Corns

Corns cónsiat of layers of thiokened epidermis- the transparant coating that protects the sensiüve truc skin beneath'Chis epidermis is in constant procesa of formation Erom the true skin, and is as constantly bt-ing thrown off in minuUpartióles. H is as destitute of feeling as tU nails; indeed, the nails as also the scaleson the lega of fowlsand on bodiee of Bshes- are only modified epidenuN CornBareamongthe"excrescenei"ol civilization. A higher civilization, hojwever, which uhall conform the shoe, will know of tliein only as we know of the crushed feet of Chinese winnen. A thickening of the epidermis havIng heen eaused ;,1 the points of speein] pressure, this Inflrtmes stili further the skin beneath, giving rise u sueceiÈave layéis of thickened epidermis, which cannoi be thrownoff likeordinary scarfskin. Between the vital foroe benBRtb, and the pressure of the ghoe above, the central portion comes to have the hardness of nail. Il' a splinter is left in the flnger, the flesh above and aroujidit will dit;, and new skin be formed below, which will in time lift the splinter out. Hut in the case of corns, nature'a efforta are thwarted by the pereistenl pressure trom above, which constantly enlarges in (rom below. Brei step toward relief i to secure a shoe anatomically correct in congtruction. Meanwhile, remove the pressure froin the com in whatever way niay bepossible. A pointed knife run down oarefully between tlie layers will easily take it out - for the the central Sometimes it can bepicked out with the nail, after soaking the feet three successive nights in warm water, The soaking swells the core and like poste lifted by the frost, it seldom returns fully to its place. But as the cores alwayB till up again, the permanent lemsdy i the reraoval of the cause.