The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-08-19
WARTS.
The Way in Which They are Removed with
NeaIness aud Dispntch-A Peculiar Branch
OGIhc Science Of surgery.

Ol the Sclcncc OF surgery
A very handsome young lady entered
the aesthetic Office of a professor on
Woodward avenue the other day, and
asked the doctor, with an air Of great
mystery, if he ever cured warts.
warts" said the man of moles, 81
should think I had-bushels of them"
"And, do they leave any ,scar?"
"Not scar" said the doctor; "why
that is the secret of my success any
body can take off a wart and leave a
scar, but / eradicate the whole bust
ness and leave the skin absolutely with
out a mark"
"What is your fee, doctor?" con-
tinued the fair patient, who was as
nervous as if she had ventured into a
den of lions.
Anywhere from 81 to $50 according
to the size of the wart, the number of
visits and the difficulty of operation if
you will take a seat in the other room /
will examine your case"
The "other room" was a small Office
neatly fitted up with sheltfull of small,
fine instruments much resembling the
tools in dentists Office.
A bargain was made as the little doc
tor went to work with hands as soft and
supple as a woman's, to eradicate that
wart. The young lady pushed masses
Of blonde hair from her white brow, and
lifted her pretty eyes to the doctors
face.
at is in the corner of that eye" 1t
was plain to all observers that it was
the defect was bigger than the eye
itself. The wart was immense, omni-
present and overshadowing. The little
doctor picked out minute instrument
and took the dimensions Of the wart,
then he put on tiny pair of forceps,
and in a second the wart rolled off like
traitors head. Blood followed, which
was soon stanched; but the root was yet
to be killed. A small cold steel, wrapped
about with cotton wool, was dipped into
a white liquid.
"What is that ?" asked the patient who
hal only spoken in gasps of "oh's" and
"ah's" during the performance.
81 gave q hundred dollars to find
out" answered the doctor pleasantly,
Couldn't tell for less"
"But will it hurt ?"
Every little" and he Jabbed the base
of the wart gently, "smarts a trife that's
allp
The jabbing process went on until the
spot was insensible to feeling, the doc
tor meanwhile improving his time aud
keeping up the girls Spirits by telling
stories of all the remarkable warts he
Lad conquered.
"Warts grow in classes" he said, as
he dipped into the white liquid again
"There are nervous warts, indolent
warts, obtrusive warts, and obstinate
warts. They are all of fungus growth,
fed by vegetable impurities in the blood,
for which they have an affinity. Young
people are more subject to them than old.
The majority Of my patients are ladies.
Ever see a lady that didn't have warts Z?
People with light eyes and hair are the
most subject to them took wart from
the tip of the nose of the prettiest girl
in Detroit yours is most killed A man
came here the other day with fifty warts
on his head-cured them all. There
Look in the glass !"
The patient did as directed. The
wart was gone and a beauty spot of
black court plaster was in its place her
face was celestial rosy red with delight,
and she looked as if she could have
hugged the little doctor, who prudently
retreNted to his salves.
"You don't know the modification
that wart has caused me-" she said, lay
ing generous greenback in his hand.
"I never parted with anything so will
lingly a thousand thanks, doctorw
"That's the fourth I've had to-day"
said the doctor, as he stuffed the green
back into a plethoric wallet, "only one
was q mouse"
"a mouse, doctor"
"Yes n mouse, birth mark. The
lady came up because she had seen two
others from whose features / had taken
mouse. She had one at the corner of
of her mouth, and there wasn't sur
geon in the country would touch it.
There is her address confidential, of
course. You can see her in two weeks,
aad therell be neither mouse nor scar.
1 make q speciality Of warts and moles
and birth marks, and I've had some
be-a.u-ti- full cases. It's astonishing how
many faces / have an interest in, but l
never seem to see them. The past is
past, and it is business with me-
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