The forms of hats that are least injurious are: for Winter, soft hats
of light weight, having an open structure, or pierced with numerous
holes; for Summer, light straws, also of open structure.
As regards the head-covering of women, the fashions have been for
several years favorable to proper form. The bonnet and hat have become
quite small, and cover but little of the head. This beneficial
condition, however, is in part counterbalanced by the weight of false
curls, switches, puffs, etc., by the aid of which women dress the
head. These, by interfering with evaporation of the secretions,
prevent proper regulations of the temperature of the scalp, and
likewise lead to the retention of a certain amount of excrementitious
matter, both of which are prolific sources of rapid thinning and loss
of hair in women.
False hair has likewise sometimes been the means of introducing
parasites, which give rise to obstinate affections of the scalp.
Cleanliness of the entire surface of the skin should next demand
attention, and that should be done by using water as the medium of
ablution. It is a well-known physiological law that it is necessary,
in order to enable the skin to carry on its healthful action, to have
washed off with water the constant cast of scales which become mingled
with the unctuous and saline products, together with particles of dirt
which coat over the pores, and thus interfere with the development of
the hairs. Water for ablution can be of any temperature that may be
acceptable and agreeable, according to the custom and condition of the
bather's health.
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