We have in place a surveillance system to keep up-to-date on developments and news, so we can post here. This morning this popped up on the radar. It seemed a bit odd as the term 'chiropodist' was used in the USA

... but it turns out it was a document from 1912 just added to the New York Times archives
here:
Quote:
CHIROPODISTS URGE RADICAL REFORMS;
Indorse a Pending Legislative Measure to Do Away with All Quackery.
The title of chiropodist is to become something more than a mere synonym for "corn and bunion doctor" in the future, if a bill which has been advocated by the leading members of the Pedic Society of New York and comes up for its second reading before the Assembly to-day is enacted into a law. ...
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The full document is
here.