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Gulph, and in Finland ; alfo in the iflands of Odand 

 iind Gothland. Solongfmce as the year 1631, a peft- 

 houfe was erefted in the parifh of Cronehy^ for the 

 reception of the fick of that neighbourhood. Our 

 author defines the Lepra from Linn^us's Genera 

 Morhorumy as " a diftemper fhewing itfelf in 

 puilules, throwing off dry fcales or fcurf ; at- 

 tended with moveable difcoloured nodes in the 

 fiefli, and rhagades or dry fiiTures on the fkin." 



272. Whether the diftemper he undertakes 

 to give the hiftory of be the fame with the Lepra 

 Arahur/i or Alexandrina^ the Javanenfts^ and the 

 Americana., of all which he has given the charac- 

 ters, he does not abfokitely determine, as he inclines 

 to think it a difeafe various in its appearance. Being 

 a native of Bothnia., he had frequent opportunities 

 of inrpe61:ing it, and defcribes it under the followr 

 ing appearances in that country. 



It fhewed itfelf in tubercles., or nodes, fixed in 

 the flefhy parts, in the foreheaci, cheeks, arms, 

 hands, and thighs ; thefe were indolent, moveable 

 with the finger, and of a livid hue. There were 

 alfo tubercles of a livid, or fometimes brown- 

 ifh-yellow caft, in the mouth, palate, fauces, and 

 about the root of the tongue \ ulcers in the nof- 

 trils ; tumours or thickenings of the edges of the 

 outer ears thick lips ; feet and hands enlarged and 

 inflamed. And in fome, ulcers, or rather fiJfureSy 

 on the fiiin, creeping, broad, and deep, with cal- 

 lous edges, bleeding from flight preflfure or hand- 

 ling, but defl:itute of pain, as were all the nodes 

 and tubercles^ as far as the author ever obferved ; 



but, 



