The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1886-08-21
coRNs AND BuNloNs.
What Tight or Large Shoes Will Do for
Their Unfortunate Owners.

CORNS AND BUNlONS.
What Tight or Large Shoes Will Do for
Their Unfortunate Owners.
brooklyn Eaglel
Chiropodists have of late years become
necessary to residents of cities. 1t is but
recently that the art has been taught in
the medical colleges. Unlike dentistry the
student is not obliged to pass all examine
ton in anatomy, but can simply bring his
mind exclusively to bear on learning how
to treat and care for the feet Formerly
Brooklynites were compelled to patronize
New York chiropodists or else attend to
their own pedal eXtremities. Within a
few years past. however, a dozen or more
individuals who make specially OF wrest-
ling with hard-shelled corns, OF alleviat-
ing the sufferings of those who have big or
little bunions. have signified their readi-
ness to attend TO the feet of suffering resi-
dents. / called recently at the office of q
local chiropodist and found him busily en-
gagged in compromising a MIXTURE which
he guarantees to cure all manner of dis
eases OF the feet. He said
Zone of the chief causes Of corns
burions, etc, is tight shoes. The majority
Of my customers are ladies. Corns come
in two varieties, soft and hard. The soft
is formed by the acid perspiration Of tho
feet, and first appears i'll the shape Of d
white blister, whose edges easily peel Off.
Ladies, who wear shoes large enough for
them seldom, if ever, suffer with corns.
Stnnpy or short shoes cause corns to form
easily. have frequently known cases
when soft corn would affect the whole
foot and ankle. I have many patients
who have corns which have festered into
The bone. Bunions are often mistaken for
hard corns. A bunion forms usually on
the side Of the foot Or between the toes. A
bunion is nothing more or less than
strained joint caused by q short or mar
row shoe. French-hee]ed boots and shoes
have been the cause of untold misery to
ladies, and have noticed since the COM
nonsense shoe has becoms fashionable,
the wearers of chem have had fewer COINS.
Narrow dancing pumps are also very in
furious TO the feet. Operations on fbrora
and nerve corns are extremely difficult"
&c AT what age does corn begin to
grove"
" have known children whose mothers
would insist upon having them wear tight
shoes to have corns st the age Of three
years. Many children have ingrowing
nails and are suffering from corns"
Taking about 1nanicures my informant
said
Manicure is n new innovation and is
now practiced by all chiropodists The
most expert man;cnros are young girls,
who have been thoroughly drilled in tne
business, 1t is now the custom &c engage
young women to do this work, and the
pariug and identifying OF nails is usually
performed amid elegant surrounding In
New York many fashionable young men
have their mills polished twins week.
The doctor with whom talked, oxplain-
cd tia method used in Grenting bunions,
wticn may i>e OF service TO THOSE WHO per>
form tneir own chiropothy. First. the
bunion is sofuened With a canei's hair
brush to destroy soreness and then the hes,,l
calt,us is removed by means Of a. double
edged knife. At this point in Che OPERA"
tiol, the fibers Of the bunion are Killed and
large ring Of lambs wool applied. Eso11
appearances it would denote that Che cover
lug Of lAnb's wool world make it i1npossi-
tle to ger On the shoe. The latter, how
ever, easily slips on and the pntient walks
with comparative freedom.
Double-edgaa knives and scissors, largo
and small: are used by chiropodists in their
work.
II lave extracted twenty-five corns from
both teet u enc lady,; continued my in
for1nant Charge shoes have the same et-
feet d. small ones One &c he perfectly
free from ccrEs must wear a nnat~fitting
shoa, which r1,ust be neither TOO large Eor
800 s1,aGil. lpgroving nails are difficult to
treat, and ara always accompanied with
fungus growth or proud flesh. Large or
bis toes often have ingrcwing nails. Dis
ease Of the sweat glands or pe!spiring
feet, which emit al a:id smell, can be
cured, bot the treatment must be both in.
te,ral and jocal. The disease known ns
sweat glands originates III a disordea'ed
SYSTEM, or in weak and diseased organic
functions In tue disease mentioned great
care should be used in the style Of the hose
worn. Only the cheap lines OF hcsiery
have seams on the sides. These should ba
avoided and only socks worn which have
seams in the bottona.n
Many lady chircpodists ara engaged ia
the business,