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extent as to produce them. A highly stimulating diet, produc- 

 ing a disordered state of the skin, may also cause warts, and there 

 are probably other causes we know npt of yet. 



Treatment. Where warts are due to high feeding, a run at 

 grass is very beneficial. If a wart has a constricted neck it may 

 be removed with the knife or the ecrasure, the latter instrument 

 being useful to prevent bleeding. Small warts may be clipped 

 off with a pair of scissors and the roots touched with caustic or 

 the hot iron. Large flat warts can be removed by rubbing on 

 them once a day for a week dry arsenious acid. After you have 

 applied the arsenic for five or six days, the wart cracks open and 

 you can generally remove it with the fingers. 



Fig. 16. 



OLD SORES ON JACKS. 



These are very troublesome at times, as they are found so hard 

 to heal. They are generally seen about the feet and legs and are 

 caused in different ways. They may be due to bad blood, or 



