STOPPAGE OF A BOY'S GROWTH.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 170, 22 December 1874, Page 3

STOPPAGE OF A BOY'S GROWTH.

Early or late hair on the face of a boy is a pretty sure sign of early or of late stoppage of growth. Some show it early, and some late in youth; some as early as at fifteen, other 3 again not until they are seventeen or eighteen, or even twenty years of age—that is to say, as soon as cither whiskers, or beard, or moustache show themselves in any quantity on a boy's face, he seldom grows afterwards ; he becomes more developed—more broad-shouldered, more manly—but does not grow in height. This might, as a rule, be depended on ; but, of course, it is not a rule without an exception. The fact of hair, then, growing plentifully on the face is a sign of puberty—that he has become to all intents and purposes a man, and that he has done growing in height, however broad and burly he might become. Now, this is an important time of life for such an one, and often determines whether, for the rest of his life, he shall be delicate or otherwise. It behoves a parent, therefore, at such'times, to sec that he has plenty of nourishment, and an abundance of fresh air and of active exercise. And if he be delicate, to consult a judicious medical man, that he may carefully examine him—his chest especially—in order that if there be any tendency to disease, that he might, if possible, nip it in the bud.