The care of the skin : some common diseases of the skin and the simplest measures by which to avoid them / by Charles James White.

  • White, Charles J. (Charles James), 1868-1964.
Date:
1914
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Credit: The care of the skin : some common diseases of the skin and the simplest measures by which to avoid them / by Charles James White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tants. Of course frequent applications of suitable washes and ointments will pro- duce transitory relief; but patience and forbearance must be called upon to tide one over the five to seven days before the poisonous shafts are finally absorbed. A few years ago, before it was the cus- tom for poor as well as rich to wear furs, and before the advent of the motor car had increased the demand for thicker wraps, dermatologists were not so often consulted for a troublesome blotchy, moist eruption about the neck and lower face. In those earlier days only the soft- furred animals were killed on account of their pelts, and only the well-to-do classes could afford to buy the beautiful skins. Now almost every man, woman, and child wears furs, and the increased de- mand necessitates dyed creations and the use of coarse-haired skins. Cheap, im- properly colored furs now flood the mar- ket; and when the wearer becomes warm and moist, the insufficiently mordanted