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waited the gradual advances of their 

 natural warmth in the open air. I 

 leave it to the decifion of the gen- 

 tlemen of the faculty, whether this too 

 hafty approach to the fire may not fub- 

 jedl them to a diforder I obferved 

 among them, called the elephantiafis, or 

 fwelling of the legs*. 



The divers having returned to their 

 boats, we continued to row till towards 

 evening, when we landed upon a low 

 point. As foon as the canoes were haul- 

 ed up, they employed themfelves in 



* There are two very different diforders incident to the 

 human body, which bear the fame name, derived from 

 fome refemblance they hold with different parts of the 

 animal fo well known in the countries to which thefe dif- 

 ordersare peculiar. That which was firft fo named is the 

 Jeprofy, which brings a fcurf on the fkin not unlike the 

 hide of an elephant. The other affe&s the patient with 

 fuch enormous fwellings of the legs and feet, that they 

 give the idea of thofe fhapelefs pillars which fupport that 

 creature ; and therefore this difeafe has alfo been culled 

 elephantiafis by the Arabian phyficians ; who, together 

 with the A'lalabarians, among whom it is endemial, attri- 

 bute it to the drinking bad waters, and the too fuddea 

 transitions from heat to cold. 



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