‏ Deuteronomy 28:27

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.

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