Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 January 1879 — Page 7

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THE nTOIAXA STATE SEISTTIKEL, WEDNESDAY MORXIW, JAKUAKY 29, 1879.

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THE SKIN AND SCALP.

How to Preserye Tliem and How . to Treat Them When Diseased. Beauty, That Much Coveted Prize, Is Only Skin Deep.Some of the Tortures Inflicted by Skin and Scalp Diseases. A Valuable Treatise on Cataaeons Dis- , by Dr. George Beard. Apart from the suffering caused by skin diseases, their influence on the happiness of those to whom a delicate and pearly complexion Is the dearest wish of their lives, is paramount to all others. Xo lady afflicted with cutaneous eruptions or loss of hair will deny that, to obtain a fair skin and luxuriant tresses, she would gladly exchange the disfigurations that now mar her otherwise handsome face, hands or hair, for other diseases of greater ssverity even danger could their existence bs concealed from the public eye. There is something repulsive about a face covered with humor; anr. all the grace of manner and brilliant powers of conversation can scarcely remove the impression produced on one who witnesses it. It is remembered when more important and worlhy subjects are forgotten. Many an estimable lady's life has been embittered by cutaneous affections. She imagines that every one sees and comments upon her looks. She avoids society and public places, and endeavors to hide her misery in seclusion. Here the struggle to improve her appearance is renewed. Ko remedy is too repulsive or dangerous to be rued. Arsenic is devoured by the pound, mercury is taken internally and applied externally, until the teeth rattle in their loosened sockets, and the system groans beneath the load of poisons it is obliged to carry. If such be the feel i dm of one atilicted with alight skin blemishes, what must be the condition of those suffering from ealtrheum, tetter, ringworm, pemphigus, psoriasis, leprosy, lichen, prurigo and scald nead? Xo pen can fully describe the tortures they endure. Death in innny cases might be considered a blessing. The burning heat, inflammation and itching nearly impels the sufferer to do violence to himseif in order to end his sufferings. I have saen pr.tients tear their lilesh with their nails until the b'ood flowed in streams. Others have told me that they could cnt tne flesh from their limbs, so great was the agony they endured. With a view to impart some u?efnl information on the contraction and preservation of the skin, scalp and hair, and the proper treatment of them when diseased, I Have here condensed to a popular form my previous articles on this subject. TITS COSSTEUCTIOX OF THE SKIX. The skin is composed of two layer?, which may be separated from each o.oer by the action of a blister. The thin portion, which is raised up by the blister, is called the scarf skin, the cuticle or the epidermis: that which remains in connection with the body is the sensitive skin, the cutis, the derma, or the true skin. Each has separate duties to perform. The scarf skin is horny and insensible, and serves as a sheath to protect the more sensitive skin nnder it. Were the scarf skin taken off, we could not bear to have anything touch us. The derma or true skin and its glands, oil tubes, etc., are the seat of all cutaneous diseases. These may be separated into four great divisions, viz. : dis eases of the true skin, diseases of the sweat elands and tubes, diseases of the oil elands and tubes, and diseases of the hair ana hair glands. THE OIL GLASDS ASD TUBES. That the skin may be limber and healthy it is necessary to have it oiled every day, and for this the Creator has wisely provided by placing in tne true sain small glands and tubes, whose office it is to prepare and pour out upon the surfaca the proper amount of oil. On some parts of tne body they do not exist, but are abundant on tne face, nose, ears, head, eyelids, etc They produce the wax of the ears, and on the head they open into the sheath of the hair, and furnish it with nature's own hair oil or pomade. When the skin is healthy these little vessels are always at work, and constantly responding to the demands made upon them. Consequently no person Bhould be afraid to wash thoroughly every day with soap and water, lest, as the Boston Medical Journal once taught, the skin be injured by having the oil removed from it. Frequent washings with pure soap and I have something to say farther on about soap that will be of intare st to all who desire to preserve the skin and scalp in health or to properly treat tbem when diseased and lukewarm water followed by brisk rubbing with a coarse towel will do more to preserve the healthy action of the oil glands and tubes, upon which depends a clear and wholesome complexion, than all the cosmetics in the world. But, unfortunately, the skin is not well taken care of. Its actions, instead of being regular and complete, are sluggish and imperfect, and the contents of the oil cells and tube?, instead of flowing easily, become hard and impacted, and the vessels are not emptied. Sometimes the action of the glaud is too great, and oil is poured ont so profusely that the surface shines with it. At other times there is so little that the skin is dry and hard. In the hardened oily natter that constitutes grubs are found small animals, which Erasmus Wilson, the great authority, calls "the animal cf the oily product of the skin." But grubs and worms sink into insignia cance when compared with the great skin and scalp diseases with which thousands are afflicted during their whole lives. That the reader may know more about them, the principal affections are here named, omitting such as are symptoms of constitutional diseases, like measles, rash, ete. The most important are salt rheum, or eczema, tetter. nnaworm. psoriasis, impetigo, leprosy, lichen, prurigo, barber's itch, Jackson's itch, j baker's itch, ground itcn, scaia neaa ana i dandruff. Towering above all others in extent, in duration, in suffering, is SALT BHKCSf, or, technically, eczema. Wilson divides it into twelve species, and other into many more; but it is sufficiently clear to the aver age reader, and will be recognized by its smail watery blister, about' the sizs of a pin head, wherever seen. Prurigo, impetigo, and psoriasis are but little behind salt rheum in the suffering thev cause. Scild head is another obstinate affection, defying all remedies, destroying the hair, and producing great misery and suffering. The scalp, like the skin, is subject to salt rheum, tetter, dandruff and other eruptive and scaly diseases, which generally destroy the hair follicles and produce permanent baldness. THE TREATMENT of diseases of the skin and scalp has been for centuries based npon the mistaken theory that they are caused by some impurity of the blood. It is no unjust reflection upon the medical profession to say that its efforts in the cure of skin diseases have been a lailure. What with mistaken theories, poisonous remedies, and blind adherence to jnetnods ana practices originating in ignor

ance and superstition. Bait-rheum, scaldhead and psoriasis flourish and increase upon systems shattered by the copious use, both internal and external, of mercury, arsenic,

zinc and lead. Dr. wood mildly admits that the mercurial influence does sometimes produce salt-rheum a fact so well known that it is recorded in most of the text books as mercurial eczema. BLOOD REMEDIES. The false popular notion that every affection of the skin, from salt-rheum to scaldbead, must be treated with the so called "blood purifiers" to be cured, has tilled many a grave. I do here assert, in the most positive manner, that the vesicular, pustular and scaly diseases above referred to can not be cured by any internal remedies in use by the medical profession, and in this statement I am supported by the lamentable failure of those whi attempt it. The fact is, these diseases are purely local, and the day is not far distant when it will be generally admitted by all physicians. They have no connection with the blood. 1 have known salt-rheum to cover the body after undue exercise, or sudden immersion in cold water. The true cause of these skin diseases must be looked for in a derangement of the secretory and excretory tabesand vessels of the true skin. I defy any member of any medical school of practice to cure saltrheum, or psoriasis, or pemphigus, or impetigo, solely with internal remedies. And yet, "Purify the blood!" is the cry of the doctors. "Purify the blood!" is echoed by quacks and charlatans, until the popular cry. in season and ont of season, is blood purifiers! blood purifiers! while the seat of all the trouble, the diseased oil glands, tubes and vessels of the skin, which can be reached only by external treatment, are Utt t- take care of themselves. How much suffering, how much misery has been caused by this senseless and cruel custom of the gray beards of the profession no pen can fally portray. In imitation of his betters, the patentmedicine man has been abroad and scattered his "docks," "dasdelioxs" axd "sarsaparillas" throughout the length and breadth of the land. Every day some new aspirant for fame and fortune comes forward with his universal derangT and destroyer of the intricate system of digestion and absorption called "blood purifiier," which, upon analysis, will be more likely to be found a blood poisoner, and the credulous stand ready to swallow gallons of it at enormous prices, only to find themselves worse in the end. Of what are these innocent looking "docks" and "dandelions," popularly called "blood purifiers" and "alteratives" by the medical books, composed? The active ingredient that is' the one supposed to cure is either mercury or arsenic. Out of seventeen prescriptions denominated "alteratives," taken from a standard medical work, eight contained mercury In the form of corrosive sublimate, the protoiodide, and the blue pill, five arsenic, three iodine all corrosive poisons. For fonr hundred years mercury hirs been the sheet anchor cf the regular practitioner, and arsenic the main stay of the specialist. It is not to be expected that the productions of quacks and patent medicine men are any better. So much for internal remedies. While the blood is being purihed (?) by the internal administration of poison (!) the good work is often hastened forward, where the subject is a skin disease, by the external application of ointments and salves and solutions, in every case containing a virulent poison. Referring to ths same "standard medical work," we find that these are directed to be prepared from C0ER0SIVE SUBLIMATE, (mercury!), white precipit ite (mercury!!), red precipitate (mercury!!!), citrine ointment (mercury!!!!), prussic acid, arsenic, zinc, sulphur, lead, creosote and opium, as suits the tancyor prejudice of the physician. Here is the whole list in the exact order in which they are given; not one is omittsd. Verily there is a Providence watching over us, else hov could we survive-such treatment? This is the course pursued by the average practitioner and advocated by most of the schools of medicine. Bat a little light is being thrown upon the darkness that has surrounded the intellect of the past. To a few German and French physicians and specialists we owe what true progress we are making at the present time in the cure of obstinate affections of the scalp and skin. They teach and prove that diseases of the skin and scalp can not be cured by internal treatment. External remedies are the only hope. It is as reasonable as that we should treat a sore finger as we are accustomed to. Why should the sys tern ba deluged with mercury when, as everybody knows, perfect digestion and assimilation make pure blood, and poison will not do it? Why should the digestive organs be paralyzed, the stomach nauseated, the whole course of digestion and absorption upset, when a pimple makes it3 appearance because of the imperlect action ot tne oil glands and tubes, or when the system is taxed to sustain life under some terrible skin disease? It is thetashion; it is a part of our education, and it is useful to both doctors and their imitators. Habits and customs (not reason and common sense) with invisible lingers lead ns by the nose. it must not be supposed, however, tnat be cause l so stoutly assail tne internal admin istration of medicine for the cure of skin and scalp diseases, that I do not approve of proper internal remedies, as assistants when the pulse is lull, tne system leverisn, tne skin hot and drv, the tongue coated, the liver torpid, the bowels constipated, or when the system, as in many cases, is debilitated and weakened by the presence of the virosof scrofula, or when the constitution has been shattered by malarial and anti-periodic fev ers and prostratiog contagious diseases. On the contrary. I do most heartily recommend them, because 1 know teat there Is such thing as purifying, enriching and strengthen ing the blood. But I do so as assistants ftl ways. The force of my medication, and that of every successful practitioner, must be directed to the seat of the trouble, the skin or scalp surface. It is the dishonest part of this blood purifier business that I condemn. The poisonous remedies, born of ignorance and cupidity, thus foisted upon an innocent public, I mean to pursue until I have driven -them out of existence. . A SENSIBLE CURE If I have appeared severe upon my brethren of the medical profession, I have not been unjustly so toward physicians who adhere to practices at variance with reason and common sense, and, witbal, lamentable fail ures. Pernicious doctrines, like cancerp. must be removed root and branch, thoue'a some blood be spilled in the operation. 1 nave passed through an the various modes of practice current among medical men, and have arrived at these conclusions: 1. That the vesicular and scaly forms cf skin diseases herein referred to can not be cured by internal remedies as principals. Tbcy are not ot themselves diseases of the blood, but of the oil glands, tubes and cells of the true skin. 2. They are curable entirely by external remedies, as principals, if the proper ones are applied, with or without the assistance of internal remedies, dependent npon . the constitutional symptoms present. To find the proper ones has been a wesiy task. I here assert that no ointment, salve, cerate, lotion, or compound, for external application, to be found in the materia medics of the schools and colleges of medicine, and there are thousands of them, will certainly cure a case of chronic salt rheum, psoriasis, or leprosy no, not even dandruff and simple scaly affections. I have tried them with all the care and experience suggested by a liberal education, but with uniform failure in every case, as to specific curative properties. Hence, when Messrs. Weeks & Potter, chemists and druggists, cf Boston, informed me that for eight yevs tney bad been experimenting m distil ladon, and bad succeeded m preparing from Oiigiuai Buusuuims ubydi, uwjr wuntsu, inr

fore used in medicine, a preparation that they considered an infallible cure for every kind of ssin disease proper (meaning the vesicular and scaly) from chronic salt rheum to dandruff, I felt bound injustice to suffering humanity to test the truth of this statement, and either indorse or expose it, as it proved worthy or unworthy. Accordingly I received a quantity of the remedy, and was made familiar with the mode of preparation. The name given this remarkable product is Caticura, from cutis, tbe skin, and cura, a cure a skin cure. In practice I found it to possess wonderful curative properties as tney exist in no other remedy to be found in the preparations of the day. Vegetable products hitherto unattainable by chemical manipulation yielded to tbe process adopted by them. Their extraction by distillation in the form of vapor, and condensation to the consistence of jelly, form a process ranking as a remarkable discovery worthy a conspicuous place in the history of medicine and pharmacy. SOOTHING ASD HEALIKO. Caticura, when used as directed, is wonderfully adopted to soothe and heal the most inflamed surface, to allay itchingsacd irritations, to cleanse and purify the pores of the skin, and restore to healthy and regular action the oil glands, tubes and cells, upon whose perfect action depend tbe preservation of a healthy skin and restoration when diseased. It does not evaporate until the temperature is raised to more - than double that of the body, and hence is not dissipated by heat, but remains on the skin until completely absorbed. It does not become rancid or spoil on exposure in any climate. It will be as fresh, fragrant, soothing and healing 50 years hence as it is to day. Contrast this with tbe horrible salves and ointments of the present time. Its fragrant odor is no more grateful than is its agreeable taste, for, be it known, no remedy is better adopted to cure affections of the throat and lungs than Cuticura. Having been charmed, I must confess, with the results of my analysis of this new product, my next step was to demonstrate its value in the treatment of the great skin affections usually considered incurable. I know that every word I now write WILL AWAKEN HOrE in the breast of many a life-long sufferer. Can I, in a broad and Christian spirit, without prejudice, without reservation, say to those afflicted. Here, in this great natural remedy, is a speedy and permanent cure? With a just sense of the responsibility I assume, I say I can. There does not exist a case of chronic salt rhenm, scald head, dandruff, or itching ernption, that Cuticura

may not cure, unless the recuperative pow ers oi tne on glands ana tuDes are destroyed forever. One application to the severest case brings a pleasurable relief impossible to credit. It is so soothing, so penetrating, so healing, and withal to gentle and safe, that before the patient is aware, heal thy action sets in and a cure begins. HUNDREDS OF CURES. My Crst case was one of salt-rheum of fifteen years' duration, and extending over three-quarters of the body, including the race and hands. lhousanusot dollars had been spent on this case. Europe had been visited. Specialists of C3ntinental reputa tion bad grown fat on it, without S3 much as affording relief so that be could enjoy a lull night s rest. 1 cured it in three weeks entirely and completely. My next was an infant two years old, born with a humor of tha face and scalp that resisted every form of treatment. I cured it in a few di ys with Cuticura. I mention this cise more for the purpose of illustrating the soothing and quieting influence of this preparation. ' He never scratched the affected parts after the first application, but seemed contented and willing to let things take their course. A scald head, that had resisted the treatment of one of our noted specialists on the skin, and which was rapidly destroying the hair, was completely cured by me in four weeks. solely with Cuticura, costing the patient one dollar, which be paid for a large box. Eczema of the palms of the hands and of the ends of the fingers, very difficult to treat, and usually considered Impossible of cure, was cured in every case. X have had a great many cases of small patches of tetter and salt-rheum on the nose and st the sides of the face, in the palms of the banns and at the ends of the hDgers, heads covered with dandruff and Bcaly eruptions, all of which I have cured with Cuticura, and that rapidly and permanently, with no otber remedy than the Cuticura .Re solvent, which by its purifying action cooled the system, rendered the liver and kidneys active, tbe blood pure and strengthening, j and controlled these disturbances of the or gans of digestion and assimilation, when found to be present and interfere with the complete success of external treatment. One of the last cases I treated in the course of my experiments with Cuticura was for a small group of vesicles of salt-rheum on the nose, just at the side of tbe nostril. The patient was a man of V) years of age. I said, "That is trifling and will soon disappear." "Trifling as it may seem," said he, "it has cost me over a thousand dollars, and there it is yet." 1 gave him a box of Cuticura, which retails for one dollar, and it cared him. LOSS OF HAIR, in thousands of cases, is due entirely to some form of scalp disease. Seventy-five per cent, of the number of bald heads might be covered with hair by a judicious use of Cuticura. It is the most agreeable as well as the most effective hair restorer I ever saw. All others that I have examined are simply dressings and dyes without any specific medical properties for the cure of itching and scaly diseases that inflame and irritate the scalp and hair glands and tubes, causing premature baldness. The specific action of Cuticura in the cure of burns, scalds, bruises, cuts, festers, piles and itching piles, demonstrates more fully its heVling properties than anything I can say of it. . Other affections of the surface, but not properly skin diseases, such as SCROFULOUS UfeCERS AND SORES, abscesses, milk leg, fever sores, erysipelas sjres. old sores and discharging wounds, boils, carbuncles and blood impurities,which manifest themselves by bursting through tbe skin and eating deep into tbe llesh, when treated internally by the llesolvent and ex ternally with the Cuticura, rapidly heal and disappear. Let me stop here a moment to pay tribute to a justly celebrated remedy for impurities of tbe blood and circulating nuide 1 mean the Cuticura Resolvent, a powerful veget able purifying agent. It is the remedy that 1 now use in all conditions ot the system where an internal remedy is needed to assist the Cuticura to a complete and permanent cure, or when the blood is corrupted by scrofula or malarial poisons. CLEANLINESS NEXT TO GODLINESS. My article would not be complete without farther impressing the necessity of frequent washing of the skin and scalp with soap using plenty of soap. Whether the skin or scalp is diseased or healthy, do not be afraid of soap. It will assist all other remedies if diseased, and preserve and freshen the healthy skin. Too much ignorance prevails as to its value in the preservation of the skin and sca'p. un tms subject Messrs. weeKs & Potter say: "From the first we feared that Cuticura might fail, or its effects bs neutral ized in many cases, by the use of impure or poisonous soap. Since in the treatment of cutaneous affections it was a daily, almost hourly necessity, we attempted to prepare from Caticura a soap having in modified form all its medicinal propenys that would be what we might call with pride a skin soap in the truest sense of the words, and at the same time have its medical ingredients so refined and purified that they would be visible only in their curative effect. To this combination it was proposed to add tbe choicest flower odors, that It might at j tbe same time charm with its refreshing frainiw, vuwi w ynniuw uua ucnu-

era turn failed and It was abandoned. The matter of soap was left unprovided for. To show how important those who were using the Caticura, and ir. constant nee J of soap regarded this article, it is only necessary to say that we were beset with inqairies as to 'what soap was pure,' what 'would we recommend,' eta, until we were forced to again undertake the preparation of Cuticura soap, this time with a determination to succeed. Tbe result of our labors e may justly claim to have been successful in ths highest degree, resulting in the production of the

purest ana most elective skin soap before the public" A PURE SKIN SOAP. Cuticuria soap, appropriately named after the gteat remedy from which it draws its curative properties, is of a delicate natural green color, showing its wholesome vegetable origin. Its emollient, soothing, and healing action is tbe same as Cuticura, only in a modified form. While it can not take the place of the latter in the treatment of obstinate skin and scalp affections, it may ably assist it at every stage and is positively indietensable in most cases. Its medicinal ingredients are so refined and purified of gross or inert matter that they are known to be present only by their grand curative effects, vhile its fragrance, unsurpassed by the best Parisian products, places it foremost among tbe finest toilet soaps yet produced. Added to its many attractions is tbe low rice at which it lssupplied to all. It is In every respect a pleasing contrast to the filthy products prepared from the refuse of skins, vats, hotels, hospitals, and rendering houses, reeking with putrescence and animal parasites and the germs oi contagious diseases, and innocently labelled "skin soap." In recommending it as an assistant to Cuticura. as well as for the preservation of the bain of infants, of gentlemen who shave, and those who desire a fresh and wholesome skin and scalp, I but fill to the brim the measure of my duty to tbe public I k:iow that what I have written in these colunns wiil bring JOT TO MANY, and I mean it shall. I want to make those happy who, by reason of their affections and diseases, have-been unhappy; and that I may do so, I freely proclaim the virtues of tbe Cuticira remedies, and as long as good na tared editors grant me space in their papers I mean to do so. And as long as Messrs. Weeks fc Potter can furnish them at a price within the reach of all who need them, there must be less suffering from these intolerable disorders than ever before. Let me say, in conclusion, what I have so often before said: Cuticura, assisted by tbe llesolvent and Soap, will cure scalp and skin diseases that have defied tha skill and resources of tbe ablest physicians. I have demonstrated it to be true. A grand curative blessing is thus sub stituted for death dealing poisons. Mercury, arsenic, zinc and lead, and a thousand and one'other revolting poisonous and senseless things, prescribed by ignorance and superstition, must now sink into obscurity before tbe wotderful healing power of Cuticura. As a nan, 1 recommend it to my fellowmen ; as s. physician, I indorse it to the profession: is the friend of humanity, I rejoice at tbe discovery, and proclaim it to tbe world for the benefit of mankind. 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Many of tne best physicians throughout tht country are IMacKrdlnfc Irues and using the Biancharcl Klood and Kerve Food with the most gratifying results, permanentlv relieving all forms of Physical and Mental Debility. The Dyspeptic and Confiunxj. tlve Patient, BuUerera from nalarlal oi lllood Poisoning-, tocether with the entire list of complaints peculiar to the Female Mea find in the use of this Food sare and speedy relief. - : o New York, November 28, 1877. Dr. V.W. Bi.anchard: During the pa.t yeai I have prescribed your various preparation! of Food Cure, and feel happy to say tney have met my most sanguine expectations, giving to patients long enfeebled by blood poison, chronic disease, or over drug dosing the need ed nutrition and nerve force. Pnor. OLEMENCK 8. LOZIER, M. D Dean of Horn. Med. Coileere and IIoHpital for Women, New York City, 0 Hundreds of cases of Bristol's Ifiseaa of the Kidneys have been reported cured. For NenralKle anl Khenniwtie ttlMeaaen It Is almoHt a specific. Physical and Mental Debility from toe use of Alcohol, Optnni and Tobaceo or from any unnamable caune, find tn this Food a natural and potent remedy. FOK TUK IKTKLLECTVAI. iWOBKEB THE I5LiAXCIIAIII BLOOD & HFRYE FOOD ACbrds a certain and natural means of sop. plylag the wnxte of tho brain resulting from labor that will enable lilm to do better and more work than ever before, without danger of mental strain. As a remedy for the Lorn of Appetite and Want of Vtftor, physical and mental, In children, this Food has no rival. $1.00 per Bottle, or 6 for $5.00. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, Or Sent by Express on receipt of Price. o Aksovbs Theouogicai, SrarrwARY, An dovkr, Mass., March 23, iK78. Yonr Life Food is an excellent thine. I have no hesitation, after a thorough trial of it, In recommending it in cases of chronic dyspepsia and nervous prostration. r-O TBE BLaNCBABD FOOD ('CB SYSTEM now receiving such popular app elation Is clearly set forth in a 64 page pa.. plilet which will be sent to any address on - ceipt of 25 cen to. Address Blanchard Food Cure Co. 27 USIOS SO.I7ARE, SEW TORE. THE WONDERFUL Pain Reliever was Invented as an improvement upon the or riinnrv Porous Plaster. It containsall the val uable qualities oi tne common muwb porous plaster, but here all comparison ends; tnr t.h new combination of nowerful vegeta ble Ingredients contained In Benson's Cnpcine Plaster maaes it iarmore prornpmuu cuccuno In its action than the ordinary porous plaster or any other external remed including linimAntji. nit Unnld comnouiidR. and the so-called electrical appliances. The pain-reUevtng, strengthening and curative properties of this article are truly extraoroiuary . LAKE BACK. Pnr Tannnn or weakness of the Ba k. Spinal affections. Tains in the Side or Hip-. arising irom L-o as or overexertion, on v. any other cause, the best known remedy is Benson's capcine rorous niwier. It. kium nimnat immediate relief.strengthens ana cures wuere otuer jiiuaw;ia - " relieve. WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Wnmon Hnff-ftrinir rmiiis and weakness obtain fruit xnmfnrt nnil rebel bv the use of Benson's capcine r-orous nasier. wccbiih-buj . . : mend it to mothers for as a remedy lor tne aninuntji of children : in such cases as whoopingcoueh. croon, colds, and all affections of the lungs. Many cases have been reported recently where children having the most violent. attacks of whooptng-cougn nave been reiieveu In less than one nour. For Rheumatism, Sciatica and lAimbngo, Kid ney Disease, Affections of the Heart. Fever and Ague, tstubborn and Neglected Coughs and Colds, Pleurisy. Asthma or I.ting Dlfflcul. ties, and all Local Aches and Palps, Inllammatlon and Soreness. CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER is me Deal mmioiovcurcui, - effectual remedy known. We recommend all who are skeptical concerning the above statements to consult reliable physicians in their own locality. Its great merit is known to all well informed physicians, and they will confirm the assertion that it Is the best external remedy ever devised. : Sold by all Druggists. Price, 25 Cents, AROMATIC TEETH. GUMS'tsBREATH " WsrrantMi t'nre. Harmless and Infallible imnn.rt.in2 the most Frsuzrant Perfume to the breath (Ottar of Rose ami Sweet Myrrh), gives u hsullliv lime to the ilimn. cura all sores ill the mouth, and oy the action of its antiseptic curative qualities, removes all offensivenetts of the oreat.h.cleannes, beautifies and preserve the Teeth; applied to decujed teeth, It annihilates the pain almost immediately. Indorsed by the most Eminent Physicians and Dentists or Europe and America. It contains no Injurious ingredients, such as used In other preparations now in the market. Price $1 per box (containing a large bottle Best Wash and a box of finest Powder). Sent U any address on receiptor nrlce. Manufactured by European Salicylic Medlolne Co of Paris and Ladiwig. Address Washburne A IX Bole Agents. Only Importers' Depot, 23 Cliff street. New York IT. 8. A. For sale by Drugglsta, Perfumery and Fancy Goods Dealers, ,

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By Its grpot and thormieti Wood-pnrlfrlnr properties. lr. Pk-rcr'a tioWen Mistral Ulecovery cares all ntrac.f. from tlx worst Scrofala to a common liloteb, 1'lmple, or ErtiTtiM. Mercurial disease. Mineral Poisons aol tbeir effects, am eradicated, ami Tigomus hc.-illh anl a Found constitution estabHslMHl. EjTaipdaw, alt-f-hem, Fctcp fiorc. Scaly or Rough feLln, in short, ril tliseasf-s caused by bad Mood, are conquered by I Lis powerful, purii'yiijg, and invlpcratlns medicine. Kspeclally lias It manifested Its potencT in cttrinr Tetter. Itoao Uaafc, Hot!, Oarbanrir bora Era, Pc-rofuioua Bores and Gtrelllnsa, Whits Strvlliac. Oeltra or Thick Keck, and Ealareca tilanb. If yon ibel iXi'AU drowsy, debilitated, have sallow color of skin, or vt llnwi.-,if-l)roTvn .nAt. on fee or body, frequent lieadacbc or dizziness, bad taste in mouth, internal licat or chills alternated wlut hot flulies, low spirits, and clootuy foreoodlncrs irrefrular ajipetlte. and tonne coated, yoa are suffering from Torpid Llrrr. or In manv cases ol ' I Aver CouDlalxt w oi.:v nart of these svmitoms are experienced. As a remedy for all sticii cases. Dr. 11, d t-'s (Golden Medical Discovery lias no equal, as it cQects pcticct and radical cures. In the cure of I bronchitis, Severe Coaffta, and the early staves of Coasmviloa, it has astonished the ItH-dlcal laenlty, and etulneut physicians pronounce it the greatest nodical discortry of Uh; ae. "While it cures l lie wvoren Coughs, it strenprtliens the system and pari Qes tbe blood. Bold by drufjrists. It. V. I'IKIK E, II. IV ITop'r, World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel, Buliilo, N. Y. THE ' If o use of taking tlx large, repul sire, nanscoas pm coianoscd of cheap, cni le, and bulky ingredients. These Pellets an; carerly lrcr than imnUu-4 cods, Bclnc entirely varetaWe, no particular care is reiulrcd while it: Ing tnem. Tlicy operate without disturbance to the constitntlon. diet, or occupation, l'or Joaadtar, Headache. Constipation, Impart Elood, I'oln In tbe fchooldcrs, T1hlcM of the hemt. rarzlneM, Soar traetntloaa from the etoamea, laa Taste la the Moatb, li iioas attacks. I'ala la redo of KJdaexa. Internal 1'cTer, i!leatc4 fecllra- aboat BtoBUrh, Kash of Blood te Head, take Dr. mcreel Pleasant ParcattTe Pellets. In explanation of the remedial power of these Purgative Pellets over sc preat a variety of dl-eases. It may lie said that taeta actios npaa tbe animal economy hi aalversai, not claadortlaaaeenesplastfaetroaanUreUBBreas. Act iJota not impair the properiles of these Pellets, They are supiir-coatoi and Inclosed In class bottle their virtues Mng Uicreby preserved un Unpaired fof any Irujrttt of time. In any climate, so that they art always fresh and reliable. Tills la not the case with rills tint up In cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes. For all diseases where a Laxative. Alterative, oi Parcattre, is indicated, these little Pellets will gtvt Uie most perfect satisfaction. Bold hy dranrit. It. V. P7KI!('E.M.I)-PnorTi. W orld's Dlspensarj and Invalids' UotU, Buffalo, N. Y. 6Y3HPTOMBFrcjnent headaclKStfisCiiarKc tailing Into tiiroat, sometimes pronif-e, v-atcry, thick mucous, purulent, offensive, eic. In others, a dryness, dry, wal-ry. weak, or Inflamed eyes, stopping "up, or obstruction, or the nasal passapes, rlnging'ln cars, deafness, hawking and coupling to clear the throat, ulcerations, scabs from ulcers, voice altered, nasal twanp. offensive hrcath. Impaired or total deprivation of sense of smell and taste, diz ziness, mental aeprssion. io tn piK.-niu, tion. enlarged tcusils, tlctling coucli, etc. Caiv a few of these symptoms are likely to lie present la any case at one time. ER. SAGE'S CATARRH REEEDY prodoces radical cores of tiie worst cases or Catarrh, no matter of how long stantllne. Tlie liquid remedy mav be snnfied, or h- tu-r applied liy t!ie use of Lr. l'IERCETS Ioucilc. '1 nis is luc only iorm oi m.rum,n InnmlMl V) Til m-'llf'?l flllltl mwllclne Can be carried miiil cr and fekfkc-il.y ai-m-ied to all Rarts or the atlecteel nasal passages, ami me cnaiu-L-rs or cavities comrounicaUng Uicrewith, in which sores and ulcers frequently exist, and from which the catarrhal discharge generally proceeds. Us use is pleasant and easily understood, from dlreetloai nccompanving each instrument. Dr. P..gi:s tatnrrh Remedy cures recent attacks cf "Cola la 1st Head" by a lew appucauons. it is um.i anu pleas ant to use, containing no strongor causiic orusrs or poisons. Catarrh liemedy and Douche sola hy dra. pciisarr and Invalids' Hotel. liuSalo. 1. XCOMPOUND OXYGEN TREATMENT ontTo Asthma. Bronchitis. Catarrh. DriPtlM la., Headache Oxwua, -Debility, and aO Chmrif: and Krrvout Disorders, by a natwai process ol reviiartzatioii. A NEW DISCOVERY vrhich marts the tiefrinnuig Ol o -u era in Hit Metuing Art. NOT A DRUC but Nature's own life-Riving element, ll does not enre by robstiuiting one disease tor another, as when drues are takes. REmAHKAELE CURES are conttanay hrirtn madeaiui uilrcrtina the tt-i'rfe7 attention, STRONGLY ENDORSED bv the Hon. Jl IKE KEIJ.KV, T. t. ABTHI H, lion. IIuNI tiOM K11Y 1U.AIK, Kx-Gov. Bokeman of W. Va., Gen. Fiti Hr.M: Y WAi.r.KX, and others Who have used the new Treatment, HOW ADMINISTERED. By simple inhalation. '; ui can be duke at our oiucc, or by the patient rj. hit mm heme. HOME TREATMENT. Th' fa rent by exprex.- in a compact pa.-kajie. Price for two months' snpply, with inhaling ajparaius and full rind tJjilifU direkirmii, $15.00. FREE! -A- Treatise T200 pp.1 on Compound Oxygen, tvith many testimonials to vwL remarkaU cures, aent free Address Das. STAKY &. Fauk. 1112 Girard EC Fhlla, THS TASTELESS HE 3TJLAT0S . TEE LOZEKGE LASATH The best preparation 'f igEs:a mads into delightfully flavored uXt;s leiiion cf th roost useful aad reliable Laxative itled&el ne, suitable for all ages and conditions, lor r -uluting-tiin bowels, aad lor ths prevention. imraMiaia relief and permanent cor of Cottaiijiatiuu, HEMORKI!OII)S or PEt.ES, BIMOL'SXKM, HICK RP.ADACHB, JtUUPTIOXs OI" TUB SKIS, FLATULSXCT. ACIDITY and HKA UTI.L BV ; It is also most valuable as a Spring medicine. Price 25 eta. per box. Sold by .11 Drarctets or mn4 rRVR on rr-lt f rrli- by DVVDil lt- . WflOMM St., aw inn. alcaUr i-RUt ra Application. 'Circulars FREE at all dinar afore. GIVES IMMEDIATE BELIEF. Am lafalMMe- Care for PIXZH. Sold by all Pro Exists. 25 cents per box. hrlrM state riirVri far ntaVnllBZ OXrT 1300 varicti-, of Yegtab! and Klaver 8ci, Ptmat, Kmi, XttV InvsUamtoa t alt. for tt. A44re-s D. H. FEKEY CO Detroit Kicb. TUI'TH T IfTGHTl I 11 p. f M Mlana-, k sraaaa sVaarafc saw swat WaBs-i. wl tar BO taat. WMh wmr !'. mf mam, aajg snMM-almiM SI IT r T7 t rta-

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