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fole too deeply, rendering by a ftep of impru-* 

 dence, the remedy worfe than the difeafe* 

 When it is thus reduced as much as the ftate 

 of the corn and the texture of the foot will 

 jufi-ifv, let the entire deftruftion of it be at- 

 tempted by the occafional application of a few 

 drops of Oil of vitriol over its whole furface ; 

 or its rapidity of growth reftrained by the af- 

 fiftance of Goulard *s extraB offatur?2^ trau-^ 

 matic (com.monly called Friar's) balfam^ cam- 

 phorated fpirits of wine, or tincture of myrrh. 



This being performed, if the vacuum is 

 large or deep from whence the fubftance has 

 been extrad:ed, and the operator has been 

 under the neceffity of nearly perforating the 

 outer fole, fo as to be produftive of additional 

 tendernefs to the original caufe of complaint i 

 care muft be taken to prevent the infinuation 

 of extraneous fubftances of different kinds, 

 as Jlones^ gravel, dirt^ or fuch other arti- 

 cles as may very much irritate and injure 

 the part. This is beft effedted by plugging 

 up the cavity with a pledget of tow, firfl: 

 hardening the furface well with one of the 

 before-mentioned fpirituous applications ; re- 

 membering not to infert the tow too clofely to 

 I deftroy 



