The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-07-05
A BUN|ON! !
WHAT is |T2
DIR. Franklin Says "It'S a
Monument Of Early
Pride"
WILL BE SEVENTY-FIyE IN A
FEW WEEKS, BUT HASN'T
COMMENCED TO GET OLD
YET

"Niaking other people happy,
That is my profession. L haven't
commenced to get old yet. I'll be
seventy-five i'm a few weeks. l was
born in 1896"
A real philanthropist is Doctor
Franklin, who gave expression to
this optimistic view of life to a Cit
izen reporter, who called at the AL
len House. Friday morning, to see
this celebrated Philadelphia special
ist who has devoted half a century
to the alleviation of the aches and
ills of his fellow beings.
Doctor Franklin has been coming
to Honesdale for more than twenty
five years, which is the highest kind
of a recommendation for any one
engaged in an occupation where
quacks and charlatans live and move
and vagabondize and grow rich at
the expense of the always gullible
public.
Il sell nothing" said the vener-
able disciple of Aesculapius. 81
have nothing for sale. l don't use
any medicine at all. What l use in
my practice, give away. 1 draw
no blood"
After being shown boxes full of
corns of all shapes and descriptions,
varying in dimensions from the size
of pin head up to specimens as
large as a half dollar, the reporter
asked the pedal surgeon for his de-
finitien of a corn.
"A corn, he replied, sis a hyper
trophied condition of the epider-
mis-, caused by friction or pressure.
A shoe too large or too small, any
thing that will cause friction, will
cause corn"
What is a bunion?" asked the
reporter.
"A bunion,' said Doctor Franklin
''is. an eXostosis of the mediostidal
Joint. The mediostidal joints are
the bones of the feet. Bunions are
caGtd by enlarging Of .thab bones
causedsby wearing a shoe too short
or too long, or from contracted and
narrow soles.
Here's a corn producer" remark
ed the Doctor, showing the news
paperman fashionable shoe taper
ing to pin head point, and fearful
ly and wonderfully made, and still
more horribly put together. Then
to make the comparison still more
striking, he took up a baby's shoe
and held the two side by side
That's what the mother fears" he
said, land see, here is comfort. A
| nice broad shoe without a toe
cap!"
81 made the feet a study. / don't
know anything else," continued the
Doctor, whose whole life has been
wrapped up in allsviating some oi
the many aches and pains that NOR
tai man is subject to-"
did Adam or Eve have corns!
asked the reporter.
Il never examined Ewes feet,
laughingly exclaimed DR.. Franklin
"The supposition is she hadn't. Shoes
were not in vogue then, Eve never
had corns or .ingrown toe nails. She
wasn't in the Garden of Eden Ions
enough to produce them"
II commenced the study of medi
cine in 1854" explained the doctor
Il studied at Jefferson Medical Col
lege, and devoted my life to the
surgery Of the feet. That is my oc
cupation.
Where does a corn end and &
bunion begin?" he was asked.
"a corn" he replied, has no re
lation to a bunion. No relation
whatever. They are two separate
diseases. A corn is caused by fric
tion, or pressing on a bone, by in
terfering with the free action of the
mediostidal joints. 1t is intended b!
Nature that the joints be fabricated
In wearing too tight a shoe, tha
pressure will injure the periostum o.
outer covering of the bone, anC
cause the bone to enlarge.
"A bunion can not be cured. l
is an impossibility. l may as wei
tell you the truth. If you softer
a bone you ruin the chances of re
storing it to normal condition. Yol
can relieve bunions. A CLOS
starch poultice put on at night will
give relief over night"
How many instruments do yol
use?" he was asked.
Nothing but scalpels," he re
piled.
Are we born with corns, do W,
acquire them or are they thrust up
on us?" asked the reporter.
you acquire them," said tn
doctor in reply. "In all the thous
ands of cases l treated / found oil,
one case, and that a little child
born with a corn. She was bori
with one the size of a huckleberry
l removed it,"
Shoes should be changed often
You should have two pair always
and change them frequently" ad
vised DR.. Franklin.
What make of shoes do you rec
ommend?"
None. Only a low heel, and
broad-soled shoe. l practice wha
preach. See, here Is a shoe
wear. 1t Is free from caps, has
low heel, with revolving rubbe
heel on 1t.
Il sell nothing" concluded tn
doctor.
81 don't use any medicine at ali