Children's Feet

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 16, 1906

The feet of the stockings worn by a child whose circulation is feeble will generally be found to be both cold and damp when taken off at night; but very often no one troubles to feel whether they are so or not.

They are probably dry again by morning, but the perspiration has dried into them. This is just what we should avoid. Remember that the perspiration of the body always contains some of the waste, and, therefore, poisonous matter of the blood. When this dries into the stockings, and they are put on again next day, the impure matter is reabsorbed, and without doubt this is injurious to the child's health.

This shows us the importance of warm, dry, and clean stocking feet. If you would do your best for a delicate child, never let it wear stockings which have been wet with perspiration and are merely redried. They should be well rinsed out first to remove the perspiration. It is not necessary to wash the whole stocking each time, but merely the feet. — Farming World.