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frequently from the face it spreads over the hairy scalp, or de- 

 scends on some part of the neck. As the redness spreads, it 

 commonly disappears, or at least decreases, in the parts it had 

 before occupied. All the parts upon which the redness appears, 

 are, at the same time, affected with some swelling, which con- 

 tinues for some time after the redness has abated. The whole 

 face becomes considerably turgid ; and the eye-lids are often so 

 much swelled as entirely to shut up the eyes. 



DCC. When the redness and swelling have proceeded for 

 some time, there commonly arise, sooner or later, blisters of a 

 larger or smaller size, on several parts of the face. These con- 

 tain a thin yellowish or almost colourless liquor, which sooner or 

 later runs out. The surface of the skin in the blistered places, 

 sometimes becomes livid and blackish ; but this livor seldom goes 

 deeper than the surface, or discovers any degree of gangrene 

 affecting the skin. On the parts of the surface not affected with 

 blisters, the cuticle suffers towards the end of the disease a con- 

 siderable desquamation. 



Sometimes the tumour of the eye-lids ends in a suppuration. 



DCCI. The inflammation coming upon the face does not 

 produce any remission of the fever, which had before prevailed ; 

 and sometimes the fever increases with the increasing and spread- 

 ing inflammation. 



DCCII. The inflammation usually continues for eight or ten 

 days ; and, for the same time, the fever and symptoms attending 

 it also continue. 



DCC II I. In the progress of the inflammation, the delirium 

 and coma attending it sometimes go on increasing, and the pa- 

 tient dies apoplectic on the seventh, ninth, or the eleventh day 

 of the disease. In such cases, it has been commonly supposed 

 that the disease is translated from the external to the internal 

 parts. But I have not seen any instance in which it did not ap- 

 pear to me, that the affection of the brain was merely a commu- 

 nication of the external affection, as this continued increasing at 

 the same time with the internal. 



" Another circumstance which belongs to Erysipelas, or is 

 commonly supposed to belong to it, is, that it is of a moveable 

 nature, readily admitting of a translation from one part of the 

 body to another very distant. I have seen extremely few in- 



