Lectures on female prostitution : its nature, extent, effects, guilt, causes, and remedy / by Ralph Wardlaw.

Date:
1842
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Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    the whole bones of the nose, external and internal,—the hones which form the roof of the mouth,—the bones of both cheeks,—the greater ])art of the superior max- illary or jaw bones, with the teeth which they contain- ed,—besides all the softer fleshy parts connected with or covering them,—have been successively sej)aratcd from the body. The disease has continued for more than three years, and has set at defiance every remedy which the most celebrated medical practitioners in Edinburgh could suggest. Her face is literally rotten, and presents a large opening, into winch an ordinary-sized fist may be thrust without difficulty.”*—I might add a great deal from the medical portion of Dr llyan’s work on the prostitution of London ; but enlargement on such a topic would be as offensive as it is unnecessary. Mark the terms in which the respected and benevolent author from whom I have taken the above citation sums up the section on tbe subject of the diseases to which prostitution exposes its votaries :— “ From the effects thus produced it must be obvious, that the suffering which the unfortunate patients have to endure is veiy great. It is much more severe than that which arises from any other disease; and the period of its duration is also very considerable. Weeks, months, and years pass away, without their experiencing any mitigation of their agonies, or receiving one word of consolation or assurance from the lips of their medical attendant, that there is at last some hope of being restored to health. The most * Magdalenisni, pp. 223, 221.
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