Dress and care of the feet . 12 Enlargement of the Joint of theLarge Toe.—In this complaint thejointbecomes affected by a constant inflam-mation which is communicated to thebones, causing large swelHngs, and thesestart other inflammations, and even causeunnatural growths of bony these often follow deposits of mat-ter and these give rise to necrosis of thebone, a disease which, once begun inany part of the humanbody, may—fortunate-ly it does not alwaysdo so—go on to a fataltermination. Corns.—These areof two kinds: hard andsott. Thev need nodescription, as almosteverybody can app
Dress and care of the feet . 12 Enlargement of the Joint of theLarge Toe.—In this complaint thejointbecomes affected by a constant inflam-mation which is communicated to thebones, causing large swelHngs, and thesestart other inflammations, and even causeunnatural growths of bony these often follow deposits of mat-ter and these give rise to necrosis of thebone, a disease which, once begun inany part of the humanbody, may—fortunate-ly it does not alwaysdo so—go on to a fataltermination. Corns.—These areof two kinds: hard andsott. Thev need nodescription, as almosteverybody can applythe old lines to them:. What we have felt and seenWith confidence we tell. Few, indeed, are those who do not13 suffer from them, andfew that do not knowthat an ugly corn candestroy all the pleasureof life. Breaking down ofthe Arch of the Foot. —This deformity is veryfrequently met with, andgenerally is the result ofwearing improperly madeshoes. It is not alwaysattended by pain, thoughsometimes there is, formonths together, a constant dull ache,all the natural spring, beauty, andsymmetry of the foot being destroyed,it also has a very bad effect on thecirculation of the blood in the many have this trouble, some im-agining it to be very different from whatit is, that we have given special attentionto its causes and cure, and have a methodof constructing a shoe that will supportthe arch of the instep, and so strenghtenthose parts of the foot involved that this
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