The Penn's Grove record., 1882-03-04

interminable list of disorders whic
spring put Of a slight cold" Firs
never be tightly shod. Boots or shoe
when they fit closely, press agains
the foot and prevent a free circulation
of the blood. When, on the contrary
they do not embrace the foot to
tightly, the blood gets fair play, an,
the spaces left between the leather an
the stockings ale filled with a comfor
table supply of warm air. The secon,
rule is, never sit in damp shoes. 1t /
often imagined, that unless they ar
positively wet, 1t Ia not necessary t.
change them while the feet are a
rest. This is a fallscy for when tn,
least dampness Is absorbed into the
sole, it is attracted further to the
foot itself by its W heat, and thus
p~erspiration is dangerously checked,
Any person may prove this by trying
the experiment Of neglectiDg the rule,
and his feef will become cold and
damp after a few moments, but on
taking off the shoe and warming 1t, 1t
will appear quite dry.
If your feet sweat too much, battle
them occasionally liz .tepid water to
which has been added = teaspoonful
or two of spirits Of ammonia-enough
to make the water feel oily. II this
does not cure you apply a little fannie
acid instead Of the ammonia, which
you can procure at any druggists.
Battle your feet in spirits Of ammonia.
If that fails, use fannie acid. 1t Is
highly recommended to harden the
feet and prevent excessive perspira-
ton.
A correspondent of the Cleveland
Herald gives the following remedy
for chilblains: Into the coolest water
you can get, put your feet, from three
to five minutes; follow with a brisk
and thorough rubbing with q coarse
towel. This treatment faithfully car.
ried out a sufficient length of time is
a certain cure. We have seen 1t
tested.
An Ohio offers ten dollars for
every corn not cured in three days by
binding cotton batting upon 1t and
wetting three times q day with spirits
of ~turpentine.
Lay pieces of raw fat pork on your
corns and it is said they will disappear
in a few days.
Soft corns may be cured by boiling
tobacco to an extract, mix with white
pine pitch and apply renewing 1t ono
"a week till the corr disappears.
Dr.. Foote says, take coal tar, saltpe-
ire and brown sugar equal parts and
mix well, spread a plaster of the siz
corn on a piece of old kid glove, bind
it on, leave for two or three days and
when you remove it the corn will come
with it.
WET Boore.-When you take them
off at night fill them with dry oats.
They will rapidly draw water from the
leather, and s they gather moisture
they will swell and fill the boot,
stretching it and keeping the form
perfect without hardening the leather.
IL the morning shake out the oats
and hang them in a bag near the fire
to dry, ready for the next wet night,
then draw on your boots and go happy
about your days work. +
To put back a cold. So soon as you
feel that you are taking a cold and
you will generally have notice before
it amounts to much-place your feet
into water made as warm as you can
bear, and keep them there about ten
minutes. Change them, then, into d
vessel containing cold water-if ice
water, all the better-and hold them
in it about a minute after which
wipe dry and put on warm stockings.
This treatment will never fail to put
back a cold, as / can testify from hav-
ing ~practiced 1t successfully for three
years. The feet seem to govern the
cold, and this bathing them first In
warm water and then in cold, leaves
them all aglow, the effect of which Is
soon felt throughout the entire sys-
tem.-(Er.
Hard corns can be cured by letting
a small piece Of potash stand in the
open air until 1t Stacks" then mix
ing it to a paste with pulverized gum
arabic. Pare Off the dead skin apply
the paste and let 1t remain ten minutes
then wash 1t off and soak the place Ia
sharp vinegar to kill the alkali, then
leave the corr alone and nature will
do the rest, but throw away your
tight shoes.
Very strong acetic acid carefully
applied night and morning for = week
will cure either hard or soft eorns,
Powdered chalk mixed with water Is
also said to remove either eorns or
warts.
The skin Of a Boiled potato applied
to the corn is said 10 be a cnre.