The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-01-05
CAUSES OF IAMeNeSS.
Corns and lngrowiag Naiis and WI
Causes Thorn.

Corns and lagrowing Nails and what
Causes Them.
The mincing walk, often accompau-
led by limping, found among the dill.
ettante and others as well. Is in the
majority of cases due either to extreme
pain produced by a tight shoe or those
excrescences upon the foot known Sci
entihcally ms '~'clavus" and vulgarly rs
''corns." The corn Is a circular, fiat
tened, hemispherical. circumscribed
thickening of the horny layer Of the
epidermis, namely. the external skin,
extending in the form of q cone below
the level of the internal layer Of the
skin known rs the corium, the constant
pressure having produced some local.
lied absorption of this internal layer.
Corns may be produced either by fric-
ton or pressure, SO that IL the shoe Is
too large there is quite as much risk of
corns rs though it were too small.
Corns resu!t from pressure or fric-
ton, either of the shoe or adjacent
surfaces, as those Of contiguous toes;
in the latter situation, from the con-
slant moisture, the usually yellow.
horny, cpithelial masses being substi-
tutCd Nv Soft. Wuttl>u COllcctlOnS Oh
epithelitity, and known as soft
corns."
These, being relieved, leave o 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 congested
infiamed corium.' Pressure upon the
corn always produces pain by driving
the conical mass of epithelium 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 di-
rect pressure must be taken off by felt
rings; n simple circular piece of thick
felt the size of q nickel, or n little
larger, may have u hole cut through
1t and the same placed over the corn
and held in place by adhesive plaster.
BY this LEI the pressure Is removed
from the irritated point, the location
OF the corn corresponding with the
hole In the circular piece of felt.
As q %preventer of corns frequent
bathing of the feet and keeping Of the
skin soft and pliable Is important. In
tucsc IhoucTH udNS, wien SItOcu0k t0K
has become an art in the enormous
factories OF the country, there is little
excus for corns, rs a l.equipped
shoe house can tit perfectly any foot
that is presented.
D~istressfnl lameness and an awk-
wark walk are often occasioued by in
growing toenails; and at this point II
Is well to enter a protest against the
toothpick shoes worn by many. Tho
toe Of the shoe should be broad enough
TO allow ample to the o with
out crowding or overriding. Where
there is u tendency in the direction
of m ingrowing ~toenail, 1t 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 orner OF the nail
should never he cut off, as II permits
the pushing upward and crowding
against the nail of the adjacent flesh.
and favors ingrowing. II the nail be
encouraged in its length and trimmed
squarely across, u triangular portion
being cut out of the center, the outer
parts Of the nail will be a protection
t o the delicate flesh about it, instead of
an irritation Too close pairing of
either fingernail or toenails should be
discouraged st. Louis Globe. Demo-
crat,