Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-11-17

Warts are also found to assume the
grapy form, appearing in clusters, In the
skin of the, legs and other parts. In
other cases the tumors have small stalks
or pedicles which connect them with the
vascular surface of the skin; and in
many cases they protrude In the form of
small tunlors from the true skin, having
much the same relation to 1t as an acorn
has to its cup.
Encysted warts are variety of fbrous
tumors which can hardly be termed
warts proper, because they are quite
covered with healthy skin, and would
not, therefore, be generally recognized
as . warty excrescences."
Warts may be found in all parts of
the body, but the most usual sites are
the inside of the thighs, sheath, side of
the face, ears, lips, and ,eyelids; 1t is
often remarked that warts generally APP
pear In the most inconvenient positions,
where they are most likely to be rubbed
by some part of the harness. This fact
becomes something more than q coinci-
dence when 1t Is remembered that fric-
tion and pressure are the ordinary excit.
ing causes of warts in animals which are
susceptible to them, and therefore the
harness very often produces the incon-
venient excrescence which proves to be
80 much in the way.
The removal of warts is to be effected
in most cases, by surgical means. Set
ting aside, as beyond our province, the
method of charming them away, a proc
ess which some wise people in the
country claim to excel in, the only ways
of getting rid of warts are to cut, burn,
or pull them off.
The first method is most effective
when applied to large warts which ex-
tend over large surface. Anyone who
Is accustomed to the use of the scalpel
can perform the operation, and generally
it is perfectly successful. When there
are many warts to be removed it is neces-
sary to cast the horse; but if only two
or three are to be cut off, side line and
twitch will restrain the movements OF
the animal sufficiently. In the second
method caustics are usually employed in
preference to the hot iron, and it is Ger.
tain that the plan is very effectual, but
to some extent dangerous. The whole
structure of the tumor is destroyed, and
sometimes large slough comes away
leaving an ugly hole to be filed up
Arsenic made into paste with honey il
the most active and effective agent which
can be used; but it must be applied very
carefully in small quantities to the raw
surface of the wart, otherwise much
damage to the surrounding structure
may be the result. Acetic acid, carboliC
acid, chloride of zinc, and nitrate of sill
yer may be used for the same purpose
with greater safety, but they are not Sc
effectual in their action
The third method includes the use o.
ligatures and forceps, means which car
only be applied to warts which have I
neck or pedicle which can be grasped By
pincers or encircled by a ligaturei wart
which are pendant from the sheath anC
other parts may be summarily disposed
of in this way, or they may be inclosed il
a ligature and allowed TO remain unit
they become dead tissue, and fall. Eacl
method has its special advantages, ant
in all cases it requires practical knowl
edge and skill to apply the proper rem
edy to the particular form Of the dis
ease.-AgrtcuLturdI Gazette.