A treatise on the venereal disease / by the celebrated and ingenious Mr. John Hunter, of London ; abridged by William Currie.

  • John Hunter
Date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
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Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease / by the celebrated and ingenious Mr. John Hunter, of London ; abridged by William Currie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 3* ] of a pafte made with opium and water, mould accompany the application of the mercurial ointment. These poultices mould always be applied cold. In this way they have very powerful effects, in diminifhing the action of the arte- ries of the part, while the mercury alters the fpecific irritation. But, if the conftitutional irritation is very great, that is, if the folids are in preternatu- ral tone, and the globules of the blood denfe and compact, evacuations and topical feda- tives mould always precede the employment of mercury. On the contrary, in relaxed habits, the bark and a nutritive regimen, fhould be combined with mercury. Mercury, taken into the ftomach, cannot aft immediately on the bubo ; the ointment fhould therefore always be preferred. In women, buboes are feated fometimes in the ligamentum rotundum ; fometimes be- tween the labium and thigh; and fometimes in the groin. When