A practical treatise; or, second thoughts on the consequences of the venereal disease. In three parts, viz. I. On the simple gonrrhoea, gleets and other weaknesses ... II. On the virulent gonorrhoea ... III. On the venereal lues ... To which is annex'd, a vindication of the practice of salivating ... / [Joseph Cam].

  • Cam, Joseph, -1743
Date:
1729
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Credit: A practical treatise; or, second thoughts on the consequences of the venereal disease. In three parts, viz. I. On the simple gonrrhoea, gleets and other weaknesses ... II. On the virulent gonorrhoea ... III. On the venereal lues ... To which is annex'd, a vindication of the practice of salivating ... / [Joseph Cam]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ah coe ae . If what is affirmed by fome grave Au; thors be true, to wit, that many have been infected by exceffive Venery alone, by diffi- ating the native Heat, and occafioning a chilled Blood, from whence Symptoms of the Venereal Kind have commenced ; then it will-be a Confirmation, that however the Blood is rendered fixed and acid, it would become venereally affected, But I much © ~ fufpe& fuch Hiftories of Credulity ; where- ‘fore fhall only obferve, that Perfons thus af- fected feldom become feverifh, whichfhews _ the Nature of the Humour offending, _ Moreover, we perceive, that the Reme- _ dies point out to us the Caufe ; for Vene- rea] Perfons are cured by warming and vo- latile Medicines, Guaiacum being the chief Antidote known in the Weft Indies, from whence we firft receiv’d this Poifon. Or, however, the Poifon is to be obtunded and refitted, which are truly the Properties of the Guaiatum : For Guaiacum, if diftill’d, affords an acid Spirit and an Oil; and if re- diftilled, gives alfo a volatile Salt, that is, it gives out an, oily volatile Salt, both virs_ tually and a@ually, by which it cures this virulent Difeafe. However, Guaiacum is hardly a fufficient Remedy in our Climate, where the Pores are not near fo open as in the Weft-Indies ; and therefore Dr. Lifter | oo) Bs
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