Volume 1

Reports principally concerning the effects of the nitrous acid in the venereal disease / by the surgeons of the Royal Hospital at Plymouth, and by other practitioners. Published by Thomas Beddoes, M. D.

  • Beddoes, Thomas, 1760-1808
Date:
1797
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Reports principally concerning the effects of the nitrous acid in the venereal disease / by the surgeons of the Royal Hospital at Plymouth, and by other practitioners. Published by Thomas Beddoes, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASE UL WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Seaman, thirty- fix years of age, was received into this Hofpital on the 28th day of May, 1797, for a venereal complaint, which he faid, had made its appear- ance two months before; for which he had taken a good deal of mercurial medicines on board, without the leaft effect: in fact, he was now, he faid, worfe than at any former period. On examining him, I found a bubo which had fuppurated fome time, and appeared to bein a fpreading ftate ; chancres on the penis; excori- ations and ulcers extended to the fcrotum and round the anus, which gave him fuch intenfe pain, as to oblige him to keep his bed, only getting out once a day in order to have it made. He was ordered the following drink: R Acidi nitrofi drachm. i fs. Syrupi fimplicis uncias vill. Decocti lignorum libras ij. M. bibat guotidie.