ON WARTS. 
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rough, and horny crop of warts, all, as it were, united where 
they originate from the skin. 
Warts are always produced from what may be considered as 
greatly developed knots or papillae within the true skin. Blood 
in greater quantities than natural is sent to these, and the 
papillae continuing to grow, forms perceptible tumours which 
are somewhat sensitive, painful if exposed to friction, and form, 
or throw off the scaly covering which eventually forms the main 
part of the warts. We see many instances of warts on the 
human hands and other parts of the body, and alwa)'s find that 
the dry horny part grows from skin somewhat thickened and 
increased in vascularity. So great, indeed, is the quantity of 
blood which some warts receive, that they bleed much more 
profusely than other portions of skin when wounded. 
The other kind of wart to which we alluded does not cause 
any external roughness or scaly appearance. It is formed 
within the outer skin, and commonly appears as a circumscribed 
round tumour; on being examined by the hand, it is felt to be 
contained in a sack or pouch, within which it is easily moveable. 
It is almost insensible, and consists of a quantity of white fibrous, 
and sometimes gristly, substance, which does not possess blood- 
vessels in its interior. We often meet with this kind of encysted 
wart near the outer organs of generation in the horse and mare. 
The horny wart which we first noticed is common in both 
horses, cattle, and dogs; the encysted wart is comparatively rare 
in cattle, it is more common in dogs, but is most frequently 
found in horses. In treating warts with a view to remove them 
and prevent their reproduction, it becomes necessary to destroy, 
in a measure, the surface from which they sprout. When an 
angleberry has a “ neck," this should be cut off flat and close 
with the skin, and the raw surface thus made should be touched 
occasionally and freely with caustic or a heated iron. If the 
neck be so large as to endanger much bleeding if divided at 
once, a ligature of thin strong string may be tied round it very 
tightly, in order to cut off its supply of blood: the ligature should 
be applied frequently, daily if convenient. 
Where a large surface is covered by warts which do not 
possesss any definite necks, their horny parts should be cropped 
or cut closely down to the true skin with scissors or other con- 
venient instrument, and the surface thus exposed should then be 
touched with a hot iron, or rubbed with caustic potass. Such 
application is to be continued till the horn ceases to grow. 
Encysted warts are removed by cutting the skin of the sac and 
squeezing them out. The exposed cavity should be dressed 
daily with digestive ointment. 
North British Agriculturist . 
