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Podiatry or podiatric medicine is a field of healthcare devoted to the study and treatment of disorders of the foot and leg. The range of disorders podiatry can address largely depends on the scope of practice laid down in national, state, and/or provincial jurisdiction. It is practiced by podiatrists ( , "poh-DYE-eh-trist"), chiropodists ( ) and podiatric surgeons.
A podiatrist or foot doctor is a medical professional, a person devoted to the study and medical treatment of disorders of the foot and ankle. The term originated in the United States but has now become the accepted term in the English speaking world for all graduates of podiatric medical schools who have earned one of the following degrees: (DPM, DP, BPod, PodB, or PodD or BSc (Hons)). The titles “podiatrist” and “chiropodist”, in these countries, are now interchangeable, with the term “podiatrist” becoming more favoured within the profession. In these countries (without supplementary qualifications) they usually only treat the foot through non-invasive procedures, they can however perform minor surgical procedures such as nail surgery using local anaesthetics.
The United States is one of the few countries that grants more invasive surgical privileges to podiatrists. This is due to the fact that podiatric medical education in the US trains podiatric physicians to heal the body attached to the feet, as the curriculum of said schools are mirrored after MD medical programs. The programs stress nearly the same basic medical science courses in the first two years as their MD counterparts, but with more emphasis on lower leg anatomy and pathology than obstetrics and gynaecology, psychiatry, etc.
History
The professional care of feet was in existence in ancient Egypt as evidenced by bas-relief carvings at the entrance to Ankmahor's tomb where work on hands and feet is depicted. Many Egyptologists believe tending feet probably spanned the whole of Egyptian civilization. The placement of carvings at the entrance of a tomb typically signified the profession of the buried individual and The Tomb of the Physician dates from 2400 BC.
Corns and calluses were described by Hippocrates who recognised the need to physically reduce hard skin, followed by removal of the cause. He invented skin scrapers for this purpose and these were the original scalpels. Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a Roman scientist and philosopher, was probably responsible for giving corns their name.Fact: date=December 2007 Later Paul of Aegina (AD 615-690) defined a corn as "a white circular body like the head of a nail, forming in all parts of the body, but more especially on the soles of the feet and the toes. It may be removed in the course of some time by paring away the prominent part of it constantly with a scalpel or rubbing it down with pumice. The same thing can be done with a callus."
