River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-20
CAUSES OF LAMENESS.
Corns and Ingrowing Nails and What


causes Them.
The mincing walk, often accompar-
led by hmping, found among the dix
ettante, and others as well, Is in the
majority of cases due either to extreme
pain produced ny tight shoe cr those
excrescences upon the foot known sci
entitically as ''clavus" and vulgarly as
"eorns. The corn is a circular fat
tened. hemispherical, circumscribcd
thickening of the horny LAYER OF the
epidermis, namely, the external skin.
extending in the form of cone below
the level of the internal layer OF the
skin known as the coriun. the constant
pressure having produced some local
lied absorption of this internal layer
Corns may be produced either by flic-
ton or pressure. so that if the shoe is
too large there is quite as much risk of
corns as though it were too small.
Corns result from pressure or fric-
ton. either Of the shoe or adjacent
surfaces. as those of contiguous toes;
in the latter situation, from the cen
slant moisture. the usually yellow.
horny, epithelial masses being substi-
tuted by soft, whitish collectors OF
ePithelitity, and known as soft
corns."
These, being relieved. leave slight
ly elevated margin of white dead cuti-
Gle, with the central red depression in
volving the deeper layers of the skin.
through which is seen the conEested
inflamed corium. Pressure upon the
corn always produces rain by driving
the conical mass of opithelium down
upon the sensible tissues of the feet.
Since pressure from improperly
shaped shoes Is usually the cause OF
corns, this must be corrected. The d.
rect pressure must be taken off by felt
rings; simple circular piece of thick
felt the size of a nickel, or a little
larger, may have a hole cut through
il and the same placed over the corn
and held in place by adhesive plaster.
BY this means the pressure is removed
from the irritated point. the location
of the corn corresponding with the
hole in the circr lar piece of felt.
As a preventer of eorns frequent
bathing of the feet and keeping of the
skin soft and pliable is important. In
these modern days, when shoemaking
has become an art in the enormous
AdCNOAANS VI NAiS AhNAC - AsttAt
excuse for corns, as a well-equip9el
shoe house can fit perfectly any foot
that is presented.
Distressful lameness and an awk-
warll walk are often occasioned by in
growing toenails; and at this point it
is well TO enter a protest against the
ftoothpicz shoes worn by many. The
toe of the shoe should be broad enough
to allow ample room to the toes with
out crowding or overriding. Where
there is a tendency in the direction
of an ingrOwing toenail, it is in nearly
every instance the nail of the larger
toe. This can be guarded against by
permitting the nail to grow long, even
at the expense of the stocking. In
trimming, the corners of the nail
should never be cut off, as it permits
the pushing upward and crowding
against the nail of the adjacent flesh,
and favors ingrowing. If the nail be
encouraged in its length and trimmed
squarely across, a triangular portion
being cut out of the center. the outer
parts of the nail VIII be a protection
to the delicate files h about il, instead of
an irritation. Too close pairing of
either fingernail or tOenails should he
discouraged.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.