The Tucson citizen., 1902-03-31
BAD FEET THE RULE
A CHlRoPoOlST TALKS ABOUT HIS
WORK AND HIS PATIENTS.

|
sicians--A Twist I'm the walk Tha
| Does Damage to the Feet.
Gosslping with the undertaken. th'
| veterinary surgeon. the barber, TIN
barkeeper and other famillars. wht
call him "Doc," the chlropodist wa,
IN an instructive mood He could no
quite understand how 1t could be tina
the really good and able men OF hi'
calling were not ranked higher in th,
social scale.
Now. ! save more peopl from
acute misery than most physicians
be said. MY work is often just as
dangerous as that of the surgeon. fol
there is the same peril of gungrene
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 patient Is apt to do In draw
Ing on his sock. My position is really
enc of great responsibility but there
are not many who treat me with any
marked respect.
1T would surprise you to know how
many people have bad feet. II my
observations are correct and | don't
see why the average | give should not
be right. 95 per cent cf 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 10 be no rem
cdy. for the made TO order shoe Is real
ly, as rule. no better than the one
manufactured by wholesale. The near.
that Is rarely cured. brit 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 u loose shoe or a
tight one. The snug shoe Is the best.
Another and very important point
is that the socks should exactly fit the
feet and. IL one can afford them. they
should be wool OF different weights
for the different seasons.
Scarcely man whose toes | am
whiting falls To ask me why any
man. careful as he is, should be pes
tered with corns. In wet weather or
just before change In the weather he
Is brought to the verge of nervous
prostraton. He 10 irritable and even
suffers fever. His business 10 inter-
fered with in the da ytime. and at night
his rest Ia 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- II Is just as necessary as II is
for people to be regular with their
meals or In their visits to the dentist
The reason for this IN In great part tha
city pavements. Ii Is the same with
men rs with horses.
every few men walk properly. They
twist on The sole Of the foot making
Nature tries TO remedy this hy forming
a protection of hard skin. but ahs
Oyertloes tslls. because she is hampered
in the operation by the shoe This
twisting Is absolutely due TO what ans
physician will tril you IL true One
limb in mine or of ten cases Is n
fraction shorter tnan the other. Then. |
too. few men With tlieir eyes closed !
FAN walk In n stra :ht line With thetf |
eyes open they Seer with their feet |
II is tIns difference In strength og
length OF the legs and the necessary
steering that makes the twist. aud the /
twist makes the cora.
Talk about your Rertllion measure.
ments. II would be better 10 record |
the twist and character Of walk. Ncl
two men walk JUST exactly The sanle. /
and the twist OF The foot is absolutely |
different in all men.
with such good fellows ns you for
ought not 10 talk abonu /
my social station. treat not less than
1o0 patients a week aud they aver /
age so cents apiece. so my Income IL
over S4.dUo n year after Ill
have deducted expenses. own mst
own home. but the wife AMI daughters
10 not like the chlropodisiS sign and
The great gold fool N The froat dour,o
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