The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-12
BAD FEET THE RULE
A CHIROPODlST TALKS ABOUT ko
WORK AND HIS PATIENTS.

Acute MhRery IMAM WO@s ~
mIciuns-A Twist I'm the walk That
Does Carnage to the Feet.
Cog4l,.,n: with the undertaken, the
veterinary su! Z Oh. the barber the
bArhcepur aud other tainIlars VINO
emil him Doe" the chIropodist was
m an instructive mood. He could not
nuite understand how 1t could be that
tie really good and able men or his
calling were not ranked higher In the
social scale,
Now, | save more peOpl from
acute misery than most physicians"
he said. My work Is 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 woun9
there Is no danger Of the patient put
ting next TO II 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
! one Of great responsibility. but there
are not many who treat me with any
! marked respect.
ut would surprise you to know bow
many people Lave bad feet. m.
| observations are correct. and ] don't
see why the average | give should no.
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 calous
! every year,
"Of course the trouble comes from
/ the shoe. and there seems To be no rem
edy. for the made 10 order shoe Is rea l..
! Is, as a rule. no better than the one
manufactured by Wholesale The near
| est approach to remedy for trouble
| that is rarely cured, bun 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 wea" loose shoe or a
tight one The snug shoe is The best
Another and very important point
| Is that the socks should exactly tit the
feet, and If one can afford them, ti'r
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 In. should he pes
tered with corns In wet weather or
| just before change in the weather he
Is brought to The vrrg" Of nervous
prostratlon. He Is irritable and even
suffers fever His business Is inter
| ferpd with IL, the daytime, and Mt night
| his rest Is disturbed by aching feet.
Il tell him the exact truth, and that
is that the vast ma jority of his fellows
suffer as he does and that those ex
empt have their feet regularly attend
cd to- II II just as necessary as 1t Is
for people to be regular with their
meals or In their visits TO the dentist
The reason for this is IN great part the
city Dayemrnts II is the same with
men as with horses.
"Eery few men walk properly. They
.wist on the sole Of lie foot. making
an extra strain aud wear a one spot
Nature tries 10 remedy this by forinIns
protection or hard skin. but she
overdocs this. because she is hamperfC
In the operation by the shoe This
twisting Is absolutely due to what any
physician will tell you Is true, on'
limb in nine out of ten cases is !
fraction shorter than the other Then
too. few men with their eyes closee
ean walk In straight line With thet
eyes open they steer with their feet
1t Is tn 8 difference in strength o.
length Of the legs aud the necesSar!
steering that makes the twist and th'
twist Elakes the corn.
Talk about your Bertillon measure
ments 1t would be better to recort
the twist and character or walk. NJ
TWO men walk jtst exactly the same
and the twist OF the foot IL absolutely
different In all men.
with such good fellows as you 70
companions ought not to talk abou
my social station. | treat not less thar
200 patients a week. and they aver
age so cents apiece, so my income Il
something qyer s. 500 q year year after.
have deducted EXPENSES. own m.
aWn home, but the wife and daughter
do not like the chiropodist's sign an'
the great gold foot at the front door.
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