Foot x rays showing damage done by wearing high heels
A double page spread from The Sketch reporting on the unnatural stresses put on the feet by the wearing of high heels, which had been banned by the French medical profession being bad for the feet and encouraging poor posture. Women who objected to being flat footed were advised to wear heels of not more than four centimetres. The sketches among the X-rays are by the famous French cartoonist, Sem
Picture No
13991471
Media ID
45429598
Size
5000px x 3378px
(2.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Double page spread featuring cartoons by Sem from The Sketch, 20 March 1918
Date
1918
