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and the mouth large. The margins of the nostrils 

 and the upper lip are frequently swollen, and the 

 edges of the eyelids, devoid of hairs, often present 

 a red, raw margin, which greatly disfigures the face. 

 The whole expression is dull, heavy, and more or less 

 repulsive, the very antipodes of the quick, eager, 

 apirituelU, and often beautiful face seen in the phthi- 

 sical type. Nor does the dissimilarity to type stop 

 here, for in the scrofulous we find the bones thick 

 and heavy, with their ends, and consequently the 

 joints, large. The head is often large and misshapen, 

 the hands short, the fingers thick, the figure stunted, 

 with a decided inclination to pot belly. Sometimes 

 the skin is so loaded with greasy sebaceous matter as 

 to give it a dirty, scaly look. Discharges from the 

 eyes, nose, and ears are common, and such discharges 

 are often most offensive, as is frequently the perspira- 

 tion of the feet. In such individuals the circulation 

 is' always weak, as shown by the cold hands and feet ; 

 the digestion is generally poor, and they are liable to 

 " colds " on the slightest exposure. The glands round 

 the jaws are nearly always more or less enlarged, and 

 they are liable to the formation of abscesses, which 

 run a remarkably chronic course. Slight injuries, 

 which in the healthy would hardly be noticed, in the 

 scrofulous set up inflammations which often lead to 

 ulcerations of the soft tissues, destruction of joints, 

 and disease of the bones themselves, which often con- 

 tinue for years. They are also liable to many of the 

 most severe and intractable forms of skin disease, in 



