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Note 1 — 83. Andrew and his Sisters. [Note]

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Framboesia, popularly called “yaws” is a contagious though curable skin disease common among young negroes of the West Indies. It begins with a blister and spreads over the whole body. See Lewis, West Indies, p. 208. ↑

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