[ A Cure for Corns ] Handley Chipman
Date: Written sometime in 1776. | 1776/01/01 to 1776/12/31
Source:
Handley Chipman's Notes, Vol. 2
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Chipman Family Papers
| Reference: MG Vol. 218 / Microfilm Reel 10,154
A method of treating corns with soaking and the application of plant leaves or an adhesive plaster, No. 104, p. 62.
A Cure for Corns,
The whole cure consists in Softning the Corns,
by Repeated washings of the feet in pretty hot
water, then in Cutting them when soft ^ened with a
penknife or scissars, without wounding the Sound
parts, and next in applying a Leaf of house:
:Leek, of ground ivy or of purslain dipt in
Vinegar, upon the part, or he that has corns
may apply a plaister of Simple diachylon, or
Of Gum ammoniacum softened in Vinigar,
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