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ranks follow thefe practices from the earlieft time, and aftei? having 



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pafTed through the embraces of hundreds, are married to the fir ft 



people of the ifle. 



It is therefore no wonder, that in a hot climate^ 



in a libidinous nation. 



ned to the leprofy and 



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braaches, a difeafe fhould pullulate,, which may become contagious 



)rtunities of obferving tl^e. 



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only by cohabitation. We had opportunities 



moft miferable objeds in the laft ftage of this horrid evil. 



Huaheine efpecially, we faw ia 1 774>, a youth witli a cadaverous 



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look and complexicn,. covered with ulcers,, efpecially under the 

 arms, on. the groin,, -and about the genitals,. 



and wherever a. 



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geries of glands is found in the human body 



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eyes were 



almoil extind, his- whole frame greatlv reduced and emaciated 



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he dragged after h 



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languid, exiruciated limb 



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vi£lim of brutal appetite and libidinous defire. 



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• * That the venereal difeafe is By bo means to be confiderccV as an evil imported' into* 

 Europe from America,, has been fufficiently proved by Mr. Sanchez, a very able and learned 

 phyfician^ (who. has bcpn for fo me. time in. Raffia; in two little Treatlfes intitledr 



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Jbiffertation fur Vorigine de la maladle Vencrhnne^ Varls^ ^^^t l^-"^^* Examtn Hiftorique fur 

 tafpariiion "de la maladle Venerlenne en Europe^ Lijhoriney^ (Paris) 1774.- It appears from hisv 

 inquiries that the venereal difeafe appeared fo early as In March,. 1493, ^^ I^^^X^? ^^^ ^^' 

 Auvergne in France ; at the very time when Chriilopher Columbus returned to Spain frora^ 



America; for he landed at Seville, on the 15th of March^ 1493, and la the middle of 

 April in the fame year he arrived at court, which then relided at Barcelona. ^ From a bookv 



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of Pf/^r P/;^/<?r^ a Span ifli phyfician it appears,, thai the venereal difeafe raged at Rome^ 



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