The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.
- Leach, Harry.
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![A thick discluirge comes from uiuler the foreskin, which is swollen and drawn back with diflicidty. The nut is red and swollen, but there is no ulcer. The foreskin must be well pulled back, and it, as well as the nut, washed with warm water. Both must then be swabbed with the Caustic lotion (Recipe No. 13j. A piece of lioric lint should then be placed between the nut and foreskin, and the fore- skin drawn forward into its proper place. Attention to cleanliness for a few days, with re])etition, if necessary, of the swabbing, will effect speedy cure. (2) Clai’.—This disease generally appears from two days to a week after connection with a foul woman. Sijmpfoins.—There is itching at the end of the passage through which the urine Hows ; the nut also swells, and its skin has a red shiny look: there is a feeling of heat and smarting when passing water, which soon amounts to scalding, and sometimes causes great pain. The stream of urine is twisted and broken, and in bad cases may stop altogether. Then follows a greenish-yellow discharge, at Hrst thin, but afterwards thick and mattery. There is also a sense of itching along the under-surface of the yard in the direction of the vent, and the patient is often troubled by painful erections at night. If the foreskin be long, and the discharge from the passage allowed to collect underneath, the foreskin](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0153.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
