1^4 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Hitherto the difeafe has been confi- 

 ned to the lower ranks. Some, however, 

 of good condition have loft children by 

 it ; and, ii great care is not taken, it may 

 find a way into the beft families. The 

 young and the full grown are equally the 

 lubje(5ls of this infef^ion. Thofe of more 

 advanced years feem lefs liable to be m- 

 fe^fled. The fex^ from their tender 

 frame, and children, for the fame reafoQi 

 are moft fufceptible of it. 



It is propagated by ufing the fame 

 fpooQb and knives, and wiping with the 

 icime cloth, the infeded have ufed, with- 

 out cleanfing or walhing them ; drinking 

 cut of the fame glals or cup j fmoaking 

 xvith the fame pipe; flsepin;^- with the 

 infected, or in the fame bed cloathi they 

 have lain in ; and handling their fores ; 

 by fucking or giving luck j fainting or 

 kifling ; and fondling children, or feed- 

 ing them in an uncleanly vc^ay. Nor is it 

 nnlikely, that, in certain circumflances, 

 the breath may become infectious. 



A proof that the difeafe is propagated 

 cbitfly by the v/ant of cleanlinefs, is, 



that 



