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Show -We have frequently taken pains to censure the wearing of shoes with high heels, yet a correspondent wishes us to express our opinion again respecting them. High heels are injurious for the reason that they throw the body generally out of balance, too much weight being forced upon the forward part, or ball of the foot, and the toes. The strain which results to the muscle of that part of the foot affects more or less the whole muscular system. In some cases deformity is the result from the persistent wearing of the French shoe by ladies. We know two cases of revere neuralgic disorder which were traced to that practice. Nature designed man to walk flat footed, in other words, to wear, foot-covering with a flat sole, or with little or no elevation to the heel. Parents should be careful to dress the children's feet with shoes having thick soles, but no heels, so that their limbs shall grow ?? and straight. |