Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-11-30
BAD FE THE RULE
A CHIROPOC TALKS ABOUT HIS
WORK iHlS PATIENTS.
He Says He es More People From
Acute Mis- Than Most Ply
sicians-A LIST In the Walk That
Does DnmGto the Feet.

GoSsipinS b the undertaken. the
veterinary yeon. the barber, the
barkeeper other familiars. who
call him the chlropodist was
in an instrtEe mood He could not
quite underad how il could be that
the really q and able men of his
calling werot ranked higher in the
social scale.
Now. 1--we more people from
acute mise than most physicians"
he said. : work is often Just as
dangerous that of the surgeon. for
there is thsame peril of gangrene.
that awfushadow that looms up
wherever knife touches the body
The SURGE has an advantage over
me. Whe he has made a wound
there is Manager of the patient put
ting next it goods too often highly
colored vi very poisonous dyes.
This my Iient is apt 10 do in draw
ing on hi0ck. My position is really
one of grit responsibility. but there
are not my who treat me with any
marked reject.
1T wou surprise you to know how
many pede have bad feet. If my
observatiS are correct, and l don't
see why average | give should not
be right.6 per cent of the people
in New DIRK have one form or an
other of Dt trouble. l cut away more
than twk my own weight In callous
every ye..
''Of cUse the trouble comes from
the shoeind there seems to be no rem
edy. for lie made to order shoe Is real
ly, as arule. no better than the one
manufactured by wholesale. The near
est app,ach to a remedy for trouble
that is rely cured. but can be greatly
relieved is to wash the feet every
night ad every morning. They act al
one of he main sewers of the body
and sbuld be constantly washed
Then o not wear d loose shoe or 6
tight oe. The snug shoe is the best.
"Anoher and very important poin
is thatthe socks should exactly fit thu
feet. aud, if one can afford them. the.
should be wool of different weights
for til, different seasons.
Scarcely man whose toes l an
whiting fails to aSk me why an.
man, careful as he is, should be pes
tered with corns. In wet weather o
just before a change in the weather b
is bought to the verge of nervou
prostration. He is irritable and eve
suffers fever. His business is inter
fered with in the daytime. and at nigh
his rest is disturbed by aching feet.
Il tell him the exact truth. and tina
is that the vast majority of his Fellow
suffer as he does and that those e.
empt have their feet regularly attep'
ca 10. just necessary as 1t
for people to be regular with the
meals or in their visits to the DENTS
The reason for this is in great part th
city pavements. 1t is the same wit
men as with horses
"very few men walk properly The
twist on the sole of the foot. ma kin
an extra strain and wear at one spo
Nature tries to remedy this by formin
a protection of hard skin. but sh
overdoes this. because she is hampere
in the operation by the shoe. TIL
twisting is absolutely due to what an
physician will tell you is true. Or
limb in nine out Of ten cases is
fraction shorter than the other. The'
too. few men with their eyes close
can walk in straight line. With the
eyes open they steer with their fee
1t is this difference in strength {
length of the legs and the necessar
steering that makes the twist, and til
twist makes the corn.
Talk about your Bertillon measur,
ments. 1t would be better to recor
the twist and character of walk. \
two men walk just exactly the sa M
and thetwist of the foot is absolutel
different in all men. 90
with such good fellows as you fc
companhns | ought not TO talk abor
my socia station. | treat not less tina
200 patients a week. and they ave-
age 80 ents apiece. SO my income
something over $500 a year after
have Deducted expenses. | own N
own honn. but the wife and daughter
do not lie the chiropodist's sign an
the greatgold foot at the front door.