodbury has already written a very Instructive treatise of 145 pages on the subject, and which any one may obtain by remitting 10 cents to tils address. Prof. Woodbury's ftimo has now become so well established that ho Is busy with his patients day in and day out and •can give no further time to literary work. Be is filie President of tho Dermatological Institute, No. 125 West stroct. New York City, which Is tho largest establlslrment of the kind In the world.

OPERATING ON THE FACE.