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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Home Medical and Vet Remedies, as Recommended by 19th and 20th century Doctors and Vets! |
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Corns.Corns are ordinarily spoken of as hard and soft. These are 'essentially the same, differing only in the rapidity and extent of their formation. Treatment.- The most troublesome corns cease to give any annoyance, and finally disappear, if only such shoes be worn as afford ample room for the foot. Yet this plan is rarely followed, and it becomes necessary to devise some means for removing the growth outright. There are several means for removing corns. The first of these consists in relieving the tender part from pressure, by wearing over the toe a piece of felt or doeskin with a hole in the center large enough to receive the corn. This felt or doeskin is made adherent by some form of sticking plaster, and is thus attached to the skin in the proper position ; or even without being made adhesive itself, it may be held in position by narrow strips of adhesive or " sticking " plaster. In this way the corn is protected from the pressure of the shoe, the projecting part can be readily removed with a sharp knife or razor, and in the course of time the corn disappears. Another method consists in the use of lunar caustic. The foot is soaked for a quarter of an hour in warm water, after which as much of the corn is cut away as can be, without causing it to bleed The surface is then rubbed thoroughly with a stick of lunar caustic, after which the toe is covered with sticking plaster. At the end of one or two weeks a thick scab is loosened from the toe, with which the corn is usually brought away. In using this method the foot should be rested for some hours after the application of the caustic; hence this should be applied in the evening before retiring. Another method, which is extensively practiced by the professional corn doctors, consists in scraping around the corn and down on either side of the " core " until the point is reached ; the entire mass can then be extracted without causing pain. In order to accomplish this, the operator must have a special instrument as well as considerable experience. Another method, which is that commonly employed in the application of the patent remedies for the cure of corns, consists in the use of some material which will soften the outer layer of the skin, such as potash or acetic acid. These substances are made up into the form of a paste, which is applied to the thickened skin every night for four or five nights ; by this time the skin is well softened, and when the foot is soaked in warm water for fifteen or twenty minutes the mass of thickened skin can be readily detached. In the treatment of corns it should be remembered that the painful spot is right under the " core ; " it is here that the skin is thickest and hardest, and it is under this core that the greatest tenderness exists. Hence in cutting corns we should not pare the outside and leave the core, since thereby the corn is rendered extremely sensitive to pressure ; the object should be always to dig out the central part, the core, and leave the external part of the mass as a protection. Suffering from corns can also be diminished by the use of different pairs of shoes on successive days ; since no two shoes will press in exactly the same place, the skin is relieved from pressure for several days at a time. The soft corns which occur between the toes, may be treated in the same way as the hard corn. Sometimes the annoyance from them can be much diminished by daily washing with spirits of camphor, and by wearing pieces of cotton between the toes ; relief may also be obtained by the employment of pieces of felt or doeskin with holes cut through the middle, so that the corn is relieved from pressure. But first, if you want to come back to this web site again, just add it to your bookmarks or favorites now! Then you'll find it easy! Also, please consider sharing our helpful website with your online friends.
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