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governors, senators, lawyers, doctors, etc., all over tlie country whom he 

 had cured. I have made it and cured many bad bunions, and hence I know its 

 value. It forms an artificial skin over the parts and hence it is good in slight 

 bruises or abrasions, to put on for this purpose, to protect them from water, etc. 



3. Corns, Simple Remedy for. — Having removed the friction and 

 pressure causing corns, by the substitution of well constructed shoes and boots, 

 the thickened cuticle may be removed by applying equal parts of carbonate of 

 soda and common brown bar soap. Rub these substances together, with a 

 spoon handle or knife blade on the surface of a plate, forming a strong alkaline 

 ointment. Directions — Spread a little of this on a piece of buck-skin or wash- 

 leather and apply it to the surface of the corns at bed-time, after soaking them 

 for 5 or 10 minutes in hot water, allowing it to remain until morning. When 

 the soap plaster is removed in the morning, the corn to which it has been applied, 

 will be found white and soft, and by scraping a little around its base with your 

 finger nail, or a dull knife, it may be easily raised up and removed. Then apply 

 the colodion or artifical skin, or a bit of court plaster, till it heals. This is all 

 that is needed, except to wear easy shoes and boots. 



4. Corns, A Sure Cure for.— Bathe in a strong solution of sal soda; 

 pare off close, and touch the corn with carbolized iodine; repeat the application 

 of iodine next day, and a cure will speedily follow. 



Remarks. — A druggist will prepare this mixture, if desired, and either of 

 the plans here given, with proper care not to wear tight boots or shoes, will 

 cure corns. 



5. Corn Salve, Effectual.— Pine pitch, or pine tar, as some call it, 

 brovra sugar and saltpeter, each, 1 tea-spoonful. Simmer together. Pare the 

 corn as close as you can. Spread some of the salve on an old kid glove or 

 other thin, soft leather, the size of the corn; bind it on for 2 or 3 days; when 

 taken off the corn comes off with it. A lady who had used it gave me this. 



6. Warts, Simple Cure for.— Cut a piece of wild turnip, 

 from the woods, and rub several times upon the wart or warts. A writer 



.«ays: " I removed nearly a hundred from hands, leaving no scar at all." 

 Remarks.— l^hi?. is simple, and is, no doubt, as good as represented. 



7. It is also claimed that our simple potato, cut and rubbed on, the same 

 <s the wild turnip, in the receipt above, 3 times a day for a few days, removed 

 ^0 warts from the writer's hands. 



S. Another writer says: " Chromic acid, a drop or two to each wart at 

 *)ed-time, I will warrant to cure in 3 days." 



Remarks.— Ee careful not to get it on the hands or clothing, nor leave it 

 ^here children can get it. Carbolic acid, full strength, will do the same thing. 

 The best way to apply any acids is to take the end of a match-stick and mash 

 one end between the teeth, to make a broom-like end, to hold only a drop or 

 two, and just touch the head of the wart, or corn with the acid 2 or 3 times. 

 Remember this — if you get too much acid on, so it runs down into the flesh, 

 •oda will neutralize it. The chromic acid is considered the safest of the acida. 



