t6o ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Infants of the month have had a redneft 

 in the lower part of the belly, buttocks, 

 thighs, and part of the legs, where fome- 

 times it terminates abruptly in a ring, 

 and has been lufpevfled for the difeafe. 

 In ibmp of thefe there was an inflAmma- 

 tion, and watery fhiaing fwelling of the 

 pudenda, or natural parts, A more cer- 

 tain appearance in fuch fabje^ls fDme- 

 what older are broad red patches, as large 

 as the pal'T» of the hand, over all rhe 

 trunk, as well as ii nbs, attended with in- 

 flammation A clufter, or clufters, of 

 fmall puftules come out ; the Ikin grows 

 dry and peels ojBP, leaving a new tender 

 £kin beneath ; and this will happen a 

 great many times, fometimes in one place, 

 fometimes in another. Scabby eruptions 

 were often met with on the fcalp, fore- 

 head, infide of the thighs, groins, and 

 parts contiguous ; where frequently fmall 

 hardnelTes juft within the Ikin, caufed 

 very troublefome itching. nflamma- 

 tion, forenefles, and excrefcences about 

 the fundament were frequent. It has ap" 

 pcared too on the brealt, Ihoulders. and 



elfewhere, 



