Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-01-19
FROM
NEGLECT OF THE FEET.
DANGER OF CUTTING coRNS.

Corns are too commonly regarded rs mere ex.
crescenses, and that little 10 necessary but Co
scrape out off the external surface; whereas, the
eradication of them, and that in . manner not to
ipjure the aesh 10 an operation Of great care and
delcscv that only without danger be performed
By one who hiss made that branch Of surgery the
special object Of attention.
The extraction Of teeth, and the cure Of diseases
in them, or in the gums. were, few ago.
sdsred ~ leEitimateiy within the province Of any
one who Was dubbed q surgeon, till experience
taught that that branch ri the healing art
special application and study. Few, now, who
have the means. think OF employing any but reg
ular dentist to attend to diseases sfsetng the
teeth.
so intimate are the relations Of all parts of the
human frame with each other. that dis.ase IN sny
particular portion, Affects the whole system; nor
does distance from what may be called the oentsr
of tie ~ stem, diminish the intimacy OF the rela
tloG; on the contrary, pains disease Of the ex-
tremlties are perhaps more diff cult Of alienation
than in more central parts.
At the present day we find large portion Of the
community, from the hg hest to the lowest, suhiec
to severe suferings from lnattentlon Of surgeons
to the Affections to which the feet are subject.
They have generally been considered Of 80 trivia
nature as to be unworthy of serious inquiry, ard
have consequently been consigned to q class of men
whose supreme IL ignorance has thrown ohIquy upon
| those who have both the wish and the power to
alleviate pain and prolong life
There is no part of the human foot in which oorns
have not occasionally been found; both the most
delicate and most harde ned portions Of its integu
ments have thus been ffecteS, The fret idsa
which naturally presents itself to those who are
suffering from any kind Of pain is "instantaneous
relief" and many are mostly willing to allow the
ceHsd oriso mali" 10 remain and gain to baooms
the fruitful offspring OF pain. rather than to apply
TO sklliful operator, even though he oan perma-
nently eradicate the dangerous nuIsanoe. On the
9TH hspAt ban a. nFs 81. H.
abused by class Of self educated and sef-extol-
ing practitioner, who pretend 10 have discovered
infallIbIe means to prevent diseases such 90 We
have described. that Innumerable difficulties sur
round the subject. o
Specifics for AL the ills Of life are discovered
daily and hourly, especially in the department 70
which have devoted my time and attention. Plss-
ters, lotions, 30. &C., are brought before the
sstonlshed world as possessing powers infallible.
According to their own assertions they have never
been known 10 fail; and what chance he who
has devoted his whole life to inquiry, but to hon
esty confess that the deviatons OF nature surpass
his expectations; that her ways are often lnscru-
table, and all that he can do s to study. to learn,
and to try to cure, without protesting that every
masdy is subject TO his superior skill.
Most urgently do I recommend those who are AZ
iioted with Corns, however harmless they msy ap-
pesr. however easily rem owed, never to have re
course to the knife. The most appalling spssms
convulsIons terrible TO behold, and lock jaw, have
attended on the vounding branch of q nerve BY q
common PEN knife, as also hemorrhage, scarcely
to he arrested. am not fond of giving GASES, for
am sorry to find that every empirio who practices
any branch Of the medical profession, fancies that
the true avenue to employment is TO psrrate extra
ordinary cases, whether true or not, because he
fancles that people will something in What they
read which may remind them of their own suffer-
ing. | would refer to vast numbers OF examples,
which have encountered in this oIty, if thous ht
il necessary to mention II.
strenuously recommend those who suffer from
Corns, to have recourse 10 the knif.. to the
razor, even to the scissors, but to plaos them
selves, as soon as possible, under the MANAGEMENT
of one who has long been skilled In their cure
Sufferers from Corns will find temporary relief
from punging the foot in q hot pedularium, pour
ing in, from time to time hot " atsr The diseased
part should be sssiduously rubbed with a dry,
this process will be followed BY the loosening of
the ca!lous substance; there will be neither pain
nor uneasness LEFT, although the corn will remain
still relief is obtained, without the danger which
cutting may produce. Ii is impossible to be oom-
pleteJ rid of Corn, unlets extrps,ed by skill
ful and experienced operator. II APPEAR some
what tedious In this matter, ifI have been guilty
of repettions, trust that may be excused for An
earRestness and On anxiety q subject which
conceive of more Importance, almost, than auy
rules j could lay down. IL is q maxim would
have startling taught to repeat-it Is q sentence
which should be repeated in the ear If every suffer
or from oorns-Itis q voice which should be echoed
hack every eooasion-"do not use q knife,n IT,
after such q warning, { here should he any suf5ci
enty venturesome to neglect 1.-THE danger on thslr
own head, but the repentance will come too late
DR.. M. A. sCHLOSSER