. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Cold Zone. Altitude of 2,300 feet, limit of Yellow Fever. 620 Miles. bilious fever, whose attacks are rarely dreaded by the indigenous populations. The vitiated taste which often develops a craving for earth, especially amongst the women, is common in South Mexico. Even on the plateaux little pastilles of a perfumed earth are exposed for sale at the markets, and never lack purchasers. Mexico is also noted for certain ailments which have been observed in no other part of the world. On the Atlantic slope, and especially at Orizaba, a serious affection occurs
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Cold Zone. Altitude of 2,300 feet, limit of Yellow Fever. 620 Miles. bilious fever, whose attacks are rarely dreaded by the indigenous populations. The vitiated taste which often develops a craving for earth, especially amongst the women, is common in South Mexico. Even on the plateaux little pastilles of a perfumed earth are exposed for sale at the markets, and never lack purchasers. Mexico is also noted for certain ailments which have been observed in no other part of the world. On the Atlantic slope, and especially at Orizaba, a serious affection occurs caused by the moyoquil, a species of insect whose larva, deposited under the skin, burrows into the flesh, where it raises a tumour as large as a hen's e^^. It is cured by the application of a turpentine plaister, by which the sore is suppurated and the germ drawn out. Much more frequent is the so-called pinto malady, which affects whole populations, especially in the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. This is a cutaneous affection which destroys the uniform colour of the
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