Health and Disease; A Book for the People (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 edition. Excerpt: ...and brush scrub thoroughly, then an instantaneous dipping into a bucket of cold water, dry as above and retire. No one can sleep well with cold feet, even in hot beds. Indians and hunters are said to sleep with their feet to the fire. It shoidd be an in TO KEEP THE FEET WARM. 149 variable custom, at least during fire-time of the year, to draw off shoes and stockings the last thing before retiring, and hold the feet close to a good fire, rubbing with the hands all the time, especially at the heels and between the toes, which are the places most difficult to dry. This will be found to be an exceedingly comfortable operation, and will amply repay for the trouble. It is within the experience of all, how very uncomfortable cold feet render the whole body. In stubborn cases of cold feet, an additional aid of value is found in cutting a piece of cloth to the size of the foot, basts on it about half an inch of curled hair, loosely slip it inside the stocking with the hair touching the skin of the sole of the foot; this, by allowing a better circulation of air, helps to keep the foot dry while the titillation of the hairs excites some warmth by drawing the blood to the surface. These soles should be laid before the fire every night, so as to be thoroughly dried and ready to be put on again in the morning.. It would be well when the feet are greatly inclined to perspire, to have a change of stockings every day. They need not be washed every day, but by being hung out in the sun, or near a fire, or in a dry room, they are ventilated and dried for use. Few are fortunate enough to think of the feet without the unpleasant reminder of "corns," which is the common skin made callous, hard, by friction or compression. Corns are seldom cured permanently....