LEPRA

In another (Elizabeth Alford) lepra affected the extensor surfaces of the thoracic and pelvic limbs.

Diseases universal and infectious—like morphoea, serpigo, lepra, variolae et morbilli.

At all events, Lepra and Psoriasis are true blood diseases, and are often inherited.

Pitch, as a remedy for Lepra, is comparatively of recent introduction, but its efficacy has already been very widely acknowledged.

No doubt the medical writers drew a distinction between morphaea and lepra, as we have seen in quoting Gilbert and Gordonio.