DEP/DUA/1/20/16 (Transcript version)

Jean Moore

(1779)

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Jean Moore

Disease of this patient consists wholy of obvious sympt.

And with regard to nature of [this] am inclind to think that there is not much room for doubt.

Affect in as far as constit by what can be calld sympt, consist of [ulcer] on diff parts of body.

These as occurring at some [part] places ascribd to partic accid.

Thus ulcerat on head ascribd to [stroke], while that on thigh referrd to severe [exerc] from walking

That these may have been excit causes, if in this case such express may be allowed, is I think not improbab.

Yet cannot I appreh. look upon them as origin cause.

Had they been supported by no othr circum may readily concl. that in short time would have heald again

Besides to be observd that although in some places from obvious accid yet in others without any manif cause

When to these circum add the great simil which these sores have as app in every part of body & the length of time for which have contin in all the parts at pres. diseased can have no doubt that every where of same nature.

From obv. appear of sores & from state of matter disch strong ground for presumpt of scrophul.

Is indeed true that sores have not affected those parts in which [scrp] appears most common.

And that before commen patient rather past that period of life at [which] ordin appears.

In neither of these circum however any strong object.

For although hold gener., yet can by no means be repres. as univ.

On contrary except far from being rare.

But perhaps still more ground for doubt from anoth circum.