l in soaping it
thoroughly night and morning for several days until it disappears. This is
a very simple but effective remedy.

6. Hard Corns, Iodine a Successful Remedy for.--"Paint the corns with
iodine every night for three nights, stop three nights, then apply three
nights again, and so on for two weeks." Have tried this and know it to be
very successful, especially good for hard corns.

7. Corns, Castor Oil for.--"Apply castor oil; rub it thoroughly, then soak
feet. It will soften and remove corns."

8. Corns, Vinegar and Bread for.--"Take bread and soak in vinegar for
twenty-four hours, put a plaster on for three or four nights. If not cured
on first application, repeat."

PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Corns.--Remove the cause; soften them by
prolonged soaking in hot water, and then gently scrape off the softened
particles, continue this for several days; then put a narrow strip of
rubber or salicylated plaster (adhesive plaster) over to protect them from
pressure. The following is good to soften them:

1. Salicylic Acid 1-1/2 dram
Extract of Cannabis indica 10 grains
Collodion 1 ounce

Mix and paint on the corn for several days and after soaking corn scrape
it off with a sharp knife.

2. A Good but Weaker Remedy:-

Salicylic Acid 30 grains
Extract of Cannabis indica 5 to 10 grains
Collodion 1/2 ounce

Both of these prescriptions are good, the first being stronger with
salicylic acid.

3. When the corns are soft with inflammation, wash and dry the foot and
apply a solution of nitrate of silver, sixty to one hundred and twenty
grains to the ounce of water, to every part every four or five days.

Ulcerating Corns.--Cauterize with nitrate of silver in stick form.

CARBUNCLE. (Anthrax).--A carbuncle is an acute circumscribed inflammation
of the skin and tissues beneath, of the size of an egg, orange, or larger.
It is a hard mass and ends in local death of some of the tissue and
formation of pus, which empties upon the surface through several
sieve-like openings.

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Symptoms.--There is a feeling of general sickness, chilliness and some
fever. The skin over the sore part is hot and painful. The several dead
parts may run together until the entire mass separates in a slough. In
favorable cases it proceeds to heal kindly, but in severe cases it may
spread to the surround