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Title: Dr. Hood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical adviser...
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hood, G. Durant
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Publisher: Chicago : Hood Medical Book Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ledget of cottonwool in the groove on each side of the nail will generally effect a cure j but if thisis not enough, with a sharp pair of nail-scissors a small slip of the nail on each sideshould be removed, without going down to the matrix, or quick. In manypersons this occasional removal of a slip of nail is a necessary and painless operation,though some prefer to scrape away the centre of the nail, so as to thin it until itbends readily, which in our experience is both a painful and useless operation. Abetter plan is to let the nail grow long and to cut a notch in the centre of it—asshown in the illustration, Fig. 26—when the growth takes place chiefly at this spot,and the edges do not appear to encroach so rapidly upon the soft tissues. Whenthe irritation has been allowed to go to the extent which we have shown in theillustration, the advice of a surgeon should be immediately sought, as it maypossibly be necessary to remove part of the nail in its whole length—an excessively
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Fig. Jig. 27. painful operation, for which the adniinistration of chloroform, or some otheranaesthetic, will be found necessary. Flat Foot occurs very generally in young persons who have had their strengthovertaxed in carrying weights—for example, among nursemaids and errand-boys—though it may occur later in life, as is seen in the case of soldiers and policemen,and others who are on their feet during many consecutive hours. The sufferer findsthe feet remarkably tender and painful after walking, and if it be neglected thedistortion becomes so confirmed as to render him quite lame. In a flat-footedperson, if he be made to stand up with bare feet, it will be seen that the arch of thefoot has been more or less broken down, as shown in Fig 27, so that instead of theweight of the body coming upon the extremities of the arch—the heel and the ballof the great toe—the centre bones have fallen down and touch the ground, andhence the pain. The great object of treatment is to support the

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