The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-13
FACTS ABOUT CORNS.
THE ONLY WAY TO BE PERMA
NENTLY RID OF THEM
A Fortune for the Chiropodist -COrns on
the Soles of the Feet-Ingrowin;
Toe-Nairs, Their Cause and Cure
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baltimore American
Tight shoes ami corns are very pretty
example of cause and effsct--a pressing SUBJ
ject aud painful subject, so close together
that it Is often difficult TO remove the cause,
Or in other words, to take off tue shoes. As
for removing the cause permanently by
wearing only such shoes as are of the proper
siz, AMI shape, that seem; to be condition
affairs only to be found in Utopia and other
places where they wear NJ shoes at all
But mon viii swear AMI women will weep
from this cause alone as long rs they kick
against nature by trying to rem del 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 ia art Everybody
knows that the only way to ram I'VE corns
permanently is to wear S'i0ss habitually
which are large enough, All which conform
perfectly to tho lines of the foot; but those
whose purpose does not extatsl boyoad get
ting ril OF the corns for tine tsms beiI.g very
often have exaggerated ideas Of the pain
and Inconvenience ere ite / 10y removing
them. In fact. when they are renewed by
f man with sufficient experience ani skill 10
be properly qualified, there i, 10 pain what
ever in the operation.
CoRNS ON THE SOIES.
A skillful chiropodi>t placin, the person
afflicted in u high chair, ana occupying a
low one himself takes the foot upon his
knee, and 10y means uf a small scapel work
around the corn until in about two minut' ,
it can be lifted out Throughout the op.r,
ton the patient has no occasion cvea I
vince. Corns On the soles OF the f,t'; M
very common with both sexes, a. they are
perhaps the most painful. FREQ i,uily they
come from pegge -hba Tns moral is Ole
v.ouS
Very few, except those afIi ctei know
what bad ease Of corns some people have
One chiropoiist in this 'ity has a patient &
man whose Ieet ha twenty corns on them.
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 iiameier. 1t i, very
seldom that man, wien toll by a chiropo
dist that he wears shoes No small for him,
says: a never wore a tight pair of Shoes
in my life;7 yet that is what the ladie
almost invariably sal. TLen the doctor
IN assure the IN It AM compares it with tn =
H'et>ufc ~ III SllOt " II IN he SHOWS tuDll
that the spnc msa ,urs i smaller than tn,
foot me ,,rIra i Sm1slar tnaa the foot
mea ure ttseS that G neince them! Not at
all-ths", l. simply a mistake in the
measurement.
Some ctirnloiist, show by n model the
position NJ tli9 f'ot whep "a high heeleI shoe
is worn, IL sag costs torture. Such hos,
seem to be giving way to those which are
built more IN accordance with reason, but
they are still worn by sUme and give rise &,
many serious female complaints. Every
one thinks he knows how to pare his own
nails, but in the majority of the case he is
greatly mistaken. lagrowing nails are the
result frequently of such ignorance The
nails grow IN proportionate rapidity to the
growth of the hair The rapidity varies, II
course, in diif rent pers rs but the ma jority
OF pc PIE VINO have proper regard 70,
cleanline,s pare their nails too often, and
generally, IN an improper way. They cut
the corners IF the nails. Chironnii,ts say
that they should lie cut straight across, aud
that the corners should never be rounded
INEEDWINE NAILS