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Show That Body of Yours By JAMES W. BARTON. M. O. Making Hair Grow ACUL'I'l.E ol years hk- Ur B. N. Htif:.stcii) Id tlie Journal ol the American Merlicai Association nave a lisi ol a nuintter ol penple on whose Head ne nad Deen ahle to Induce a new growth ' hair. xictor BenK-ston was cnretnl :o sny tli at these were not cases in which the nair nad gradually disappeared, hut cases due to illness or shock. Iesp!te this statement he was he-seiyed he-seiyed Dy thousands ol hald-henrted people, and hy hundreds of others anxious to secure his method and sell it ro rhp world. As a matter ol fact Doctor Bensston made no secret ol his method. lie simply stated that he used the extract from the tiny pituitary eland, no lamer lam-er than a pea. which is sitveted In the floor of the skull. Since the announcement other investigators in-vestigators have been usina this pituitary pitui-tary extract on ordinary cases if loss of hair without any real success. In cases where the loss of hair came in patches and finally all the hair was lost, the use of the pituitary extract has heen successful in some cases and a failure in others. That other glands may have some-thins some-thins to do with the growth or loss of hair is quite possible, even probable, hut until this has been definlfely proven prov-en we'll have to use the methods now recommended by skin and hair specialists special-ists to preserve the hair and keep It healthy. The comb and brush should be kept clean and the comb should be such as not to tear the hair or wound the scalp. A good comb has its teeth smooth and wide apart and their tips are blunt. Hair brushes should have their bristles bris-tles set wide apart. The brush should be stiff enough to allow one to brush the hair and scalp vigorously without injury. Prof. William A. fusey, Dniversity of Illinois, says that brnshing the hair Is of first importance In the toilet of the scalp and hair. It cleans both; It makes the hair smooth and glossy and it stimulates the scalp. The hair should be brushed twice daily; this brushing should be continued for a few minutes, at least until the hair is smooth and glossy and until there is a pleasant feeling of "life" In the scalp. The Sinuses ALMOS'l every day the average physician is asked about the sinuses si-nuses In the face, because sinus trouble trou-ble is now quite widespread. As a matter of fact, the average cold in the head Is sinus trouble, but fortunately the cold clears up before any pus is formed, and the openings of the sinuses into the nose are therefore there-fore not blocked. What are the sinuses? The sinuses are simply little cavities cavi-ties or caverns in the bones of the face which so adjoin the nose that they form the "'sounding box" for the voice. As you know the air comes up the wind pipe from the lungs, strikes against the vocal cords and noise or voice occurs. The voice however needs 'resonance" or sounding b"ox to give it the proper tone or expression, and this is the purpose of the sinuses. You get an idea of what value the sinuses are ro the voice when the sinuses si-nuses are blocked by the common cold, or it you close your nostrils with your fingers and speak. There Is simply a flat sound without any ring or resonance reso-nance to it. There are three sets of sinuses on each side of the face adjoining the nose, opposite the cheek. th eye, and the forehead Just above the eye. The main point to remember about rhese sinuses Is that they are all connected con-nected with the nose by small openings, open-ings, and have the same lining or mucous membrane as the nose. In fact the easiest way to get the idea is to think of the lining of the nose extending into these sinuses, just as the floor of a hall in a home might extend into the rooms adjoining the hall. Now just as water spilled on the floor of this hall will flow along the floors into the rooms, so a cold starting start-ing on the lining of the nose extends along this lining into the sinuses, and causes sinusitis. A change of temperature, change from the outdoors to the indoors, the eating of certain foods, the pollen of plants, and various other instances, inflame in-flame the mucous membrant or lining of the nose, and the Individual develops devel-ops a "cold." Fortunately, in most cases, the cold simply irritates the lininj and Increases In-creases a flow of water. If this water is dammed back, thickens, and organisms organ-isms increase within it, pus Is formed. This is really sinusitis. (CoDvrlKht.l WNU Service. |
