Salivation exploded, or, A practical essay on the venereal disease ... To which is subjoined, a dissertation on gleets and weaknesses ... / By Charles Swift.

  • Swift, Charles
Date:
1780
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    [ 4* ] iite, ftrength, and fpirits foon after fucceeded, together with that of deep in the night, be¬ ing generally drowfy in the day time. Me¬ dicines of various kinds had been admi- niflered without producing the defired effeft; the gentleman had an eruption upon his bread: and other parts of the body, which was en- I C 1*1 couraged by the faculty, in expectation of its being critical; they were however, greatly miflaken, as none of the other fymptoms disappeared in confcquence of it. The lady ftill continued in a very languid date, not- withftanding the number arid variety of me¬ dical prefcriptions. In this unhappy fitua- tion they remained for fome weeks, when an old bottle companion paid the gentleman a viiit, and obferving fome of the eruption on his forehead, faid, c< I’ll be d--m--d if you’ve not got a corona veneris, your cafe has been moft egregioufly mi hake n ♦ pray lofe no more time, and give me leave to fend my furgeon to you f he acquiefced, and I waited upon him the next morning, when I found that his difeafe was moft evidently venereal from r • many other fymptoms, as well as the erup¬ tion which was of the true copper colour. 3 ' Upon