The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-27
HOME HEALTH CLUB
(Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder.

(Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder.
 Chicago.)
 Corns: ''Ouch, be careful where you tread.'' Have you ever heard that expression and seen the anger and speaker? Perhaps it was your corn that was trod upon and you know just how to sympathize.
 To know how to remove a corn sue cessfully and cause no return of the trouble, it is necessary to know Why is a corn.' I know of a big chemical company that incidentally makes cer- tain supplies for physicians, but it has built up an enormous plant and em- blows a large number of people on the profits of a certain corn cure and they make no pretence that it really cures corns, but simply relieves the pain and enables the poor crippled feet to get along with 8 lessened amount of pain and discomfort.
 Corns are caused by pressure and friction. If one was to remove both pressure and friction by going bare foot the corns would get well. That is out of the question so we must re- move the cause by wearing proprely fitted shoes and then remove the corn itself by tISk simplest method possi- ble The treatment that can be suc- cessfully applied with the least ex- pense should be the most popular, es- pecialIy if it lis q painless method. If you go to the family physician he will probably give you a prescription about as follows:
 Salicylic acid one dram Extract Cannabis Indiea =. ten grains Flexible Colodion six drams Sulphuric Ether two drams To be painted over the corn daily.
 That is a fairly good treatment for he aff iy1 eases, but we want relief in all cases through simple, home methods with out expense Here is effective remedy supplied by one of our Ger man readers, who says it has proven effective in all cases. Common sense will tell you it is safe and cannot harm or make the corn worse and it costs nothing but your own effort.
 First, soak the feet for three fourths of an hour every night just before retiring, in water that isyas hot as can be born. Repeat this for five nights in succession. Second, just be- fore retiring for the next five nights wiring or squeeze lightly, just enough to keep the water from dripping; wrap the foot, especially the corn, with several thicknesses of this cold wet bandage and then pull on over it a heavy woo1en stocking. Put an ex-
 
 see that it is tucked in we'll so that there will be no chance for the feet to get cold. You will sleep extra fine. When you remove the bandage in the morning the foot will have only it's own natural moisture and the corn should be rubbed with a little kero- sene or vaseIine.
 By repeating this cold wet band age five nights the corn is quite likely to come out. root and a1l,' although as matter of fact a corn has no roots as it simply consists of layer af- ter layer of skin that has seemed to grow inward instead of being thrown off naturally as it is thrown off of other portions of the surface of the body.
 In some very aggravated cases the entire treatment may have to be re- speated in order to get all of the thick ened skin to come out. but as a rule it can all be easily picked out at the end of the fifth treatment of the cold pack When the corn has in this simple manner been removed see that there is no longer any pressure on the foot OF toes at that place and they will not return.