Some of the Causes of Dandruff.
By Dr. Hanaford
PROMINENT among the "causes" are gross food, particularly the flesh of swine, with the lard, personal uncleanliness, more especially relating to the care of the head, sudden changes in the temperature, too much brain labor, greasing or oiling the hair, too much head clothing, keeping the head too warm, without sufficient ventilation, often attended by scalp diseases, irritation or inflammatory tendencies. This dandruff is easily "removed"—as it is albuminous, dissolved by alkalies—by washing the scalp in saleratus water, by which it is speedily dissolved. It is not necessary to have it very strong, a teaspoonful to a half-pint of water.—Dr. Hanaford, in Western Plowman.