ROYAL COLLEGE OF PODIATRY

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Dr Thomas Collins

Dr Thomas Collins

MSc Podiatry Apprentice, Charity Management, Private Healthcare Management

Aug 30, 2025

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Painful feet have been observed, documented and treated for centuries. In this feature, Dr Thomas Collins explores how routine lower limb care was described in early modern England – and what these accounts reveal about the long and often invisible history of the profession.