c 1943 U.S. ARMY MEDICAL STUDY FOOT FATIGUE BOOT PRESENTATION OF 22 GLASS SLIDES
c 1943 U.S. ARMY MEDICAL STUDY FOOT FATIGUE BOOT PRESENTATION OF 22 GLASS SLIDES
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CIRCA 1943 U.S. ARMY MEDICAL SCIENCE FOOT STUDY PRESENTATION.  CASE OF 22 GLASS SLIDES REVIEWING THE EFFECTS OF MEN’S FEET IN RELATION TO THEIR BOOTS WHILE WORN IN HOT ENVIRONMENTS.  BLACK & WHITE “MAGIC LANTERN“ PROJECTOR SLIDES DOCUMENTING INFORMATION GATHERED AT A.R.T.C. IN RADCLIFF, KENTUCKY.  FORMERLY NAMED FORT KNOX, IN 1943 THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE ARMOURED REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER (ARTC).  THE ABBREVIATION OF A.R.T.C. IS REFERENCED IN ONE OF THE SLIDES ALONG WITH OTHER REFERENCES OF THE STUDY INCORPORATING INFORMATION GATHERED IN A “17 WEEK TRAINING CAMP”.  ADDITIONALY REFERENCED ARE  MEASUREMENTS GATHERED USING THE BRANNOCK DEVICE.  THE BRANNOCK DEVICE WAS PATENTED IN 1925 BY IT’S INVENTOR CHARLES F. BRANNOCK AND WAS DESIGNED TO MEASURE THE LENGTH, WIDTH AND ARCH LENGTH OF THE HUMAN FOOT.  THE ARMY UNDERSTOOD THE TOLL OF FOOT FATIGUE AND WAS TRYING TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF VARYING TEMPERATURES, DIFFERENCES IN LEFT TO RIGHT FOOT DIMENSIONS, CHANGE IN SHOE SIZE AFTER WEEKS OF PROTRACTED MARCHING, ETC.  HOUSED VERTICALY IN A COMPARTMENTED, HINGED LID, WOODEN BOX.  GLASS SLIDE DIMENSIONS ARE 4” X 3-1/4”. STORAGE BOX DIMENSIONS ARE 4-1/2” X 12-1/4” X 5-3/4” TALL.  CONDITION:  ALL SLIDES ARE PRESENT AND NONE ARE BROKEN.  SOILING, OCCASIONAL MISSING LABELS THAT NUMBERED THE PRESENTATION ORDER, OUTER CASE SCUFFS.  THE CELLULOID FILM IMAGE ON SLIDE 8 IS PARTLY DETACHED AND CURLING.  TITLES OR SUBJECT MATTER OF EACH SLIDE IS LISTED BELOW.
1- CHART TITLED; FIG. 2, DISTRIBUTION OF DIMENSIONS OF MEN’S FEET (RIGHT FOOT). 2- CHART TITLED; FIG. 3, DISTRIBUTION OF DIMENSIONS OF MEN’S FEET (RIGHT FOOT). 3- CHART TITLED; FIG. 4, CONTOUR OF FOOT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF SHOE. 4- SIDE VIEW OF PLASTER CAST OF FOOT 5-CHART TITLED, FIG. 6, MAGNITUDE OF DIFFERENCE IN SIZE BETWEEN RIGHT AND LEFT FEET. 6- TOP VIEW OF PLASTER CAST OF FOOT 7- CHART TITLED; FIG. 7, MAGNITUDE OF CHANGE IN FOOT SIZE DURING 17 WEEKS BASIC TRAINING AT A.R.T.C. FALL AND WINTER SEASONS. 8- CHART TITLED; FIG. 1, CONTOUR TRACINGS OF PLASTER MODELS OF UNSHOD FOOT AND OF INTERIOR OF ITS SHOE.  9- XRAY OF FOOT 10- XRAY OF FOOT INSIDE A BOOT 11- XRAY OF FOOT INSIDE A BOOT 12- XRAY OF FOOT INSIDE A BOOT 13- CHART TITLED; FIG. 5, DEVIATION OF ISSUED SHOE SIZES FROM MEASUREMENTS OF THREE FOOT DIMENSIONS. 14- XRAY OF FOOT INSIDE A BOOT 15- CHART TITLED; TABLE 6, EXPERIENCE IN FITTING SHOES TO TROOPS MARCHING IN A HOT ENVIRONMENT. 16- XRAY OF FOOT INSIDE OF BOOT 17- TOP VIEW OF PLASTER CAST OF BOOT 18- CHART TITLED; TABLE 7, INFLUENCE OF INITIAL SHOE WIDTH ON CHANGE IN FOOT WIDTH OVER 17-WEEK BASIC TRAINING PERIOD. 19-CHART TITLED; TABLE 8, DIMENSIONS OF MEN’S FEET BEFORE AND AFTER A PROTRACTED WALKING EXPERIMENT IN A HOT ENVIRONMENT. 20- CHART TITLED; TABLE 9, EFFECT ON LEFT FOOT VOLUME OF WALKING IN COOL AND IN HOT ENVIRONMENTS. 21- CHART TITLED; TABLE 10, CHANGE IN FOOT VOLUME WITH COOLING. 22- CHART TITLED; TABLE 12, DIMENSIONS OF SHOE SIZES ADAPTED FROM A SEGMENT OF THE BRANNOCK DEVICE
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