Dogs are often subject to warts. They appear scattered on various parts of the skin, either of a simple form, or with spreading, fungous-like heads. If a strong solution of the nitrate of silver is applied to them with a camel-hair brush, they will usually gradually dwindle away without any soreness or pain.

Sometimes they appear on the lips, and, frequently bleeding from the motion of the lips or tongue, some of the blood is conveyed into the mouth, and the whole of the interior surface of the mouth becomes covered with them. This is a sad nuisance to the dog, for he can eat no solid food, and scarcely lap enough to keep himself alive. The nitrate of silver must be daily applied over the whole of them, and it will be most conveniently used in the solid form over the greater part, if not the whole, of the mouth. If a solution is resorted to, some care must be taken that the brush Is not too wet, and that as little as possible of the fluid is swallowed.

When warts appear on the inside of the prepuce or vagina, the lunar caustic in its solid form will speedily remove them.

Now and then they appear on the eyelids, and if they grow on, or incline to, the inner edge, they are a source of insufferable annoyance, by entering into or pressing upon the eye. Many a severe inflammation of the «ye has been produced by the constant irritation of a wart, and the disease has gone on to absolute blindness, because the owner or the practitioner has been too careless to notice a diminutive wart that grew half concealed a little within the lid.

The method of removal will depend on the situation and the size of the wart. If it is small, and lies towards the inside of the ltd, it may be cut off with a sharp pair of scissors, and the root lightly touched with the caustic, finely pointed. If it lies more on the outside it will be best got rid of by means of a ligature of very fine waxed silk, as the bleeding and propagation of the wart will be thus avoided.