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Show - mawvwxux tvv v w 'wx. r. vs. t JyWhat Doctors Say About Removing Abnormal Hair WOMEN who are eudowed by nature with growths of hair on the chciks, cbju or lips, and those even who bate merely a lVw IsolHted ha.re in the Isidst of a dark growth of don a, ar- gen Irally considerably troubled by the singularity singu-larity which disfigures them and try by tvery possible means to get rid of it. I Some use various kinds of depilatory ,ete8, poll out single hairs by tbe root orj ha . e off th.j hair. Others are content to - s ISe scissors to cut off abnormally placed1 Ail, however, obtain only a tem-jprary tem-jprary aesthetic result. And they pay lor this by aggravating th; defect which tenders them unhappy, k or all these srocessea are followed by a re-grow. h In sfcich the hs-ir is thicker uud cJustr than t wis originally. It Is readily understood, therefore, that Uy rwdical method "t treatuienl is eagerly Veioomed by the numeroos women Lo 'ire sniious nbxut tb'j development of nach unadghtly growtbB. The sole radical method for a long time was "intrafolbcnlar elect roly sis," a long, iring and painful process, aunoymg for e patient and vi ri ditlj. uk f..r :Le jperator, and the iu. .-A i u w u Tkilfnlly executed effected a cure oniy by leaving slight indelible ma.rk on the skin, limost aa disfiguring as the defect which it was intended to cure X-nays have since b n tried. These IJj lve the curious property f causiug the hair lo fall out. When suitably regu-tiled regu-tiled they b; ir,,i arv.ut .j trophy of tbe gblleous follicles. L nfortuuatcly the royi fPtouwt traverse the skin to reach the folli-eles, folli-eles, and this sonirim leads to atrophy . of the cpid runs l As a g neral rule, when (he X-rays are '1 1 1 Ituploy ed great care must be exercised. Ijj'hen u is a Question of the hps the pre cautions must be doubled, if the method bi well applied the irrrtntb-u of tho skin ' may almost always bo avoided, but when the radiation has been too intense the irritation irri-tation occurs about a fortnight after the operartion -V more annoying effect is the piirmeula-tion, piirmeula-tion, winch in the case of teriuiu dark complexions with very sensitive tkiu occurs oc-curs about ten days after the application of the rays This pigmentation, how-' how-' r, Im always temporary, ami at tlr most lasts only a few weeks, though eveb if it wetv pcrmauent it would be much lei disliguring than the pileous ct'-wths. There L finally a method by mums oi which Dr. Ch. Amat, of Paris, is said to have obtained gxd results lie makes use of ''aCtifiiferoUS muds," which appear to exert an action on the pileous bulbs 'ibis physician, taking mto accouut the simihinty between the eflecta obtained by the X-rays and radium on the one hand and on the other the difficulties encoun tered in the manipulation of the latter Isobstance, especially whtu it is desired to achieve a good result without affecting 1 1 he akin, conceived the idea of utilizing I radio-active muds, which urc much more easily applied. But in this case it is necessary to make a selection between the transient enia-I enia-I nations and those which have a more enduring character. Tbe former emu nations consist of B kind of vapor or z-which z-which may form a deposit on tbe surface ,of the enclosing vessel, but which undergo under-go immediate disintegration The s. :i.- lahs of emanations is due to the presence pres-ence of radio-active substances, which continue lo maintain the radiations for ,aii indefinite period The latter variety of muds, furnishing persistent emanations, is preferred bs Dr Oh Amat. They are obtained iu the form of residues during the process of .preparing uranium compounds from their ores. They have the consistency and almost the same homogeneity as butter or clay. The variety used is extremely plastic ami may be easily spread over the surfaces which are to be submitted to its action. These muds have a reddish red-dish brown color, due to their richness iu I iron They may be readily diluted with waier for the preparation of baths or radio-active plasters. The chemical compoition of the mud is rerj complex. In the first place (here are various radio-active elements actinium, polotiiun. and radium. They also eouijiin iron oxide, phosphoric acid, alumina, uranium oxide, manganese oiide, carbonate car-bonate and sulphate of sodium, clay and I calcium carbonate. All these hubstunos, wlJ.-h form to some extent the excipieut i of the radio-active elements, cannot fail I to be endowed with curative properties. Polonium and radium exist only as I traces in the muds, but this Is not the case with actinium, which occurs to such a degree the permane nt radleactlv muds that these are very properly termed acti-niferous. acti-niferous. As is well knowu. then Is no more radio active auhstance thau actinium It ;s calculated that the total radWj-activ-ity of rhe raudti containing this eoustirn-ent eoustirn-ent i fifty times greater than that of the most highlj reputed thermul muds. Like radium itelf, actinium emits ray.-jf ray.-jf varying penetrative power. To it action are ascribed the results obtained in the treatment ot articular affecting and tbo:! which result from persistent applications appli-cations in the treatment of hy per-.richisis. or rhe exceaalvs production ot hair. Ely means of cataplasms of muds reapplied persi6tontly every uight success is finally obtained iu causing the hair to weaken and then fall without the least alteration of the adjacent tissues. This process is attended hy no inconvenient effects, but demands the SXetdss of eonsid-r;ible pa- i tience. |