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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 239 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHIROPODIST (an invented word from Gr. Xeip,
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hand, and zroiis,
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foot)  , properly one who treats the ailments of the hands-
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CHIROPTERA 239 and feet, or is consulted as to keeping them in
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good
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condition; the use of the word is now restricted, however, to the care of the toes, " manicurist " having been invented for the corresponding attentions to the fingers . The word was first introduced in 1785, by a'" corncutter " in
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Davies
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Street,
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London .

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