TALKS ON HEALTH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19813, 3 December 1919, Page 10

TALKS ON HEALTH.

BY A FAMILY DOCTOR, TESTING FOIL DEAFNESS. 1 A child that ynu think is stupid may ho only deal. You must not- bo guijty. as so many impatient parents nncl teachers tire, of punishing a deaf child for inattention. You must aply this lost, find then you will know whether to punish the child .or punish yoursolt lor .neglect; Place the child at a distance of about twelvo I'eot away from you. Be sure uni? turn his back towards- you, otherwise be will ted I what you are saying, not hy hearing but dy watching your lips. Now tell him to repeat what you say. Enunciate your words clearly and in a loud voice. If you say "Forty” h e will repeat ‘‘bony.’' Then say other numbers in' a voico that gradually gets softer; von will soon reach a point where ho fails to repeat what- yon say as his ears are not sharp enough to catch the vibrations. With practice it is easy lo recognise when a child is deaf. Bur. when you try the rest, it is m goon plan to have someone standing hv the child, someone whose hearing you know to bo perfect. Then when yon speak in a. soft voico Hie child will‘be. unable lo hear, hut the normal person will -ay he heard distinctly. All youp have to do is to establish the fact whether the child is deaf or not; von are not concerned with the cause of (be deaf-ness--that is the doctor s business.

the I GUM DIVINE. Have my ol you paid ;i visit to tbo •Museum I- ] warn you to come with ni>v uufi look at oni' exhibit only a net then go and have |ca, More it'is, ot ;i voting (*■(’('!•; : 11 1c x suituc i;ishiont s d ;a ;i tuiK* wiiou sciilpLuiv had readied ,i> zenith of rfeetioii. i'ho Greeks sought alter node ideak amd heanty oi'i'onn appealed to them ivnli an, intensity that made- ik;n bmp tj) express; I iieuischvs in exyue11. - ■ statuary. No ace has hern a hie to Miipass them. In Ik ait sehools toda\ we ■-till set up he lore (hr* pupi!.-’ eyes the mi odds of ancient- Greece. Tin; voice ol the sculptor ol Athens is riii”--"i£ in our ears to-dav, And T have brought you to look at I his work of art iu the hope that it may stir longinns in your own hearts. You can only cultivate a love ot the good and the beautiful hy studying the examples

that arc placed in public galleries for your edification. 1\ ill you look at hitors and icot. iVil'ev! ! There are mi icei lii-;e that, nowaday,-,. Dnr fret- are delorun-d by tight boots; we are plagued with in-growing toenails, flat loot, luunmre-toes, bunions and corn.-, 'the beautiful feet ol this young Greek puts us :dl to shame. And he \ui.- a pagan ; we are supposed to be C hristians. and We have lost his exalted ideals. Look at Alfred ihcre. grumbling be-iiUse Id.- bonis pinch him: look at his: narrow clu-i and feeble limb-.. |> hj not nil i1 1! i that the world prodm-co better men iwo thousand live hundred yeava agor' GREEK GODS. Observe those linel.v-ihouldcd limbs, the graceful puise of the body, vho swelling muscles so slim find yet ’ so strong. Oh, for a nation of men like that! He must have had a. good mother ’.vho watched over him with pride day by day as his limbs grfowi rturdior and sturdier. How ‘■hocked site would have been at the suggestion that her lovely hoy might have rickets. She would hoc know what wir. meant, by rickets. Truly we arc backsliders since ancient Greece nourished. And now east. your eye over his noble feature'. He is Hide. ;d a handsome young man; such a head must, have held proud and noble thoughts; such features must have been moulded by sweetand generous aspirations. You may see a pri/.e-llgliter ,: s magnificent- bode Miniiuunted by a lie.nl and face that remind yon of an ape--low forehead, protruding jaw, sir,all eyes sot cln-o together. Or you may see a lino face above a puny bod;:. Also unsatisfactory. Hut her,; in this gallery you sec

;i V;T'tv i)!' lace that i= nlivwt nn- \ (virthU- united to loveliness of form and ! figure Produce six -tain-art sou? like j thnr._moi.hoi-. iiiui I vill jio to the King J myself iiirl fi*l< him t> give you the j Order o< Alrrit. Von may say that the ; slaluc, is idealised: y.-r cannot nil be i (■rook gods ir. S!o?hvillc on th» Slosh. J We cannot, worry about Greek stature 1 when ;i|l ot.ir time is taken up in, j drndg< ry. j HWOHMrNfr ' Hut ! will not ljsU-,1 to thnttiilk. Wo. j mu-i- look umvard. V>Y mn,-t have irl'-ils in onr mind-: before «y can bring! them down to aecunl fan. [ injjsti I on yon .ill going to the Gallery. "11 wish my son to grow im like that." savsl rnothor. "I should like my husband f to be. like that," savs the vouug in a n lon. " T will do my best to be like that. 1 ' s;iys the young man. Tam determined to put up a light. lam going to turn every man into n Greek god; orery woman shall have the gruwami attractiveness of an Athbue. 1 reckon it will take mo ton thousand' years at onr present rate of goby: but! I. shall eonic back again and again: T shall continue to take personally conducted parties to see the Greek statue; . and when everyone is as good a M he is " .i shall tel! them stories of Saturdav I nights in 1910 that, they will not believe. Please buy a picture post card ; and put it in a pass.c-pait.out frame . and try to think that the statue reprcI sent* a man as God made him. TREA'DIKNT OF SORES. _ In the treatment oi' many a. sore place.you overlook the importance of , getting theseab off thai; fornix over the. sore. It is useless to apply the ointment to the dead, hard scab. Ilathe if with warm water for a long time with great, patience, and when it is removed put the ointment on the. ran- surface. | An excellent ointment for the sores that breakout in the scalps of young children is the, ointment, of amnioniated mercury: it nwl not be a strong ointment. Ml rags that have- been sis tin?-;sings should hi; burnt. As rags am rather precious, some of the, best I I rags may he cleaned ivy boiling and ! | using again. But hum the. lag rather! 1 than run the risk of putting a dirty rag j j<m a.child's face. Never forget' that j I infection is easily carried by means oi j tow'eh, sheets, pillow-cases. hair-j 1 bni-hes and handkerchiefs. A child j j with spots must be kept to himself in i ■ every way. j