The "consulting dermatologist" had very solemnly and elaborately warned me concerning the danger of moving my hair too violently, and thus causing it to come out; but now my investigations brought out the fact that moving the hair, that is, massaging the scalp, increases the flow of blood to the hair roots, and further increases resistance to disease.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
Also, I experimented upon myself, and now I know something about the human hair, something entirely different from what the rich and successful "consulting dermatologist" taught me, but which has kept me from becoming entirely bald: First, the human hair is made by the body, and it is made, like everything else in the body, out of the blood-stream.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
The superintendent replied by referring me to a certain physician, who was the hospital's "consulting dermatologist," and I went to see this physician, whose home and office were just off Fifth Avenue.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair