BITING THE FINGER-HAILS.
It is simply a waste of time io apply illsmelling and nasty-tasting substances to the finger-nails of children for the purpose of breaking up the habit of biting the nails. By some means or other they rnb the disagreeable stuff off and go on with the same process of gnawing. A physician recommends a thorough course of manicuring. Let the child’s nails be examined a dozen times a day if necessary, and see than there are no little points or irregularities to annoy the little one. Everybody knows that a hang-nail or a broken bit of nail will create a tendency to scrape the nail or to bite at it. Persistent and habitual biting of the nails is proclaimed a nervous disease, and constitutional treatment is in order in connection with the manicuring. It is a good idea to cultivate in children a good deal of pride in their appearance; this helps the treatment, and will, in a chert time, break up the most fixed habits.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 2851, 20 June 1896, Page 2 (Supplement)
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169BITING THE FINGER-HAILS. New Zealand Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 2851, 20 June 1896, Page 2 (Supplement)
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