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From the Book: Journal of the American Podiatry Association, Volume 12, p. 12,1922
From observation I am brought to the conclusion that warts are caused by a filtrable virus of ultra microscopic size which has so far eluded identification, by infecting the skin through minute abrasions.
Warts are hypertrophic prolongations of papillae arising from a circumscribed area of the papillary layer of the derma and are surrounded by a collar of hornified epithelium. There are many species of warts.
Verruca Acumminata -These warts are moist and very resistent in treatment. Unlike the common wart, which attains a certain point and then stops growing, the moist wart keeps on increasing in size rapidly, paricularly when it is irritated.
Antiseptics should be used. First thoroughly wash with tincture of green soap and a small quantity of 95% alcohol or ether over it. It should then be rendered aseptic by a liberal use of tincture of iodine or a 1% solution of picric acid. Fulguration can then be used. After the removal of the wart, the immediate parts should be kept dry thereafter by dressing three times a day with powdered boric acid and a 95% solution of alcohol.
Verruca Digitata is composed of hypertrophied papillae, are longer than the common wart, and are separated from each other, extending from 2 to 8 millimeters, and are only found on the face and surface of the hands.
Verrucae Planataris are the same as common warts, except they occur only on the plantar surfaces of the feet and toes, and in the inter-digital spaces. The outward appearances of plantar warts is quite different from warts on the hands or face on account of the ever-present moisture, and the constant pressure of the shoes in walking. They are surrounded and covered over by a thickened horny epidermis or callous.A wart hidden in a callous, and therefore not recognized until the callous is removed, and the tops of the hypertrophied papillæ are apparent showing its warlike nature. Plantar warts are usually very painful to pressure, and cause much annoyance, especially if they occur on the ball of the foot or the heel or between the toes.
Verrucae Fillimoris are thread-like warts, are similar to the common wart, except they are composed of one or more hypertrophied papillae from 8 to 15 millimeters in length, and are most commonly seen on the nose and eyelids.
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