To Have Healthy Feet.

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 68

To Have Healthy Feet.

The health of the foot demands fsays: a prominent physician) : (1) The freqvonfc changing of the &hco. (2) Changing- of tho stocking every day or every other day; and (3) daily cold footbaths. Leather, he says, and especially patent leather, does not allow the moisture from the perspiration to escape; and hencq the foot is bathed in the product-; of its own excretion, and it may bo taken as a. general rule that excretions are poisonous to tho body excreting -them. Fcr these reasons it is gcod sense to have two or three pairs of shoes on hand, and to change them during- the day, or at least put on a pair each- morning that was not worn ths afternoon before. This is economy also, because the =hco is rotted and worn out sooner if kept constantly moist with the excretions. The stocking, too, is not changed often enough by most people. For the reason mentioned above, it should bo changed as soon as it becomes moist with perspiration; but even if it is dry, but show® itself saturated with excretions, it should b& discarded for a fresh stocking. The person ia indeed rare who can> keep his feet healthy when wearing a etocking' moi'3 than two days without having it washed, and for the man constantly on his feet one day is quite long enough.