III. Enamels for the Skin.
| Grains of lead in one fluid ounce, after shaking. | |||
| Eugenie’s Favorite, | 108.94 | grains. | |
| Phalon’s Snow-white Enamel, | 146.28 | " | |
| Phalon’s Snow-white Oriental Cream, | 190.99 | " | |
Conclusion.—It appears from the foregoing,—
1. The Hair Tonics, Washes, and Restoratives contain lead in considerable quantities; that they owe their action to this metal, and that they are consequently highly dangerous to the health of persons using them.
2. With a single exception, Perry’s Moth and Freckle Lotion, the Lotions for the skin are free from lead and other injurious metals.
3. That the Enamels are composed of either carbonate of lime, oxide of zinc, or carbonate of lead, suspended in water. The first two classes of enamels are comparatively harmless; as harmless as any other white dirt, when plastered over the skin to close the pores and prevent its healthy action. On the other hand, the enamels composed of carbonate of lead are highly dangerous, and their use is very certain to produce disastrous results to those who patronize them.
Hair Restoratives: A Bald Bachelor’s Experience.
A gentleman of perhaps thirty-five years of age once called upon the writer for advice relative to baldness, when he related the following experience, permitting me to make a note of it at leisure.
“In 1865 my friends intimated to me that my hair was getting slightly thin on the crown of my head. I have always had a mortal terror of being bald, and daily examinations convinced me that my fears were about to be realized. My first inquiry was for a remedy.