The practice of salivating shewn to be of no use or efficacy in the cure of the venereal disease, but greatly prejudicial thereto, or, The antivenereal virtue of mercury prov'd to be independent of any salival evacuation ... / By M. Chicoyneau ... Illustrated with notes and observations; and confirm'd with instances of the success of this method in England by C. Willoughby.

  • François Chicoyneau
Date:
1723
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Credit: The practice of salivating shewn to be of no use or efficacy in the cure of the venereal disease, but greatly prejudicial thereto, or, The antivenereal virtue of mercury prov'd to be independent of any salival evacuation ... / By M. Chicoyneau ... Illustrated with notes and observations; and confirm'd with instances of the success of this method in England by C. Willoughby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    u 5 J their Contents. The ill Scent arifes from a Stoppaj of other Secretions, and a Retention of the Excrement Part whereof the Blood, in its nimble and diforder d Ci culation, muft necefiarily take up and difcharge whe the Outlets are open. This is certainly more ration than to fuppofe the Infection, whofe Scent remains u terly unknown, to be the Caufe hereof (a.) Common Experience aflures us, that the Diflen per, tho’ palliated for a Seafon, often remains unci red, and breaks out more feverely after a Salivatiq has been accidentally raifed by Mercurial Preparation internally taken; which gives a Sufpicion, at leaft, th; fuch an Evacuation is not the proper Cure in this Cafe.(< Nay, fo far are the skilful Artills from promoting th Difcharge, when it thus happens, that they endeavom by all means, to put a fpeedy flop thereto : A confkh rable Argument, furely, that they think Salivation ei ther ufelefs here, or detrimental. (3.) After the ufe of a little mercurial Unguent, or bef of the Salivation riles to its intended height, many Symf toms of the Diftemper, as Ulcers, Shankers, Pains in th Limbs, <&c. ufually vanifh : But if the Effedls of Mer (c) The weak Efficacy of what we call a walking Salivation,, that is, a fmal fpitting, for which a venereal Patient is not confined to his room, confirms thi Obfervation. I do not now meddle with the danger thatattends fuch a Practice though that might well “ excufe the putting a fpeedy flop thereto”: But this,i feems, is not the Motive here; becaufe, were a fuitable Regimen ordered, the] might, perhaps, with fafety continue this Evacuation. Monfieur Chicoyneaus Ar gument will, therefore, continue in its full force.