present day is that which is sold in the shops as a depilatory. It is
usually a mixture of quicklime and arsenic, and is wrongly used and
recommended at this time by many physicians to remove hairy moles and
an excessive growth of hair upon ladies' faces. Its application
excites inflammation of the skin; and, while it removes the hair from
the surface for a time, it often leaves a scar, or makes the part
rough, congested, and deformed.

In the meantime, the hair will grow after a short period stronger,
coarser, and changed in color, which will even more disfigure the
person's countenance. With the present scientific knowledge of the
application of electrolysis, hairs can be removed from the face of
ladies or children, or in any improper situation, in the most harmless
manner without using such obnoxious and injurious compounds as
depilatories.

In conclusion, let me add that, if the hair becomes altered in
texture, or falls out gradually or suddenly, or changes in color, a
disease of the hair, either locally or generally, has set in, and the
hair, and perhaps the constitution, now needs, as in any other
disease, the constant care of the physician.

A general remedy for this or that hair disease that may develop will
not answer, as hair diseases, like other affections, have no one
remedy which will overcome wasting, thinning, or loss of color.
Patients reasoning upon this belief, frequently apply to me for a
remedy to restore their hair to its full vigor or give them back its
color. I always reply that I have no such remedy.

The general health, as well as the scalp and hairs, must be examined