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A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery.

  • Samuel Sharp
Date:
1761
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A critical enquiry into the present state of surgery. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    almoft a Specific for venereal Ulcers, and has alfo a powerful EffeCt on every other Species of ftubborn Ulcers; I have chiefly confined my Experiments to Preparations of Mercury, I have often ufed white Precipitate, red Precipitatey Calomel and JEthiops Mineralis; and tho’ the Precipitates, at lead the red Precipitate, are properly efcharotic Powders, yet when they are mingled in Plaifter, they lofe their corrofive Property, in the fame manner as Elixir of Vitriol does by Dilution ; and on this account may be employed with the utmoft Innocence. However, it may be proper to obferve, that the red Precipitate ought to be finely levigated, for Levigation abates the efcharotic Quality of it, even when in a Powder ; and, in this State, I have carried the Proportion of Powder from one Dram to three Drams for every Ounte of Plaifter, without producing any Mifchief> or without difcovering any notable Diffe¬ rence of Operation in the Bougies, fo ef¬ fectually fheathed are the caujlical Qualities of the Mercury, by the Plaifter they are mixed with. But, tho’ thefe Remedies often work a Cure in fome ftubborn Difeafes of the Ure¬ thra, yet a very large Quantity of crude Quick- filver,