A treatise on the human hair, and its diseases / by Bela C. Perry.

  • Perry, Bela C.
Date:
1859
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Credit: A treatise on the human hair, and its diseases / by Bela C. Perry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    fetid liquids. Yet it would not be supposed that this mysterious architectural structure, (the minute- ness of its formation precluding all unassisted inves- tigation,) was capable of the successful accomplish- ment of the enormous labor, which the law of active economy requires it to perform. But the principles of Philosophy have established the capability of the cuticle to consist in the compli- cation of its structure, which is the cause of its adaptation being eminently serviceable at one and the same time in a number of positions. But what is one of the most remarkable of its character- istics, is that its various duties in the system, are controlled by that unvarying law of admirable regularity and order, which governs all creations of Divinity. The investigation of the structure of the external skin, considered in connection with its complicated duties, would lead to the conclusion of its inability to be of further service to the body, or even to con- tinue a healthy operation in its previously mentioned position for any considerable length of time. But while this work is being executed, and the whole or- ganic structure relieved of its liquid impurities, we find it engaged as a means of natural defence in the shielding process for the entire human system. Its complete occupancy in all external portions of the body, convey to the mind the utter impossibility for