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In the Japanese army, where soldiers keep themselves very clean, they have the order that before eating a meal they must always wash their hands, and they must at no time allow their nails to be dirty. It is believed that it is this rule which has prevented a great deal of illness among the soldiers.

Toe-nail cutting.

Right. Wrong.

The reason for it is that these poisonous little germs, which float about in the air, live on dirt and are very liable to get on to your hands and to hide under your fingernails, therefore you should always be careful to keep these clean, especially before handling your food. Nails, both on fingers and toes, should be kept properly trimmed with scissors.

Soldiers as well as other people, very often suffer lameness and great pain from the nail of their big toe growing down into the toe at one side.