Male and female, young, middle-aged, 

 and old, black and white, are now all fubjedt 

 to its attack; and, in walking the ftreets, the 

 eye is diftrefled, at almoft every corner, with 

 die appearance of this hideous deformity. 



The difeafe ufually begins with an affec- 

 tion of the inguinal glands, from whence a 

 red ftreak, or line of inflammation extends 

 down the limb, in the direction of the lym- 

 phatic veffels ; the part affected becoming 

 tumefied, and taking on a fhining and oedema- 

 tons appearance. The (welling gradually oc- 

 cupies the whole of the leg, increafing until, 

 in many in (lances, the limb is more than 

 double its ordinary fize. The fkin affumes a 

 morbid appearance, grows rough and fcaly, or 

 is covered with irregular wart-like rifmgs. 

 In fome cafes deep belts or indentations ap- 

 pear in various parts of the tumor, as if formed , 

 by the preffure of ligatures : in others the 

 fwelling bulges out in a number of irregular 

 protrufions : fometimcs, from extreme diften- 

 fion, the fkin ruptures or breaks into cracks 

 and fiffures, and a watery fluid oozes out, 

 which on expofure to the air grows gelatinous 

 upon the furface. The foot frequently partakes 



