An essay on spermatorrhoea : being a microscopic investigation into its physiological and physical relations ; with observations on the nature, causes, and treatment of the various disorders of the procreative system in men. Illustrated by cases / by R. Dawson.

  • Dawson, Richard, active 1845-1852.
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1846
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Credit: An essay on spermatorrhoea : being a microscopic investigation into its physiological and physical relations ; with observations on the nature, causes, and treatment of the various disorders of the procreative system in men. Illustrated by cases / by R. Dawson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tion, and soothing the system, but acts as a diffusible stimulant. But, notwithstanding the best directed mea- sures, chancres of this sort continue obstinate and resist all the usual modes of treatment. It has repeatedly occurred to me, to see all the external applications before mentioned, aided by the various means suited to relieve visceral disease, and to improve the general health, fail. [am indebted, however, to my friend Dr. Venables, for a most valuable formula, the efficacy of which he had so many opportunities of testing during his services in the Peninsular Campaigns with the army under the Duke of Wellington. It is prepared by dis- solving from ten grains to a scruple of the Hydrargyni Nitrico-Oxydum in concentrated nitric acid, and cau- tiously adding distilled water, but so as not to cause the precipitation of any part of the oxide. Should any be thrown down, it should be redissolved by the addition of a few drops of the concentrated acid. It is applied to the chancre with a camel-hair pencil ; the application may require to be repeated three or four times. My colleague, Dr. Venables, assures me that he found this both in his practice at the Ordnance Hospitals in Eng- land and on the Continent, the most valuable escharotic, completely destroying the diseased, and exposing the healthy surface, after two or three applications. My own trials fully corroborate these encomiums, as I always
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