Remedy for Foot Ailments.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 August 1914, Page 2

Remedy for Foot Ailments.

The remedy for summer foot ailments is boots, that fit the feet properly, neither too large nor too small. Painful feet- are relieved by letting them go unshod at convenient hours during the day. Corns and bunions improve as the sufferer goes barefoot. If the feet sting and burn they should be bathed in cold water which contains a teaspoonful of powdered alum to each quart. After the bath sponge with alcohol or dilute Adnegar, which is allowed to evaporate instead of being dried with a towel. Astringent powders like alum, and boracic acid may be sprinkled in the stockings. Bunions should be bathed alternately in hot and cold water and then painted with iodine. Corns and callosities should be rubbed with pumice stone and touched with iodine. The feet should be kept dry, cool and comfortable, with careful avoidance of irritating footwear if we would be unconscious of feet during the warm months ; and the footwear should be frequently changed.