New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-06-14
Attention to the Feet.

1t is utterly impossible TO get well
or keep well unless the feet are kent
dry and warm all the time. If thew
are for the most part cold there i
cough or sore throat or h0arseness o.
sick headache or some other annoy
ance.
If cold and dry the feet should be
soaked in hot water for ten minutes
every night, and then wiped and dried,
Rub into them we'll ten 1r fifteen drops
of sweet oil; do this patiently with the
hands, rubbing the oil into the soles Of
the feet particularly.
On getting up in tho morning dip
both feet at once into water as cold as
the air of the room, half-ankle deep,
for minute in summer; half minute
or less in winter, rubbing one foot with
the other; then wipe dry, and if con-
yenient hold them to the FIRE, rubbing
them with the hand until perfectly dry
and warm in every part Of them.
y If the feet are damp and cold, attend
only to the morning Washings, but al.
ways at night remove the stockings,
and hold the feet to the fire, rubbing
them with the hands for fifteen min
utes, and get Immediately into bed.
Under any circumstances, as often
as the feet are cold enough to attract
attention, draw of the stockings and
hold them to the FIRE if the feet are
much inclined to dsmpness put on
pair Of dry stockings, leaving the damp
ones before the FIRE TO be ready for
another change.
Sons persons feet are more com
Portable even in winter in cotton,
others in wooden stockings. Each
must be guided by his ewn feelings.
Sometimes two pairs Of thin stockings
keep the feet warmer than ono pair
which is thicker than beth. The thin
pair may be of tho same or different
materials, and that which is best next
the foot should be determined by the
feelings of the person.
Sometimes the feet are rendered
more comfortable by basting half an
inch thickness Of csrled hair on q piece
of thick cloth, slipping this into the
stocking with tho hair next the skin,
to be removed at night and placed be-
fore the FIRE to DO perfectly dried by
morning.
Persons who walk q great deal dur
ing the day should, on coming home
for the night, remove thsir shoes and
stockings, hold their feet to the fire
until perfectly dry, put On a dry pair
and wear slippers for the remainder Of
| the evening.
Boots and gaitars keep the feet damp
unclean, and noisoms, by preventing
the escape of the insensible perspira-
ton and odor which are constantly en-
anating from a healthy foot; hence
the old-fashioned shoe is the best for
health and for the strengthening Of
the ankle, by habituating it to support
itself. A piece Of brown or either
paper wrapped around the foot oYef
the stocking sometimes keeps the feet
remarkably warm. Cold feet'' arise
from the want of e vigorous circuls
tien in them this is oftsn remedied by
putting them in hot water in a wooden
vessel, 80 as TO cover the toes; in
about ten minutes put both in cod
water, the colder the better, of the
same depth for half minute, the OBJ
| ject being to produce a shock calcu'
lated to draw the warm blood to the
soles this may be done on retiring
and rising. Nothing should be con
sidered a trouble which can have
even a slight tendency TO keep the
feet warm, because there never can Be
recovery from disease or substantial
good health without it.-HaLL.