A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of feet / By Lewis Durlacher.

  • Durlacher, Lewis, 1792-1864.
Date:
MDCCCXLV [1855]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of feet / By Lewis Durlacher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    to be made so as to fit tightly round the ankles, with strips of Indian rubber on each side of the holes, broad treads, and an extra thickness of leather at the inner sides of the soles and heels, so as to raise that part of the foot. These boots gave great relief and support in walk- ing, and the young lady, in the course of a few months, derived considerable benefit from their use. Young persons should be strictly cautioned not to tear off the toe nails, which they are very apt to do to save trouble, from the facility with which it is effected. Much mischief, how- ever, may be caused by such a practice, espe- cially with the great-toe nails, which, being formed of longitudinal fibres, the laceration is more likely to be continued laterally to- wards the glands or matrix, than completely across. Children in the nursery should be watched when they put on or take off their socks; and boys, when sent to school, should be instructed to cut their nails in a proper manner, and im- pressed with the evil consequences of tearing