Diseases of the Skin

Treatment of Simple Warts by Internal Remedies. By Br. Arthur Hall (British Journal of Dermatology, March, 1906).?The writer published a case in the British Journal of Dermatolor/y, vol. xvi, p. 262, in which numerous warts of the scalp, of two years' duration, disappeared absolutely in two or three weeks after the administration of sulphate of magnesium during that time. Dr. Chalmers Watson afterwards referred Dr. Hall to a case which he had published, pointing out that the particular drug (sulphate of magnesium) was not essential, but that free purgation was the factor of importance in treatment. In support of this theory Dr. Hall publishes the present case. The patient, a girl, aged 14, had the dorsa of both wrists, hands, and fingers literally covered with warts, preventing her from working as a domestic servant.