15^ ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



the jbldiers he put in garrifon there. 

 With us it is frequently, but improperly, 

 •called the T'lV'j ; which is a very diffe- 

 rent malady. From a fuppofed difference 

 of caufes, lome imagme, it is as im-^ 

 proper to call it venereal. However, to 

 exprefs in fome fort the nature of it, it is 

 here clafled with a dileale, to which, if 

 not the fame, it has an exact refembUnce, 

 bo h in its lymptoms and cure } and it is 

 no lels infedtious. 



I. It fir it appeared here in the form 

 of a fore throat, or an inflammation of 

 the uvula or pap of the haivj'e, as it ia 

 termed, and neighbourmg i»arts. 1 he 

 ionfUs, or almonds oj the ears^ were otten 

 iupeificialiy ulcerated, appearing either 

 raw, or covered with a white flough. 

 Frequently there was a thrufh, that is, 

 ix:hite JpCiks and Jloughs^ upon the roof 

 nf the mouth dod miide ol the checks 

 and lipi^, v,'hich commonly ihewed itielf 

 at the corners of the mouth, in a Imall 

 liiing Oi the flcin, oi a pearl or whey co» 

 lour ; where iik:f:wife a very imall excre- 

 A:ence or /'-;//}' jproutm^ like a rafp, often ■ 



appeared, 



