A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter.

  • John Hunter
Date:
1810
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Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    arms being in the same state as on the preceding day. On the twenty- fifth, the measles began to disappear. On the twenty-sixth, and twenty- seventh, the punctures began again to look a little red. On the twenty- ninth, the inflammation increased, and there was a little matter formed. On the thirtieth, he was seized with fever. The small-pox appeared at the regular time, went through its usual course, and terminated favour- ably. In like manner, it may be observed, that the venereal disease makes its appearance at different periods after infection. Is not this ex- plicable on the same principle? The Editor feels it to be his duty to state, that since Mr. Hunter’s death, an account of two cases, shewing the existence of the small-pox, and the measles, in the same person at the same time, by Div Patrick Russel, has been published in the second volume of the Transactions of a Society for the Improvement of Medical and Chirurgical Know- ledge ; which shews that this law in the animal ccconomy, however general, is not without its exceptions. j <' . • III. OF THE COMPARATIVE POWERS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY—FROM SITUATION—FROM STRUCTURE. We shall have occasion to observe, that the parts affected take on the action more readily, and go on more rapidly with it, when near to the source of the circulation, than when far from it; for the heart exerts its influence upon the different parts of the body, in proportion to their vicinity Lo it; and the more distant the parts are, the weaker are their powers. This is, perhaps, better illustrated by disease than by any actions in health; for in health we have no comparative trials, as no two parts of the machine, at unequal distances from the heart, can he thrown into equal action, and therefore no conclusions can be drawn. I may just observe, that all the vital parts are near the heart. In diseases we see mortification, arising from debility, taki ng pl ace • in the extremities oflener than in other parts, more especially if the person is tall; the heart not propelling the blood to these distant parts
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