Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-08-07
COLD FEET.
Caused by Improper Treatment and
Lack sf Attention

Improper treatment of the feet and
lack of attention to their needs is tire
cause of many disorders aud nervous
affections" remarked q physician the
other day to 3 school teacher who had
applied to him to get relief for cold
feet and headaches" Nov, the per
son who has cold feet is almost sure TO
have a headsche," he continued, for
the fact that the feet are cold shows
that the circulation is weak. The
blood not circulating freely in the ex-
tremlies crowds into the upper por-
tons of the bedy, and the pressure on
the blood vessels of the head, of
course, occasion headache. Feet that
are almost constantly cold tend to
cause congestion of the internal orr
gans. The blood vessels of these cold
feet become narrowed by the lack of
flow of the vital duid 10 them, thus
perpetusting and increasing the diff.
Guilty. Those who are troubled in this
way should take plenty of exercise IN
the open air and soak their feet in
warns water every night. This couns
teracts the tendency IS congestion,
enlarges the vessels, and helps per-
manently to relieve the feet of their
special tendency to coldnesss.
Feet that perspire and emit bad
odor should be washed every night,
too. After they have been bathed a
per cent. solution of carbolic acid
should be applied. Tie stockings,
too, should be changed daily and the
boots should have inner soles that can
be taken out each day and likewise
dipped in per cent. solution of car
bolic acid. The reason that this pro
cess is necessary is that the bad odor is
due to microscopic organisms and the
acid kills them.
The soldiers of the Bavarlan army
are required to battle their feet every
day, and rub them with pomade
composed of two parts of salicylic acid
in 100 parts mutton tallow, to prevent
perspiration. Each soldier is provid-
ed with twenty nine grammes of this
pomade.
Most feet can be kept soft and
healthy by soaking them n water as
hot as can be borne before retiring,
using ammonia and soap freely. They
should then be rubbed briskly with a
rough bath towel, and glycering, mix
ed with an equal part of carboGc acid
2 pc cent. strong, applied to them.
Mutton or beef tallow will do instead
of the glycerine.
Another thing that helps keep the
feet cold is the conventional shoe.
Even if the shoes you wear are large
enough, which they very seldom are,
they would pull the muscles of the
feet awry, pinch up the bones in one
place and let them spread out in an,
other until they could have no natur,
al action, and consequently, the cir,
culation is interfered with. Yes, yes,
I KNOW" the physician added, testify,
as the young laky opened her mouth
in mild protest, that loose shoe
could be quite as uncomfortable as 8
tight one. l know the shoe ought to
fit as closely as the stocking, asd
that loose 6ttin. shoe is product
i've of corns and discomfort as one
that pinches. But where it should be
tight, young lady, is around the
ankle, across the instep, around the
arch of the foot sud the heel. But
the front half should have a large
sole and loose upper. Then the
bones in that part of your foot will
have plenty of room for movement
With the kind of shoes you are now
wearing these bones are all squeezed
together and the joints almost tele
scoped. or course your feet cam
help being cold. No; I can't give
YOU any medicine for it. Get your
self a sensible pair of boots, take care
of your feet as | have advised you
and you'll have no more trouble.