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Elizabeth , aetat. 13. Both legs off below the knees, 
Sa^ah, aetat. 10. One foot off at the ankle. 
Robert , aetat. 8. Both legs off below the knees. 
Edward , aetat. 4. Both feei off' at the ankles. 
An infant, four months old, dead. 
The father was attacked about a fortnight after the 
reft of the family, and in a {lighter degree, the pain 
being confined to two fingers of his right hand, which 
turned blackifh, and were withered for fome time ; 
hut are now better, . and he has., in. fome degree, re- 
covered the ufe of them. 
It is remarkable, that, during all the time of this 
calamity, the whole family are laid to have appeared < 
in other refpedts well. They eat heartily, and flept 
well, when the pain began to abate. When I law 
them, they all feemed free from fever, except the 
girl, who has an abfeefs in her thigh. The mother 
looks emaciated, and has very little ufe of her hands. . 
The reft of the family feemed well. One poor boy, 
in particular, looked as healthy and florid as pofiible, 
and was fitting on the bed, quite jolly, drumming, 
with his flumps. 
I made what enquiry I could into the manner of 
their life, and food, before this misfortune befel 
them; but I cannot difeover any thing, to which T 
can, in the leaf!:, attribute this very furprizing attack. . 
They lived, as the country people here do., on dried 
peas, pickled pork, bread and cheefe, milk and fmall- 
beer. The man was a day-labourer, and the woman 
and children fpun, and, by their induftry and fobriety, 
maintained themlelves very well. There is no reafon 
to apprehend, that thefe poor people had fuffered, by 
being expofed to fevere cold, as the beginning of 
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