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... eruptions , and hence con- fusion commenced . Nor was the subject made more intelligible by their mingling in their descriptions the names of two other diseases , Elephantia and Elephantiasis , to- tally different in their natures , and ...
... eruptions , and hence con- fusion commenced . Nor was the subject made more intelligible by their mingling in their descriptions the names of two other diseases , Elephantia and Elephantiasis , to- tally different in their natures , and ...
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... eruption . called Bohak in a Jew at Mocha . spots of this eruption are of unequal size : they do not shine , are imperceptibly higher than the skin , and do not change the colour of the hair ; the colour is of a dirty white , or rather ...
... eruption . called Bohak in a Jew at Mocha . spots of this eruption are of unequal size : they do not shine , are imperceptibly higher than the skin , and do not change the colour of the hair ; the colour is of a dirty white , or rather ...
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... eruption " black , " as the Meλas so positively defines it . Celsus very pro- perly qualifies the term " niger , " which he applies to it , by adding " umbræ similis : " and Dr. Good assures us , that in such sense 66 we are to ...
... eruption " black , " as the Meλas so positively defines it . Celsus very pro- perly qualifies the term " niger , " which he applies to it , by adding " umbræ similis : " and Dr. Good assures us , that in such sense 66 we are to ...
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... eruptions , and certain funguses and deli- quescences of flesh . Rosenmüller , as quoted in the Oriental Literature , ( 1 ) asserts that the leprosy is a contagious and dreadful disorder , which slowly consumes the human body , is com ...
... eruptions , and certain funguses and deli- quescences of flesh . Rosenmüller , as quoted in the Oriental Literature , ( 1 ) asserts that the leprosy is a contagious and dreadful disorder , which slowly consumes the human body , is com ...
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... eruption . ( ' ) Upon the authority of Dr. Mead , we are informed , that under the impression that these diseases were common amongst the earlier Egyptians , some authors , who were not well disposed towards the Jews , have jeeringly ...
... eruption . ( ' ) Upon the authority of Dr. Mead , we are informed , that under the impression that these diseases were common amongst the earlier Egyptians , some authors , who were not well disposed towards the Jews , have jeeringly ...
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