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disease becomes visible a dusky-redness on a
slightly elevated patch is in most cases the
finst
st external Symptom, but I have observed
what might
be called, a
in m
many persons
Leprous physiognomy.
The general appearance
of the face at times denotes the Leper:
This slightly elevated dusty red patch is
however the most suspicious and the dreaded
Symptom of the disease. It may begin
Check or
the back.
of
the neck or
on
the
limbs. It increases
in size. Another patch appears elsewhere others
and spread. The toes and
follow
fissureo
and
fingero
Swell.
Rhagades follow-ulceration sets in
and the extremities gradually disappear. The
muscles of the thumb at an
away...
early period waste
In a longer or shorter period this-
ulcerative action removes the toes the foot:
and
: