The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-10
An ESSAY ON C0RNS.
= CONTAINS THE EXPERIENCE or AN
INoulRlNo SUFFERER.
a.. Reply Of n Cbiropodist Started an In
,,s,lentiou - Those who Walk Suffer
Mos, From Corns-How Sidewalks Eser-
,,.c an Important Influence.

,ot have corns, replied the chiropodis,
,mphaticalIy.
Tho reply was satisfactory as far as il
cont hut IL didn't go far enough, and
therefore the sufferer, not being able to
rid himself Of tho pain by riding al.
usys walked and pondered.
He began to notice, when he walked
IN one direction on one side of street.
that one foot was affected and when
he walked in the opposite direction that
the other foot was affected. The distress
was in the foot that was toward the curb.
He could not walk ahead awhile and
then walk backward TO relieve the pain.
because he thought that he might be
looked upon IA crank and that such
behavior in public street would bo ab.
surd anyway. Then be examined his
shoes and observed that the most Of tho
wear was ON the outer edges of the soles
and heels and that the upper leather
had begun 10 bulge slightly over the
worn parts Of the soles. When he put
bis shoes on again, he observed that tho
leather where i; bulged pressed on the
palnfu area Of each little toe.
With the results Of the observations
in mind, the sufferer proceeded. stcp by
step, somewhat painfully at times, to
ascertain the cause of tho effect on his
shoes He would not acknowledge that
he might be bowleRged and unable to
wear evenly the soles of his shoes, and
nobody who met him could observe an,
unusual detection from the ordinary
lines of legs. He trod carefully, and.
without making himself conspicuous
tried to walk on level, so that the
pressure would bo equal on the whole
surface Of each SOLE His tooing was
moderate-neither too much outward
nor too much inward--and at times hp
nccoedcd in walking as his mind di-
fectcd, but usually the distress that he
WINGED from indicated that something
was wrong somewhere. The foot on the
curb side Of the walk was generally dis.
tresSed more than the other. The fit of
hls shoes was fair. and for awhile the
suffering investigator could not deter
mine the reasons for the tendency to
bulge on tho sides. He defied any one TO
prove that the bottled waters that he
drank could have an effect on his sys-
TEN that would tend to make him edge
toward the gutter. Such an idea ought
not to be thought Of.
Going somewhat deeper into the SUBJ
Iect, beneath the shoes and tho painful
areas, the Investigator gave some atten.
ton to the surfaces on which he walked, |
and slowed away in his memory the |
characteristics Of localities in which he |
believed he had experiences that were
painful, more painful, and most pain
iul' or almost painless. Ho noticed, for |
instance. when he walked lcross an as.
|phalt pavement from one sidew ak 10
another III certain localities, that bis
'read was even and that he had little
pam. The experience suggested that he
gould generally have relief by walking
oh asphalt pavement, but ne remember.
ed the arrest OF an eccentric pedestrian
VINO insisted on having the privilege of
walking III the middle of the street and
aeclued that he would not risk himself
Nv 'hat direction, notwithstanding the
feHet mat might be obtained. He no.
'ced also that the distress was less in
fohe localities than in others and that
p' SIDEWALKS were not alike. He tried 10
hilho his walks to the localities i'm
~hicA he felt tho least distress, but he
'"' 10 90 such roundabout way 10 ar.
I've at any particular place, especially
p, p'',o ot business, that the plan had
y W. abandoned. Besides, he never trod
perfect ioute--a route that throughout
~ length had surface that could be
'aO'u without pain AT one point or an
,'u,r 'he patient investigator felt
"Inses 'hat were almost unbearable.
i"ulhB up the subject on the best
Ou'u 10 could find, he devoted his at.
eH,loh 10 tho spot or block where he
'an ,no most severe twinges. That sent
''n i 10 the sidewalk, describing tho ac.
'ou hguratlvely. He did not drop ON
- H"'eS' although he had the impulse
w 'hat and TO howl also, but no
,,oPpea ut the curb and thought awhile.
y inferred that his sufferings were
',, 'ua',r III that particular block because
INV regularity or influence presented
~" mere. AT first the tentacles Of
Isn' erasped nothing definitely, but
". pam departed from the affected
-, = 'he powers Of vision took hold and
= i'suit was u revelation.
az IN many great discoveries and rev.
,",J ""InS' the cause Of the effect was very
~, p'.-tho sidewalk had been graded
~" 'no house limo to the curb for good
'a,s "masc' and as the incline was a few
S,es' Sos NOR, more there than in many places
era was natural that any one walking
b. srouid tend slightly toward the
-, ~ Inc friction of the soles of the !
m ' q On tho sidewalk being greater
! - soI 'no friction of the feet on tho in .
H. ,o'o' @ OF the shoes, the weight of the \
,so 'auAed the feet to slide sidewise \
w. ,"o shoes Shoes The effects ON the feet \
4 fon. inherent, and the painful effect in !
,to Ioos ana then the other depended G
| ,Itoa no direction in which the sufferer I
Ua,I when tho right foot was i
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