Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-10-15
SAY HAVE YOU GOT IT?
WHAT? THE AUTO FOOT
If You Jam Breaks Then Comes
Metatarsaigia; if You Don't,
the Cop.
TREATMENT SUGGESTED.
DR.. E. c. Rice Also Says Women Sim.
ply Refuse to Wear Sensible
Shoes.

mere u ls-the automobile foot"
People who Jam on brakes. use the
self-starter Cwhen it will work) and
operate the clutch with the right foot
are presenting a new and serious prob
lem to the pedic science, and fun de-
scription OF Just what it does to you
was read at the meeting Of the Pedic
Society Monday night by DR.. r. c. Rice.
president of that organization. See
what happens when you jam on the
brake:
Great pressure is brought to bear
on the ball of the foot. which causes a
lowering of the third and fourth met
atarsal bones or the breaking down Of
the anterior transversal arch. with its
accompanying metaratarsalgia."
This is neither a threat nor a prom
Use. It's just Dr. Rice himself telling
YOU in simple orthopedic language that
when you shove the clutch out you are
likely to get MetatarsaIgia. If YOU
don't shove it ut the traffic COPS viii
get you--so what's the use?
In speaking of this now weight upon
the world, DR.. Rice said:
"The treatment I recommend Is TO
support the metatarsal bones. advise
operating the automobile with less
speed. as speed calls for strenuous
foot control and foot pressure; when
purchasing car see that IL operates
easily. without much foot effort, also
recommend a correctly fitting shoe"
Dr. Rice spoke at length of women
and their foot troubles.
ut is the experience of all chiropo-
dists." he said, that woman patients
will wear the shoe that is in style re-
gardless Of the consequences I'm
fortunately the shoemaker does not
make shoe that would be both proper
as to fiting the foot and appropriate for
all occasions; the so-callei anatomical
or orthopedic'shoes make a well-dress-
ed woman look like a freak. She
knows it, and unless It is n question OF
going on her hands and knees or put
ting on a shoe for comfort only, she
is for style every tiIne.
Women do not want their feet 10
he unnatural, toes distorted. joints en-
larged and will say I will do anything
TO stop it, Believing that she means
what she says, the practitioner first
suggests change in footwear; imme-
diately she rebels and says You might
as well be dead if not in style What
is the result? Very few chiripodists
take any interest in trying to effect a
cure, knowing that the patient will not
and owing TO fashion, cannot, without
subjecting herself to ridicule, cooper
ate with the chiropodists; alone he
cannot hope to give more than relief
When one stops to think of a few
of the causes Of foot suffering that pre-
vents il from doing its work with ease
and comfort. it is surprising that walk
ing is even possible. The weight they
have TO carry and the work that is re-
quired of it, too often is out of pro-
portion TO its size, yet under favorable
circumstances, with proper shoes, this
overloaded foot will give good service
=" If shoe is laced or buttoned prop
erly it is made to fit very snug about
the instep to keep the foot from slip
ping away from the heel into the mar
row part of the shoe, the toe thereby
giving the bal lof the foot and toes
the room provided; If this is done in a
low heel, fat sole shoe it tends to pull
the arches down. The shoe should fit
about the instep and the longitudinal
arch, as a good fitting corset fits the
body
Feet that are forced into shoes that
have their tees point toward the cen
ter of the Gole of the shoe will GER
tainly dislocatt the metatarsal bones.
force the toes one upon another, nails
win be forced into the nail-folds and
60 complete TIE abuse of our faithful
friend, it has IFS big toe forced toward
the center of the foot and held there
by the weight of the body and shape
Of the shoe
Another fruitful source of misery
is the wearing Of 'old comfortable
shoes, SLIPPERS or pumps They do not
give sufficient control of the foot and
let it slip away from the heel into the
toe of the shoe, which pinches the toes,
and for lack of support about the instep
and longitudinal arch weaken the arch
es and a, kle.- washington Star.