Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-23
FACTS ABOUT CORNS.
THE ONLY WAY TO BE PERMA-
NeNTLY RID OF THEM.
A Fortune for the eChiropodIst-COrnso on
the soIes of the Feet-Ingrowing
Toe-Nails, Their Cause and Cure
-Colorsd Stockings.

Tight shoes ami cornS are very pretty
example Of cause and etfect-a pressing sub
ject aud painful subject, 50 close together
that 1t Is often difficult to remove the cause,
OF, in other wnris. to take of the shoes As
for removing the cause permanently by
wearing only such shoes as are Of the proper
siZs and shape, that seem. TO be a condition
affairs only t. be found IN Utopia and other
places where they wear II shoes at all
But men will swear ami women will weeT
from this cause alone as long a thsy kick
against natur' by trying TO remodel their
feet The Chinese cripple their feet more to
their own sa i,faction; but their ideas OF the
beautiful in nature are on level with their
IDEAS o. the beautiful in art Everybody
knows that the only way to rem we cprns
permanently is to wear Shoes habitually
which ar, large enough, and which conform
perfectly tn the lines of toe 70 Il; but thOse
whose purpOs, doe. not extend beyond get
ting rid of the ccrns for the t,ms being very
often have exa aSGsratsd ideas Of the palI
and Inconvenience created by removing
them. In fact. when they are removed ty
a man with sufficient experience and skill to
be properly qualified, there Is no pain what
ever in the operation.
CORNS ON THE SOLES.
A skillful chiropodist, placing the person
afflicted in high chair and occupying
low one himself takes the foot upon his
knee, and by means of a small scapel works
around the corn until in about two minutes
it can be lifted out Throughout the opera
ton the patient has no occasion even to
wince Corns On the soles Of the feet are
.ery common with both sexes, and they are
perhaps the most painful Frequently they
come from pegged shoes. The moral is OBJ
viouS
Very few, except those afflicted, know
what a bad case OF corns some people have
One chiropodist in this city has patient a
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. 1t is very
seldom that a man, when told by a chirOpo-
dist that he wears shoes too small for him,
says: Il 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 compares it with the
measure of the shoe. Whsn ne shows them
that the shoe measure is smaller than the
foot measure is smaller than the foot
measure, does that convince themi Not at
all-there is simply 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 wJrn by some and give rise TO
many serious female complaints. Every
one thinks he knows how TO pare his own
nails but in the ma ajority 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 rapidity varies, Of
course, in different persons but the ma jority
of people who have a proper regard for
cleanliness pare their nails too often, and.
generally. in an improper way. They cut
the corners Of the nails. Chiropodi,ts 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 it
wears out stockings much faster than by
rounding the nails; but it saves much suf-
ferng. When a case of ingrowing nail has
nnce been well established, it will keep on
until The nail force, its way throug h the sides
of the toe. Sometimes it 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 a case was TO split
the nail and tear it out, and this, too, before
the merits of chloroform were known, as
well as after the discovery; but now in the
everest cases only little cocaine is needed,
and in the ma jorfty of cases the nail can be
removed paineSsly 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 = years old, to a chirUpodist to lie
treated for that afflictiou-
Colored stockings are pretty, but they ars
ad for the feet, whatever the material ami
yoSt may be Arsenic is an important in
sredient in the dye which colors them, and
whether they are of Li,le thread or silk, the
dye will stain the feet and eventually affect
the blood. The high priced stockings, oil
course, hold the dye better than the cheap
ones, but lady who visited a chiropodist
few days ago exhibited foot which was
deeply stained, and she told him that the
stockings which had caused the discolora-
ton had cot her so pair.
The subject OF corns would not occupv
such an important place in the thoughts of
people if they woul,. openly admit what the
chiropOdists declare-that the average man
needs a shoe bet wsen No 7 and No ., and
the average woman needs q shoe between
No ~ and No. 4. The little No. shoe, SO
cute and tiny, is little leaven Of misery
that leavens the whole lump.