These  Tumors  occur  on  various  parts  of  the  surface  of  tiie
body,  are  smooth,  non-elastic,  pendulous,  and  movable;  they
slowly  increase  without  pain,  often  to  a  very  great  size;  attain
their  greatest  development  in  warm  climates — especially  in  ih^
Hindu  and  negro  races — where  they  have  been  met  with  of  aa
enormous  weight  and  size.
Treatment. — If  Wens  are  likely  to  be  amenable  to  medicinee^
Bary.-Carb.,  SiL,  K-Hydriod.,  Calc-C,  and  Sulph.,  are,  we
believe,  the  most  appropriate.  In  our  own  practice  we  have
found  excision  generally  needful,  and  have  thus  removed  many
without  their  ever  returning.     But  Dr.  Belcher  has  recorded  a


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case  in  which  a  crop  of  Wens  on  the  head,  of  very  old  stand-
ing, rapidly  disappeared  under  a  short  course  of  K.-Hydriod.
(IxdiL).
Warts.
Definition. — ^A  small,  hard  tumor,  consisting  of  elongated
and  enlarged  papillse  of  the  cutis  vera,  clothed  with  a  stratum
of  hypertrophied  and  hardened  cuticle,  chiefly  affecting  the  hands
and  face  of  young  persons,  appearing  and  disappearing  without
any  particular  known  cause.
Treatment.  -Thuya. — The  Warts  should  be  painted  twice
daily  with  the  matrix  tincture;  at  the  same  time  a  dilution  (3x)  of
Thuya  may  be  administered  morning  and  night  The  latter  is
especially  necessary  when  the  Warts  appear  in  crops.  This  course
may  be  followed  for  a  week  or  two,  And  if  improvement  ensue,
as  it  generally  does,  the  treatment  should  be  continued  longer.
