5. (W. Cooley.) A piece of spread adhesive plaster is placed upon a table,
and a piece of card paper having a round hole cut in it the size of the
central portion of the corn is laid upon it; the exposed part is then
softened by holding a piece of heated iron for a second or two near it;
the card paper is then instantly removed, and nitrate of silver, in fine
powder is sprinkled over the part which has been warmed. As soon as the
whole is cold, the loose powder is shaken off, and the plaster is ready
for use. Very cleanly and convenient. Two or three applications seldom
fail to effect a cure.
6. (MECHANICAL CORN PLASTERS.) From common adhesive plaster spread on
buckskin, amadou, or vulcanised india rubber, cut into pieces, and a
circular hole corresponding to the size of the corn punched in each.
=Corn Sol'vent.= _Prep._ 1. Carbonate of potassa or pearlash, contained in
an open jar or bottle, set in a damp place, until it deliquesces into an
oil-like liquid (oil of tartar). Applied by means of a feather, or a small
piece of rag dipped in it is bound on the corn.