UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

HEALTH SERVICE
WATKINS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
LAWRENCE, Kansas

April ll, 1944

Dr. F. C. Allen
Department of Physical Education
University of Kansas

Dear Dr. Allen,

After several unavoidable delays, I examined
Ed Rickel today. Except for second degree flat feet
with metatarsalgia, he is in good condition.

On the basis of his physician's request,
I am recommending no gym this semester. It should be
only a matter of a short time before he is in the Army
where he can exercise his feet. He is now wearing
arch support shoes which, in my opinion, benefit no
one except the manufacturer. I have recommended
metatarsal bars, elevate heels on inside, and foot
exercise.

It occurred to me that if we did not have a
war occasionally to put men on their feet we would
finally degenerate into a race of seals, with flippers
for feet.

Sineerely,

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a ph Ls Canuteson, M.D.
Director

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