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natural function j which was proved by their plump- 
nefs, which appeared even when the difeafe was 
moft confirmed. 
2. The difeafe began to fhew itfelf in the Ne- 
groes by reddifh fpots, a little raifed, upon the fkin, 
being a dry kind of tetter, neither branny nor fcabbed, 
and without any running, but of a livid-red, and 
very ill-conditioned. The Negroes fometimes bring 
thefe fpots with them from their own country. The 
fpots are confiantly found upon every perfon troubled 
with this difeafe ; and are in greater numbers, in pro- 
portion as the difeafe grows more inveterate. 
3. Among the whites the difeafe fhews itfelf 
at the beginning by fpots of a livid violet colour, 
without pain ; which are followed by little watery 
bladders, particularly upon the legs, which burrf, 
and leave fmall ulcers with pale edges, and different 
in their natures from the common ulcers. 
4. In proportion as the difeafe increafed, the hands 
and feet grew larger, without any figns of inflam- 
mation 5 fince neither rednefs, nor pain, nor any 
oedematous appearance accompanied it ; but it was 
the very flefh, that increafed in bulk. And this 
growth of the hands and feet was not attended with 
any fharp pain, but only a kind of numbnefs. 
5. This bloated ftate of the hands and feet was 
fucceeded by white deep ulcers under the fkin, 
which became callous and infenfible ; and which 
emitted only a clear ferous matter like water, and 
were but little painful. Afterwards the ends of the 
fingers became dry, the nails became fealy, and, I 
don’t know how, they were eaten away ; the ends 
of the fingers dropt off ; then the joints feparated 
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