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pointed out that by whatsoever method warts are removed, 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. 
