Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-28
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LOOK TO YOUR FEET.

OF all parts Of the body, there is not one
the clothing of which ought to be SO carefully
attended TO RS the feet. The most dependant
part OF the system, this is the part in which
the circulation Of tic blood may be the most
readily checked; the part most exposed to
cold and wet, or TO direct contact with good
conducting suriaces,it is a system where such n
check is most likely to take place. Goodness
of the feet is very common attendant on
disordercd state of the stomach, and yet dis.
ordered stomach is not more apt to produce
GOODNESS of the feet, than GOODNESS of the feet
is apt to produce disorder of the stomach /;
and this remark does not apply only to cases
OF indigestion, but to many other disorders to
which man is liable. Yet do we see the feet
of the young and delicate clad in thin-soled
Shoes and as thin stockings no matter whe-
Their 1t is summer or winter-time--no matter
whether the weather is dry or damp, or whe-
Their the temperature of the atmosphere il
warm or cold. But this is not the whole of
the evil. These same feet are frequently, nj
different times of the same day, differently
covered as to the stoutness of the stoutness of
the shoes and their soles, and very often like
wise as to the thickness of the stockings.
have often found, on investigating into the
origin of cases of disease, that it has been
common practice to go ont of doors in the
forenoon, the feet being protected with lambs
wool stockings, and warm and thickly-soled
boots and to sit in the afternoon Mt home,
only having the feet covered with silk stock
ings and satin shoes. | have so often found
this to be the case, that IL would hardly sur
prise me were the practice found to be almost
universal among the females of the middle
and upper ranks of society. To this common,
and sufficiently inconsiderate practice, have
traced many cases of incurable disease. To
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functional disturbance; this lays the founda-
tion for many of those arrangements by which
the first inroad is made into the constitution,
the first step taken in undermining the health;
the first OF that succession of changes brought
about by which the young the loycly,and the
healthy, are converted into wasted victims of
consumption, or become martyrs to other mall
aides as fatal, though less common ! am suf-
ficient Of a Goth to wish to see thin-soled
shoes altogether disused as articles of dress;
and would have them replaced by shoes hay
Tag moderate thickness Of sole, with thin
Taper Of cork or felt placed within the shoe,
over the sole or next TO the foot. Cork is a
very bad conductor Of heat, and is therefore
to be preferred; If it is not to be had, is not
liked, felt may he substituted for it. The ex-
IRENE lightncss of the cork, the remarkable
thirness TO which il may be CULTS usefulness
as non-conductor not being essentially i'm
paired thercby-and the inappreciable effect it
has on the appearance of the shoe--all seem
to recommend its use for this purpose in the
strongest manner. think that neither boots
nor shoes should be used without this admira-
Bile provision against cold feet There is sufli-
cient objection to all shoes made of waterproof
or nperyious materials they are apt toprove
much too heating and relaxing, interfering
with the due escape of the cutaneous exhala-
tons. Thin shoes ought only to be used for
the purpose of dancing, and then they ought
ouly TO BIO worn while dancing. The invalid
or dyspeptic ought assuredly never to wear
thin shoes at other times As to the common
practice of changing thin shoes for warm
boots, aud Uice uersa, it is practice that ia re-
plete with danger, and therefore rash, and all
most culpablc.--Dr Robertson.