The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-31
BAD FEET THE RULE
A CHlRoPODlST TALKS ABOUT HIS
WORK AND HIS PATIENTS.

Hc says He saves more People From
Acute Misery Than Most Ply
siciaQs--A Twist In the walk That
Does Damage 60 the Feet.
GossIplng with the undertaken. the
veterinary surgeon. the barber, the
barkcepcr and other familIars. who
call him Doc" the chlropodist was
| IN an instructive mood He could not
quite understand how 1t could be that
the really good and able men of his
| calling were not ranked higher in the
social scale.
| Now. | save more peopl from
acute misery than most physicians" !"
he said. MY work la often Just as
dangerous as that Of the surgeon, for
there Is the same peril of gangrene.
that awful shadow that looms up
wherever the knife touches the body.
The surgeon has an advantage over
| me. When he has made wound
there is no danger OF the patient put.
ting next to 1t goods too often highly
colored with very poisonous dyes.
This my pntient Is apt to do In draw
ing on his sock. My position Is really
one of great responsibility. but there
are not many who treat me with any
marked respect.
1t would surprise you to know bow
many people have bad feet If my
observations are correct. and ! don't
see why the average | give shouldanot
be right, % per cent OF the people
in New York have one form or an.
other of foot trouble. | cut away more
than twice my own weight In callous
every year.
"Of course the trouble comes from
the shoe, and there seems to be no rem.
edy. for the made to order shoe In real.
ly, as rule, no better than the one
manufactured by wholesale. The near
est approach to remedy for trouble
that il rarely cured, but can be greatly
relieved, is to wash the feet every
night and every morning. They act as
one OF the main sewers OF the body
and should be constantly washed.
Then do not wear a loose shoe or a
tight one, The snug shoe IL the best
another and very important point
feet. and. II one can afford them. they
should be wool OF different weights
for the different seasons.
Scarcely man whose toes | am
whiting fails to ask me why any
man. careful as he Is. should be pes
tered with corna. In wet weather or
just before change 10 the weather he
IN
prostration. He Is irritable and even
suffers fever. His business Is inter
fered with In the daytime. and at night
his rest il disturbed by aching feet.
II tell him the exact truth. and that
is that the vast majority Of his fellows
suffer as he does and that those ex
empt have their feet regularly attend
ed to. Is Is just as necessary as II 10
for people to be regular with their
meals or in their visits to the dentist.
The reason for this ls In great part the
city pavements. 1t ls the same with
men as with horses.
every few men walk properly. They
twist on the sole OF the foot. making
an extra strain and wear at one spot.
t'No W th'o Wy AVa "thS
n protection of hard skin. but she
overdocs this. because she Is hampered
in the operation by the shoe. This
twisting ls absolutely due to what any
physician win tell you IL true. One
limb In nine out OF ten cases Is q
fraction shorter than the other. Then.
too. few men with their eyes closed
can walk In n straight line. With their
eyes open they steer with their feet.
1t Is this difference In strength or
length OF the legs and the necessary
steering that makes the twist. and the
twist makes the corn.
Talk about your Bcrtillon measure
ments 1t would be better to record
the twist and character of walk. No
two men walk Just exactly the same.
and the twist OF the foot liz absolutely
different In all men.
with such good fellows as you for
companions ought not TO talk abou,
my social station. treat not less than
200 patients week. and they aver.
age 80 cents apiece. so my income Is
something over $4,000 n year after 1
have deducted expenses. | own my
own home. but the wife and daughters
do not like the chlropodlst's sign and
the great gold foot at the front door"