WARTS, the name of small tumours or excrescences which occur on the cuticle. Like all other epidermoid tumours, they are unorgan ised in their origin and course. They are generally of a conical form, embrace only a small extent of surface, are hard, insensible, and in colour are usually darker than the surrounding surface. In structure they have a radiated character. Their growth is slow, and they derive their nutriment from the cutia over which they lie. The parts of the body on which these excrescences most frequently occur are the hands and face, although they aro by no means confined to these localities. They are of an innocent character, and produce no ill consequences, except by pressure, when they occur in such parts as between the fingers and toes or on the eyelids.
When stimulated strongly, they generally get smaller or disappear altogether. Hence the best mode of treatment is the application of stimulants. It is however a curious fact that they often disappear
under the use of the simplest remedies, when more violent ones have failed to affect them. The most effectual remedy is cutting them away. When this may be objected to, the caustic applicatious recommended are nitrate of silver, strong acetic acid, inuriated tincture of iron, or a powder composed of subacetate of copper and sabine in equal parts, or the application of a hair-pencil dipped in sulphuric or nitric acid.
The thin integuments situated DWI' the anus are often found to be the scat of excrescences having the character of warts. They are of all sizes, from a pea to an orauge. When small, they may be removed by the application of the stimulants recommended above ; sod when large, they should be cut away with the knife.