Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-08

ancc to the contrary usually denohng com.
mon inflammation instead of the specific
action of the virus. The infection sue.
ceeding, there may be seen, about the close
of the third day, small red speck, some.
what elevated, which, on pressure, imparts
to the finger the sensation of its enclosing
q hard substance. This minute tumor gra.
dually enlarges, and about the sixth day
small vesicle is formed, having a round
margin, a flat surface, with slight indenta.
ton In the centre, is of a pink color, which
changes to deeper red, with mixture Of
blue, and is darkest in the middle. On the
seventh, eighth or ninth day, for the time is
not very precise, there is thrown around the
base OF the pustule an effiorescence Ikea
ring, which spreads rapidly, and in one or
two days becomes ford areola of an inch
or more in diameter. The yesicle is now of
its height, and the efflorescence throughout
its whole extent is tumefed, in which state
it continues for several days, and then sub.
sides and fades away. In the declination
of the vesicle, the centre darkens first, and
the whole by degrees is converted into
hard smooth crust Of a mahogany complex.
ion. The crust drops off spontaneously in
the course of the third week, leaving su.
perfcial cicatrix slightly indented by thee
of the vesicle.
This is the development Of the local af
ection. About the expiration ofsthe sew
enth day, in adults, or children Ssomewhat
advanced, in whom there is usually most
disease, the ordinary symptoms Of Fever
are manifested, and sometimes even 10 q
considerable height. But these are gRner.
ally Sight and eYanescent, the only kous
complaint being soreness and tumefacion
under the axilla, (arm-pitl which eyenin in
fants exist-and hence we should be care.
ful that they be not rais0d bEt ~
More, than anyahe LII Hant
TO understand thu BIS fu D dis.
tinction] between genuine and sPuruus
disease, and no great attention, asg % ofdi.
nary instances, is necessary to 6cdeiFe i.
The peculiarities Of the RED ppstl We
have already and so recenky deS{ q al
its stages, that we shall say notfl rtier
regarding it. In the spurious aeeese,
"there is a premature itching, innamasaion
and suppuration,- ,-thc progress Of tie yesi-
Gle is too rapid-its texture IS sdit-tbe
edge not well defned-the cent8 eleyated
-the matter discharged Isl i pursIent-iitiis
also pointed like q common abscess. ia.
stead of a regular areoIA a brenaetnre ei1o.
resccnce, of a dusky purple c0Iot, tafes
place, and the crust IS Of q ligiH broHIfor
amber color. 5
aTbe ;rrac,,,,. ,es;;.,e : S, ,,,o,xs I;,I,iesto
ha h,aLs, ~ no .ho s ss,,,Iar : Ia n
nsunllv 90 irritable ne - nrovoke e SlI rs.
When broken. this vesice i ant III 81 si.fsfe.
les'S'' . -
es s;na ~. d;cs Gs ,wou o, , n-s,,,s .
ves;c,c us,,alIv leaves M c;css.;sx fS[ SsSeS
which is hardly nerc,ef.ptibIe. ~ 9
W.,
,g,..;~a w. s ss -. '..s 4. 80
. .oa.;~S .s E,SI MI. , - n 80
srhsea,,snt - naocno,;eq '''1 ;,.is
can he nlaced On the onnes,rsSca 81 the &.
catrix or scar. This is sometimes wideApd
deep, from the rayages Of presioua uacon-
ton, more so, indeed, than IN the legitimate
cases. The genuine pustulc commonly
leaves siiSns supernclai mdented nmpces.
sioa-wae!eds' ti'e spurious u ioioWsu W.
wnle' snmng strons marked scar. ZEN y;
oilnS liaL nom . suPPuIaling Wouau; Si-
ca'r,ces ot sils sol'' nase oee1 usu e-
,l'alAeu ~ .,'oss csses Wiz Tue s's' oA
mas Suses'ueu ~ se1,'.la ny -
you would in bleeding, lay it aimossaat uPsn the
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