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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    thusiastic physician or “quack” to promise a cure by means of X-rays. This is a subtle agent, which, in incompetent hands, is capable of provoking serious and permanent injury; and at its best must destroy so much tissue, to produce the desired purpose, that the resulting de- pressions in the skin, at the site of each hair, and the ensuing overgrowth of su- perficial blood vessels, gives rise to a con- dition worse than the original deformity. Fortunately, thanks to the discovery of an American medical man, there is a scientific, harmless procedure which will rid the face of superfluous hairs and produce in favorable cases no resultant disfigurement. I refer, of course, to the electric needle. But here again I must caution you against placing yourselves in incompetent hands. To do this trying work properly, one must have knowledge of the anatomy of the skin and of elec- tric batteries, besides a steady hand and strong eyesight. The untutored operator 49 } 4