The use of electricity in the removal of superfluous hair : and the treatment of various facial blemishes / by George Henry Fox.

Date:
1886
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Credit: The use of electricity in the removal of superfluous hair : and the treatment of various facial blemishes / by George Henry Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    recent years, the development of the operation for re- moval of hair is without doubt the most brilliant. In the Archives of Dermatology, five years ago, my friend, Dr. Duhring, of Philadelphia, reported the case of a bearded woman, whom many of you have doubtless seen on exhibition, and after an exhaustive description and discussion of interesting points concluded with the following paragraph: “In regard to the question which was asked me by the patient, whether the growth on the face could be successfully and perman- ently removed (and I need not add that it is to her a source of intense mortification and distress), I would say that the only justifiable means at our command is palliative, consisting in either the daily use of a razor or in the employment of a depilatory powder.” This was written only five years ago, and represented advanced opinion at that time. I quote simply to show that dermatology in America is not a mere reflex of European thought, but that it is alive and advanc--* ing. In a paper read before the Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Dr. Heitzmann mentioned the case of a lady with a growth of hair upon chin and submaxillary region, who had consulted the prominent dermatologists in Vienna. All agreed that no one would promise a permanent eradication of such superfluous hairs but a regular charlatan. In the light of what has been ac-