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fingers and toes with a dry, fordid^ 

 fcabby, and gangrenous ulcer, from 

 whence they putrefy, and feparate, joint 

 after joint. The legs are commonly 

 fwelied, fcaly, and indurated, and often 

 covered with tubercles. The fkin on 

 the face arTumes a mining appearance, 

 and the breath becomes offenfive. The 

 difeafe attacks differently, but often 

 fuddenly, efpecially when the fames 

 morbi, or latent feeds of the diforder, 

 are prematurely expelled by a crapula, 

 or forfeit, grofs food, or inordinate paf- 

 fions. It is univerfally deemed infecti- 

 ous, and Lepers are (eparated from the 

 fociety of mankind. The Ifland of De- 

 fir ad e is appropriated for the reception 

 of all thofe unhappy perfons who are 

 attacked by this diforder in the French 

 Colonies in America. In this country 

 they are ufually fent into the Woods, 

 where they build houfes and plant fields 

 for their own ufe, and thus wear out a 



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