Regency Advertisements: Corn Plaster

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THE RUSSIAN CORN CHILBLAIN & BUNION PLAISTER At the moderate price of ls i d The most severe and paivsul Corns are entirely eradicated uot by the dangerous practice of cutting the Corn but by gradually dispersing the hard cal lous substance and effecrually removing those ex quisitely painful throbbings felt at every change of weather The Plaister is to be warmed and placed on the Corn and the effect is so certain that not the sligblest paja will be felt after Soid at 150 Oxford street 330 Strand 269 Higla street Borough 51 New Bond street and 41 Cornhill in Boxes at 28 for Bunions and Corns as above

This ad appeared in the October 1817 issue of La Belle Assemblee.

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One Response to Regency Advertisements: Corn Plaster

  1. Michelle H says:
    November 8, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    The possible ingredients in that ‘plaister’ boggle the mind. Knowing the very tiny bit that I know about medicines and ‘cure’ in that time. I’ve known people with corns and yes, you could be really desperate to try just about anything. Whew!