. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 257.—Shoe to Preventor Cure Bow-legs inChildren. (By courtesy ofBest & Co., New York.) Fig. 258.—Toe-in Shoe. (Bycourtesy of Best & Co., NewYork.) FLAT FEET The work of the heel is to bear the weight of the body. The workof the toes is to push it forward. In order that the toes may work to thebest advantage and that the nerves, tendons, muscles, and blood vessels underthe bottom may not be pinched with each step thereare arches in the foot. One is the instep; another lesswell known is that at the ball of the foot running acrossfrom the big to the little to
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . Fig. 257.—Shoe to Preventor Cure Bow-legs inChildren. (By courtesy ofBest & Co., New York.) Fig. 258.—Toe-in Shoe. (Bycourtesy of Best & Co., NewYork.) FLAT FEET The work of the heel is to bear the weight of the body. The workof the toes is to push it forward. In order that the toes may work to thebest advantage and that the nerves, tendons, muscles, and blood vessels underthe bottom may not be pinched with each step thereare arches in the foot. One is the instep; another lesswell known is that at the ball of the foot running acrossfrom the big to the little toe. When these arches are not just right, musclesand ligaments are put under improper strain and thebones, joints, nerves and blood vessels are is not only aching feet and legs but tire of the FlG 259. —Ankle andwhole body. A smallpox epidemic comes once in thirty Arch Supportingyears but every night thousands go home all worn out ^°ist ^ycCOUTNSyfrom tired, aching feet. York.). 764 THE FEET Painful feet,A shoe with a
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