Identifier: skinitscaretrea00maur (find matches)
Title: The skin; its care and treatment
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: (Maurer, Ruth D. Johnson, Mrs.), 1870- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Skin
Publisher: Chicago, McIntosh battery & optical company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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kind. Improvement in these cases often seems slow, but it isalso sure if only the treatment is persisted in and directionsfollowed. DIET In very obstinate cases a strict diet of bread and milkshould be recommended for at least four weeks. Graduallyother foods may be allowed, among them whole wheatbread, all of the fruits, fresh vegetables and eggs. Meatshould be taken but seldom, and then the white meat ofchickens and fish should be eaten instead of beef. No coffee, tea, liquor of any description, highly spicedor fried foods may be allowed. In connection with the use of the bread and milk dietvery excellent results have been secured by adding to it aday or so of fasting, taking on these days nothing butwater. If the patient can only be made to see that in adoptingthis rigid diet she is giving her much tried stomach a neededrest she will really enjoy the experiment. BATHING Not only should one full bath be taken every day, butin addition the body should be scrubbed with sea salt and a
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Use of High Frequency in Removing Mole on Chin T H E S K I N 213 good friction obtained by drying the surface with a coarsebath towel. In some instances vapor baths or those of the electriclight variety will be found a valuable addition to the treat-ment. Internal baths, by flushing the intestinal canal, will alsobe of great assistance and should be taken at least oncea week. CONSTIPATION In the majority of cases constipation will be found toexist even though the patient declares that it does not. Forthis reason, therefore, in addition to the adoption of a sim-ple diet, which will usually relieve dyspepsia, it will be neces-sary to avoid any symptoms of constipation by the use ofsome one of the many remedies used for that purpose, andwhich the physician can or usually will recommend. A very simple and an excellent remedy, especially wherethere is much congestion, as in acne rosacea, is found inthe use of Epsom salts each morning for some three or fourweeks. As the use of any of the re

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