Health & beauty in dress from infancy to old age / by Ada S. Ballin.

  • Ballin, Ada S.
Date:
[1893?]
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Credit: Health & beauty in dress from infancy to old age / by Ada S. Ballin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are now being made by the Jaeger Co., as shown in Figs. 40 and 41. They also make a second kind, with a separate stall for the great toe, the use of which is indicated in bunions, or where the great toe has been deformed by ill-made boots. In ordinary cases, however, it is quite suf- ficient if the stocking is straight on the inside and does not press the toes in any way, but allows them to lie in a natural position, as in Fig. 42. This shape is also made by the Company. (See Figs. 43 and 44:) And as I know from personal experience these are far and away the most com- fortable stockings made. Before quitting this branch of my subject I feel that I ought to say something about corns, for this matter will, unfortu- nately, have a personal interest for most people. When speaking of the skin Fig. 42. and it functions (Chapter II.) I mentioned the cuticle, scarf-skin, or outer skin (pp. 21, 22), which is given off in fine scales from the inner or sensitive layer, which it serves to protect. It is a beautiful example of the adaptability of Nature to adverse circumstances that the cuticle becomes thickened when the true skin is sub- R