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themselves applying here and

any where else their names Lai, ie the scaly itch, and Ma-fung

or Fak. Jung, ie. the medical and Civil word

for the worst form, be it lubercular or ulcerative.

b. It is not difficult

and Stranger

as

J

was

even

a mere visitor

for a

to observe that the greater-

number of poor diseased beggars in the streets -

for

the law once ordering all lepers to be kept in

strict seclusion is now not

belong to one

any

more

• enforced...

large class, marked by the Symptoms

of the incurable malady leprosy, while there

a.

are

• few amongst them, that a medical men's mind would at once select for a probably succesful core;

biz: evident Caseo of Chronic Skin Scaly diseases like pityriasis and psora, which

and psora, which from their

accompanying

tne

dirt

here considered on

rago

and the Common Misery

the level with leprosy itself,

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