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Identifier: skinitscaretrea00maur (find matches)
Title: The skin; its care and treatment
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: (Maurer, Ruth D. Johnson, Mrs.), 1870- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Skin
Publisher: Chicago, McIntosh battery & optical company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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cal disease. Splitends frequently appear and the hair breaks off so that itnever gets beyond a certain length. In addition to a general tonic, much attention shouldbe paid to the most stimulating form of scalp treatment withthe use of the follicle lotion alternated with the tonic, eachnight at home and much rubbing with the fingers. Office Treatment will consist of first cleansing withthe follicle lotion, then manipulation with the faradic cur-rent, then use of either the negative galvanic current or theprismatic ray. The blue light will be used at the last toremove superfluous moisture and also because of the effecton the scalp. In all these cases, the split ends should beclipped off and not singed. Canities, also called grayness of the hair or whitenessof the hair. This condition is said to be brought about bythe absence of the pigment and the appearance of air spacesin the cortical substance of the hair. When the graynessis due to loss of pigment there is observed a slight or some-
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Use of Ideal Scalp Electrode with High Frequency for Scalp Treatments 278 THE SKIN times a pronounced yellow tint. When due to presence ofair spaces, it appears gray or snow-white. Canities is of two forms—congenital and acquired. In the congenital kind, we find the albinos, who arealso afflicted by an absence of pigment in the rest of theskin. Frequently, too, there are found people who have beenborn with a white streak or tuft of hair which has beenhanded down for generations. Acquired canities may be premature, senile or acci-dental. In the premature form, children of fourteen have beenknown to have perfectly white hair, while it is quite com-mon to see cases that have turned white at eighteen andtwenty. In these instances, no treatment has any effectwhatever. Senile canities is the natural accompaniment of old ageand cannot be helped by treatment. The only remedy isa dye. Accidental canities in the form occasionally encoun-tered in which a patch of hair will come in perfectly wh

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