LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1242 Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Care of the Skin and Hair And Other General Health Hints Morris Fishbein, M. D. Editor Journal American Medical Association and Hygeia, the Health Magazine. HALDEMAN-JULIUS PUBLICATIONS GIRARD, KANSAS Copyright, 1927, Haldeman-Julius Company. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Skin Diseases and Their Cure 5 Cosmetics 7 Skin Disease Quackery 8 Magic of Plastic Surgery Replaces Scarring Knife 10 Button in Savage’s Skull First Plastic Surgery 11 Beware of Beauty Doctor Who Offers Guarantees 13 Either Hair or Health Endangered by Dyes 15 Skin Eruptions Laid to Poison in Dyed Fur 17 Most Moles Harmless, But Watch Black Ones! 18 Flowers Carry Poison 20 Snow, Cold Water Best in Treating Frostbite 22 Wash Your Neck Well to Ward Off Boils 23 Psoriasis One of Most Annoying Skin Faults 25 Cauliflower Ears 26 Flopping Ear Needs Careful Operation 27 Rubber “Reducers” Are Foes of Comfort But Not of Fat 29 Be Careful in Use of Laxative Gums 30 Overeating Harmful After Middle Life 31 CARE OF THE SKIN AND HAIR AND OTHER GENERAL HEALTH HINTS SKIN DISEASES AND THEIR CURE There are still persons who believe that every disease of the skin can be successfully treated with a salve, a lotion or a powder. This belief and the advertisements of nostrums for the treatment of skin disease are a reflection of the actual knowledge of such conditions held even by the medical profession a quarter of a century ago. Today the methods of treatment of skin diseases include practically every form of apparatus, every method of medical administration known to medical science. This advance is a reflection of the application of knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology and bacteriology to medicine, and of a more thorough comprehension of the fact that the skin is not merely a protective covering for the body but an organ whose condition reflects that of the other tissues and influences them definitely.