Talk:podologist

From http://www.podiatry-arena.com/podiatry-forum/showthread.php?t=663, a professionals thread entitled "Podologist vs Podiatrist" discussing the name of their profession (formatting added):

I am no etymologist, but I believe that in the word Podologist, the suffix -ologist would denote someone (or something - aliens are not excluded here) who studies (originally from th greek logos meaning 'word') the foot. The suffix -iatrist comes from the greek iatrikos 'of healing', (from iasthai 'to heal' ), therefore a podiatrist is one who heals the foot.

And further on, a different poster adds (my emphasis):

I am a podologist and it is a recognised sub branch of anthropology/sociology. A podologist studies the foot in health and disease. I happen to concentrate on the psycho-social, psycho-sexual aspects of shoes and shoe design ,but others may be anatomists, anthropologists, or biomechanists and human moverment researchers. ... Podology is the science which supports the clinical application of foot treatment i.e. podiatry. This is similar to psychology and psychiatrist.

So perhaps we should incorporate this information back into the article. -- Eliyahu w:Talk 04:46, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Another, much longer source at http://foottalk.blogspot.com/2008/12/potted-history-of-podiatry.html provides the etymologies of numerous terms including podology. -- Eliyahu w:Talk 07:24, 28 March 2011 (UTC)