Leprofyv *S them fa pnn&ually as igreqiïiréd*- WhatMr. Lufcc
pebês obferves in lis dcferipfipn ©f Faroe, p. t2&$i ought to have
§ place here, cooeerning tlie ftOrlheraTepihfyj’ ■ -which in rtsfee dio-
c^ ^ -J ^ g e iV is found to bemf the frnfakand and quality as-
that on tljê oppofee-ceaftdf Faroe. His defcriptieai l9É M i i
ftemper isasjoüows. ’ T4e |ikyficiansd^ there are tèïee &rtsr
©f fapfofres ymamely, Tyriafo cabled from the ferpent Tyro. The
fldn oftheperfon infected with this kind of l^ o f y isTrf%-and
full; of ipots like warts, and fametimes peels off in fcales.
i The fecopd fart is -called Alopecia, from thé; hair tunning fox^,
and falling off. Perfons afflkled with this are reduced,
an/lihed their heards and ey%brows. an k&ljgi
The third fart is called Efephantia ; the Ikin of a perfon in-
fe^cd with rhk .fart rafembles that of an elephant; and the face,
with .gvejy part of the body, is full; óf ^tubercles.\
The leprofy that this country is. moft fubjeft to is.the «flephan-
tja. For die leprous perfons hereare fullpfihdd tuberelesy whieh,-
fometimes break out into boils, and disfigures their faqes; ex-s
tremely .; They are hoarfe,. or fpeak through thq nofe fa but the
diftemper is more virulent at faring and. fall, and carfres off a
great- many. What chiefly occafions tiffs difeafe-is the-qnalifcy öf
the air, and the diet of the inhabitants; for, as I -laye -intimated
before, the cold is not imnaxjderate.,jh^ej _ bufa.we. ha^f.a - very;
damp air. This, in general, a
fpeeies of leproly, efaecially in thole whoydo notmfe müqh exer-
cife. Befrdes the air, their food, elpecially of the poorer fort,-
which confifts of meat and fifh half rotten, imfffre; winter, and
frelfr filh without any frit, -and milk, in
* In the north o f Holland thédarnpaïr, and their aaH^-nöuïifhment,. which Ja.
chiefly fifh, have the fame èfieét, and I am informed that the'fame fort Of Scabies,-:
Scorbutica likewife appears arnongft the common people there, which feems to be-
confirmed by the following teftimony.; “ We are now in North-Holland, and !
have never feen arnongft fo few people^ fo many infcftecl with the leprofy as here..
' They' fay thé reafon is becaufe they eat fo much fifh” : James Howell’s Familiar
Letters, Part I. Book i i . N° xiii. p. 151,. Dr. Ruffel publifhed a piece in the.Lon-
don-Magazine o f June 1752, p. 278, wherein he fays, ‘ ft That;;eóm^ó®;fea-water^
applied both internally and externally, will cure not only: the feurvy, bue.the above-
mentioned leprofy, i f it has not taken too deep root, and the- glands are.ftill preferred.”
And in the fame place he ad.ds, “ That there is a kind o f fea-weed, called;
Quercus-Manna (o f which there is enough here) which is good' for the feurvy in
the gums, i f rubbed with it.” I f it be fo, then-; Gud’s'^foyideifoe fhews itfelf remarkably
by diftributing fuch univerfaP remedies, according, to. the wants o f each,,
nation. Concerning the Norwegian fea-weeds, I have given all * » 1 1 ,
in.- the firft part of this work.
butes,
diffeitfp'ef;- Sucb-.dxefi eipe---
eially in thofewho are not bf#a ftrong eohftitutiafa muff gradually
corrupt th e .. blood,. and. then the1 difefffe • ddffiafes: itfelf
tkcfrody|r:til],ra.£:la|l: fit appeirTefftferiffiycisThfr diffemb
■ per', may be- communicated- to others-, for .it is ihfeffious ftP ffiNfe
Tallies) aal#)^d:#Mk:;:,ili bmaksyofit* feveial
tpfrfald tyifc at laff
one ©£ the'paiities appears ft) be'le|)iibds.
It is‘fame^hat:ifarpriling/^4ifd*-fhfe^4l'liib4- care of providence,
•$fet cbildrfrildo nbt hlwaystinherit this diftemper from tkelTp'ad
«ttafes Areer:mftanc€%r!’.wheib ulonien rbayedbedM
infedled1 with tliefe, ieprofies, and have’had Fcveral children, moff
af'W'hich areiaow married, anddiave not tyejt 'Hifcoyefed 'any
pfrobfeia'ndfep; gihe themfelws no-: cefneerkr thhltffar-:>her'; “.pasenik
are-’leprQi&ibr -©©n I h a f t hMn^ife'hn&wnuinffrheed ’»ifem'i.'dhc
father, has fcceh «had retet
ffiflw^pete. :i H 'oftefipl&qppgB&p ntantatffega^pfeitilft
ibfedt.?te^e{iisfcnd^aaiDBr:iiriga3,':*:-and ;the:pa3iifes findsthat; ofaal«>f ’itfieta
i f t l c o h a b i t s sfaktogfabsitiottees
nob appear externally, tiff they^are Ihpatated 'by orders from' the
gOvetsfaimts-':: However, theparty. that was .t^aithy^'. rehhaihi!,:\m-
mfedted 4 andeyefcffMnedknek a perfan;mky<b§ ilie&ld"Wy‘ a
flight canta^: of affepsious !
' On die ’ other hand, there ^-kfd 'ihftances Off' po&t 9 ffliMtbJsl
WfttOhe^'Tvho aiie ; cfllitc rftee frbrfPthft" leprelyv^■ ■ ■ iSst ?bArigod^li^
tutey-ate thefafape put :iMo3 i f ^ ‘,lfa^fa»v'airti6^ f t 'JAi.
patients, xftieret'ft^^^hdfrhky* ;afrdifdally OofrftYfa whit?
and ftill remain umrifeflAl all their lives.^ -So faf Mr. Debes. ■
ekdfaaryulcnjivy-would preftri-irr this‘-eoufitry ra gF’eat deal sctirty.
more, i f it was not for hard, work, which is; the heft- -pre&rv&liye
againft it, and ‘keeps ' the juices in donffant circulation.-: Hence
-thole that ufe but little exeihrfe;'!ahd ‘ha^d’-a: goM;^pMte,;- fel-
dorti 'S# Matofe leftbii
berries and foots S. ‘ffiisCouhfry,^whieSJIW^xcfflfeii£: -
.tiegj, .especially xychlearia, ,orcfrur.v,yigrffs..r}&rrne,ea^ this.herb iw ,
others-'-make a1 decpdtiofl of ; it With milted < <and in Mordlkndj
. ' - ■ . ‘ ’"'where