Causes.--Want of tone to the skin, which performs its functions sluggishly. Stomach-bowel disorders, menstrual disturbances and anemia are other causes and assist in making them worse. Improper care of the skin and dusty air may be other assistant causes. [62 MOTHERS' REMEDIES] MOTHERS' REMEDIES. For Pimples and Black-heads.--l. Pimples on the face, effective yet harmless remedy for: Camphor 10 grains Acacia (pulverized) 20 grains Sulphur (precipitated) 2 drams Lime water 2 ounces Rose water 2 ounces Apply on the face with a soft cloth at bedtime. Allow to dry and brush off the excess of the powder. Anyone suffering from these eruptions is usually willing to try every known remedy. The above is excellent and very effective and is harmless. 2. Pimples, Alum Water for.--"Take a teaspoonful of alum to a quart of water and use as a wash, say three times a day. This will cure ordinary pimples on the face." 3. Skin Blotches, Cream of Tartar and Sulphur for.--"Two ounces cream tartar and one ounce of powdered sulphur (from the lump). Mix. Dose:--Teaspoonful in a little water three times a day will cure." 4. Rough Skin, Healing Cream for.--"One-fourth cup tallow melted, one teaspoonful glycerin, small lump camphor, dissolved. Mix all together by warming sufficiently." Rub in thoroughly as you do any face cream. PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Pimples.--Remove the cause if possible. The diet should be like that given under dyspepsia and constipation. Menstrual disorders should be remedied. Local.--Remove the plugs (of sebum) and stimulate the skin glands. For this purpose prolonged (ten minutes at a time) bathing of the face with hot water and soap; tincture of green soap in the more indolent, sluggish cases, should precede the pressing out of the blackheads: Lateral pressure with the fingers or with the comedone extractor, especially contrived for this purpose, will express the black-heads. After they are out, the skin dried and cleaned, various stimulating remedies can be applied in ointments and lotions such as following: 1. "Precipitated Sulphur 1 dram Ointment of Rose water 1 ounce Mix and rub on at night." 2. Beta-Naphthol 1/2 dram Resorcin 1/2 dram Lanolin 1 ounce Mix and apply locally. INFLAMMATION of the Skin. (Dermatitis).--This is due to many causes. It can come from injuries, for instance the rubbing or pressure of ill-fitting clothes, bandages, bites of insects and from scratching. Varieties.--Dermatitis ambustionis, (burning). This is due to excessive heat upon the skin. [SKIN DISEASES 63]