Illustrated catalogue of the original collection of instruments of torture from the Royal Castle of Nuremberg : amongst which will be found the original Iron Maiden (Eiserne Jungfrau), lent for exhibition by the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot.

Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
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Credit: Illustrated catalogue of the original collection of instruments of torture from the Royal Castle of Nuremberg : amongst which will be found the original Iron Maiden (Eiserne Jungfrau), lent for exhibition by the Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Joannes Tagaultius, 1555, *Gesner, 1555, Leonardus Fuchs, 1583, mention the treatment of corns. It would perhaps not be difficult to find that about one hundred other physicians of this time wrote on the subject of corns but always in the same way, without originality, without scientific data and quoting merely the col¬ lective experiences of the writers among the physicians of the first century after Christ. It is of course important that we should know the methods employed in these olden days if only to keep far away from the empiricism and the superstition which prevailed. Since then, the medical sciences have made great progress. Es¬ pecially great have been the advances in surgery since a full knowledge of antiseptics, X-ray diagnosis, radium therapy and other features of treatment have come to our knowledge. Modern scientific podiatry must utilize all modern progressive methods. Continuous progress by continuous comparison with the old and the very ancient methods may lead to the same high standard as the cosmeticians won for themselves in the time of queen Kleopatra. But this high modern standard should calculate on creating the Podiatrist as a specialist in medicine—one who should stand in the front rank of the cosmeticians. The chiro¬ podist of yesterday is the podiatrist of today; he now has his own professional School of Chiropody and his own scientific text book. The text book of Cosmetics, written by queen Kleopatra, as previously stated, is lost; it may never be resurrected. Those who are to write future volumes bearing upon the subject, here pre¬ sented in large detail, should bear in mind that this effort on behalf of the School of Chiropody of New York is in keeping with the scientific spirit which created the School and which would now create a literature for podiatry worthy of the cause. *The numerous writings at this time, even though of old material, were probably due to the fact that at this period the wearing of the Beak Shoe had practically ceased. However, the fear of foot troubles from their use still remained. [The writer of the preceding pages wishes to express his gratitude to Dr. M. J. Lewi, the editor of the Text-Book, for his valuable services in aiding him to properly present the matter contained in this Chapter in the English language.]