TY  - JOUR
T1  - PRoper shoeing of the child
AU  - ADAMS JD
Y1  - 1929/05/25
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.02700470029010
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1753
EP  - 1755
VL  - 92
IS  - 21
N2  - The human adult foot can hardly be referred to as a thing of beauty; yet in the early months of its existence it is certainly classified by every one as among the daintiest and most attractice portions of the baby's anatomy. The abuse of the human foot starts early in life largely through the sacrifice of utility and function to the esthetic.Two axioms which might well be applied to many of the civilized races are:Shoes are made to sell and not to wear.The public wants what it wants and not what it needs.Great events which test out physical fitness are apt to bring to light certain grave deficiencies. In some localities in this country, practically 50 per cent of the men examined for service in the recent war were declared physically unfit, on account of flatfoot. The human foot in the adult strikes the ground every
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02700470029010
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700470029010
ER  -