Corns

conUt of thtökoucd epidcnmi - tliu truMpareni ooatips that protects the mie skin icncatli. TSis epideraii is n consten) procesa of fbrmttion trom tbe true skin tod 8 as coiixiantK' beiog ihrown nfl in inmute participa. It Um 'liiiiiiic nl' reeting asthenails; indeed, the nails--as uls'i the acales on tbe i! Ibwlsand oo the botfiei of hshes - rc niily nimlitiril cii'lirtiiis. ('irn kroamoBgthe " ezoreaenoes " of oivilizatioD. A higher oiviliztüon, liowvor, whirli sliall eonfonu tbe .-ln-, wil know nl ilicni unlv u wc know of t lio oruabed feei of Ihineae román. A thiokening "f the epidermu htving been caused ai the i'iints ut' special presrare, thi.s nflanies still further the skin !)¦ ncatli, niving risc t Bucoessive laycrs of tliicki'iicil cpi'li rniis, vlii'li cannot bc ilifuwn off likc ordinary searf-fkia. Betveen the vital foroe bcucath ami tbe preasoie of the ihoe above, the eeotral portinn oomei i" have ilie batdoeu of a nail, tfi splinter is lct't in the Bqger, the tlcsli, iboTC and arouml it will die, and ncw skin jc foruidl bclow, wliicli will in tiuielil't the splinter out. lint in the im' of t lio eorn, Mtnre'i efforta are thwkited by the persisten! preasore FhMn abore, wbieh eonsiantly eolargeathe corn trom below. The lirst Btep tOWrd relict' is tO seonre a iboe aoslomically oorreol in ooostniotioo. lleaDwhile, remove ihe preasare froaa the ini D wlmtever wiy it iikiv bfl powibJe. A poioted knil'c run down carefully 1ween the layéis will easiiy lake it out- tor he titue - the central core. Sonjelinie il an be pieked 00 widi ilie nail, afler soakag the l'cet three lucoeaaive i;i-rli(s in wann water. The coakiog nrella the eore and ikü posU lified l'.v the frort it seldom roUrM l'lllly tü its l'laee.