A, from forma externa).

Morphew, scurf, a species of the leprosy seated in the skin. The brown itching morphew is named hepatizon. Morpiones. Crab lice, so called from their resembling crabs: pediculi pubis Lin. plactulae, petolae, pessolatae. They are flattish, more round than the common lice, with a shorter thorax, and the four hinder feet, very strong, perforate the cuticle, and stick so close that they can be with difficulty dislodged. They do not only affect the pubes, but the axillae, eye brows, and eye lids, and are often found on the breast, abdomen, thighs, and legs, in persons who have those parts covered with strong hair; but they seldom fix upon the hairy scalp. They occasion considerable itching, which may be cured by destroying them with black soap, or a solution of sublimate in rose water, in the proportion of 3 ss. to Њ i. of the water: strong mercurial ointment is an effectual remedy. See Pediculus. Mors."see Death.