of the late Teftilence. 1 09 THESE Puftules broke out in many Parts of the Body ^ and as their Station was various, fb their Number was alfo uncertain ^ in fome rhey were few, in others many, and a Wo- man I once met with covered all over with them j as to their Bignefs, they were alfo uncertain :, for fome were as a fmall Pea,while others increafed to the Magnitude of a Nut- meg. THE included Matter (near perhaps to the Nature of Urine) was altogether incapable of Suppuration, as it was f aline and almoft cauftick } for very foon after its Eruption it would corrode its Veficle, and burft out, of a Colour yellowifh, livid, or black. More- over, the furrounding Circle was not always of the fame Appearance, although at firft coming out it was continually inflamed. BUT this is highly obfervable, that fome- times thefe Veficles broke out without any other previous Indications of Infection, and, as I imagine, from the expeditious Separation of the peftilential Venom, and the fudden Conqueft of the Diflemper by a ftrong Con- stitution : But whenfoever the Pain and Heat of the Part was fo aggravated, that no proper Appli-
