Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-08

by means OF a small sclapel works around
the corn until in about two minutes IL
can be lifted out. Throughout the opera
ton the patient bias no occasion even 70
vince Corns on the sOles OF tue feet are
very common with both sexes. and they
are perhaps the most painful. Frequently
they come from pegged shoes me iAefai
is obvious.
Very few, except those afflicted, know
what a bad case of cOrns some Peopl4
have. One chirOpodist m this city mas a
patient, a man, whose feet hau twenty
c0rns on them. A gentleman who was
treated recently had six on the bottom OF
the right foot. Many which are taken
from that part Of the foot are over an inch
i'm diameter IL IS very seldom that
man. when told by chiropodist that he
wears shoes too small for him, says; II
never wore tight pair Of shoes In my
life - vet that is what the ladles almost
invariably say. Then the doctor measures
the foot and compares it with the meas
ure OF the shoe. When he shows them
that the shoe measure is smaller than the
foot measure, does that convince them?
Not at all--there is simply mistake ia
the measurement.
Some chirOpodists show by model the
position of the foot when IA high-heeled
shoe is worn. II suggests torture. such
sGOes seems to be giving way 10 those
which are built more in accordance with
reason, but they are still worn by some,
and give rise to many serious female
complaints.
Every one thinks be knows how to pare
his own nails, butin the majority OF cases
he is greatly mistaken. Ingrowing nails
are the result frequently OF such igno-
rance. The nails grow in proportionste
rapidity b the growth Of the hair. The
rapidly varies, of course, in different per-
sons, but the majority Of people who have
a proper regard for cleanliness pare their
nails too often, and generally IN an I'M
proper way. They cut the corners OF the
nails. ChiroDodists say that they should
be cut straight across, and that the corn
ers should never be rounded. The neg
leCt Of this rule is what causes ingroWlng
nails The objection is that It wears out
stockings much faster than by rounding
the nails: but il saves much suffering.
When a case Of ingTOwing nails has once
been well established, it will keep on until
the nail forces its way through the sides
Of the toe. Sometimes IL grows through
and comes out as near the bottom OF the
toe as the bone Will allow. Time was
when the only known cure for such
case was to split the nail and tear 1t out,
and this, too, before the merits Of chloro-
form were known, as wei as after
discovery; but now in the severest cases
only little cocaine is needed, and in the
majority of cases the nail can be removed
painlessly with It's aid.
Children often have severe cases Of in
growing nails. This Is caused by pairing
the nails improperly. Very recently
gentleman in this city had 10 take his two
children, twins, only years old, to
chiropodist to be treated for that atictiOn.
The only objection TO cocoaine is it eX-
IRENE cOstliness.
COlored stockings are pretty, but they
are bad or the feet, whatever the mate
rial anGscOst may be. Arsenic is an I'm
pOrtant ingredient in the dye which
colors them, and whether they are Of Lisle
thread or silk, the dye will stain the feet,
and eventually affect the blood. The high
priced stockings, OF course, hold the dye
better than the cheap ones, but lady
who visited a chirOpOdist q few days ago
exhibited foot which was deeply stained,
and she told him that the stockinge which
had caused the discoloration had cost $40
pair.
The subject OF corns would not occupy
such an important place in the thoughts
OF people il they would openly admit
what the chirOpdists decare-that the
average man needs a shoe between No. 7
and No. 8. and the average woman needs
a shoe between No. ~ and No. !. The
AALAit W. cuOt, 81 tub6 anu liu1s 10 q
little leaven of misery that leavens the
whole lump.
The business of a chirOpodist has its
dull seasons and it's busy seasons, but the
dizziness is only compal alive. He can al
ways tell when there is 10 be a change in
the weather by the great rush of business
before every storm. At such times he is
nearly worked TO death. A change in the
weather affects cOrns, and they are the
IL.
has learned by the experience of many
years 10 put perfect faith in them. When
the seasons change, that is the time when
the chiropodst is busy for weeks. Atsuch
time new shoes are generally broken in.
There are few chiropodists Ia the city, but
all make money, and the income of one on
Calvert street last year was $4,000.