I'j6 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATION^ 



fturbance in the body, or break out a- 

 galn feme where elfe, in artother fliape, 

 and with more violence. One having' 

 a flight ravvnefs of a finger, handled an 

 infectious fore, not knowing it to be fo. 

 The part put on a bad appearance. 

 Great pains were taken to heal it , but 

 the confequence was a fore throat, hoarfe- 

 Jiefs, tumor, and ulcerations. This 

 has happened to others from the fame 

 caufe. 



The information now given is writ- 

 ten at the defire of fome who are much 

 afFe(5led with the unhappy fituation 

 of the people in many places ; and with 

 a defign, that all being acquainted of 

 the danger, may heartily unite their en- 

 deavours to put a flop to the progrefs of 

 fo grievous a malady ; and at the fame 

 time fo difgraceful, as naftinefs is the 

 chief caufe of its continuance and in- 

 creafe. The infedled, except in higher 

 cafes, are, by a proper method, eaiily 

 cured. Prevention, however, is the fure 

 way to extirpate the diftemper j and no- 

 thing, 



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