Identities ascertained, or, An illustration of Mr. Ware's opinion respecting the sameness of infection in venereal gonorrhoea, and the ophthalmia of Egypt : with an examination of affinity between antient leprosy and lues.

Date:
1808
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Credit: Identities ascertained, or, An illustration of Mr. Ware's opinion respecting the sameness of infection in venereal gonorrhoea, and the ophthalmia of Egypt : with an examination of affinity between antient leprosy and lues. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    military has been transmitted to private life, and is regarded with universal appre- hension. The attention of several men of capacity and observation, has been directed to this complaint, and valuable tracts have been written upon it. Dr. Vetch and Mr. Ware in particular, have done much towards in- vestigating its nature, and recommending means for mitigating its symptoms. The former, in his account of “ The Ophthalmia which has appeared in England since the return of the Army from Egypt/5 furnishes a specimen of clear and unaffected de- scription, nice discrimination, and judicious management. The latter, in his treatise on “ Purulent Ophthalmy,” has given to the world another specimen of that pro- fessional ingenuity, and sound judgment, with which it was well acquainted. Dr. Vetch is of opinion that the disease pro-