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Gilbert divides leprosy into four varieties, elephantia, leonina, tyria and allopicia, the pathology, symptoms and treatment of each of which are presented with wearisome minuteness and completeness. A long chapter, entitled "De infectione post coitum leprosi," discusses the transmission of the disease by means of sexual intercourse, and suggests the possible confusion of lepra and syphilis.