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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![witli the injection, the end of this squirt put into the passage as far as it will ^o, and the injection then slowly and steadily scpiirted into the yard. When the squirt is taken away, the passage should be closed by the finger and thiinib for a few seconds to keep in the injection. Lesser Disorders Which May Follow Clap. Erections.—’^Jdie yard should be soaked in water as liot as can be borne for twenty minutes before turning in. If the erections occur in spite of these ])recautions, the pain is relieved by sitting on cold metal, or sluicing the yard well with cold water, and by giving a double dose of the Soothing mixture (Recipe No. 4) every night. Stoppage of IJrinp:.—Seepage Idl). Swelled Testicle.—The [)atient has pain and a sense of weight in the testicle, and ])ain up the cord. The testicle soon increases to two or three times its natural size, and becomes very tender. There is also a feeling of sickness, and of pain in the loins, furred tongue, confined bowels, and general fever. Treatmeid,—A good purge, and the Soothing mixture (No. 4) three times a day. 44ie testicle must be well kept iq) by a })andage or handkerchief, and the patient must, if possible, knock off work, as rest is very important. Make a iiundjer of small pricks with the point of a lancet, or abscess knife, over](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0155.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
