The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-09-22
"A'I BITING HEREn,-S
a Doctor Finds That ~.
Habit in Ma,u g

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nails Hee re Hi.. j Look s at these II
somewhat s;oHl eyteriar physicia,s
to ,h Dse on; one of them is bitten my :
' po"n TO the quick ever s ssen BIZ
remember. and in spita 80 SINCE d |
inc e' .aa. 40. I've tried all or s,, msa
'ne schemes that have ha VI moss
70 stop folks from sn,n. sen inVera
~ ol''en nails to show hov. N;i nss
rate. vase, at an
Nov, my mother bit
Ian nalis IN precisely the Same V' :. las
S she mad a beautiful pair CT bsrs sashs
lohs' slender. tapering fna aauus' VIZ
e saa one ., o. the mise-ies Of h., s as.
ence that she could n ne. ess
away from the habit Of rni no' q
nails ll'l by Lifting them. Sol l4 on1l. ! b
"' my mother told me that ~ l
'her lnveterately bit his rai na' nef
'a'neF, in turn, told her thai bi ana am y
ef had tried all of her Iifn 70 N" 10 iA0a
Win The habit OF bitjnr po w avg
without success. '-V' nas
50 you sec that in NV o
hail biting habit is djs,inc,,, .'se q
tary. Aeres
-, MY curiosity as 10 this matte, !,
me to investigate i. in tho @ c"s ~
other persons, Ill OF them in m rrse IS. Z
tlce, who had the nail hifina ' pla'
and | found that in eve,y rvs e, na'l
tackled their Immediate nrogen it
on one side or the o,bor 49, l''o
nail biting habit. "0 'as
There's no reason wba,oror
should bite my nails. II i aoa
py some specialists in nerve d,so.'
that the practice springs from a
tam form OF nervousness. but NV. wv
'"' e"h p1 true, for | am actuall,
'i,e least nervous person on ton of II.
siooe, SO far as | know. Nv mo,s.
""o one OIL the most composed nA,
SUNS OF hef Sex | ever knew. tsv.
long since given up irving to hro.s
lily sen OF the practice, which. helm,
an involuntary and unconscious one
IS almost impossible to control ,or,
Win the greatest difficulty contrivoi
at times to let four or five of nv n.i,,
grow, permitting them to attain an .,
most foolish length. because 7 was :,
proud OF them, bat az the same tim,
That these long ones looked like tn
hooked 1ln92r nails of q Buddhist On
chorite, tie other ones were pnaw,
TO the quick.
Among other things I've tried III
scheme OF dipping nay finger tins
colorless and extremely bitter .or
position, so that when | pat my mai
o my lips to bite them I'd be =
minded OF my resolution by the Bit
aste CT my fingers. | found it abo
IS hard to remember to keen nv fin
r tips dipped in this fluid as it "
o remember not TO bite the nails. al
% there | was. Also. for time, I Q.
'loyed the plan of keeping my fing
Fps encased in thin patent metal til
hade Tor the purpose, but the
hlngs aroused so much curiosi
mong my patients and forced me
nsWer so many questions that I b:
o give up that scheme. Moreove
he same difficulty about remembe
ne to keep the unhandy things
'as always present.
i recently saw it stated in
'rench medical journal of the gre;
st reliability that fully two-thirds
II the school children of France a
ddicted to the practice of bittil
heir finger nails, and me article G
ressed the writer's alarm over tb
ict, as showing that nervous diseas
lust be undermining the Fren,
ace. While | don't agree with Il
ervous disease part of this, the sho
lg is certainly a curious one. A We
nall proportion of the school oh
rem OF this country. so far as nv n
ervation goes, bite their nails. +.
OF believe that nervousness has an
ling to 90 with the nail -, lad
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