A very useful way of stimulating a sluggish skin is the use of the Epsom salts bath. The Epsom salts may be bought in large quantities, seven pounds or more, and should be of the crude kind for bathing purposes. From one to two pounds should be dissolved in a bath of hot water, and [...]
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Cancer can be produced by chronic irritation of the skin. In England, in 1775, Dr Percival Pott described cancer of the scrotum in chimneysweeps which was caused by soot. Natives of the northern Himalayas who carry canisters of hot charcoal next to the skin of their abdomens to keep warm, develop cancer in this area. [...]