Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-11-28
FACTS ABOUT CORNS.
THF ONLY WAY TO be PERMA-
NENTLy RID OF THEM.
A Fortune for the Chiropodist --Corns On
the Solos of the Feet rngrowIng
Toe-Naiis, Their Cszss and Curs
-Colored ssockinsA

baltimore Americanl
Tight shoes and corns are very pretty
example Of cause and effect--a pressing sub
ject and . painful suhjsck % Close together
that 1t is often difficult to remove the cause,
or, in other words. to take Of the shoes Al
for removing the cause permanently BY
wearing only such shoes IS ara OF the propsr
size and shape, that seems to be condition
affairs only to be found in Utopia and other
places where they wear no shoes at all
But men viii swear and women will weep
from this cause alone as long as they kick
against nature by trying to remodel their
feet The Chinese cripple their feet more to
their own satisfaction; but their ideas OF the
beautiful in nature are on level with their
ideas of the beautiful in art Everybody
knows that the only way to remove corns
permanently is to wear shoes habitually
which ara large enough, and which conform
perfectly to the lines OF the foot; but those
whose purpose does not extend beyond get.
ting rid of the corns for the time being very
often have exaggerated ideas OF the pain
and Inconvenience created by removing
hem. In fact. when they arc removed by
a man with sufficient experience and skill to
be properly qualified, there is no pain what
ever In the operation.
A skillful cniropodist, placing the person
afflicted in high chair, and occupying
low one himself, takes the foot upon his
knee, and by means of a small scapal works
around the corn until in about two minutes
it can be lifted out. Throughout the opera
tion the patient has no occasion even to
vince. Corns ON the soles OF the feet arc
very common with both sexes, and they are
perhaps the most painful Frequently they.
come from pegged shoes The moral is OBJ
viou&
Very few, except those afflicted. know
what q bad casa OF corns some people have
Ono chiropodist in this city has q patient. q.
man whose feet had twenty corns on them
A gentleman who was treated recently had
six ON the bottom Of the right foot Many
Of 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 he wears shoes too small for him,
says: II never wore tight pair Of shoes
in my. life;" yet that is what the ladies
almost invariably say. Then the Doctor
measures the foot and coInparss 1t with the
measure Of the Shoe. When ho shows them
that the shoe measure is smaller than the
foot measure is 4 smaller than the foot
measure. does that convince themi Not at
there Is simply a mistake in the
measurement
Some chiropodists show by a model the
position Of the foot when high heeled shoe
is worn 1t suggests torture. Such shoes
seem to be giving way to those which are
built more in accordance with reason, but
they are still worn by some and give rise t.
many serious female complaints. Every
one thinks he knows how to pare his own
nails but in the majority of the cases he is
greatly mistaken. Ingrowing nails are the
result frequently Of such ignorance. The
nails grow In proportionate rapi. ity to the
growth Of the hair The rapidly varies, OF
course, in different persons, but the ma jority
Of people who have o proper regard for
cleanliness pare their nails too often, and.
generally. in an improper way. They cut
the corners Of the nails. Chiropodtsts say
that they should be cut straight across. and
that the corners should never be rounded.
INGROwING NAILS.
The neglect OF this rule Is what causes In
growing nails The objection is that Il
wears out stockings much faster than BY
rounding the nails; but it saves much suf-
fering. When case Of ingrowipg nail has
once been well established, 1t will keep on
until the nail forces its way through the sides
of the toe. Sometimes II grows through
and comes out as near the bottom Of tho toe
as the bone will allow. Time was whom the
,nly known cure for such = case was to split
he nail and tear it out, and this, too, before
the merits of chloroform were known, -
we'll as after the discovery; but now in the
everest cases only little cocaine is needed.
and in the majority of cases the nail can be
removed painlessly without its aid. Chill
iren often have severe cases OF ingrowine
nails. This il caused by pairing the nail
improperly. Very recently gentleman IN
this city had to take bis two children, twins,
only years old, to q chiropodist to 10
.reated for that affection.
Colored stockings are pretty, but they are
bad for the feet. whatever the material AMI
cost may be. Arsenic Is an important In
sredient in the dye which colors them, and
Nhether they are of Isle thread or silk, the
i've viii stain tho feet and eventually Affect
the blood. The high priced stockings, ~
course, hold the dye better than the cheap
ones, but a Lady who visited q chiropodist q
few days ago exhibited q foot which W.
deeply stained. and she told him that ~
stockings which had caused the discolorA-
tion had cot her $50 pair.
The subject Of corns would not occupy
such an important place in the thoughts OF
people IL they would openly admit what the
chiropodists declsre-that the average man
needs shoe between No. and No. .. and
the average woman needs shoe between
No. az and No. 4 The little No. ! shoe, 10
cute and tiny, u littls Isaven Of misery
that leavsns the whole lump
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