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A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease. To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck ... by William Saunders.

  • Plenck, Joseph Jacob, Ritter von, 1738-1807. Methodus nova et facilis argentum vivum aegris venerea labe infectis exhibendi. English
Date:
1767
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Credit: A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease. To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck ... by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / [ 6« ] Mercujiy extinguished by mucus PASSES MORE EASILY INTO THE BLOOD, EITHER BY THE PRIMT: WlJE^ OR WHEN EXTERNALLY APPLYED, THAN CRUDE Mercury not extinguished. For qulckfilver Iwallowed in its crude ftate, efcapes through the inteftines, by its weight, nor does it adhere to them, and,, although there is a large quantity of mucus, in the primae viae, yet Mercury is not fo well ex~ tinguifhed by it, as to remain united in the manner it does, when thoroughly extinguifhed by the peftle of a mortar; every body muft al¬ low the truth of this afTertion. For the particles of Mercury thus mutually attract one'ano- • ther, and as long as this attradion is ftronger, than the attradion with the mucus, there will be no extin^fioii. The mucous mercurial circu¬ lates more easily and equably thro’ the vessels, than when united with a fatty ointment. Mercury has a lefs affinity with fat, than with mucus. Ht-nce frequently when Mer¬ cury is united with fat, it makes its efcape from it^ in the body, and takes its courfe to the gl|tnds of the throat, and excites rfali- vation; or to the mucous glands of the in* teftines, and excites diarrhoea, fometimes^to the * Vid. exp. 6. $c exp. 15.