6 Sir Astly Cooper gives the following recipe as an infallible cure : — Gum Ammoniacum, 2 ozs. ; yellow wax, 2 ozs. ; verdigris, 6 drachms. Melt them together, and spread the composition on a piece of soft leather, or linen ; cut away as much of the corn as you can, before you apply the plaster : renew in a fortnight, If the com Is not gone. 7 A hard com should be soaked night and morning in hot water, and scraped. Tincture of Iodine, laid on with a camel's hair brush twice a day will remove a hard com. For a soft com, the solution of potass should be well rubbed in. 8 Tincture of Iodine, 4 drachms ; Io- dide of iron, 12 grains ; chloride of an- timony, 4 drachms. Mix and apply, after paring the com. After bathing the feet and cutting the corns, apply to them a leaf of house- leek, or one of ground-ivy, or of pur- slane, well steeped in vinegar. Renew every evening for a few days. — Or bathe the feet in Sea salt. CORN SOLVENT, Sir H. Davy’s. — Potash, 2 parts ; Salt of Sorrel, 1 part : Mix in fine powder. Lay a small quantity on the com for four successive nights, binding it on with rags. CORPULENCY. — Mr. Alfred William Moore, sent the following com- munication to the Medical Times: — " Fat is a necessary ingredient of the body. Nature is sometimes too liberal in its supply ; it then becomes burden- some, and subjects the objects of its prodigality to ridicule. The discovery of a certain remedy may prove a boon. The following systematic plan of treat- ment, adopted by myself, who am con- stitutionally fat, will clearly show that abstaining from bread and fermented liquors will remedy this inconvenience : — Weighing 15 % stones, I reduced my- self in three months to 12 % stones by strictly adhering to the following plan of dieting myself: Breakfast early, con- sisting of 2 oz. of biscuit, 1 egg, 2 cups of tea or coffee ; then fasted till five, my dinner consisting of animal food, Sec., but no bread : likewise avoiding bread at my tea or supper.” Abstain as much as possible from the use of butter, sugar, and fat meat, and take plenty of exercise every day. COSMETICS. — It is said that Pimpemal water is a great beautifier of the countenance. — Or, melt r lb. of soft soap, and % a pint of sweet oil, and add a tea-cupful of very fine sand, and 3 or 4 drops of camphorated spirit. COSTIVENESS.— See Consti- pation, page 134, cos 140 cou COSTIVENESS. — Rise early every morning. Or boi) in a pint and a half of broth, half a handful of mallow leaves, strain, and drink it before you eat any thing else. Do this frequently, If needful. Or, take daily, 2 hours be- fore dinner, a small tea-cupful of stewed primes. Or, live upon bread made of wheat flour with all the bran in it. Or, boil 1% oz. of tamarinds in 3 pints of water to a quart In this,, strained, when cold, infuse all night 2 drachms of senna, and 1 drachm of red rose leaves ; drink a cupful every morning. — An in- fusion of senna, and Epsom salts, with gentian root, and camomile flowers, may be taken every other day. COUGHS. — The following are the best recipes for Coughs. Some of them are of rare excellence : — 1 To allay a Tickling Cough. — 6 table-spoonfuls of treacle ; the juice of % a lemon ; simmer over the fire till well incorporated. Take off, and add I table-spoonful of paregoric, and about the size of a horse-bean of refined nitre. Take 2 tea-spoonfuls when the cough troubles.

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6 Sir Astly Cooper gives the following recipe as an infallible cure : — Gum Ammoniacum, 2 ozs. ; yellow wax, 2 ozs. ; verdigris, 6 drachms. Melt them together, and spread the composition on a piece of soft leather, or linen ; cut away as much of the corn as you can, before you apply the plaster : renew in a fortnight, If the com Is not gone. 7 A hard com should be soaked night and morning in hot water, and scraped. Tincture of Iodine, laid on with a camel's hair brush twice a day will remove a hard com. For a soft com, the solution of potass should be well rubbed in. 8 Tincture of Iodine, 4 drachms ; Iodide of iron, 12 grains ; chloride of antimony, 4 drachms. Mix and apply, after paring the com. After bathing the feet and cutting the corns, apply to them a leaf of houseleek, or one of ground-ivy, or of purslane, well steeped in vinegar. Renew every evening for a few days. — Or bathe the feet in Sea salt. CORN SOLVENT, Sir H. Davy’s. — Potash, 2 parts ; Salt of Sorrel, 1 part : Mix in fine powder. Lay a small quantity on the com for four successive nights, binding it on with rags. CORPULENCY. — Mr. Alfred William Moore, sent the following communication to the Medical Times: — " Fat is a necessary ingredient of the body. Nature is sometimes too liberal in its supply ; it then becomes burdensome, and subjects the objects of its prodigality to ridicule. The discovery of a certain remedy may prove a boon. The following systematic plan of treatment, adopted by myself, who am constitutionally fat, will clearly show that abstaining from bread and fermented liquors will remedy this inconvenience : — Weighing 15½ stones, I reduced myself in three months to 12½ stones by strictly adhering to the following plan of dieting myself: Breakfast early, consisting of 2 oz. of biscuit, 1 egg, 2 cups of tea or coffee ; then fasted till five, my dinner consisting of animal food, Sec., but no bread : likewise avoiding bread at my tea or supper.” Abstain as much as possible from the use of butter, sugar, and fat meat, and take plenty of exercise every day. COSMETICS. — It is said that Pimpemal water is a great beautifier of the countenance. — Or, melt r lb. of soft soap, and % a pint of sweet oil, and add a tea-cupful of very fine sand, and 3 or 4 drops of camphorated spirit. COSTIVENESS.— See Constipation, page 134, cos cou COSTIVENESS. — Rise early every morning. Or boi) in a pint and a half of broth, half a handful of mallow leaves, strain, and drink it before you eat any thing else. Do this frequently, If needful. Or, take daily, 2 hours before dinner, a small tea-cupful of stewed primes. Or, live upon bread made of wheat flour with all the bran in it. Or, boil 1% oz. of tamarinds in 3 pints of water to a quart In this,, strained, when cold, infuse all night 2 drachms of senna, and 1 drachm of red rose leaves ; drink a cupful every morning. — An infusion of senna, and Epsom salts, with gentian root, and camomile flowers, may be taken every other day. COUGHS. — The following are the best recipes for Coughs. Some of them are of rare excellence : — 1 To allay a Tickling Cough. — 6 table-spoonfuls of treacle ; the juice of % a lemon ; simmer over the fire till well incorporated. Take off, and add I table-spoonful of paregoric, and about the size of a horse-bean of refined nitre. Take 2 tea-spoonfuls when the cough troubles.

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