A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter ; with copious additions, by Philip Ricord ; translated and edited, with notes, by Freeman J. Bumstead.
- John Hunter
- Date:
- 1859
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Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease / by John Hunter ; with copious additions, by Philip Ricord ; translated and edited, with notes, by Freeman J. Bumstead. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![cious than cither alone, and are better supported by the stomach. I am in the habit of using the following formula, in large doses :— R;.—Copaibse §ij; Pulv. cubebse ^j 5 Aluminis 3iss J Magnesise q. s. To be taken in boluses, in from three to six days, according as the stomach is able to bear it. The alum is added as an astringent. Its place may be supplied by a cathartic, as rhubarb, or a tonic, as carbonate of iron, to meet certain indications. Copaiba thus solidified is nearly tasteless, can be con- veniently taken in large doses, and is borne by the stomach remarkably well. This formula is essentially the same as those recommended by Yelpeau, Vidal, Maisonneuve, etc. M. Yelpeau, especially, relies entirely on large doses of copaiba and cubebs, combined and solidified by magnesia, in the treatment of the early stages of gonorrhoea. The most convenient way of taking cubebs alone is in the wafer-paper, or pains a chanter, which can now be purchased of any of our chief druggists. With regard to the question to which stage of gonorrhoea copaiba and cubebs are particularly applicable, and whether they are contra-indicated by a high degree of inflammation, the opinions of authorities have undergone a remarkable change. It was formerly thought, that they should be used only after the discharge has become chronic, and in small doses ; but this opinion is now proved to be incorrect. They are powerful remedies in acute gonor- rhoea, and may even be administered in large doses; but they have very little efficacy in gleet. Whether they are contra-indicated in cases of excessive inflammation, has not been so satisfactorily settled. Many surgeons abstain from their use till the more inflammatory symptoms have subsided, for fear of producing com- plications, swelled testicle, &c; but others, like M. Velpeau, do not fear to use them in any stage of an ordinary case ; and others, still, within the last half century, have gone so far as to consider them peculiarly applicable to the high degree of inflammation and the complications which often occur in gonorrhoea. Among the latter may be mentioned, Ansiaux, Ribes, Laennec, Delpech, and Trousseau. This, and many other points connected with the treatment of this affection, demand farther investigation; and it belongs to those surgeons who are suitably situated for the purpose, to make the necessary careful analyses of cases, to ascertain what are the exact indications for each of the numerous modes of treatment, that compose the therapeutics of gonorrhoea.—Editor.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21131521_0126.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
