PHYSICAL AND LITERARY. i6i 



elfewhere, as a herpes exedem, or eating 

 tetter ; healing in one part wdile it broke 

 out in another adjoining, and leaving 

 great deformity of the flan. Of late, 

 fome have been feen with tubercles, or 

 little hard knots y upon the face, pretty nu* 

 merous, in figure and fize refembling 

 fmall-pox at the height, but of a reddifh 

 colour. They are attended with great 

 heat and tumor, fo as fometimes to fhuc 

 up the eyes. One had them fpread thick 

 over the whole body with matter, as la 

 the confluent fmall-pox, and died when 

 the fwelling began to fubfide. In others, 

 when not fo numerous, they gradually 

 decay without coming to matter. Some 

 have the tumor without tubercles ; the 

 fcarf-fkin throwing ofi*, from time to 

 time, in fine, white, net-like fl-ikes, as 

 foon as renewed, prorn fmall bright red 

 fpots, tubercles, redder than thofe juft 

 mentioned, are produced. Thefe run to- 

 gether in fpme places, and form a flat 

 fmooth rifiog, which no^v becomes of tiie 

 ufual colpur of the fkin, and may flight- 

 ly ulcerate. \t ihews itfelf likewife in a 

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