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I was exadt in my enquiries about each particular 
perfon. By what I could learn from them, in about 
four, five, or fix days, the difeafed leg began to grow 
lefs painful, and to turn black gradually ; appearing, 
. at firft, covered with foots, as if it had been bruiled. 
The other leg began to be aftedted, at that time, with 
the fame excruciating pain, and, in a few days, that 
alfo began to mortify. In a very little time, both legs 
were perfedtlv fphacelated. The mortified parts fe- 
parated, without afiifiance, from the found parts, and 
the furgeon had, in moft of the cafes, no other 
trouble, than to cut through the bone, with little or 
no pain to the patient. The reparation was, in moft 
of them, about two inches below the knee ; in fome, 
rather lower; and to one child, the feet feparated at 
the ancle, without any aftiftance from the furgeon. 
In fome, the reparation was not quite fo perfedt. The 
eldeft girl has had one leg taken oft, and the other is 
perfectly fphacelated ; but the furgeon has not thought 
proper to cut it off yet, as the thigh is much fwelled, 
and there is a large abfeefs under the ham. The 
mother has the right foot off at the ancle ; the other 
leg is a mere bone, quite black, and exceedingly foetid, 
with fome little remains of putrid, almoft dry flefh, 
in fome parts. One child only has one leg iaved, 
with the lofs of two toes of that leg. Three of the 
children have loft both legs, and the other child both 
feet. This is the prefent ftate of their legs ; viz. 
Mary the Mother , setat. 40. The right loot off at 
the ancle: the left leg mortified, a mere bone; but 
not off. 
Mary, setat: 1 5. One leg oft" below the knee : the 
other perfedtly fphacelated; but not yet off. 
Elizabeth , 
