The hair : its growth, care, diseases, and treatment / by C. Henri Leonard.

  • Leonard, C. Henri (Charles Henri), 1850-1925
Date:
1880
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Credit: The hair : its growth, care, diseases, and treatment / by C. Henri Leonard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    local or constitutional] That the disease is a local one should constantly be remembered, so that the constitutional treatment may always be secondary to the local. As a stimulating lotion to the surface made bald by epilation, or the casting of the hair by the natural effects of the disease, the following can, for a while, be employed: 5. Tr. cantharidis (tr. Spanish flies), 3 j (one drachm). Tr. nucis vomicae (tr. mix vomica), 3 iij (three drachms). Olei cocois (cocoa oil), 3 ss (half ounce), Aquas cologniensis (cologne water), vel (or) Spiritus myrciee (bay rum), 5 iij (three ounces). Apply this morning and night to the scalp, after a thorough brushing with a soft bristle brush.