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* CORN. 419 CORNBUBY. arc generally small, and as they are constantly bathed in perspiration, the cuticle does not hard- en, as in the othi-r varieties. They sonietinies give rise to i)ainlul ulcerations, and should never be neglected. The treatment of corns consists in the removal of all undue pressure or friction, either by removing the slioe altogether, or pro- tecting the corn by surrouiuling it with a ring of felt or 'corn plaster'; or the hardened cuticle may be softened by the application of water of ammonia and then scraped (U- filed away ; or it may be extracted by using a dull instrument. A soft corn should be treated by putting small rings of absorbent cotton aroiuid it and between the toes, and keeping it dry till it becomes a hard corn, and then treating it as such. Host druggists keep a 'corn cure' composed of sali- cylic acid dissolved in collodion, several applica- tions of which will remove a hard corn. In all serious cases, application should be made to a chiropodist. Corns affect horses as well as man. In the foot of the horse they occur in the angle between the bars and outer crust, and are caused b}' a bruise' of the sensitive secreting sole. Two forms of feet are especially subject to them — those with deep, narrow, slanting heels, in which the sensi- tive sole becomes squeezed between the doubled- up crust and the shoe: and wide, fiat feet, which, bv the senseless cutting away of the bars and outer crust, allow the delicate interior parts to be pressed with all the force of the animal's weight on the unyielding iron shoe. Scrum and blood are poured out. while the secreting parts, being weak and irritable, produce a soft, scaly, unhealthy horn. Corns constitute unsoundness; cause a short, careful, tripping gait; are a very frequent source of lameness among road- sters; abound in badly shod horses, especially those with the kind of feet alluded to, and usually occur in the inside heels of the fore feet, these being more esjiecially subjected to weight, ond hence to pressure. The discolored spot in- dicating the recent com must be carefully cut into with a fine drawing-knife, any serum or blood being thus allowed free vent. If the bruise has been extensive, a poultice will have the twofold effect of allaying irritation and re- lieving the sensitive parts by softening the hard, rmyielding horn. When the injury has been of long standing, and soft faulty horn is secreted, a drop of diluted nitric acid may be applied. On no account must the bars or outer crust be removed; they are required for hearing weight, which may be further kept off the injured part by the use of a bar-shoe. In horses subject to corns, the feet should be kept soft by dressing with tar and oil, or any suitable emollient; the com should be pared out every fortnight : a shoe with a wide web on the inside quarter should be used, and should be nailed only on the oiit- side; and, if the sole is thin and weak, leather pads should be employed. In bad cases the shoes may he removed and the horses turned out to pasture for a few weeks with good re- sults. CORN, Indian. See IMaize. CORNARO, kor-nii'ro, Caterina (1454- 1.5101. Queen of Cyprus. She was born in Venice, of a patrician family. She was married to .Tames II., of Lusigiian, King of Cyprus, in 147'2. and succeeded him on his death, only eight months later. When her son had also died, in 1475, the Republic of Venice assumed the govern- ment, and in 1480, fearing the conclusion of a marriage between lier and Alfonso, the hereditary I'rince of Xajjles, forced her to abdicate and leave the island. She was received in Venice with great pomp, and thereafter resided at Cas- tle Asolo, near Bassano. Caterina has been the favorite subject of romances and the heroine of several operas. Of her life in Venice lier cousin, rietro Bembo, has left a vivid description in Gli Asolani. CORN ARC, LoDOVico (1467-1560). A Vene- tian nobleman and hygienist. Up to his forti- eth year he so wasted his forces, originally but feeble, in dissipations of every kind that his life was despaired of. He thereupon adopted strict rules of frugality in eating and drinking, with general care of his health and gentle exercises, and in consequence lived for almost a century. To promote those habits which had proved so advantageous in his own case, he wrote, in his eighty-third year, his celebrated treatise, Dis- corsi delta vita sohria ("Essay on Temperate Living"), which was first published at Padua in 15.j8, and has been translated into many Euro- pean languages. The best English translation is one bearing date 1779. CORN'BURY, Edward Hyde, Lord, tliird Earl of Clarendon (1001-1723). An English politician, (iovernor of the colonies of Xew York and Xew Jersey from 1702 to 170S. He was a member of Parliament for Wiltshire from 1085 to 1095, and for Christchurch from 1095 to 1701, and in September, 1701, was apjMinted Governor of the Province of New- York by King William, to whose side he had treacherously deserted in 1088, from that of his uncle, James II. He reached Xew Y^orlc in ilay, 1702, was confirmed in his office by his cousin. Queen Anne, on the death of King William, and later in the year was also appointed first royal Governor of New Jersey. In both Xew York and Xew Jersey his arbitrary polic}-, his religious intolerance, his administrative incapacity, and his dissolute liabits soon made him extremely unpopular, ^hile in Xew Y'ork the dislike of the people was considerably intensified by his fraudulent appro- priation of public funds and his attempts to override the Legislature, which insisted on its right to appoint a treasurer of its own for the "receipt and disbursement of any moneys the Legislature might order to be raised for public purposes," and contended that "the Assembly as representatives of the people of this province are entitled to the same privileges and have a right to the same powers and authorities as the House of Commons enjoy." Finally, as a result of lists of grievances passed by the legislatures of both colonies, Corabury was removed from office in 1708, and was immediately thrown into prison in Xew Y'ork by his creditors; but, on his becom- ing third Earl of Clarendon hy the death of his father in 1700, he was enabled to pay off his debts and returned to England. He became a Pri'y Councilor in 1711 and was envoy extraor- dinary to Holland in 1714. During his term as Governor of Xew Y'ork and New .Jersey, he was fond of appearing in public dressed as a woman, and Lewis 5lorris. a contemporary, wrote; '"He dresses publicly in women's clothes every day and puts a stop to all public business while he is pleasing himself with that peculiar but de-