Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-09
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION.
CHIROPODISTS.
Tight Shoes Given as a Cause for Corns.
Bunions, and How They are Treated.

Chiropodists have of late wears be.
come necessary to residents of cities
says writer in the Brooklyn Eaqle. 1t
is but recently that the art has been
taught in the medical colleges. Unlike
dentistry the student is not Obliged 10
pass an examination in anatomy. but
can simply bring his mind exclusively
to bear on learning 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 few years
past, however. dozen or more indi-
viduals who made a speciality of wrest-
ling with hard-shelled corns, or alleviat-
ing the sutferings of those who have bic
or little bunions. have signified their
readiness to attend to the feet of suffer-
ing residents. | called ro emily at the
office of local chiropodist and found
him busily engaged in compromising a
mixture which he guarantees to cure all
manner of diseases of the feet. He
said:
Zone of the chief causes of corns.
bunions, etc, is tight shoes. The ma
jority of my customers are ladies.
Corns come in two varieties-soft and
hard. The soft corn is formed by the
acid perspiration of the feet, and first
appears in the shape of a white blister,
whose edges easily peel Off Ladies who
wear shoes large enough for them sell
dom, if ever, suffer with corns. Stumpy
or short shoes cause corns to form east
ly. | have frequently known cases
where soft corn would affect the
whole foot and ankle. | have many
patients who have corns which have
festered into the bone Runions are
often mistaken for hare corns. A bun
ion forms, usually, on the side of the
foot or between the toes A bunion is
nothing more or less than strained
joint caused by short or narrow shoe.
French heeled boots and shoes have
been the cause of untold misery to la
dies, and / have noticed, since the COM
nonsense shoe has become fashion
able, the wearers OF them have had
fewer corns. Narrow dancing-pumps
are also very injurious 10 the feet. OPP
erations on tibrous and nerve corns are
extremely difficult
AT what age does corn begin TO
GROVE"
81 have known children whose moth
ers would insist upon having them wear
tight shoes to have corns at the age of
3 years. Many children have ingrow-
ing nails and are suffering from corns"
Talking about manicures, my inform
ant said;
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. Ii is now the custom
to engage young women to do this
work, and the pairing and identifying
of nails is usually performed amid ele-
giant surroundings. In New York many
fashionable 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 soften
ed with camel -hair brush TO destroy
soreness, and then the hard callous is
removed by means of double-edged
knife. At this point in the operation
the fibers of the bunion are killed and
large ring of lambs wool applied.
From appearance it would denote that
the covering of lambs wool would
make it impossible to get on the shoe.
The latter, however, easily slips on and
the patient walks with comparative
freedom.
Double-edged knives and scissors,
large and small, are used by chiropo-
dists in their work.
II have extracted twenty-five eorns
from both feet of one lady," continued
my informant. Large shoes have the
same effect rs small ones. One to be
perfectly free from corns must wear a
neat-fitting shoe, which must be neither
too large nor too small. Ingrowing
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-glands or perspiring feet, which
emit an acid smell, can be cured,
but the treatment must be both internal
and local. The disease known rs sweat
glands originates in disord 4 sys-
tenn, or in weak and diseased functions.
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.