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Show WARTS ARE CATCHING. Most people .ire somewhat familiar with warts, and not a few have had a close and intimate acquaintance with one or moro of these fellows that stlcketh closer than a brother. That acquaintance has never rlppened Into friendship nor love In any Instance that can be called to nlnd, and from common expression It Is judged that most people would prefer a case of yellow yel-low fover or diphtheria to the sudden appearance of a number of these bulbs at any place on the anatomy. For that reason any dissertation on the prevention pre-vention of this recurrent "malady1 will prove of Interest and we here present expsrt opinion from "The National Druggist" which says: "Recent experiments show that the popular belief that warts arc communicable commu-nicable Is warranted. Inoculation of healthy tissue with blood obtained from a wart will causa tho growth of a similar excresence. It Is thought that these growths contain an ultra-mlcroscoplo ultra-mlcroscoplo germ to which Is due the transmission from one person to another. an-other. If an emulsion of wart tissue be filtered through a BerKefleld filter and Injected into healthy tissue, small excrescences aunear in the course of several months, which rapidly develop into typical warts. Repeated, trials to obtain a culture of the microorganism, microorgan-ism, it such really exist, failed. These Investigations would favor a soluble toxin Instead of a microorganism. This might easily be deposited upon the towel and hence to another person. per-son. At all events, persons who have w.irts should take measures to have them removed at once." |