A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease : To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck.

  • Joseph Jakob von Plenck
Date:
1772
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease : To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/168
    [ ] * » I cer tai nty'; tkey - reft rain - - th e ! licentioufnefs oF ftcftion; tKey give entertainment from the variety of phoenomena they exhibit I they excite the mincl to farther tryals; and laft^of all, they extend the limits of fcience. -■ ■ ■’ ■ ' ■- But much more tfefnl are' fuch experiments, which/ be- fides amuftng the learned, re- dound in a public manner to the good of our fellow-citi¬ zens. Experiments either me¬ dical, ehirurgical, or oecono,- mical, have Ghiefly this eftedl. Our experiments here arc; of fuch a nature,, which al¬ though ' they may of them- feiyes>