27. the botch of Egypt--a troublesome eruption, marked by red pimples,
to which, at the rising of the Nile, the Egyptians are subject.
emerods--fistulæ or piles.
scab--scurvy.
itch--the disease commonly known by that name; but it is far more
malignant in the East than is ever witnessed in our part of the world.
JFB.
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