CO129-091 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [1-3] — Page 298

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

286

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

: