The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21
Mystery of Warts.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Several years
ago I called one Sunday morning upon an expe.
rienced and able physician of New York city to con-
suit him. As I entered his office I saw him rubbing
a copper cent upon a plainly visible wart upon u
lady's fore6nger. and after 80 rubbing it he blew
upon II. saying the words Go away, wart; 20 away.
wart. two or three times. He then dismissed her,
saving % II that don't cure 1t nothing will. but come
next Sunday and let me know how 1t IT," My curl
osity was excited. and I asked him about it. He told
me he had been treating the wart with different ap-
plicahons every Sunday for two or tn rec months
without any results and had finally tried the old
German charm.
As saw him very frequently afterward, I asked
him as to the effect OF the charm. He told me the
lady came back and reported the wart as gone tho
next Sunday.
remember suffering from several oh my hands
when q boy and that they disappeared after using
some charm. I forget Just what. and never returned.
MAYS H..
To THE EDITOR OF The suN-.Sir In reference
to the interesting matter of warts now being 70.
ferred to in THE Sun, l have to say that / well re,
member my experience when q boy in having a wart
talked of Of my finger by an uncle. His method was
TO undertake 1t before breakfast, in the early morn
ing, by moistening his finger several times with
his spittle and gently rubbing and saturating, and
thereby sottening the wart. meantime appearing 10
humble some witchery in words. This process,
repeated on several mornings, ala after q time re-
move the wart. To my childish imagination this
seemed wonderful. and I thought my uncle, Of
course. awful smart. hut l am now convinced that
the secret of 1t all lay in the repeated use of the
early morning saliva. Another way which. when a
boy. ! learned for tho removal of warts was this:
While spending my summer vacations in the coun.
try l was told, and found 1t to be a fact. that by an.
plying the milk OF the milkweed to a wArt repeat.
edly it resulted in causing tho wart to dry up and
disappear. This remedy I believe to be a genuine
one for the removal of warts. JoHS =. BAxTER.
EEw YORK. May q.
To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir Ny uncle, who
was blind for forty years. removed warts with neat.
ness and despatch, His method was in passing his
hand lightly over the growth. whispering to himself
words calculated 10 drive away the trouble, and
shaking his hand loosely from tho wrist three times
and making his fingers snap in doing so. The warts
always disappeared in the time he stated and never
returned. MARTHA.
NEw HAvEN. Conn, May IL.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sur I have got much
interested in the letters from people who have been
troubled and annoyed with warts. Some years ago,
when I was a hoy. | had warts. A lady told me to
get a piece OF black cotton thread. and for every
wart tie = knot in the thread. bury whore no one
w. see whsre' ana when mo thread had rotiSd
warts simply dropped OF, to my surprise.
NEW fnrk, NAV II. FL. MCLAUGHLIS.
To THE Enron oF THE SrN-SU: AZ Il real
country boy, | must protest against the inaccuracy
of your statement that frogs make warts come. Of
course Toads are responsible for warts on boys
hands, - all country boys will testify. The chap
who confnses a frog with Q toad has got very far
from his country home. -, Y.
/ NEW YORK, May IL,