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plain murlj of jjiiin in tln' lliroal, and couM-Ofiiy 

 ^wallow ]i<jui(l?. Thv small wd spots, or pa- 

 [Hihr, convert I'd into vcsicK-s or j)iistiiles, 



ill pcriotls, \ aiying from threti to seven or right 

 days ; the fluid €cmtaiii'ed In- fheie vesicstes 4r 

 pustules is rciHX'senled liy sonic as rL-scmblillg' 

 wlicy, hy otliers milk, ami In- ntliurs to he 

 yellowish or straw - colonrrd, like tlu; thin 

 pus of sores. It was likewise described as 

 bloody When ^ tMr imght they y^^T^ 



lady, who had witnessed its effects in aeirei?al 



of the blacks, informed me the ernption was very 

 like the cow-pock. Tlie greater number of per- 

 "WhQ '^^h6d its progress, and i^lio 

 hdi lilLewise se@m the smeil-pOE in Engtod^ 

 pronounced it to be that disorder. Scabs formed 

 and fell olf' at differcDt |ie]-iods, in different 

 cases, according to the lengtli (jf time occn|.iii'd 

 by the miration of the vesicles or pustules ; 

 titoftet were occasionally confln^nt M ^Im nmib 

 and cheeks, and fre* i uen tly left permatnent marta 

 or indentations on the skin. 



Its usual duration is stated to have been 

 from a fortnight to three weeks iu cases of re- 



«toratm to lieaiflii Twi mm aftetr lie erup- 

 tion had entifely ftnljsid^, and the disease 

 might be considered o?er, the convalescents 



