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r\!tls the ufe of crude

quidJilvcr,

as in

lhe camOlon

unc~

tion, to

b\!

rubbcd upon lhe

r~ns,

as about lhe body of lhe

penis, efpecially undcr the

uf«!lhrJ.

to lhe

p~l'inxum.

and fo

up ' o ,he pubes and .ellieles.

Turner approvcs

this methad in all local afree–

tiaos. (ueh as chancrés, a

rhimofis

and parapbinH'fis

rrom

a "encreal

tajO( :

As alfo when {here is a calJofity in (he

urinary parrdge. or an

induralion o. (he teflicles.

parti–

cularly

lheir epldidymes.

left artCr the hernia humoralis,

and .he like. Nor does he dir'pprove of i, in eommon

claps during

lhe courre

lhe purg_Hum .

If-lhere is no difcharge of viruJent malter

rrom

lh e

penís.

is called gonorrhcea. fieca, or a dry cla p.

lhe

fyrn p.orns of

wh.eh

are a dyfury or diflieul.y of making

water, and after, (rom [he

¡ncreare

of lhe inAarnmation

and

tumefa8ion, an iCchury or total fupprellion of uriDe .

In ,he cure of the dry e1ap, rtflrue adv.res plen,iful

bJeeding in the beginning, to take off the tenrion, and tO

:abate the infl.tmmation; as alCo emollient decoélions of

mallows.

~Ceed,

&c.

in milk, tO fomcnt the pans;

bu. perhaps i, migh, be betler

make a poultiee of .hefe

ingredients, after Boerhaave's method. to lay tO the pan,

.ffea ed; or, whieh i. berl of all,

ufe , hem one af,er

the

other.

He likewife advifes lenien, c1yflers, eooling emulfions,

2nd p,ifans wi,h fal prunella and anodynes between while•.

D uring the coolicuance of the inRammation,

mercuri·

a1s mufl be ufed; and ir ,he fymp,oms inereafe, ,hrea,–

ening aD abree(s outwardly in the pcrio<Eum, it is to be

forwarded as mueh as poJlible by fuppurative poultiees; and

,he matler difcharged.

Of Ihe Cure of Ihe

SVM'TOMS.

Oflhe

H ER" ' A H UMORALIS ,

or S1JJelfing

loe

TeIlieles.

ASTRUC,

in the cure, recommends frequent bJeeding,

and an antiphlogiflic regimen, and fomentiog the pans

with a decoélion of mallow· roots and linreed; or

milk

preuy warm ; or an anodyne cataplar", orlily·roots, with

Jeaves of henbane, mallows, aod branc urfine, boiled to

a mueilage, and mixed wi,h ,he flower of linfeed and oil

of liIies. After the ¡nAammation aod fever are abated,

he adviCes a gende purge ; after mild re(oJ\'ents external·

Jy, and antivenererus internal!

The hardnef. of ,he epididymes is 'o be difeulfed by

fueeioa,ed balfam of fulphur, mercurial plallers, and oin,–

meolS . D uring .he ufe of ,hefe appliea,ions, a furpen–

fory bandage Ihould no' be neglea ed .

When pus is forrned io the tenicles, it mua be dir·

eharged with a laneel.

i, Ihould leave a 6flulous ul–

eer, he ¡dvifes a mercurial ointment.

11.

Ofa

B UBo.

T RU

e alTerts, thatvencreal buboes are of two ldnd, :

(he firíl is elTential, happeoing immediately afler coilion

with an infeéled perron : lhe. rt:cond fymptomatical, which

follows .he lupprellion of the gonorrha:a, or the dryiog

\lp of th(' ulcerarían. He. Jikewlfe mentioos a third ,

v. hich does nOI appear fo earl y as the other two, aod is

thererore a pa.hognomouie fi gn of a

lu~s

veoerea or pOl<,

He propofes

cure ít

O1ercuri;¡1

purg~s,

to c2rry ofF

lhe humour

in the mean lime rllhbing

ti.

mercurial oint–

meot into the pan , to diOülve the indurati0n

w~.ich

thinks is more gentlc and cary. th;¡n to promote the. fup.

puration by ripeoing pOllltices, and theo opcning the

turnour by a caunic, giving mercurials iowardly

the

fa me

time.

D e Salt cures all , he ryotptoms uy rubbing in,o ,he

pans a nrong mercurial oiotment, call(j og the palient to

anoim himfelf from the anu,

,,11

¡long the urcthra to

the

glans aod prepuee. The folloA'ing d.y h. gives a tlrong

dofe of jalap, that is, (rom t\Yo fcruples lO a dram .

His

diet drink is to be fpftng-water

WhlCh mcrcury revived

(rom cinnabar has beco boiled. If (he patient cannot

bear much pllrgi ng, he

mtly

have a truce tor

day or

t\Vo, but (he OintOlem i5

be contioued every night.

The 6rll'friaion gives eonfiderable relier, ,he feeond yet

more, the lhird commonly makes lhe pain

cedCe,

and the

fourlh aod fif,h generally filenee the eomplain.s. Five

fix

weeks gener<llly perreas the cure.

In buboes. (he patient is tO rub the ointment inlo the

groio, fcrotum, and p"rts in ti ther (ex; purglOg every

day. and drinklng the mercurial water; by whidl means

the buboes melt away.

che

phimofis, pdraphimofis. and

chancres dif¡ppcar. and the former hea)eh retttrns. If

there is matter already fOrAled io lhe bubo, then he

allows i, murt be opened. H eirler's rue,hod is mueh .he

fame.

IlI.

Caruneles

and

Camofi,i.s

in Ihe

Ureth ra_

oullades whieh hinder ,he free

palf.ge

of ,he

urine, according to Aflruc, are there which follow .

l .

Ulcers io theurethra. 2. Cicatrices left behind arter the

healing ,hefe uleers. 3. Caruneles. 4 .

rehirrus

0 0

the verumontaOUn1, or ca put gaJlinaginis.

Indurati–

ons of the

profldt~

and veficula: feminales. 6 . Cotrnofities

ri(ing in and

raiteninR the canal.

He propoCes tOcure the ulcers by

~he

fa me

regimen as

.he firn period of • gonorrh",a,

"iz .

by repea,ed bleed–

iogs, lenients and refrige ranls. to abate lhe 8uxion, and

take off the infhmmation",

T urner, in the

wora

caCes, would nOI have lhe urethra

laid opeo, bUI only have lhe perinzum weIJ grc:afed wÍllr

the

olercuri~1

liniment, by whici!. he has kno\Vn many

large "lIofi.ies inf.ofibly dilfolve; while ,he caodJe or

leadon probe, fme.red alfo ,herewi.h, hdO been kep'

within.

Bu, ,here has been Ia.ely introdueed io.o praaiee by

D .J.ran a new melhod of

CUI

ing 1J.·efe dlforders wnh

bougies . the compofition of whiGh he keeps ... ft:eret.

Accordíng tOhim. ir lhe ean;¡1 of the urethra be open

enough tO admít the extremity of the bougie, a fu ppura–

tion

will

enfue

from lhe difct(cd

p.rt

o( the urethraj

which \Vdl

111

time rt lax and open the fl néture ; or, if

lhe firíélure oppofcs the entrance of the bougie. ye! Hill

the mere poin t of the bo\ gle \ViiI ruppu rate

in a

{m"U

ucgrec, anJ by aod by. lhough OJUch more tc:díoully than

io lhe other c..fe.

tel:lxing, OptO

it.

T he rorrl d.rehdrg. proeured by a bougie is generally

very faniouF. tlnd e",d ntl ,

110\\5

from lhe pl.,cc wh('rc

,he obflru&on is, ,ha, part of ,he bouílie only

be.ns

eovered