Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-04-29

cry Physicians training.
No longer need a man go to a physi-
clan TO determine If he is suffering or
about to suffer from appendicitis. In
stead let him look at his thumb nails
and the inside of his wrist, after which
he can quiet his conscience and pocket
the physicians fee or else rush pell
nell to the operating table and battle
his appendix before it has chance to
struggle with his tranquility.
This was but one of the lessons that
Mrs. Amalia Marguerite Forwerg
taught the Progressive Health club Of
Chicago the other day in little talk
called Nail Reading as the First Aid
to Physicians In the Diagnosing of Dis
eases" Not only appendicitis. but con-
sumption, spinal complaints, Bright's
disease and every other i'll of man did
Mrs. Forwerg tell the physicians and
other clubwomen how to discover on
their nails, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The speaker said that every phys-
clan should have a knowledge of pal
mistry and that the nails alone always
lead to correct diagnosis of the men
tality and physical condition of the
patient.
THE thumb alone tells the history
of person" said the speaker. There
are four classes of thumb-the spatu-
late, square. comic and pointed. Long
nails never show such robust health
as the short. broad type.
1.-The spatulate thumb is the square
tip with the spade at the top. The
person with such thumb is practical
and good money maker, inventive,
active and does not want to be housed
up. The square thumb. straight at the
top, denotes an orderly, orthodox, re.
liable, practical. emphatic character
In men it denotes good business man
in women, good nurse
| 1.-THE comic type is the long. narrow
nail and is the nail of the artistic TEN
permanent. Musicians, actors, painters
singers and society women have this
nail. and do not like to read the hand
of such person, for the characters are
all alike. do not like to read the
hands of society women, for they arc
all the same and lack ambition. II
they did not they would not be con
tented with their useless lot.
THE nail that is pointed like a CONF
belongs to the idealists of the world
They are the seers and the prophets
and all mediums have it. Inspiration
does not come through the head. II
comes through the long, pointed nail
People with this nail are impractical
and always have to be taken care of"
In diagnosing disease Nine. Forwers
gave the following illustrations:
Appendicitis top line in thu
wrist rises and stands up plainly, ant
the thumb nail looks rich. Do mo-
wait for an attack, but have an imme
date operation.
Lock- aw.-The thumb falls in. Aft
er the patient has been operated on Il
straightens out
"Rheumatism.-A thin. brittle mai
and line across the hands
''Insanity.-A long descending heat
line across the palm to the side on {
line toward the wrist.
Tuberculosis. - The long, narrow
nail Dubbed at the end and ridget
slightly.
Throat Trouble.-The big, broad
curved thumb nail
"Paralysis.-Nail fat and faring a
the top.
Throat, Chest and Lung Troubles
Long nails.
1.-THE little red spots on the hear
line in the palm tell of heart disease
but most people who think they have
heart disease are only suffering from
indigestion.
"And all of this and much more car
be learned just the same as dancing o.
French" said She
Mrs. Forwerg urged that physicians
operate on the thumb center of thu
BRAIN for lOckjaw or paralysis.
''In these cases the thumb is usually
crooked" she said, "but if the opera
tiOn Ia SuccpSSful II bacOmaS STRAIGHT