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three at one time, taking off a few each 

 day or two until they disappear. When 

 too large to remove with the scissors, they 

 may be strangled by winding a very small 

 and fine rubber band tightly around the 

 base of the wart as many times as you 

 conveniently can, and in a day or two it 

 will drop off without further trouble. 

 Should the excrescence be of such shape 

 that the band will not remain in place, it 

 can be lightly scored at the base with a 

 sharp knife In such a manner that the band 

 will hold. I have frequently removed un- 

 sightly excrescences by this means, both 

 from men and animals, with the best of re- 

 sults. I believe this method far superior 

 to that of tying with silk, especially when 

 the operation is intrusted to awkward 

 hands. 



Warts may also be safely removed by 

 lightly touching them once a day with a 

 stick of lunar caustic until they disappear; 

 but this is often rather a tedious operation, 



