as "scarlet fever rash", which would now be erythema nodosum, a rheumatic nodular eruption associated with tuberculosis. A local doctor told Leopold that Wolfgang should drink plenty of milk with ground melon seeds and a pinch of poppy seed. Two weeks later Wolfgang was healthy and revitalized, but it was not long before this lifestyle would catch up with him again. A couple of months later around Christmas time Wolfgang developed acute rheumatoid arthritis, but this did not stop Leopold from dreaming of the fame and fortune that is associated with life on the road.
             Leopold, with stars in his eyes, set his heart on France and in mid-summer they departed from Salzburg once again, only this time they would be gone for more than three years. They played at every major town they encountered. Munich, Ausburg, U
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