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consequence of certain obstructions, are 

 subject also to (Edematous swellings of the 

 feet. 



I have not heard of a single instance of 

 jaundice. 



Some elderly people are afflicted with 

 asthma ; and hoarsenesses now and then 

 occur in the winter and spring. 



The stone and gout are entirely unknown 

 amongst the Laplanders. 



Swellings of the lower extremities are 

 uncommon, as these people are in the habit 

 of swathing their legs, which renders them 

 all slender and well shaped. All dropsical 

 complaints indeed are very rare, though I 

 did meet with one case of this kind. 



Of tenesmus I happened to hear of but 

 a single instance, though the Laplanders 

 eat so much cheese and drink water. 



Disorders in the stomach are not un- 

 common, which are frequently attended 

 with diarrhcea^ and in some years this dis- 

 ease is contagious. 



The specimens of minerals which I had 

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