Michael A
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Copied out of the Morning Oregonian July 27. 1909.
"NEW'THEORY OF BALDNESS Caused by Tight-Fitting Hats Which the Men Wear. Columbia Btate. Why do men have bald heads? Surgeon J. O. Cobb, of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, says that the sole reason for bald heads Is found In the constricting bands of men's, hats. Baldness, says this expert on the pate, is not caused by dandruff, by parasites, or by anything except lack of circulation caused by tight hatbands. In the New York Medical Journal, Dr. Cobb says: 'If a man s head is very wide, or if he is very prominent fore and aft, that man will become bald in time, because such a person, to make his hat fit snugly, invariably pulls it down tight. The man with low brow and thick. heavy hair rarely is bald. If one wears the hair long and thick, it acts as a cushion and prevents, in a large measure, the constriction caused by the hat band." The moral is plain: Either wear your hair long, so as to give your head breathing space, or if your hair is scant or short, discard your hat and give the air, and sunlight a chance. The savages who go bareheaded do not go bald headed. They seem to bear out Dr. Cobb's theory. The men who go around all day with their hats tightly clapped on their heads have few hairs to show when they reach 35 or 40. Keep your hat off whenever you can and keep your hair. In the North the number of hatless young men is constantly Increasing, and the custom, especially during the hot Summer season of going about bareheaded is rapidly increasing. In the South during this same heated season it is even more imperative that hats be discarded as much as possible, or entirely. With fewer hats we shall soon have fewer bald heads. And bald heads are not popular oven among those who possess them."
Michael
"NEW'THEORY OF BALDNESS Caused by Tight-Fitting Hats Which the Men Wear. Columbia Btate. Why do men have bald heads? Surgeon J. O. Cobb, of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service, says that the sole reason for bald heads Is found In the constricting bands of men's, hats. Baldness, says this expert on the pate, is not caused by dandruff, by parasites, or by anything except lack of circulation caused by tight hatbands. In the New York Medical Journal, Dr. Cobb says: 'If a man s head is very wide, or if he is very prominent fore and aft, that man will become bald in time, because such a person, to make his hat fit snugly, invariably pulls it down tight. The man with low brow and thick. heavy hair rarely is bald. If one wears the hair long and thick, it acts as a cushion and prevents, in a large measure, the constriction caused by the hat band." The moral is plain: Either wear your hair long, so as to give your head breathing space, or if your hair is scant or short, discard your hat and give the air, and sunlight a chance. The savages who go bareheaded do not go bald headed. They seem to bear out Dr. Cobb's theory. The men who go around all day with their hats tightly clapped on their heads have few hairs to show when they reach 35 or 40. Keep your hat off whenever you can and keep your hair. In the North the number of hatless young men is constantly Increasing, and the custom, especially during the hot Summer season of going about bareheaded is rapidly increasing. In the South during this same heated season it is even more imperative that hats be discarded as much as possible, or entirely. With fewer hats we shall soon have fewer bald heads. And bald heads are not popular oven among those who possess them."
Michael
