The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-08-16
WARTS.
The Way in Which They are Re-
moved With Neatness and Dis.
patch--A Peculiar Branch of
the Science of Surgery.

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A very handsome young lady entered
the aesthetic Office of 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; "1
shonld think had-bushels of them"
Sand do they leave any scar p
"Not scar, 'rsaid the doctor "Why
that is the secret Qfmy success anybody
can take pff-ssA sdl leave scar, but
I@eTadicate the whole business and leave
the skin absolutely without mark ("
"What is your fee, doctor ?" contin-
ued the fair patient, who was as nervous
as if she had ventured into den of
lions.
"Anywhere from 81 to S25, accord
ing to the size of the wart, the number
Of visits and the difficulty of operation,
il you will take seat in the other room
| will examine your case"
The "other room" was small Office
neatly fitted up with shelf full of small,
fine instruments much resembling the
tools in dentists Office.
A bargain was made and 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.
"It 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, omnipresent
and overshado wing. The little doctor
picked out minute instrument aud took
the dimensions OF the wart, then he put
on a tiny pair of forceps, and in see
ond 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
8 white liquid.
"What is that?" asked the patient
who had only spoken in gasps OF "oh's"
and "ah's" during the performance.
81 gave hundred dollars to fad out.
answered the doctor pleasantly, 'could
not tell for less"
"But will it hurt ?"
"Very little" and he jabbed the base
of the wart gently "smarts triaa, that's
all 7"
The jsbbing process went on until the
spot was nsensible to feeling; the doctor
meanwhile improving bis time and keep.
ing up the girls spirits by telling stories
of all the remarkable warts he had con-
quered.
"Warts grow in classes" be said as
he dipped. into the white liquid again.
There are nervous warts. iddUlent warts,
obtrusive warts, and obstinate wsrts
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 msj,rity of nv patients are
ladies Ever see lady that didn't have
wsrts9 People with light hair aud eyes
are the most subject to them; took
wart from the tip OF the nose of the
prettiest girl 10 Detroit; yours is most
killed. A man came here the other day
with. ffty warts on his head-cured them
all. There! Look in the glass"
The patient did as directed. The wsrt
was gone aud beauty spot of black
court plaster was iu its place; her face
was celestial rosy red with delight, and
she looked as if she could have hugged
the little doctor. who prudently retreat-
ed to his salves
"You don't know the modification
that wart has caused me-" she said, lay
ing a generous greenback in his hand.
81 never parted With anything so will
lingly; a thousand thanks, doctor"
"Thats the fourth I've had to-dsy,"
said the doctor, as he stuffed the green
back into plethoric wallet, "only one
was mouse"
IA mouse, doctor I"
Eyes, a mouse, q birth The
lady came uo because she had seen two
others from whose features l had taken
a mouse. She had one at the corner of
her mouth, and there wasn't surgeon
in the country would touch it. There
is her address-confdential OF course
You can see her in two weeks, and
there'll be neither mouse nor scar l
make speciality OF warts and moles
and birth.marks, and I've had some
be-a-u-ti-ful cases. It's astonishing how
many faces l have an interest In. but |
never seem to see them. The past is
past, aud it is business with me-"