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To Cure Corns
If a cure be requisite, soak the corn for 1/2 hour in a solution of soda, and pare as close as possible; a swelling on the ball of the great toe, and is then apply a plaster of the following ingredi- the result of pressure and irritation by fricents: Take of purified ammonia and yellow tion. The treatment for corns applies also to wax, of each 2 ounces; and acetate of copper, bunions; but, in consequence of the greater 6 drachms. Melt the first two ingredients together, and, after removing them from the fire, add the acetate of copper just before they grow cold. Spread this ointment on a piece of soft leather or on linen, and apply it to the corn, removing it in two weeks. 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. A corn on the sole of the foot is usually difficult to cure, as the weight of the body causes a constant pressure on it. The application of an ordinary corn-plaster, with a