A treatise on the human hair, and its diseases / by Bela C. Perry.

  • Perry, Bela C.
Date:
1859
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the human hair, and its diseases / by Bela C. Perry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    point — Its diversity of size and length — Formation of the roots — Difference of the hair between male and female—Thickness of the hair — Deleterious results of shaving the head — Cause of its variety of colors and shades — Its mineral, metallic and animal composition.. 21 CHAPTER FOURTH. COMPOSITION OF THE HAIR. Different color of hair, with the various races — The mate- rial of which it is formed — Cause of the variety of color — Natural moisture and its origin — Its power of with- standing decay — Peculiar condition which produces blanching 40 CHAPTER FIFTH. THE PECULIARITIES OF THE HAIR AND ITS EMOTIONAL INFLUENCES. Its electrical properties — The connection existing between the concomitants of the hair and the body — Its protec- tion to the scalp — Illustrations of premature blanching— The cause assigned by several authors — Its proper cause — The restoration of its original color in advanced age — Fabulous conceptions of the ancients upon the seat of the hair—A description of the supposed growth of hair af- ter death 48 CHAPTER SIXTH. GENERAL DI8EASES OF THE HAIR. Augmentation of the hair — Description of ««moles — Removal of hair from improper situations — Effect of de- pilatories — Diminution of the quantity of hair — Origin