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Remarks on some of the opinions of the late Mr. John Hunter respecting the venereal disease; in a letter to Jeseph Adams / [Henry Clutterbuck].

  • Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856
Date:
1799
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Credit: Remarks on some of the opinions of the late Mr. John Hunter respecting the venereal disease; in a letter to Jeseph Adams / [Henry Clutterbuck]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    when the throat has been once attacked and cured, the skin is next the seat of the disease, and, after that, the bones: I must say, it is con¬ tradicted by my experience. It is true, that after chancre has been for some time healed, and all thickening of the part removed, we do not find ulcers breaking out on the genitals, which have the properties of chancre : it probably re¬ quires the recent matter cf^chancre to pro¬ duce chancre. Nor do we find bubo in the list of secondary symptoms, But with regard to the throat, skin, and bojies, the return of the disease on these parts, after a cautious use of mercury, and after a considerable interval, has been frequently observed, The following cases are in proof of this : CASE I. June, 1796. W. T. complained of a sore throat, which had continued for three or four weeks. On in¬ spection, an ulcer, of the size of a shilling, was visible in the back part of the pharynx, irregular in its cir¬ cumference, and covered with a white suet-like slough : there was evident loss of substance, and the edges were abrupt. There was a sanious discharge from the nos¬ trils, and pain and tenderness of the bones of the nose externally. The left testis was enlarged and slightly painful. He asserted solemnly, that he had not been ex¬ posed