Cold Feet.
Persons having cold feet should -wear large, comfortable shoes and well-fitting stockings, and the feet should be kept in tone by frequent v^arm-water baths, followed by a showering with cold water. This should be followed up by a vigorous managing of $ie whole foot. If the massaging- could be done by a second personit would be more effective. Mothers should notice that the little one= do not go to bed with cold feet, for this is a fruitful cause of poor sleep, colds. fretfulno=« on getting up of mornings, and the tendency to cold feet will become more pronounced
if not checked, leading often to serious results. Each member of the family, but especially the mother and small children, should have "bed socks, and, no matter what the urgency, the socks should be slipped on the feet before they touch the floor.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 84
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144Cold Feet. Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 84
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