[Podiatrist]

Dublin Core

Title

[Podiatrist]

Creator

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934

Date

1908-10-13

Source

New York Evening Telegram

Publisher

New York Herald Co.

Description

Bunions on his feet. Goes to see a podiatrist.

Contributor

Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library

Language

English

Type

comic strip

Coverage

1900s(1905-1909)

Still Image Item Type Metadata

ImageNo.

174

Series Title

A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion

PublicationDate

1908-10-13

Publication

New York Evening Telegram

PublicationPage

6

Transcription

Mr. Bunion: Well, I've just got to sit down! I can't walk another step! My feet are so frightfully sore! Oh! Oh!
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Mr. Bunion: What's this? Corns, bunions, and stone bruises removed! I wonder if I had not better go and have my feet looked at! Yep! I will go and see this corn doctor!
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Mr. Bunion: I walk so much and my feet suffer. I'll get some relief perhaps! I hope so anyway! [CORNS PULLED without pain, gas, corkscrews, or ice tongs!]
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Doctor: Do you mean to tell me you walk with these feet? You surely use crutches, don't you? This is the worst I ever saw!
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Mr. Bunion: Yes, I am always on my feet, walking mostly. No! No crutch nor cane!
Doctor: Well, sir, you have two corns on each toe, a bunion on each side of both feet and callouses all over the soles.
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Mr. Bunion: How much do I owe you, doc, for this?
Doctor: Not a cent! Write me out a testimonial of my work and I'll use it for an ad. I will also exhibit this collection, too!
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Doctor: Your burden should feel lighter, now. It does, does it not?
Mr. Bunion: This valise? Yes I should say so! Oh! I feel good. I wheel like walking a thousand miles! I'm much obliged to you!
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Mr. Bunion: When pain becomes monotonous one does not suffer so much. When it ceases the relief is startling but the relief is soon forgotten and becomes monotonous, too. My valise is as heavy as ever!

Original Format

newspaper comic strip

Physical Dimensions

11.8" X 8.5"

NYSL Microfilm Citation

NY 01 New York 93-31968, SEP-NOV 15 1908 Reel 112

Reprinted

Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works V, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2005), pg.24

Tags

illness

Files

174-1908-10-13.jpg

Tags

Citation

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Podiatrist],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed April 1, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/175.