DRESS AND CARE
OF
THE FEET;
SHOWING
THEIR NATURAL SHAPE AND CONSTRUCTION; THEIR USUAL DISTORTED CONDITION; HOW CORNS, BUNIONS, FLAT FEET, AND OTHER DEFORMITIES ARE CAUSED, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEIR PREVENTION OR CURE.
ALSO,
DIRECTIONS FOR DRESSING THE FEET WITH COMFORT AND ELEGANCE, AND MANY USEFUL HINTS TO THOSE WHO WEAR, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO MAKE FOOT-COVERINGS.
ILLUSTRATED.
LONDON: WILLIAM TEGG.
1872.
PREFACE.
The object of this little treatise is to bring before the popular attention some ideas concerning the feet that are not generally familiar; to exhibit the producing causes of the common deformities and discomforts to which they are subject; to show the best means of preserving their natural shape and condition, or of restoring it as far as possible when lost; and to suggest better methods for their dress and general treatment, in order to their more perfect health, beauty, and performance of function.