236 WARTS. 
seeing the animal, had slit up one nostril to relieve the breathing, which 
before was much impeded. Of course nothing could be done for such an 
object. 
There are three different sorts of growth, all of which are recognized 
under the term ‘‘wart.” The first is of a cartilaginous nature and is 
contained in a distinct sac or shell, which last is entirely derived from 
the cuticle of the skin. Upon the sac being divided, the substance 
drops out, leaving behind a perfectly clean cavity, which soon disappears. 
Little hemorrhage and less pain attend upon this trivial operation. The 
second sort also is cartilaginous, but, unlike the first, is not contained 
within a cuticular sac. It adheres firmly to the skin, and is apt to grow 
large; sometimes it becomes of enormous bulk, when regarded simply 
in its character of a wart. The crown is rough and unsightly; the body 
is vascular, and the growth, from its magnitude and uneven texture, is 
apt to be injured, when it never heals, but invariably exhibits the ulcera- 
tive process in a tedious form. This species of wart is often to be 
found, though of a smaller development, upon the human hand. The 
third variety is hardly to be esteemed a true wart, and would not here 
be named, were it not universally accepted as one of these abnormal 
growths. It consists of a cuticular case, inclosing a soft granular sub- 
stance. 
It is impossible always to distinguish the first and third from the 
second; therefore, in a case of this kind, it is advisable to cut into the 
excrescence as soon as it is large enough to be operated upon. When 
the warts are ascertained to be inclosed in a defined cuticular shell, the 
quickest and the more humane practice is to take a sharp-pointed knife 
and impale them, or run the blade through each in succession. The 
edge should be away from the skin, and the knife being withdrawn 
with an upward, cutting motion, the sac and substance are both sun- 
dered. This accomplished, the interior is easily removed; and all that 
can subsequently be necessary is to occasionally touch the part with the 
solution of the chloride of zinc, one grain to the ounce of water. 
When the growth proves of the fixed cartilaginous kind, no time 
should be lost in its removal. The quickest plan—and not, perhaps, 
the most painful method—of doing this is by means of the knife. The 
excrescence should be thoroughly excised, being sundered at the base. 
Some bleeding will follow. This may be readily commanded by having 
at hand a saucepan of water boiling on a small fire. Into the heated 
liquid a budding-iron should be placed, by which artifice sufficient heat 
is obtained to stimulate the open mouths of the vessels when the instru- 
ment is applied to the bleeding surface, without any danger being incurred 
of destroying the living flesh. 
