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Distortion of the Toes and Joint—Various Causes—Want of Harmony between Shape of Foot and Shape of Shoe—Grown-in-Nails—Influence of Stockings, Narrow-Toed Soles, High Heels, and Changing of Shoes—Faults of Lasts 17
Distortion of the Toes and Joint—Various Causes—Want of Harmony between Shape of Foot and Shape of Shoe—Grown-in-Nails—Influence of Stockings, Narrow-Toed Soles, High Heels, and...
3. CHAPTER IV.4. CHAPTER V.Flattened Condition, of the Arch—Beauty of One that is Natural—Nature and Purpose of its Construction—How it becomes Broken Down—Lengthening of the Foot—Lack of Development—Mean...
5. CHAPTER VI.6. CHAPTER VII.7. CHAPTER VIII.Corns, Bunions, and Callosities—How they Originate—Nature of the Skin—Various Causes of Corns—How to Remove them—Quotations from the Medical Books—Nature and Treatment of Bunion...
8. CHAPTER IX.9. CHAPTER X.10. CHAPTER I.The human foot, it appears to us, is one of those members of the body that have never received their due share of consideration. Like certain _downtrodden_ members of the _socia...
11. CHAPTER II.One of the worst of the distortions of the feet is the obliquity or bending of the great toe toward the outside, a fault with which several troublesome affections are often conn...
12. CHAPTER III.Distortion of the Toes and Joint—Various Causes—Want of Harmony between Shape of Foot and Shape of Shoe—Grown-in Nails—Influence of Stockings, Narrow-Toed Soles, High Heels, and...
13. CHAPTER IV.Let us next endeavour to ascertain what shall be done toward substituting an improved form of covering for the present false style, as a method of _preventing_ distortion of the...
14. CHAPTER V.Flattened Condition of the Arch—Beauty of one that is Natural—Nature and Purpose of its Construction—How it Becomes Broken Down—Lengthening of the Foot—Lack of Development—Means...
15. CHAPTER VI.In the last chapter the _instep_ was spoken of as a part of the whole arch of the foot. It is now to be looked at from the upper side. When the foot is in its best shape this pa...
16. CHAPTER VII.There remains still one other defect to be noticed—that of treading upon the side of the foot. This is a very common fault, and seems to be a habit often acquired quite early. T...
17. CHAPTER VIII.We come now to another class of difficulties to which the foot is subject, though they affect the outside mainly, not its structure, and which appropriately call for a notice he...
18. CHAPTER IX.We have heretofore endeavoured to show what is the true, normal shape of the healthy foot, as recognized by science, art, and common sense; that in it the toes lie directly forw...
19. CHAPTER X.It has been said that fashion should never be allowed to change the shape of the sole, or interfere with the form of the lasts used in the construction of the foot’s coverings....