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scratched off the blisters, which exuded a large amount of serum. The woman, 
who had had no children for three years and a half, and had nursed none of her 
children, had at first excessive swellings of the breasts, which discharged at first 
serum, afterwards perfect milk; a very copious secretion of milk lasted for eight 
days. The secretion of urine was at first suppressed, and in spite of all diuretics 
and other remedies, not a single drop was secreted for eight days. During the 
whole illness there was a constant distressing itching, On the sixth day everything 
disappeared, with desquamation. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 153. 
1 Top of a @owering plant, Salem, Mass., July 8th, 1835. 
2. Male flower. 
3. Stamen. 
4. Female flower. 
5. Fruit, with calyx. 
6. Seed: 
7. Sting. 
(2-7 enlarged.) 
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