1 62 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



foulnefs of the face of different kinds •, 

 fometlmes with the fame fort of eruption 

 over all the body. 



There are other appearances and 

 circumftances not fo necefTary to be 

 known, as they may be thought too mi- 

 nute, or do not fo generally occur, and 

 therefore are omitted. One great fymp- 

 tom, however, mult not be paifed over, 

 which, though it has never been obferved 

 here, is common enough in other places. 



6. A N itchy tetter, or ringworm, breaks 

 out in a round form, which, by fcratch- 

 ing, or of itfelf, turns raw, and does not 

 fcab, but ooses an ichorous humour. la 

 a fliort time a fungus, ov Jpiingy fuhjlance^ 

 fprouts up, much like a rafp or a flraw- 

 berry, elevated one Half above the furface, 

 and, when fully formed, appears as if fet 

 in a focket cut in the flefli exa<5tly to re- 

 ceive it. 



But fom.ctimes the iov^ is cruftcd over 

 with a black fcab, except at the edges, 

 where there is a crack or ring^ like the 

 line of feparation between a mortified 

 and a found part ; from which the fame 



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