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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    igen Si BAD Pox’d than Clapp’d. Let others affign a bet>. ter Reafon, and 1 fhall acquiefce; till when, I fhall not change my Sentiments. And asit isa Matrer of great Confequence, I hope the Reader will- pardon this ufeful Digreffion upon it. It is worth Remark al- fo, that Men are, by this wicked Deceit, . Clapp’d by Men, fince it is not unufual for thefe vile Houfes to have Setts of thefe Ma- chines by them, which they give to their. Cuftomers for Ufe; and thefe having been ~ often ufed by Perfons forely infeéted, the Venom is never carefully wath’d off, but {ticks clofe to the Infide of them, and up- on FriGtion it is warmed and put in Moti- on, and gives the unwary Combatant thie very Difeafe he is endeavouring to avoid ; - fo that in quo quis peccat, in eo © punitur. There is yet wanting a Rationale of the Manner of being Pox’d by this artful Ma- chine to complete this Digreflion; which ] fhall the more willingly do, becaufe I don’t find it’ has been as yet attempted by any other Perfon. . 1 fay therefore, that - _ notwithftanding this vile PraGice, Perfons are daily Pox’d by them ; becaufe as the Pe- _ mts is hard, and large enough to fill up the _ Vacancy, by reafon of its Ereétion and Size, it muft follow that the nafty Virus contain- ed in the Lacune of infected Wemen, will — a ar Era _ iffue f
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