“Corns should be shaved down close, after being soaked in warm water and soap, and then covered with a piece of wash-leather or buck-skin, on which lead plaster is spread, a hole being cut in the leather the size of the corn. They may be softened so as to be easily scooped out by rubbing glycerine on them. Manganic acid destroys warts and corns rapidly.” Still another, and one very easy to practice, is from Dr. Calvin Cutter’s “Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene.” “To remove these painful excrescences, take a thick piece of soft leather, somewhat larger than the corn; in the centre punch a hole of the size of the summit of the corn; spread the leather with adhesive plaster, and apply it around the corn. The hole in the leather may be filled with a paste made of soda and soap on going to bed. In the morning remove it, and wash with warm water. Repeat this for several successive nights, and the corn will be removed. The only precaution is, not to repeat the application so as to cause pain.” It is altogether probable that the last treatment here advised for hard corns would be equally effective for soft ones, if we could contrive to cover up the surrounding parts with a plaster so as to admit of its application. The other remedies are, to keep continually cutting away at them with the knife, or burn them out thoroughly with caustic. In all these cures the essential parts of the treatment are, first, the emollient ointment or warm water to soften the skin and remove soreness; then caustics—soap and soda, nitric, muriatic, and manganic acids—to destroy the mass of the corn; after which the remainder is lifted out with a knife; the leather and felt serving as a protection from the shoe. It is said, and with considerable evidence to support the statement, that ordinary mild corns may be cured in a couple of weeks by winding a cotton rag around the toe or foot, so as to cover the corn with several thicknesses, and then keeping this bandage constantly wet by bathing the feet twice a day in cold water. To which it may be added, that many corns will probably disappear if constantly kept moist and soft in any manner, provided the external irritation is entirely removed.