The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-09-03
a TALK WITH a cHlRoPoDIsr.
tight shoes Given a Cause for
Corns, Bunions, and How

tight shoes Given Cause for
Corns, Bunions, and How
They Are Treated.
Chiropod;sts have of late years be-
come necessary to residents of ties,
says writer in The Brooklyn Lagle.
II is but recently that the art has been
taught in the medical colleges. Unlike
dentistry the student is not obliged to
pass an examination in anatomy, but
!. can simply bring his mind exclusively
to bar on learning to treat and care
! for the feet. Formerly Brooklynites
were compelled to patti tlonize New York
/ c!,!ropol SITS or else attend to their own
! pedal cxtrcmities. Within few past
I wears, however, dozen or more indi-
v.duals who made speciality of wrest-
I Ing with hard-shelled corns, or allevi-
ating the suilerings of those who have
bic or little bunions, have signfied
their readiness to attend to the feet of
suffering residents. l called recently
! at the office of local chiropodist and
,, found him busily engaged in compound
i ing mixture which he guarantees to
cure all manner of diseases of the feet.
He said:
..One of the chief causes of corns,
bunions, etc, is tight shoes. The ma
joritv of my customers are ladies.
Corns come in two varieties-soft and
hard The sof~ corn is formed by the
acid perspiration of the feet, and first
appears in the shape of white blister,
whose edges easily peel of. Ladies
who wear shoes large enough for them
seldom, if ever suffer with corns.
Stumpy or short shoes cause corrs to
form easily, have frequently known
cases where Il soft corn would affect
the whole foot and ankle. have many
patients who have corns which have
often mistaken for hard corns. A bun
ion forms, usually. on the side of the
foot or betwee the toes. A bunion is
nothing more or less than a strained
joint caused by short or narrow
shoe. French heeled boots and shoes
have been the cause of untold misery
to ladies, and have noticed, since the
common-sense shoe has become fash
ionable, the wearcrs of them have had
fewer corns. Narrow dancing pumps
are also very injurious to the feet OPP
erations on fbrous and nerve corns are
extremely difficult
'.At what age does corn begin to
grow?'
81 have known children whose moth
ers would insist upon having them
wear tight shoes to have corns at the
age of years. Many children have
ingrowing nails and are suffering from
corns."
Talking about mancures, my infor-
| mant said:
Manicure is new innovation and is
now practced by all chiropodists. The
most expert manicures are young girls,
who have been thoroughly drilled in
the business. 1t is now the custom TO
engage young women to do this work.
and the pairing and beautifying of nails
is usually performed amid elegant sur
roundings. In New York many fash
ionable young men have their nails
polished twice a week"
The doctor with whom talked ex-
planned the methods used in treating
bunions, which may be of service to
Brooklynites who perform their own
chiropothy. First, the bunion is soft
| ened with canels hair brush to
destroy soreness, and then the hard
callous is removed by means of dou-
ble-edged knife. At this point in the
operation the iibers of the bunon are
killed and a large ring of lambs wool
applied. From appearances it would
| denote that the covering of lemb's
wool would make it impossible to get
on the shoe. The latter, however,
easily slips on and the patient walks
with comparative freedom.
/ Double-edge3 knives and scissors,
large and small are used by
chiropodsts in their work.
II have extracted twenty-five corns
from both feet of one lady," continued
my informant. Large shoes have the
same effect as small ones. One to be
/ perfectly free from corns must wear Il
neat-litting shoe. which must be neither
too large nor too small Ingrowng
nails are difficult to treat. and are al
ways accompanied by fungus growth
or proud flesh. Large or big toes
often have ingrowing nails. Disease
OF the sweat-giands or perspiring feet,
/ which emit an acid smell. can be cured.
but the treatment must be both internal
and local. The disease known as
| sweat-glands originates in dsordcred
| system, or in weak and diseased func-
! tlons. In the disease mentioned great
care should be used in the style of the
hose worn. Only the cheap lines of
hosiery have seams on the sides These
should be avoided and only socks worn
which have seams in the bottom.'