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pointed out that by whatsoever method warts are remo\ed, care should be 

 taken to remove the whole of the growth, since otherwise a recurrence of 

 the excrescences may be expected. Ligaturing is an easy method of eradi- 

 cating warts, where the attached ends do not cover a much larger area than 

 the apices. Ordinary thread, silk, or horse hair should be very tightly tied 

 around the growth, thus stopping its nutrition. When the wart has fallen 

 off, the surface may be touched with a stick of lunar caustic, and any fresh 

 excrescences may be thus treated, should they appear on the site of removal. 



When the warts have a large area of attachment, they are most easily 

 removed by the knife, after which the bleeding may be stopped by mopping 

 the surface with cotton wool or tow, dipped in tincture of perchloride of 

 iron. Should any new excrescenses appear, they may be treated as mentioned 

 above with a stick of lunar caustic. Sometimes it is most convenient to 

 remove warts by means of strong caustics, or by the actual cautery. One 

 of the strongest caustic mixtures is the "arsenic paste," but this must be 

 used with caution, and is only adapted for treating warts not situated near 

 any very sensitive organ, as the eye or nose. Caustic potash is sometimes 

 used with a similar object, but it is difficult to keep it from running over the 

 healthy skin around. Burning warts is sometimes the best method, and 

 when judiciously performed, it causes very little or no pain. 



Finally, when the stalk of the wart is very thin, a piece of string may 

 be tied round the root, and then by pulling forcibly, the whole growth may 

 be enucleated. Some months ago, we removed about one hundred and twenty 

 warty growths from the nose and face of a two-year-old. Some of these 

 were very large, others smaller. These growths we removed with the knife, 

 and the bleeding was controlled by the use of the tincture of perchloride of 

 iron. 



Our readers will understand that our remarks on warts merely apply to 

 those cutaneous horny excrescenses, and not to tumours or lumps embedded 

 beneath the skin. 



