The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-12-17
FACTS ABOUT CORNS.
THE ONLY WAY TO BE PERMA"
NENTLY RID OF Them
A Fortune for the Chiropodist-Corns on
the Soles of the Feet-Ingrowing
Toe-NaiIs, Their Cause and Cure
-CoIoTed Stockings.


baltimore Americana
Tight sh 1os AMI cora are q very pretty
example o. cause an elfsct-a pressing SUBJ
jec5 and painful subject, s. close together
thlt It utssn lifii :ul5 to remove the cause,
gr, ia otI3r wJris TO taks off the shoes. As
for removing the cause permanently by
wearing oui such shoes as are of the proper
50, an -hl2e, that seems to be condition
,.lI.ir, only t. be found in Utopia and other
Place Were they wear no shoes at all.
Bat ;uai will swoac and women will weep
from tbs c.us5 a'on5 as long as they kick
against II ttur, by trying to remodel their
let. The Chinese cripple their feet more to
JI.Ir own 81 isfaction; but their IDEAS Of the
ssslutful in nature ara on a level with their
lie 0 tn5 beautiful in art Everybody
knows that the only way to remove corns
Prominently is to wear shoes habitually
which ars largo enough, and which conform
perfectly to the lines OF the foot; but those
whose purpos, doe not extend beyond get
tag r; | o. tho corns for the t.ne being very
often have exaggerated IDEAS of tho pain
t.ud Inconvenience created by removing
them. In facr. when they are removed by
u man VITA sufficient experience and skill to
be properly qualified, there is no pain what
ever in the operation.
CORNS ON THE sOLEs:
4 slillful chirop 1dist placing the person
eiii,ctsl in high chair, and occupying
low ons himself. takes the foot upon his
knee, and by means of o small scapet works
around the corn until in about two minutes
10 can be lifted out. Throughout the opera
ton the patient has no occasion even to
Vince. Corns On the soles of the feet are
very common with both sexes, and they ara
p1rIaps the most painful Frequently they
come from peggel shoe. The moral is OBJ
viou5.
Very few, except those afflicted, know
what bad casa of corns some people have.
One chiropodist in this city has patient
man whose feet had twonUy corns on them.
A gentleman who was treated recently had
SIX on the bottom Of the right foot. Many
VI which taken from that part OF the foot
were over an inch in diameter. It is very
seldom That man, when told by chiropo-
dist that ne wears shoes too small for him,
say: Il never wore tight pair of shoes
in my life;" yet that is what the ladies
almo invariably say. Then the doctor
III assures the foot ami compares it with the
measure of the shoe. When he shows them
that the shoa measure is smaller than the
foot measure is smaller than the foot
mea ,ure, does that convince them? Not at
all--there Is simply mistake in the
measurement.
Some chiropodists show by model the
position of the foot when high heeIei shoe
is worn. 1t suggests torSIre. Such Shoes
seem to be giving way to those which are
built mora in accordance with reason, but
they are still worn by some and give rise to
many serious female complaints. Every
one thinks he knows how to pare his own
nails, but in thu majority Of the cases he is
greatly mistaken. Ingrowing nails are the
result frequently of such Ignorance. The
nails grow in proportionate rapidity to the
growth of the hair. The rapdity varies of
course, in different persons, but the ma jority
o. people who have a proper regard for
cl9anline IS pare their nails too often, and,
generally. in improper way. They cut
the corners Of the nails. Chiropodists say
that they should lie cut straight across and
that the corners should never be rounded.
INGROWING NAILS.
Tho neglect of this rule is what causes in
growing nail. The objection is that it
wears out Stockings much faster than by
rounding the nails; but it saves much suf-
fering When case of ingrowing nail has
once been well established it will keep on
until the nail force its way through the sides
of TIE toe. Sometimes it grows through
and comes out as near the bottom of the toe
as the bone will alloy. Time was when the
only known cure for such q case was TO split
the nail aud tear it out, and this, too, before
the merits of chloroform We're known, as
well after the discovery; but now in the
everest cases only little cocaine is needed,
ami in the ma jority of cases the nail can be
removed painlessly without its aid. Chill
dren often have severe cases of ingrowing
nails This is caused by pairing the nails
improperly. Very recently gentleman in
this city had to take his two children, twins,
only 2 years old, to a chiropodist to be
trpatel for that affiictiOn
Colored stockings are pretty, but they are
lad for the feet, whatever the material and
cost may te Arsenic is an important III
gredient in the dye which colors them, and
whether they are of Isle thread or silk, the
dye Will stain the feet and eventually affect
the blcol. Tue high priced stockings of
course, hold the dye better than the cheap
ones, but lady who visited q chiropodist q
few days ago exhibited foot which was
deeply stained. AMI she told him that the
stockings which had caused the discolora-
ton had co t her SO PAIR.
Tho subject of corn, would not occupy
such an important place in the thoughts OF
people if they woulL openly admit what the
Chirupodists deClare-that the average man
neols u shoe bstwesn n and No 9, and
the average woman needs a shoe between
Ne Pa and M. 1. The little No. l shoe, Sc
cute and tiny, i little leaven of misery
that leavaus the whole lump.