A treatise on the venereal disease / by the celebrated and ingenious Mr. John Hunter, of London ; abridged by William Currie.

  • Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
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Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease / by the celebrated and ingenious Mr. John Hunter, of London ; abridged by William Currie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nefia, oleum ricini, lenitive electuary, &c. But every purgative of a draftic quality fhould be carefully prohibited, nor fhould any purgative be adminiftered oftener than merely necefTary to prevent or remove coftivenefs.—As for diu- retics, the inflamed ftate of the body render them abfolutely improper. In this ftate of the parts it has been advifed, to apply emollient fomentations and poultices to the body of the penis; but thefe feldom do good, and may do harm if applied hot. Com- preffes, dipt in cold lead water, feem better adapted to refift and prevent the increafed im- pulfe of the fluids; and as the fymptoms de- pend, in a great meafure, on the increafed fenfi- bility of the urethra and contiguous parts, it will generally be found that opium will afford more relief than any thing elfe, efpecially after the bowels have been emptied or blood has bee.i drawn from the patient, provided he is in a condition to bear the lofs of blood—a grain or two may therefore be given under fuch cir- cumftances at night, and half as much in the morning; and a filtered folution of the fame of tepid warmth, may be injected into the urethra frequently in the courfeof the day. When