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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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    ■ L 6^ ] But how Mercury acts on the VENEREAL V I RU S, I N D ES TROY I NG IT^ NO PERSON CAN DETERMINE, UNLESS THE*NAfruRE OF THIS VIRUS WAS PER-' jFECTLY KNOWN. I am willlrig to coiifefs my ignorance In this matter, and what I have advanced concerning the theory of falivation, I mean to befubmltted to'the judgment of eminent men, as hypothe¬ tical ; and it will alTord me pleafure, if any one will find out and demonftrate a better theory concerning the wonderful of Mercury. Mercurial « %