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fected part is wetted night and morning, 

 and when dry is touched with a little 

 simple ointment of any kind — cold cream 

 or pomatum. 



Oil of turpentine, four ounces; cam- 

 phor, six drachms; oil of cajeput,- two 

 drachms. Apply with friction. 



CHILBLAINS, Broken, Remedy for.— 

 Mix together four fluid ounces collodion, 

 one and a half fluid ounces Venice tur- 

 pentine, and one fluid ounce castor oil. 



CORNS, Cure for.— Take equal parts of 

 mercurial and galbanum ointments ; mix 

 them well together, spread on a piece of 

 soft leather, and apply it to the corns 

 morning and evening. In a few days 

 benefit will be derived. Take two ounces 

 of gum ammoniac, two ounces of yellow 

 wax, and six ounces of verdigris; melt 

 them together, and spread the composi- 

 tion on soft leather ; cut away as much 

 of the corn as you can, then apply the 

 plaster, and renew it every fortnight till 

 the corn is away. Get four ounces of 

 white diachylon plaster, four ounces of 

 shomaker's Avax, and sixty drops of mu- 

 riatic acid or spirits of salt. Boil them 

 for a few minutes in an earthen pipkin, 

 and when cold roll the mass between the 

 hands, and apply it on a piece of white 

 leather. Soak the 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 with 

 .a piece of linen or muslin thoroughly sat- 

 urated with sperm oil, or, which is better, 

 the oil which floats upon the surface of 

 the herring or mackerel. After three or 

 four days the dressing may be 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. Corns may be prevented 

 by wearing easy shoes. Bathe the feet 

 frequently in lukewarm water, with a little 

 salt or potashes dissolved in it. The 

 corn itself will be completely destroyed 

 by rubbing it often with a little caustic 

 solution of potash till the soft skin is 

 formed. Scrape to a pulp sufficient 

 Spanish garlic and bind on the corn over 

 night, after first soaking it well in warm 

 water, and scrape off as much as possible 

 of the hardened portion in the morning. 

 Repeat the application as required. 



CORNS, Soft, a Cure for. — Scrape a 

 piece of common chalk, and put a pinch 



to the soft corn, and bind a piece of linen 

 rag upon it. 



CORNS, Tender. — A strong solution of 

 tannic acid is said to be an excellent ap- 

 plication to tender feet as well as a pre- 

 ventive of the offensive odor attendant 

 upon their profuse perspiration. To 

 those of our readers who live far away in 

 the country, we would suggest a strong 

 decoction of oak bark as a substitute. 



CORNS, Caustic for. — Tincture of 

 iodine, four drachms; iodide of iron, 

 twelve grains ; chloride of antimony, four 

 drachms ; mix, and apply with a camel's 

 hair brush, after paring the corn. It is 

 said to cure in three times. 



CORNS, to Relieve. — Bind them up at 

 night with a cloth wet with tincture of 

 arnica, to relieve the pain, and during 

 the day occasionally moisten the stocking 

 over the corn with arnica if the shoe is 

 not large enough to allow the corn being 

 bound up with a piece of linen rag. 



CORNS, Remedy for. — 1. The pain 

 occasioned by corns may be greatly alle- 

 viated by the following preparation : Into 

 a one-ounce vial put two drachms of mu- 

 riatic acid and six drachms of rose-water. 

 With this mixture wet the corns night 

 and morning for three 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. 2. Take a lemon, cut 

 off a small piece, then nick it so as let in 

 the toe with the corn, tie this on at night 

 so that it cannot move, and in the morn- 

 ing you will find that, with a blunt knife, 

 you may remove a considerable portion of 

 the corn. Make two or three applica- 

 tions, and great relief will be the result. 



CORNS, Solvent. — Expose salt of tartar 

 (pearlash) in a wide-mouth vial in a damp 

 place until it fonns an oil-like liquid, and 

 apply to the corn. 



CHOLERA, Remedy, Sure.— Take lau- 

 danum, tincture cayenne, compound tinc- 

 ture rhubarb, peppermint and camphor, 

 of each equal parts. Dose, ten to thirty 

 drops. In plain terms, take equal parts 

 tincture of opium, red pepper, rhubarb, 

 peppermint and camphor, and mix them 

 for use. In case of diarrhoea, take a dose 

 of ten to twenty drops in three or four 

 teaspoonfuls of water. No one who has 

 this by him, and takes it in time, will ever 

 have the cholera. 



