McComber's tracks for 1883. : Comprising descriptions of McComber's institution for the radical cure of foot distortions by conservative surgery, and also of McComber's fashionable army and navy shoes for ladies and gentlemen.

  • McComber, Joel
Date:
1882
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Credit: McComber's tracks for 1883. : Comprising descriptions of McComber's institution for the radical cure of foot distortions by conservative surgery, and also of McComber's fashionable army and navy shoes for ladies and gentlemen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( I How to Make Ladies’ Shoes Durable! The fashionable dressings in common iisi for ladies’ kid or goat shoes are destrnctiye m leather, because they generally contain eithe) a strong alkali or alcohol. Both of thesi destroy the life of the leather so that speedily cracks and peels. I advise the use of a mixture of beef tallo - and neatsfoot oil well rubbed into the surfat» of the leather every time before the dressini is applied. Tlie dressing which I prefer i called Vernisine.” Used after the leathe has been tbns greased, it is entirely harm less. 1 keep both the mixture and the Verni sine ” for sale. VERNISINE, Per Bottle, - 25 ceiit:i MIXTURE, “ Tin Box, - - 25 cents. JOEL MeCOMBER, 52 East lOth St., NEW YORH- 22502670302