Received
7 Inclosures.
No57.
The Duke of Newcastle:
Mr Merce Mercer
of Leprosy.
1862, on the subject of 28th Augush,
Grace's Circular
Replying to His
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Answers by Dr Dickson.
Intersogatory 1.
I have had some
years ago
Some
opportunities of seeing. Leprosy while residing
in Canton where it is by
It would however be
no means un commens
cult to arrive at
difficult
Satisfactory Conclusion as to the numbers -
Suffering from the disease.
The disease
may
·Commence on
any
part of the body
-
or extremities but it: is -
generally only when it attack's the face or parts liable to be seen. that application used to be hospital. The first Symptom
Made
lo
nu
spoken of by the Chinese themselves is a feeling
of Cobwebs stretched across the
face-
when the
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