Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-10-28

result of improper position in stand
ing, had developed this deformity.
| About the easiest of all the methods
of judging the feet of children is to
observe the way their shoes wear out.
sometimes the heels wear evenly.
Sometimes they wear at the front inner
corner; sometimes at the back outer
corner.
DR.. Brown thinks that wearing of the
heel at the front inner corner is proof
That the feet carry the weight incor-
rectly. In Is per cent of the Boston
series the heels We're Worn at the for
ward inner corner.
Another point bearing on the way
the weight is carried is the direction
OF the wear of the counters inside the
heel of the shoe.
Corns are not of the same import
ance as the other points noted. Yet
corns can be quite disabling. Corns
of this series, 40 per cent of the boys
and 62 per cent of the girls.
In the primary grades one-third of
the pupils had corns; in the grammar
grades 81 per cent of the boys and 65
per cent of the girls; in the high school,
boNs SO per cent, girls, 50 per cent.
Ihe tendons. nerves.. and vessels of
the feet are carried in we'll defined
tracks and channels. So long as every
thing in the foot is just as it should
be. these channels protect their con-
tents we'll.
In some cases of painful feet it is
easy for any one to see that the arch
has fallen; the foot lies flat. Especially
is 1T easy to see this when the toes
turn out and the weight of the body
seems to drive straight down on the
inStep.
However. there are cases where the
foot is exceedingly painful and no
/ break IN fha arch non hn cnnr II Iooc
not take much displacement Of the
n of the feet to roll a nerve out
OIL Its channel n permit of it's being
pressed on. or to stretch a tendon so
mat IT becomes sore at it's point of at
tachment to the bone. Therefore, when
the feet are being examined for broken
afch. the examination should include
a search for tender points.
Inc more important of these are:
Just below the ankle bone on the inner
SIDE OF the ankle; an inch in front of
1ne outer ankle bone. where a bony
prominence can be felt; the sole of the
loot just in front of the heel: the ball
OF the foot. top, and bottom; the SUI
perficial bones.
When there is undue strain on the
loot tenderness at some one or more of
these points is liable to develop, even
though neither arch goes down. Oft
times the arch flattens without caus-
Ing a painful foot.
When HAT foot or toeing out was
round. 1t meant that the weight was
oeing poorly carried and that, in con-
sequence some time or other the feet
were Maple to Civ out. Tender points
on the feet meant that the feet were
aaready giving out. DR.. Brown found
lO per cent of these children with ten
DER points on the feet. The percent
age was higher in the upper grades.
Ooher points so difficult to determine
We're the relative strength of different
groups OF muscles and the position of
phold tubercle. These are points of
Importance and any school teacher or
medical inspector wishing to examine
with reference to them should read the
artlcle by DR.. Brown in volume ".
Transactions Of the Fourth Interna,.
tional CONGRESS- on School Hygiene"
DR.. Osgood in his paper answers the
question of what is the cause of foot
straln. In some of he cases inher-
ltance is a factor. The children of toed
out parents are liable to toe out. Bow
legs, knock knees and handy shanksr u
in families. Some of the German
scientists think ricketts, is responsible
Tor a large percentage Of the cases.
A poor muscular development is an
important factor in many cases. The
1labby muscled children sag every
Mnere' including the feet. Faulty edu-
Az " uIlC n IT
Bad habits of walking and standing
n the admonition of mothers to turn
your toes u represent other causes
II mistake not, boys in military
SCHOOLS are still told to turn their toes
ous: hal short shoes, narrow shoes,
Lgnt SHOES, wrongly shaped shoes. are
largely responsible. 1 should saw that
shoe faults are the largest single fac.
tor s-Aeie lac
IN answering the question as to what
Is TO De done about 1t, the first 2
tioin of DR.. Osgood is that simple non,,.
lar instruction be given to mothers and and
especially to school children; that in a
picture the arrangement of the bones.
yoihIs. tendons, and muscles of the feet
ne SHOWN: the methods by which shoes
c G'r,aa to corns. broken arches,
finally that the method OF WEIGHT
carrying by the feet held in different
positions be a plain.
Inc second Is that the physical exam.
lnat1on OF school children Include az.
Of the feet and lower limbs
AS part OF this routine when il IL
Iuund mat q pupil Is wearing shoes
which contribute to his foot tronhia the
Child OF his parent should be informed
shoes. " proper
The two most essential points in
s..r roes,, according to DR.. Osgood, are
SAc Tues ana an axis an
parallel that when the heels Of the
shoes are placed together the inner
norders OF the soles touch each other
from shank to toes" ose'
Whenever there Is tendency Of the
aseh to sag. elevation of the heel Of
the counter of the shoe is stir and -
well. will tend to correct the inward
lines" es 'eaiins
DR.; osgood thinks many minor defects
can De corrected simply by fitting the