136 PARCY. 



monious state of the blood itself; which, by- 

 its accumulating force and morbid pun* 

 gency, soon exceeds the bounds prescribed 

 by nature, making its way to the surface, 

 by a corrosion of the vessels in which it was 

 contained. The coat is raised in different 

 parts (as they become affected) with variouj^ 

 small prominences, bearing the appearance 

 of bunches of berries, branching off in di- 

 rect uniformity with the veins. Soon after 

 their appearance they are generally covered 

 with a small scab or eschar, which, as they 

 advance to maturation, peel off, and the 

 pustules discharge a sharp serous ichor, or a 

 gelatinous, adhesive, putrid matter, forming 

 ulcers of a more or iess inveterate appear- 

 ance, according to the degree of disease. 



Previous to the present improved and ra- 

 tional system of cure, it may be applicable to 

 introduce one of the promised observa- 

 tions upon the dangerous and almost ob- 

 solete practice of others, or rather the most 

 cruel experiments and infernal persecutions 

 that were ever invented, or could be sup- 

 posed to enter into the mind of man for the 

 prevention or cure of disease. In the last 



