A peculiar contagious disease, called framboesia, or the yaws, has long been known to exist in Africa, the West Indies, and the northern parts of the British Islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference

Mr. Kinsey, however, considers it, as we have stated, allied to, if not identical with framboesia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference