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disease however is not an exact feature in

itself, inasmuch as it seems to supervene on

primary

tuber enlar leprosy.

I myself at

least have not remarked a single instance of

it in an otherwise intact individual.

It remains to say, that the hair

generally

falls off, wherever the skin assumes the- character of the above described tubercular-

affection - so patients frequently

thy are seen without Eyebrows, while the hair of the sealp preserves

ito morinal Character. I have not been able to

detect

any

enlarged glands, nor has a single

instance of degenerated testicles come

to

my

Knowledge,

Mar

any

tumors of

the

female

observations.

my

labia occurred under

As for the history given by the patients

themselves, it appears to be not reliable they