5842. Russian Remedy for Chilblains

5842.      Russian Remedy for Chilblains. Slices of the rind of fully-ripe cucumbers, dried with the soft parts attached. Previous to use they are softened by soaking them in warm water, and are then bound on the sore parts with the inner side next them, and left on all night. This treatment is said to be adopted for both broken and unbroken chilblains.

5843. Remedy for Itching Feet from Frost-bites

5843.    Remedy for Itching Feet from Frost-bites. Take hydrochloric acid, 1 ounce; rain water, 7 ounces; wash the feet with it 2 or 3 times daily, or wet the socks with the preparation until relieved.

5844. To Cure Slight Frost-bites

5844. To Cure Slight Frost-bites. The remedy for this is long-continued friction with the hands or cold flannel, avoiding the fire or even a heated apartment.

5845. To Correct an Offensive Smell in the Feet

5845.    To Correct an Offensive Smell in the Feet. Bathe them in a weak solution of permanganate of potassa; 1 scruple of the salt to 8 ounces of water. (See No. 1701 (Condy's Solution).)

5846. Powder for Absorbing Excessive Perspiration of the Feet

5846.    Powder for Absorbing Excessive Perspiration of the Feet. Mix together 7 ounces carbonate of magnesia, 2 ounces powdered calcined alum, 7 ounces orris root, and 1/2 drachm powdered cloves.

5847. Corns

5847.    Corns. Corns are entirely owing to continued pressure, such as wearing small boots or shoes. At first they are the production of the outer skin only, but by gradually thickening they at length come to be connected with the true skin beneath, and even with the subjacent muscles. (See Nos. 5079 (Caustic for Corns) and 50G0.)

5848. To Prevent Corns

5848.    To Prevent Corns. Prevention is better than cure. Wear woolen stockings, and see that there is no local and permanent pressure on any part of the foot.

5849. To Cure Corns

5849.    To Cure Corns. If a cure be requisite, soak the corn for 1/2 hour in a solution of soda, and pare as close as possible; then apply a plaster of the following ingredi-ents: Take of purified ammonia and yellow wax, of each 2 ounces; and acetate of copper, 6 drachms. Melt the first two ingredients together, and, after removing them from the fire, add the acetate of copper just before they grow cold. Spread this ointment on a piece of soft leather or on linen, and apply it to the corn, removing it in two weeks.

5850. To Cure Soft Corns

5850.    To Cure Soft Corns. The soft corn occurs between the toes, and is produced in the same manner as the common corn; but in consequence of the moisture existing in this situation, the thickened scarf-skin becomes saturated, and remains permanently soft. The soft corn is best relieved by cutting away the thick skin with a pair of scissors, avoiding to wound the flesh; then touching it with a drop of Friar's balsam, and wearing habitually a piece of cotton wool between the toes, changing the cotton daily. Tincture of arnica, applied on a piece of cotton wool, is also said to be an excellent remedy.