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Show ! YOUR HEALTH ' BV DR. R H BISHOP . . 4 i in(.i;i;n MU8. One indication of your general i health Is the fingernail. If y.lur nulls are oritth- or show white spet ks some: hini ;J x i .,n your general health Is not up t i par. Peaidea aeting in til is why ,vs g h-alth index the. luillfl perform ihe function of prore-tlng tne rips of the Clnffers They save the fingers from pressure nil Injury and lv? them1 si rong tuppi 1 1 The sense of ttfuch thus is .naue more accurate In order to help rho CIngOrnaUs perforin their functions it is n..--sary to keep them In perfect condition condi-tion The rfa'Ih should curve from .-ld to i side, have a smooth shiny sftrfacaj and bo pink in color The white surfu. e of i:-e nui! at I the root, commonly Celled 'half-! moon," should be in promlnem n if the base of the nail ' Alter the hands hare 'ueii washed thoroughly sn orange wood stick or nail file ?h uld ' us, ,i i, reirrove the particles of .foreign matter from the under siirfac Xever use the (mini nf a s issors or the blade of a i.i if- because idthui of these caus'- the m-d. e surface to become rough and hod particles of dirt more securely. After the use of the pall fn.e or orange wood stick the nail brush should be employ I an I then ::sain the stick or flic. If the under surface of the nail or the skin becomes rautjhened. dip tb.s fingers In eold cfeon: end let tho nails take up as much of ths cream as they Then .Mp them hi talcum tal-cum powder. Phly vhoul 1 be done before retiring. Tin small flaps of kln ivhlch lap over the nail should ae pushe I buck very gently with ah orange stick cv ery day. Be careful not tn tear ihis skin, because hangnails are thus formed which allow germs to enter the body. Thee torn fragment.-give fragment.-give ris to bOne felons or even lu blood poisoning. oo- i |