. Hand-book of skin diseases for students and practitioners . return after removal. WARTS, OR VERRUGA. These usually come under the care of the surgeon. Theyconsist of hypertrophy-of the papillae of the cutis, and of thecuticle which covers them. They are either rounded, filiform,or flat. The filiform or digitated wart is seen on the are sometimes smooth on the surface, but more com-monly uneven, presenting elevations corresponding with thesummits or the papillae, and depressions corresponding to theintervals between them. The depressions are sometimes sodeep as to split the wart in
. Hand-book of skin diseases for students and practitioners . return after removal. WARTS, OR VERRUGA. These usually come under the care of the surgeon. Theyconsist of hypertrophy-of the papillae of the cutis, and of thecuticle which covers them. They are either rounded, filiform,or flat. The filiform or digitated wart is seen on the are sometimes smooth on the surface, but more com-monly uneven, presenting elevations corresponding with thesummits or the papillae, and depressions corresponding to theintervals between them. The depressions are sometimes sodeep as to split the wart into a number of distinct papillae of which they consist are either short or long;they vary also in shape, and are more or less numerous ineach wart. Each papilla is supplied with a single vascular 1 Soc. Trans., vol. 37, p. 155. WARTS. 225 loop, or several loops, which come near the epidermis cover-ing the papilla. Warts are found occasionally beneath or at the side of theringer or toe-nails; they are softer in texture and more rapid. Section of a wart, from the armpit, magnified nineteen times. The enlarged papillae ofthe sensitive skin, inclosed in conical sheaths of scarf-skin are seen. a. One of the enlargedpapillae, b. Its sheaths of scarf-skin. in growth than other warts. They originate from the sensi-tive skin beneath the nail, between its free margin and thematrix; they are often very painful. Verruca cmfluens is a term used by Mr. Erasmus Wilsonto designate a variety of warts found chiefly on the neck,the upper part of chest, and the backs of the hands and of an aggregation of closely-packed papillae, oftensmooth on the surface, and without any evident indicationof the isolation of its component papillae; but on pinchingup the skin of the part its surface will break up into minutefissures showing its papillary structures, which has been com-pared to coarse plush. These growths are of uncertain sizeand shape; they may occur in patc
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