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Title: Physiology, hygiene and sanitation, an elementary textbook of physiology, with special attention given to hygiene and sanitation
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Heizer, W. L. (W. Lucien), b. 1880
Subjects: Physiology Hygiene Sanitation
Publisher: Louisville, Ky., C.T. Dearing Printing Co., Incorporated
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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reduced amountof blood is supplied the feet. Shoes. A great deal of unnecessary pain and discom-fort are the result of ill-fitting or improperly builtshoes. The high pegtop heel of many shoesfor women is a fool-ish device of shoe makers,for such shoes makewomen walk On their toesinstead of their feet.Many of the mens shoesare pointed and curvedout of the shape of thenatural foot. As a result more than one-half of the menand women have corns on their feet and suffer from flat-feet and the pains of over-strained muscles and nerves.Many of them have painful swollen joints on their feet or bunions. Shoesshould have low, broadheels and a sole broadenough to cover thebottom of the foot,without squeezing thetoes. Flat Feet are oftencaused by wearingshoes ill-fitting and tootight. The bony arch of the foot becomes flattened andthe muscles of the leg are strained in their effort to sup-port the weight of the body while walking or standing.Many recruits of the army were discharged because their
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Fig. 129.—A metal arch that oftenwill relieve the distress caused bya flat foot. HYGIENE OP THE SKIN 249 flat-feet would not permit them to stand the hardtraining. It is called flat-foot because when standing the footlies flat all the way across on the inner side of the foot.Certain exercises, as running, playing tennis, tip-toeingmay strengthen the muscles and help restore the fallenarch. A metal support worn in the shoes often gives muchrelief. Summary A skin to be healthy must be clean and cleansing bathsare needed to free the body from accumulated dust, dirt,soot, and the excretions from the skin. Hot baths are sedatives and cold baths are stimulants. The functions of clothing, aside from their safe-guarding of the sense of decency, are to protect the bodyfrom external injury and to help the skin regulate thebody heat. Woolens are best for winter wear becausethey are non-conductors of heat; linen and cotton,for summer wear because they permit the escape of bodyheat. Wet clothing

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