CARE OF THE HANDS.
In cold weather, when the skin is liable to get rough or to chap, the hands should be washed in warm water as little as possible.
Every night before going to bed, warm water may be safely used, but in the morning and during the daytime, when passing in and out of doors, or through draughty passages, only cold water should be used.
The nails must be kept short, and the nail-brush only taken to them when absolutely necessary.
The constant application of vaseline or other ointments is to be deprecated, unless the hands have already chapped and preventive measures are useless.
Thoroughly drying the hands after washing generally prevents both roughness and chapping.
Source: HINTS FOR HOUSEHOLDS. (1890, May 9). Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1883 - 1897), p. 4 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE PORT ADELAIDE NEWS).
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