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  • Broadsheet: John Hinge, Operator for Corns and Nails.
  • The death blow to corns.
  • The death blow to corns.
  • Coloured etching: 'Comfort to the corns'; J. Gillray
  • German soldiers suffering from corns contrasted with French soldiers who are shown as free from corns owing to the remedy "Spécifique Victorieux". Colour lithograph, 1870/1900 (?).
  • An itinerant street vendor selling cures for corns. Coloured pen drawing.
  • A. Guthery, A treatise on the origin, nature, and treatment of corns
  • "No secret remedy": natural solutions to baldness and corns. Lithograph after J. Bahr, 1909.
  • Remedies against insect bites, corns, indigestion, burns, gout, poisoning etc. Lithograph by F. D'Avignon, 1857.
  • "Ivy Leaf" cures corns : speedily removes obstinate corns without pain : its use ensures a speedy cure, a certain cure, a painless cure : takes up no room in the boot : it is a great boon to ladies & gentlemen / T. Bentley.
  • "Ivy Leaf" cures corns : speedily removes obstinate corns without pain : its use ensures a speedy cure, a certain cure, a painless cure : takes up no room in the boot : it is a great boon to ladies & gentlemen / T. Bentley.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A woman taking a large knife and scissors to the corns on her feet. Coloured lithograph after J. Gillray.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • A treatise on corns, bunions, the diseases of nails, and the general management of the feet / By Lewis Durlacher.
  • An old woman attempting to cure her corns by drinking brandy while her feet are plunged in salt. Wood engraving.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • A haggard old woman taking a large file to the corns on her feet. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1800, after himself.
  • A haggard old woman carelessly mixing a recipe for corns on the fire in her sordid bedroom. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.
  • A haggard old woman carelessly mixing a recipe for corns on the fire in her sordid bedroom. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819, after Captain F. Marryat.
  • Gall cure for horses & cattle : invaluable for cuts, galls, sore shoulders and backs, corns and all similar sores and abrasions of horses and cattle.
  • The book of the feet, a history of boots and shoes. With illustrations of the fashions of the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks and Romans, and the prevailing style throughout Europe during the Middle Ages down to the present period; Also hints to last makers and remedies for corns, etc., etc / J. Sparkes Hall.
  • The book of the feet, a history of boots and shoes. With illustrations of the fashions of the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks and Romans, and the prevailing style throughout Europe during the Middle Ages down to the present period; Also hints to last makers and remedies for corns, etc., etc / J. Sparkes Hall.
  • Chiropodologia, or, A scientific enquiry into the causes of corns, warts, onions, and other painful or offensive cutaneous excrescences : with a detail of the most successful methods of removing all deformities of the nails; and of preserving, or restoring, to the feet and hands their natural soundness and beauty. The whole ... systematically confirmed by the practice and experience of D. Low, chiropodist.