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drops out, leaving the skin bare, and as there is no 

 root the hair cannot grow, neither is there any med- 

 icine that will cause it to grow. In some cases the 

 hair may drop out from fever or inflammation of 

 the tissue under the skin affecting the hair bulb, 

 but not destroying it. In this case it will grow 

 again, and may be helped by applying friction 

 and a little tincture of cantharides to it every third 

 day. 



Warts.— The cause of this derangement is not 

 well understood, but is supposed to be caused by 

 an altered state of the cells of the skin, taking on 

 this form of growth. When a wart is irritated by 

 rubbing it may take on the form of an ugly fungus- 

 like mass and bleed on the slightest pressure. They 

 occur very frequently about the head and face, 

 but may come on any part of the body. 



Treatment: On all those which have a neck tie 

 a small cord tightly around them, and if they do 

 not slough off in a week tie another cord. When 

 they slough off apply a little terchloride of anti- 

 mony to the raw spots to destroy the roots. This can 

 be repeated every third day. Usually two applica- 

 tions are enough. In cases where they are flat, 

 scrape off the surface with a blunt knife, and when 

 they stop bleeding apply a little of the terchloride 

 of antimony with a feather. Scrape the scab off in 

 three days and apply a little more, and so on until 

 it is lower than the surrounding skin. Then use 

 oxide of zinc one ounce, lard two ounces. Apply a 

 little once a day until it is healed. These warts 

 can be removed with the knife, and the caustic ap- 

 plied, but I find that the plan given above is St 



