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THE TBEATMENT OF WARTS.
Questions are often asked as to best means
of getting rid of warty tumours on the skin
of horses and other animals. A correspondent
last week asked our advice in the case of
an old horse which had a considerable somber
of these excrescences in positions where
the friction of the harness caused a good
deal of annoyance. It waB remarked in this
instance that the warts had broad bases of
attachment to tbe skin. The qaestion of
treatment mast be determined in every case
by the situation and character of the growth.
Warts differ very much in form and position,
and also in their essential character. Th»
most common forms of warts are mer< Jy
masses of simple fibrous structure, covered
with a thick layer of scarf skin or cuticle;
other varieties partake of the malignant
character, aud will grow again and again
after removal. In sheep, warts also show a
considerable variety. Sjme are almost flat,
looking like patches of hardened skin,
scarcely raised above the level of the surface.
Such warts are commonly found on the eidec
of the face; bnt now and then this disease!
state of the integument is more extensive,
and we have seen instances of a warty condition
of the greater part of the skin of one
side.
Warts are also found to assume the grapy
form, appearing in clastersy.4n the skin of
tbe legs and other parts. < In other cases the
tumours have small stalks 'or pedioles which
connect them with tbe vasoular surface of
the skin; and in many oases they protrude
in the form of small tumours from the trne
skin, having maob tbe same relation to it ag
an acorn has to its cup.
Encysted warts are a variety of fibrous
tumours which can hardly be termed wartB
proper, because they are quite covered with
healthy skin, and would not therefore be
generally reoognised as "warty ezoresoenceB."
Warts may be found on all parts of the
body, but the moat nsual sites are the inside
of tbe thighs, ebeath, side of the face, ears,
lips, and eyelids; it is often remarked that
warts generally appear in the most inconvenient
positions, where they are most likely
to be rubbed by some part of the harness.
This fact becomes something more than a
coincidence when it is remembered that
friotion and pressure are the ordinaryeiciting
causeB of warts io animals whioh are
susceptible to them, and, therefore, the harness
very often prodnceB tbe inconvenient
excrescence whioh proves to be so much in
the way.
The removal of warts is to be effected in
most cases by surgical means. Setting
aside, as beyond our province, the'method of
oharming them away, a process which some
wise people in.the country claim to excel in,
the only wayB of getting rid of warts are to
oat, burn, or pnll them off.
The first method is most effeotive when
applied to large warts, which extend over a
large surface. Anyone who is aooastomed
to the use of,the scalpel out perform tbe
operation, and generally it is perfeotly eneeessfoL
When there are many warts to b»
removed, it is necessary to cast the horae;
bat if only two or tbiee are to be eat off, a
side line and twitob will restrain tine movements
of the Animal sufficiently. In tbil
seoond method caustics arfe nsually employed
in preference to the hot iron, and -it
ie certain th&t tbe plan u *ery eftectnal, bi4
to eome extent dangerous. ' Tbe wboleBtra*
|nre of .the tnmonr isdeBtroyed'apd eometimeB
a large Blsogh oomes away, leaving am
ugly jbole to be filled op. Anenio made 1Mb
tJgf&'vW*.tofofc .«»• most aottTe
" «ui ba |uea j fejft 4k
be applied resj carefully ia naffi

quantities to tbe raw surface of the wart,
otherwise mash damage to the surrounding
structure may be this result. Acetic acid,
carbolic acid, chloride of zinc, and nitrateof
lilver may be need for the same purpose'with
greater safety bat they are not BO effectual in
their action.
Tbe tbird method includes tbe use of
ligatureB and forceps; means which can only
be applied to warts wbioh have a neck or
pedicle which can be grasped by pincers or
encircled by a ligature; warts which are
pendant from the sheath and other parts,
may be summarily disposed of in this way,
or they may be enclosed in & ligature and
allowed to remain until they become dead
tissue, and fall. Bach method has its
special advantages, and in all cases it
requires practical knowledge and skill to
apply the proper remedy to tbe particular
form of the disease.—Agricultural Gazette.
THB COMING EMOTIONS.—Dr. L. L. Smith
bas announced his intention to stand for
Richmond. Mr. Munro is out for Carlton.
Messrs. W. levers, Anderson, and Story for
North Melbourne; the first-named gentleman
is tbe favourite, we believe, of the National
Reform League. The - following are also
mentioned as candidates:—For Avoca—Mr.
H. B. Daly. For Evelyn—Mr. E. H.
Cameron, tbe present member; Mr. J. Sabelberp
(defeated at the last eleotion); Mr. J.
Follerton, of the Victorian Protection
League. For East Bourke—The Hon. R.
Ramsay, one of the present representatives;
Mr. G. D. M'Cormack, president of the
Darebin shire; Mr. W. J. Lobb; and Mr. J.
Landells, who is described by the Evelyn
Observer as a wood-carter of Coburg. For
Rodney—Mr. T. Spencer. For South Bourke
—Mr. J. B. Crews and Mr. Frank Stephen;
and for Kara Kara —Mr. Thomas Mawsou,
said by the St. Arnaud Timet to be ex-towncrier
of Pleasant Creek; also Mr. Warton,
Mr. Dow. and Mr. Walker; Mr. F. R.
Godfrey for St. Kilda; Mr. Woods and Mr.
M'Kellar for Stawell; Mr. Gatehouse for
East Melbourne ; and Sir John O'Sbanassy
for Maryborough. The Ballarat Star mentions
that a requisition will be pre.
Rented to Mr. C. B. Finlayson, barrister,
asking him to contest one of the three
seats for Ballarat West. For South
Gippgland, in addition to Mr. F. C. Mason
the sittiog member, Dr. Macartney and Mr.
W. Sykes, of Warrigal Creek, Woodside, are
mentioned. Mr. David Newell, mayor of
Footscray, is mentioned as a probable candidate
for the new electorate of Footscray.

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