Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 365
THE SIMPLE MICROSCOPE SHOWED THEGROWTH DISTINCTLY. MULLEIN LEAVES FOR THE COMPLEXION If you rub mullein leaves on your cheeks it willmake them rosy, I was informed by some youngcountry girls, and I saw the beautifying adviceput into practice. Then, bringing the tip of aleaf under a pocket… … woolly all over with branched hairs, and thesimple microscope showed the woolly growthdistinctly. A microscope of higher power re-vealed more effectively the branching of the hairsand their twig-like construction. In rubbing themon the tender and sensitive surface of the cheeks,the action is…
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