Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-23
Golf Toe, or HaIIux
Valgus, Old Complaint

civilization is now confronted bv
ne" and narrowing menace in tn. TO-,
Oh golfers foot" or golf toa"
AS Is the case with Ali .noL
aniictions when they are new yetcai
O'rtueu as to its proper appeIIa IT, 10
ohe eminent local authoritv ysha
tL io oL tne nfst to produca a tbas, "as
sne coIhplaint-a "morbus n,,,e- On
s.iS suS es horribilis," In an tS,a roest isno'
tul slgnihcance OF that learnsS tal reao-
Son. II 70 be "goffar1s foot"
enoInnnt seiy there are others eouar,,
tmda - % ahu unlmpeacha BILE in tbe rso,t
nersist a.. .heir geological diagnoses who
simniw ~, al Heclaring the malady 10 he
sot toe" which, as ever,,S,S'. So
khows' is in reality but an eve uryoouy
iorm m OF "hallux valgus." a'eu
Inc condition known as haI,u~
San oe briefly described as an ineanos
So , OF oursar, over the first ynat.1
earso-phalangeal joint II wo,,id =
superhuous TO point out to the int.,U
sehl reader in terms OF seient,oa
ouIacy what an exaggerated forn, ~
SuCn an amiction would mean sneo.
sate that common people call :
haIiuS Valgus a bunion. q
~ would De presumption on tba n.-
any Jay authority to proffer snv
| oo 10 which hFaneh
medical opinion is correct IN th nch OF
Uses But-to the lay mind AT am e,n. raa
eating. uu'hs Is In the
Dautton Mann. acting general man
aser oL the Pacific Mail Steamship Cor,
panS, Is now down with the naisd',
ana aI ms case is indubitably "golf toe "
He says so. OWL 'oe'
Goh toe" Is not only new as n oor,-
paint but is an outcome OF nsy -
modern conditions. It is caused tbro,,.,.
tle fantastic and unnatural attitmda.
assumed oy modern players OF "ths
.ien. Sa. ana royal game" In their ef-
~ u,, put the necessary swing into
other implement of their mvsta.In'
game Is used for the purpose NJ dr;,,I. :
the pan, which forms one of tho o,hns
essential requisites of their pastinoa
Inc sufferers are generaIIv rah,s
devotees of the sport, who have ~
Veloped the passion in late or rotds,.
lie as an Offset to the results ~
sedentary occupations or LucuIIan ,U1
: dulgences protracted over long period,
of years. perlous
Played as 1t originally was nv tho
hIhss OF scotland. the game begot mo
81 ',. s nut II is reasonably in ac-
/ NAoNiNlOHS OF history 70
assume that those husky mona rcbs AZ, ~
not lead sedentary lives, and II ia wau
known that they fed excmsIvei,, wei D
porridge and bannocks and pleyeI ,bn
royal game, as 1t was Intended n he he
played. in bare feet and short In
! Their brawny limbs were never crononod
by patent garters or B. V. Ds rh"i-
goitproof toes spread out free and To-
! ana untrammeled as the eagles wing
nor ever knew the enervating thraH ~
/ feathers. ah Oh
Russian brogans or spats or p,tsr,
! wherefore their first mctarars
phalangeal joints were as Timber os eoIs
while their metatarsuses and phaIanres
those being the lower bones NJ tha
foot and the bones of the toes ,ae ra'
spectively-were as bunionproof ne ar-
dinary railroad iron. 1t is historjcoIi,,
accurate to assert that no Scottisi,
king was ever carried Off by "roItsr's
foot" or hallux valgus.
But those good monarchs 1eft -
posterity the game. and with II the so.So ~
OF the disease that is now affecting one
prominent citizens. our