The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-06-16
..THE MYsTERY or wARTs.D

1 have been interested for some
years in the mystery of warts" says
a correspondent of the New York
Sun. Nearly forty years ago, when
a very small boy, dispelled warts
that were upon my own hands by
rubbing them with piece of COM
mon school crayon. am graduate
of New York City medical college,
and am legally qualified to practice
medicine in New York and New Jer-
sey, and I frankly admit that my
usual method of removing warts from
my patients has in recent years been
by the method of buying them. To
explain my modus operandi, usual
ly give the patient bright penny or
nickel, and assure him positively that
the warts will soon disappear that
they are mine by purchase, and SO
must leave him. Usually they disap-
pear in from four to ten weeks.
"A 4A...aaaaz- -saa4T-xuart- patients have been
.ns,son ana daughter of well-known
DOCTOR OF divinity, and girls and BOYS
of intelligence, members of our high
school, who are preparing for en-
trance into Our best univerities and
colleges. I mention this class of pa
tients to show that the plan works
upon the intelligent and the supersti-
tious. By way of illustration 1 will
narrate two instances of cure. A
mother consulted me about an enor-
nous seed wart upon the left elbow
of her son. The wart was fully as
large as silver half dollar, and when
the boy bent his arm the wart would
crack and bleed. l offered the boy a
new, bright penny for the wart, and
at trst he could not grasp the idea
that was serious in my proposal to
buy the wart. In a few weeks l was
interested to find upon examination
that exactly one-ha1f of the wart had
disappeared. 1t seemed as though
the wart had been divided through
the middle, and one-half of it had
been shaved or scraped away. 1 as
sured the boy that the remainding
portion would soon disappear, and so
it did.
A young woman behind the coun-
ter of one of our local stores had her
hands dotted all over with warts.
judged she had not less than thirty
on each hand. When 1 required why
she did not get rid of them, she said
that she had tried many remedies, but
they had all failed, and she was dis
couraged in her efforts. then offer
ed to buy them of her for a penny.
The method being SO easy and pleas
ant, she agreed to sell them to me,
and after number of weeks they all
disappeared.
1 can offer no thoroughly scientific
explanation for these facts beyond
the statement that they come under
the head of mental influence. 1 as
sert with such positiveness my ability
to dispel warts by purchase that my
patients "sub-conscious SELF or
subjective mind is impressed by
my asseveration, and, although my
claim is met by smile of incredulity,
through their belief in Inc and the
force Of my asseveration they half ex-
pect it will occur as l declare it will.
The "subconscious self, or, as Hud-
son denominates it, "the subjective
mind" presides over the activities of
our physical functions, i. e., our ply
sical life, independently of our rea-
soning faculties, Our intellect or our
objective mind (Hudson) controls
the organs of the body and admits
disease influences and impressions
unfavorable to us, and also elimi-
mates disease under favorable, force
ful suggestion.
LOOK OUT" shouted the conduc-
tor as the train was entering a tun-
mel. Just then an Irishman poked
his head out at window and came
very near being struck in the head
by projecting rock.
Faith" exclaimed Pat, when
they say look out in this country
they mean look in r"
"Do YOU keep shot?" asked the
lady.
"No, lady," replied the bibulous
hardware dealer, who had allowed
his business to run down business
is so bad lately it's IS much s 1 can
do to keep half-shot.'
THE REWARD of a thing we'll done
is to have done it.
Cry EDITOR" "How did that
deaf and dumb wedding come off 2"
Reporter-"Quietly."