ATHLETE'S FOOT CONTROL

THIS DISEASE results from growth of microscopic
plants in devitalized skin. These plants are called
fungi. The problem is therefore one of controlling
vegetable growth.

WEARING SHOES causes athlete’s foot, says U. S.
Public Health Service bulletin (R-674). Shoes soften
and devitalize the skin thus providing the soil neces-
sary for the growth of the “omnipresent” fungi. Heat,
moisture, and lack of ventilation are ideal conditions
for fungus growth.

GOING BAREFOOT would keep the skin tough and
free from athlete’s foot as Nature intended it should
“Yes, Watson, fungi are everywhere. be. Air conditioned skin, like sunbaked soil, is too
They are mother nature’s scavengers.” tough for growth of plants.

 

IN THE PAST remedies aimed solely at killing the fungi. But with fungi everywhere—"even in the air”
—the futility of this approach is apparent. "NEARLY EVERYONE USING A SHOWER WITH COMMON
DRESSING ROOM GETS THE INFECTION ON HIS FEET.” says the bulletin.

' Dr. Loren W. Shatfer of Detroit, writing in the Journal of the Michigan State Medical Society, calls fungus
killing “a will-o’-the-wisp endeavor,” then makes this significant statement:

“Any effective control must depend upon rendering

the skin as soil unsuitable to the growth of fungi.”

Isn’t that Nature’s own way? Exposure to the elements

toughens the skin, making it unsuitable for plant life.

 

NON-POISONOUS SKIN TOUGHENING WITH ONOX FOLLOWS
THAT LEAD — IT HELPS TO COUNTERACT THE SOFTENING
EFFECTS OF WEARING SHOES AND TO KEEP THE SKIN NEAR
BAREFOOT FIRMNESS, TOO TOUGH FOR FUNGUS GROWTH.

 

 

 

All disagreeable features of old methods are gone. Onox is odorless yet eliminates foot odors. It does not
stain nor injure fabrics. It keeps its strength indefinitely. Evaporation merely concentrates the solution.

ATTRACTIVE SPONGE RUBBER FOOT-MATS DISPLACE THE COLD, SMELLY, DISINFECTANT TUBS.
BATHERS WELCOME ONOX MATS AND COOPERATE IN THEIR USE.

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