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OBSERVATIONS on PEMPHIGUS, by STEPHEN 



DICKSON, M. D. Fellow of the College of Phyfcians, 

 a?id one of the King's ProfeJJbrs of Phyjic in the City of 

 Dublin, M. R. I. A. &c. 



Vera Experiemia nafcitur e compluribus obfervationibus, n)agna diligentia, attentione & 

 cura notatis, quse integram raorbi hiftoriam, cum omnibus ad rem pertinentibus circum- 

 ftantiis comple(5hintur. 



Hoffman. 



X EMPHIGUS is a difeafe of very rare occurrence, and many Read May 

 phyficians in extenfive pradice have never met with an inftance '' '' * 

 of it. However, fix have fallen within my obfervatlon, three in 

 Scotland, one in England, and two in this kingdom. I men- 

 tion this circumftance as an apology for writing on this fubjed : 

 Had the fame opportunities occurred to men of more enlarged 

 experience, I fhould have been filent. I am alfo aware that 



uncommon 



