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Foot - Care and hygiene

Images

  • A foot doctor at work: the male patient is seated on a bench and smoking a pipe. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • A foot doctor at work: the male patient is seated on a bench and smoking a pipe. Watercolour by Zhou Pei Qun, ca. 1890.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
  • An operator treating a patient's foot; a crowd of people is gathered around watching the work. Line engraving by P. Quast.
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Catalogue

    • Books
    • Online

    The art of preserving the feet, or, Practical instructions for the prevention and cure of corns, bunnions, callosities, chilblains, &c. : with observations on the dangers arising from improper treatment, advice to pedestrians, &c., ... to which are added directions for the better management of the hands and nails / by an experienced chiropodist.

    | Date: 1818
    • Books

    A manual on foot care and shoe fitting : for officers of the U. S. Navy and U. S. Marine corps / by W. L. Mann and S. A. Folsom.

    Mann, W. L. | Date: [1920], ©1920
    • Books

    The feet and their care / by Dr Wm. M. Scholl.

    Scholl, William Mathias, 1882-1968 | Date: [19??]
    • Books
    • Online

    L'art de soigner les pieds, contenant: un traité sur les cors, verrues, durillons, oignons, engelures, les accidens de ongles & leur difformité : Un chapitre sur la manière de soigner les pieds des soldats en garrison & dans les mouvements, & deux planches pour l'intelligence de cet ouvrage.

    | Date: MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
    • Pictures

    Crossed feet, with hands crossed at the knees; expressing care of the feet. Colour lithograph, 1953.

    | Date: 1953 | Reference: 571766i
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