Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-07-16
.kA-1 .iA TEpRosY.
tof tho Disease In ancient
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sto YARN; climates, and in such, espe-
cially in Egypt. and other regions Of the
east, it is'still llfoundl ngreeihg 2in all its
;generalEgymptoms with the, descriptions
of its ancient character as left IN the
Bible by Moses. aaMi Cd: Gi 1gsIajlif
1.-THE disease seems TO commence deep
in the system of the body, and gener-
ally acquires thorough settlement in
the person OF its victim before.it dis
.Ioyers itself on nthe outward skip. It
may lie thus concealed even for o num-
Der Of years, especially when it is seated
in the constitution by birth, ne its often
is, when it does mot commonly unfold
its outward symptoms until the child is
grownsap to yeaIglof maturity. Il After
its appearance, toe, it doesnptiproeeedI
with any rapid ruin, Not until o. num- nun
Der Of years does Fita feaoh it's fun per
fectior of disofdefs and not nntil mum
,ber more have passed. away does this
disprder terminate in death. Aleprous
person may live twenty I6ri thirty iny IL
he receiyes the diseases5with his. birth,
forty 81, even fifty years, but years of
such drradfu1 misery must they be, that
early death might seemto be better. !
The horribly mq.falady r n advances with
slow but, cert ain steps, from one stage Of
evil to- another, 'diffdBing its poison
through the whole frame while the prin-
Siple Of life is still suffered to linger in
the midst Of the desolation, md one
after another the pillars>of strength are
secretly undermined and carried awsy
cape from its imprisonment,t the rliouse
OFF her earthly tabernacle literally
erumbling on every side into ,dissoln,
ton and dust. The bones and the mar
row are pervadedswith thes disease 30
that the. joints of the hands and feet
gradually lose their powers, : and the
limbs Of The body faH together in such
a manner as to give a most deformed
and dreadful appearance TO the whole
person. There is form Of the dikor-
der knownin some places,;in which the
doints beginning with the. fnrthest OF
the fingers and Toes one after another
separate and fal I off and the miserable
lsafferer,5slowlyi falls DIN pieces, to the
grave, sOutwardly the leprosy discov-
fefs itself III d number OF small Spots
which generally appear hrst onthe face
about thein nose and eyes, bnt aftersome
time on other parts Of the body till it is
all covered over. fAtf first these dspots
have the appearance. of small reddish
;pimples, but they. gradually spread in
sas1n itaftns eariaa ,rasssss ID nrna
as large as q pea or bean on tho surface
which they cover. When scratched, us
their itchy character constantly solic-
its, o thin moisture oozes out Of them
which soon dries and hardens into O
scalyl crust, so that when the disease
reaches its perfect state the whole body
becomes covered with a foul whitish
scurf.
Do - =,
the law Of Mosesato distinguish the
spot of the real .leprosy, from others
that might resemble it in appearance.
chapter of IIeviticus. There are vari.
GUS kinds of leprosy, some more malig-
nant and loathsome than others. Ac-
cording to the appearance of it's spots it
is called by different name. There is a
white, q black, and a red leprosy. This
shocking disease is contagious, SO that
it is dangerous to have much intercourse
with leprous persons. On this account
it was wisely ordered among the Jews
that such should dwell alone "all the
days wherein the plague. should. be in
them," and should be held uncleau 80
that no one mightt ttouch them without
defilement. Hence too, it was 80 ostrictly
,enjoined that the earliest appearance of
enything like the spot of leprosy should
be- Immediately and thoroughly q ex-
amined. n s, .,r-sa. ;.
The leper in whom the plague was
ascertained really to exist was required
also to distinguish himself by having
his clothes rent, his head bare, and his
lip covered GALL of which were common
signs of deep sorrow, and to warn 9TH
ers coming near him by crying out,
Unclean, unclean! Lev. xiii. As, 46.
The leprosy is still moro fearful as ii
may be handed down from one genera
tion to another by birth, The leprosy
of n father descends to lis son, and
even itoS his grandchildren of the third
and fourth generations, assuming in
deed milder form rs it passes down,
but still showing some of its disagreea-
BILE effects in each successive case. The
leprosy was regarded among the Jews
as disease sent in q peculiar manner
from the hand of God, and designed to
mark his displeasure against some great
Sin found In the person who suffered It's
affiiction. Nor was this idea withou;
some support an, the! dispens8tions OF
Judgment which their history recorded
and in She especial solemnity with
which that disease is noticed in tho
Levitical law lsa, ..
PHoToaRAPHrNa ON SrnK.-Silk thor.
oughly impregnated with biohromate OF
potash presents very sensitive photo
graphic surface. Thus prepared. any
shapes cut out Of tin ami laid upon it,
may be. beautifully imprinted by the
sun, and in tints, according TO the color
Of the silk. A white or a very light
silk shows delicate pale.red impress
sion reddish tint takes still deeper
shade of red in the pattern, etc. Fern