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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAi.. 



Our Doctors Simts. 



By F. L. PEIRO, M. D. 



McVicker's Building, Chicago, III. 



Pimples on the Face. 



Louis E. S. writes for a treatment for 

 pimples — usually called " black heads." 



In the first place, dear Louis, it is always 

 necessary when writing to doctors for ad- 

 vice, to state your age and occupation, as 

 both are essential factors in determining 

 the probable cause. So I must infer you 

 are perhaps 16 or 18, going to school, and 

 living on the farm. So far so good. A 

 boy's habits have much— nay, everything— 

 to do with the occurrence of these pimples. 

 They are an unsightly eruption, always 

 carrying the conviction of filthy habits, 

 and hence a great humiliation. These 

 "blackheads" are not really worms, as 

 some suppose, but diseased roots of the 

 hairs ; but why the trouble should manifest 

 itself especially on the face and neck is a 

 matter of conjecture. Exposure to light 

 and weather is perhaps the principle rea- 

 son of occurrence on these parts instead of 

 the more protected ones, under the clothing. 



As before mentioned, there are a number 

 of causes for the appearance of these pim- 

 ples, and besides such as we do not men- 

 tion in print, are those of diet and cleanli- 

 ness. Insufiicient or improper food is one 

 of the chiefest. Greasy dishes, whether of 

 meat or pastry, are responsible for a large 

 number of eruptions. Pork, in any form, 

 is one of the worst. Salt meats are bad. 

 Eating rapidly, without time for proper 

 mastication or digestion, necessitating the 

 flooding of the stomach with big drafts of 

 water, or, worse still, numbers of cups of 

 tea or coffee, is one of the quick methods of 

 bringing out these pimples and establishing 

 an enduring dyspepsia at the same time. 



All unclean habits, whether local, from 

 want of cleanliness, or constitutional from 

 immoral practices, lead to the permanent 

 establishment of these diseased hair-bulbs 

 which finally disfigure an otherwise pleas- 

 ant and intelligent face. To suggest their 

 discontinuance should be considered the 

 common-sense course to be followed. 



The diet should be a plain but nutritious 

 one, consisting principally of fresh fish, 

 vegetables, fruits, eggs, soups, and the 



coarser grains— rolled oats and cracked 

 wheat. 



The cold morning bath is indispensable, 

 with good, hard rubbing in drying. At 

 night a towel wrung out of as ?iot water as 

 can be borne, held to the face for a few 

 moments, will do great good. 



As a remedy use No. 11, night and morn- 

 ing (if you have one of the Family Med - 

 cine Cases advertised in the American Bee 

 Journal) . Continue the remedy for sev- 

 eral weeks, until all the pimples have dis- 

 appeared. This line of treatment will b e 

 certain to cure you if persistently and 

 faithfully used. 



C«»IVVG]VTION DIRECTORY. 



Time and place of meeting- 

 1894. 

 Oct. 10-12.— North American, St. Joseph, Mo . 

 Frank Benton, Sec, Washington, D. C. 

 1895. 

 Jan. 28.— Venango Co., at Franklin, Pa. 



C. S. Pizer, Sec. Franklin, Pa. 



Feb. 8, 9.— Wisconsin, at Madison. Wis. 



J. W. Vance, Cor. Sec, Madison, Wis. 



D^" In order to have this table complete, 

 Secretaries are requested to forward full 

 particulars of the time and the place of 

 each future meeting. — The Editor. 



North American Bee-Keepers' Association 



Pres.— Emerson T. Abbott St. Joseph, Mo. 



Vice-Pres.— O. L. Hershiser Buffalo, N. Y. 



Secretary— Frank Benton, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer— George W. York...Chicag'o, Ills. 



National Bee-Keepers' Union. 



President— Hon. R. L. Taylor . .Lapeer, Mich. 

 Gen'l Manager— T. G. Newman, Chicago, 111. 

 147 South Western Avenue. 



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