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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAj 



Om Bo€T&RS Hmis. 



By F. L. PEIRO. m. d. 



McVicker's Building:, Chicago, III. 



Dandruff— Prevention and Care. 



Chas. W. Sanfokd, Ono. Wis. .—My dear 

 young friend, I am glad you liave the right 

 spirit of enquiry to ask questions. It is one 

 of the most effective ways to knowledge, 

 and I shall be glad to hear from readers of 

 the American Bee Journal, especially 

 from its younger members. But to your 

 request. 



Dandruff is a scaly affection of the scalp, 

 a local irritation by which the superficial 

 layer of skin comes off in bran-like flakes, 

 sometimes proving quite annoying because 

 of its filthy appearance on the clothing. It 

 is a self-imposed punishment for our ignor- 

 ance and unclean habits. Combs are re- 

 sponsible for most of it, beginning from the 

 day our dear mothers scratch our heads 

 with a fine-comb, and ending with our use 

 of those sharp-tooth machines that irritate 

 the scalp, make small sores, and they in 

 healing, itch, which causes us to scratch, 

 and so the trouble is kept up indefinitely. 



Then comes the next worse step— the use 

 of various lotions to stop and prevent the 

 falling particles we call "dandruff." You 

 can rely upon it that all such mixtures are 

 harmful, no matter how highly commended. 

 Let thern alon£ ! 



The cure is simple enough. Commence 

 by anointing the head moderately well with 

 vaseline or cosmoline, obtained in any 

 drug-store. It is best put on with a sponge. 

 Do this every third day for about four 

 times. Do not use a comb in arranging 

 your hair. (Ladies should use a wide- 

 tooth comb, with teeth ground very dull.) 

 Men can easily part their hair with a 

 brush. The " knack " of it is soon learned, 

 and is better every way. Indeed, they may 

 practice the old farmer's way — who parted 

 his hair with a towcJ. No dandruff on fhnt 

 head! 



After the fourth application of vaseline, 

 you will notice the dandruff nearly gone, 

 because the vaseline has healed the sores 

 from which the scales came off. Oils or 

 nnimal grease of any kind are injurious, be- 

 cause it becomes rancid in the hair, and 

 creates more mischief, instead of cure. 



(You no doubt know that vaseline is a pro- 

 duct of coal-oil or kerosene, hence it is 

 called a mineral oil.) 



Well, after the dandruff is pretty well 

 gone, simply wash your head, every day, 

 in nice clear, cold water, and rub the scalp 

 briskly with your finger ends— wo? your naih, 

 which should always be kept trimmed even 

 with the finger tips— a sure sign of gentle- 

 manly cleanliness. 



Now, my good boy, you follow out these 

 directions carefully, and then let me hear 

 from you again. Good-bye. 



Treatment for Dysentery. 



Dysentery is one of those insidious com- 

 plaints that come like a "thief in the 

 night," when we least expect it. There are 

 certain times and seasons when this dis- 

 order is most likely to manifest itself, and 

 just about now is that very time. And it is 

 astonishing what slight transgression, in 

 diet or exposure, may develop an attack ! 

 You feel well in the morning, you have 

 worked with a will and overheated yourself 

 and then sat down to cool— that is the first 

 step in its progress. At supper, being 

 hungry, you have indulged in large drinks 

 of water or tea ; eaten fatty meats, pud- 

 ding or pie, and gone to bed. This is the 

 second and effective step. 



Your sleep is troubled, some sickness at 

 the stomach sets in during the night, more 

 or less severe colic comes on, and by morn- 

 ing you experience the forcible evidence of 

 what proves to be dysentery — which really 

 means an inability of nature to digest and 

 assimilate the quantity and quality of food 

 you have taken the evening before, and so 

 the contents of the stomach pass, fer- 

 mented and irritating, into the intestinal 

 canal, and set up an inflammation of its 

 lower portion principally, which results in 

 the pain, prostration, and passing of bloody 

 mucous which we now recognize as " flux." 

 Unless proper remedies are at once used, 

 more serious consequences may follow. 

 What shall first be done ? Garden " puss- 

 ley " is generally easy to obtain. Take a 

 large handful, wash it clean, boil it in two 

 quarts of water for one hour. When boiled 

 to one quart, take off and strain the liquid 

 through a clean towel. Of this " tea " give 

 a half teacupful in a pint of water as hot 

 as can be taken. It may produce vomiting 

 — all the better if it does ; but if not, keep 

 right on giving it every two hours, except 



