The anatomy and physiology of the hair : with directions for preventing baldness, removing dandruff, and preserving the natural beauty and softness of the hair / by William Bogle, artist in hair.

  • Bogle, William (Artist in hair)
Date:
1846
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Credit: The anatomy and physiology of the hair : with directions for preventing baldness, removing dandruff, and preserving the natural beauty and softness of the hair / by William Bogle, artist in hair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    that I could make various and important improvements upon it, both as to its tonic and stimulating properties, adapted % more especially to this variable climate. And, for this pur¬ pose, I have spared neither research nor expense in obtaining the object desired. Besides my own study and investigation, I have held a correspondence on the subject with many distin¬ guished Anatomists and Physicians, and I feel confident that I have succeeded in producing an article which will prove to be the ne plus ultra of all preparations hitherto known for re¬ storing, preserving and strengthening the hair, and retaining its original beauty, flexibility and softness. As this is a preparation founded on philosophical principles, it may be proper to accompany the directions for its use with a brief analysis of the anatomy of the skin, the origin, struc¬ ture and growth of the hair, and the causes of its decay and falling off, in order that the subject may be more fully under¬ stood, the principle upon which the Fluid is prepared, and its application made to effect the object intended. And to begin at the foundation, or soil, if we may so express it, from which the hair springs, I will first speak of the anatomy of the skin. The outer envelope or skin of man consists of four parts— the epidermis or cuticle, the rete mucosum, the corpus papil- lare, and the corium. 1. The epidermis or cuticle is the outermost layer. It is a dry, membraneous structure, devoid of vessels and nerves, and is, so far as we know, entirely insensible ; a tissue of a some¬ what complex organization, connected with the functions of exhalation and absorption ; but its vitality is considered to be on a par with that of vegetables. The absence of nerves