An essay on the gonorrhoea : with some observations on the use of opium, in the cure of that disease / by William Thomas.

  • Thomas, William.
Date:
1780
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Credit: An essay on the gonorrhoea : with some observations on the use of opium, in the cure of that disease / by William Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( ^42 0 I ' There arc fevv difeafes Which fo often difgrace ihefurgeon as this I have bten treating of; but the variety of accidents thkt attend it, are by na ‘means to be attributed''at- all'tinies, to the want «of fk'ilf in the Surgeon, who'ic muft be allowed, ■'always labours'under gteat dlfad vantages Regulations in diet as well as medicine, and perfd^l qukt-«d'e, -’tho’'Often netelfary, can very leldoin be complied with. The fear of difcove- ry or wilful; negledl, and imprudence on the pa- tient’s part;*, top frequcintly render.the beft con- certed rqethp^ jn.ejficaciQUS. AlthO; I jiaiyq prcfumed to criticife on ibme of ^he-ufiial methods of curing this dil'eafe, I am far jfrpm offering , this eflay as.'perfeft. On ftjch a fubject,as this, -it. is a difficult talk to lay dowii i<}e^.^ pa^pejfwdth fatisfaction ; fo that it really fliquld be.cQnGdered asnomore than the outlines of .the ,pi a^^iG_e.. recommended. There are in- nua|c,f4b4, .Qcc4.u:e.Rces, which it is impoffible for an author to enter into, and much muft be left to' be fuggefted by the reader—and if any one IhoLild be induced to try it, 1 intreat him not to judge haftily of if, nor impute any acci- dents to the practice, which may be the confoi- . quence of a peculiarity in tlte conftitution, or perhaps fome imprudence in the patient, as theTe olVkrvatipns are conlirmed by experience to be r\iY]\t—and I do not doubt but the prance here recommended, will \n frepr hands, prove as fuc,- Cel' Ul as It has in mine. ^ T I N I Si.