Observations on Leprosy and on Its Treatment by Means of Vaporized Carbolic Acid in Union with Watery Vapor

more frequently referred to as a cause of the disease than any other. And most significant of all, it is positively asserted that "In India the use of certain sorts of pulsgs, especially when in an unsound or damaged state, as they frequently are when eaten by the poor, is widely believed to favour the occurrence of leprosy." As stated at the commencement of this paper, long before the appearance of any visible or external symptom of the disease, indications of depravity of the constitution have been present, often obscurely marked and ill-defined, and without any uniform or regular course, and usually indicated by recurrent ague-like chills,