See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

CORN (fromm See also:

• LAT

Lat. corms, See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn)  , in See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology (technically davus), a localized outgrowth of the epidermic layer of the skin, most 'commonly of the toe, with a central ingrowth of a hard horny plug . The underlying papillae are atrophied, causing a See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup-shaped hollow, whilst the surrounding papillae are hypertrophied . The See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition is mainly caused by badly fitting boots, though any undue pressure, of insufficient See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to give rise to ulceration, may be the cause of a See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn . Corns may be hard or soft . The hard corn usually occurs on one of the toes, is a more or less conical swelling and may be extremely painful at times . If suppuration occurs around the corn, it is See also:

• APT

apt to burrow, and if unattended to may give rise to See also:

• ARTHRITIS (from Gr. apOpov, a joint)

arthritis or even See also:

• NECROSIS (Gr. vEKpos, corpse)

necrosis . The best treatment is to soften the corn with hot See also:

• WATER

water, See also:

• PARE, AMBROISE (1510-1590)

pare it very carefully with a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp See also:

• KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

knife, and then paint it with a See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of salicylic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid in See also:

• COLLODION (from the Gr. &M a' , glue)

collodion . The See also:

• PAINTING

painting must be repeated three times a See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day for a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week or ten days . The soft corn occurs between the toes and is usually a more painful condition . Owing to the absorption of sweat its See also:

• SURFACE

surface may become See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white and sodden in See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The treatment is much the same, but See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits of camphor should be painted on each See also:

• NIGHT

night, and a layer of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool placed between the toes during the daytime .