5851. To Cure Soft Corns

5851.     To Cure Soft Corns. Dip a piece of linen rag in turpentine and wrap round the toe on which the corn is situated, night and morning. The relief will be almost immediate, and in a few days the corn will disappear.

5852. To Relieve Hard Corns

5852.    To Relieve Hard Corns. Bind them up at night with arnica, to relieve the pain. During the day, occasionally moisten the stocking over the corn with arnica, if the shoe is not largo enough to allow the corn being bound up with a piece of linen rag.

5853. Remedy for Corns

5853.    Remedy for Corns. Soak tho feet well in warm water, then with a sharp instrument pare off as much of the corn as can be done without pain, and bind up the part affected, with a piece of linen or muslin thoroughly saturated with sperm oil, or, what is better, the oil which floats upon the surface of the pickle of herring or mackerel. After 3 or 4 days tho dressing may be removed, and the remaining dead cuticle removed by scraping, when the new skin will be found of a soft and healthy texture and less liable to the formation of a new corn than before.

5854. To Relieve Corns

5854. To Relieve Corns. Take a lemon, cut off a small piece, then nick it so as to let in the toe with the corn, tie this on at night, so that it cannot move, and in tho morning you will find that, with a blunt knife, you may remove a considerable portion of the corn. Make two or three applications, and great relief will be the result.

5855. Remedy for Corns

5855. Remedy for Corns. Tho pain occasioned by corns may be greatly alleviated by the following preparation : Into a 1-ounce phial put 2 drachms of muriatic acid and 6 drachms of rose-water. With this mixture wet the corns night and morning for 3 days. Soak the feet every evening in warm water without soap. Put one-third of the acid into the water, and, with a little picking, the corn will be dissolved.

5856. Liquid Solvent for Corns; Corn Solvent

5856. Liquid Solvent for Corns; Corn Solvent. A saturated solution of salt of tartar or pearlash. It is commonly obtained by exposing the article, contained in a jar or wide-mouthed bottle, in a damp place, until it forms an oil-like liquid.

5857. To Cure Bunions

5857.    To Cure Bunions. A bunion is a swelling on the ball of the great toe, and is the result of pressure and irritation by friction. The treatment for corns applies also to bunions; but, in consequence of the greater extension of the disease, the cure is more tedious. When a bunion is forming it may be stopped by poulticing and carefully opening it with a lancet.

5858. To Cure a Corn on the Sole of the Foot

5858.    To Cure a Corn on the Sole of the Foot. A corn on the sole of the foot is usually difficult to cure, as the weight of tho body causes a constant pressure on it. Tho application of an ordinary corn-plaster, with a hole in the centre, will relieve the pressure from the corn, but it causes an inequality under the foot, which is not only uncomfortable, but likely to produce other corns. The following method never fails: Out a piece of stout cardboard (or thin binders' board) to fit inside the sole of the boot. This should be largo enough in every way to prevent it shifting under the foot in walking. Next cut a round hole in this inner sole, exactly where the corn rests, the hole being rather larger than the corn. This arrangement relieves the corn from pressure and allows of its rapid cure, at the same time affording instant relief and freedom in walking.