BALD MEN ELATED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11544, 1 December 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)

BALD MEN ELATED.

HOPES RAISED BY THE "VACUUM" CURE. Cubes for baldness have a perennial charm for the bald. A new and well-advertised cure soon attracts thousands of experimentalists, whose hope never appears to fail them, no matter how great the number of failures. The newest device fop promoting the growth of the hair is mechanical. The principle of operation is that of producing a vacuum, or partial vacuum, around the scalp, thereby relieving it of the pressure of the atmosphere, and allowing the blood to circulate more freely in the veins of the scalp, and so impart a more healthy condition thereto. Various mechnical devices may be used for obtaining a vacuum at the location desired, but the form about to be described serves the purpose, it is said, with a satisfactory degree of efficiency at a small cost.

The foundation of the device is of wire netting, woven of wires coarse enough to prevent a collapse when the air is withdrawn. This frame is covered with rubber cloth, or other air-tight material, and around the edge is a steel band of a shape closely approximating the contour of the head, from the point above the eyebrows backward over the ears and then downward on the neck below the line of the hair. This band is preferably of thin steel, and is adapted to spring against the skin at all points to form an air-tight joint. By manipulating the pump or sucking the air out in some other way, the ads pressure is removed, and the blood allowed to circulate freely to promote the growth of the hair and cure baldness.