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ruble Leprojy, which indifcriminately 

 attacks all the different tribes of people 

 inhabiting thofe parts of America which 

 are fituated between the Tropics. The 

 diftinguifhing characteriftic appearances 

 of this difeafe are, a fwelling on the tips 

 of the ears ; an eruption of red tu- 

 bercles, or bumps, of different fizes, 

 on the face, neck, limbs, &c. which, 

 after fome time, frequently affume a 

 livid, or copper colour, and become 

 fchirrous, often ulcerating, and dis- 

 charging a fetid ichor : the features 

 of the face fwell and enlarge, the eye- 

 brows are inflated, and their hair, toge- 

 ther with the beard, fall off •> the alee 

 naji are tumified and fcabrous, the no- 

 ftrils patulous, and fometimes ulcerated, 

 as is alfo the feptum naji, which is then 

 depreffed, together with the nofe. The 

 lips alfo fwell, the voice becomes hoarfe, 

 and the nails rugofe and fcabrous. In 

 procefs of time the difeafe corrodes the 



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