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3. A pinch of dry carbonate of potassium is placed on the corn, and confined by means of adhesive plaster or rag.

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4. ℞ Sodii carbonatis........℥ j

Adipis...........℥ ss

M. S. Apply on linen rag every night.

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5. ℞ Potassii carbonatis......3 ij

Potassii oxalatis.......3 j

M. Place a small quantity on the corn for four or five successive nights, binding it on with a rag.

Care must be taken in all cases to pare the corn moderately before applying the remedy, bnt in no case should any of the above be applied to a raw surface. - Sir H. Davy.

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℞ Acidi salicylici........3 iij 3/4

Collodii...........℥ iij

Extracti cannabis Indicae....................gr. xx M. Apply every night for five days, then soak the foot in warm water and the corn can be removed. - Gezew.

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Soften the corn by touching it again and again with acetic acid, until the whole can be scraped out, and then apply nitrate of silver to the exposed surface of the cutis.

- Prof. Syme.