Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-10-27
COINS AND suNloNs.
what light or Large shoes VIII DO for
Their Unfortunate OwnerA


brooklyn Eagle
ca ropolists have OF late years become
necessary 20 residents Of cities IL Is hut
recent that the art has been taught IN
the medical colleges Unlike dentistry the
s'u lent is not Obliged TO pass an examina-
ton ia anatomy, but can simply bring his
mind exclus vcly TO bear on learning how
20 treat ard care for the feet. Formerly
Dfooklynites were compelled 70 patroniEj
NV York chiropodists or else attend to
their Owa pedal extremities. Within a
few years past, however. a dozen or moro
individuals who make Speciality of wrest-
ling with hRrI-shoiied corns, or alleviat-
ing the suTcrings OF those who have big or
Little bun.ons, have signified their readi-
ness 20 attend 10 the feot OF suffering resi-
dents. / called recently at the Office OF a
locnl chiropodlst and foun him busily en-
gagged in comTounding a mixture, which
10 guarantees To cure all manner OF dis
eas Of tho feet. He said
'One OF the chief causes of corns,
LunionL etc, Is tight shoes. The majority
Of my customers are ladies. Corns coms
in two varieties, soft and hard. The soft
Is 10 med by the ncil pcrspration of tho
feet, aud first appears in the shape Of a
white blister, whose edges easily peel of.
Ladies, who wear shoes large enough for
them, seldom. IL ever, suffer with corns.
Stumpy or short shoes cause corns to form
ensily. ] have frequently known cases
when n soft corn would affect the whole
foo; and ankle. l have many patients
who have corns which have festered into
the bone. Bunions are often mistaken for
hard corns a bunion forms usually OH
gil In Of bn fsar.h hot 10 a
bunion is nothing moro or less than a
strained joint caused by short or mar
row shoe Frcnch-hcelcd boots und shoes
have been the cause Of untold misery to
ladies, and have noticed since the com
nonsense shoe has become fashionable,
tho wcarcrs OF them have hal fewer coIns.
Narrow dancing pumps are also very in
iur.oGs to the feet Operations on fbrous
and nerve corns arc extremely difficult"
AT what age does a corn begin to
grow,"
Il have known children whose mothers
would insist upon having them wear tight
shoes to have corns at the age OF three
years. Many children have ingrowing
nails and are suffering from corns."
Talking about man cures my informant
shid:
Manicure Is a new innovation and is
now practiced by all chiropodistS The
most expert manicures are young girls,
who have been thoroughly drilled in the
business. IL is now the custom to engage
, young women TO do this work, and the
| pairing and b,nutifying Of nails is usually
/ performed amid elegant surrounding In
! New York many fashionable young men
have their nails polished twice a week"
/ Tbs doctor with whom talked, explain
Ell the method used in treating Lunions,
which may he Of service 10 those who per.
I form their own chiropothy. First the
bunion is softened with a camefs hair
brush To destroy soreness and then the hard
calloUs is removed by means OF double
edged knife. AZ this point in the opera
ton TIC hbers OF the bunion are killed and
n largs ring Of lambs wool applied. From
appearances IL would denote that the cover
ing Of lambs wool would make IL impossi.
BILE to get on tho shoe The latter, how
ever, easily slips on aud the patient walks
with comparative freedom.
Doublo-edgcd knives and scissors. large
and small, are used by Chiropodsts in thor
work.
~ have extracted twenty FIVE corns from
both feet OF ons lady" continued my in.
formant. Large sbo,s have the same eff
feet as small oneL One TO DO perfectly
free from corns must wear a neat-fitting
shoe, which must be neither too large mol
too small. IngrOwiug nails are difficult &c
treat, and nre always accompanied Will
fungus growth or proud flesh. Large OF
big toes often have ingrowing nails Dis
ease of the sweat glands or pcrspirius
feet, which emit an acid smoll, can bt
cured. but the treatment must be both in
tern=l aad LEGAL. The disease known n
sweat glands original 5 in a disordereC
system OF in weak AMI diseased organic
functions In the disease mentioned great
care should he uiod in the style of the host
worn. Only the cheap lines Of hosiery
have scans on the sides. These should b,
avoided AMI only socks worn. which hav,
seams ian the bottom"
Many lady chiropodists arc engaged il
the bus. ness
photographs don't bring as big pricci
, as they did in former years." said "A loca
: photographer to n reporter. "The publit
are beginning to find out that photo
graphers' profits are immense and refus,
to pay high prices. Less than n dczer
years ago was able to ask and receive tt
q dollars for dCz-n pictures, willis nov
: Pm glad TO get third o; that sum. Pho
tographs which sell at thrce dollars
=, dozen cost les than twenty-five cents L
. make. II is the time anil skill for whicl
4 the customer is compelled TO pay. An,
then, photographers are o. liged TO pay IL;
, rents. Second and third floors In the vi
entity Of the city hall cost hig money, an,
the photos raphar must mako tie Gus
toner holm nav his rentO