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Quotation dates: 1596
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Sursurous, adj. (?) — 1596 Lowe Spanish Sicknes i iv.
The eight kind [of syphilis] is that which maketh such corruption & fracture in the midst of the bones, somtime accompanyed with herpes and darters sursurous of the which some appear in the soles of the feete, some in the head [etc.]
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