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tl\(~ r:\Inc n,\tl1~c : :\r.d c,·~ , eXh:n~S th l~01 lO thcir nipplc.:s,
\lo her.: lhe lllcn:n ion t:onf! r..illlng Ihe :lrC.l or cirele round
a~(lUt th~01 j. ri;:,ltcs lhe r.lI1\e. Thc phimofis or women
is lhe conHritl ion of lhe Clar,toce ioto lhe '·:\gin~ .
He bl!gills thC' cure wirh bh; ....cljn~ t!.oJ gentl~ purg:uives.
fuch as e.IJlü CU1N 111.11./:.1 anJ ".n'e:. dalc. inHead of
brdka cath;;u líes and Clllctics, which , as ~rllrner thinks,
by motking a Hronger re\'uHion. afTurd fpcedier rdief.
H e lhen ach·,fes anodyne cOlollic01 fom cntations and cae
t~pl.trllls to Telax and (0((\.'0, and artcrwArds dircutients
10 breathe Conh lhe h\IITIOUrS: and, ir the pt'ois is (oak·
ed thercin an haur or ( \VQ (Wlce a . lhe cfTc:él \Vi II be
more cen aio ; but ir a fbgll:won i5 thrcftt.cned, and thence
a g:.nsrcne~ the prepuce is tObe d;vided in Ihe phimufis
on ea\,.h fide the glam, and lhe folds ofic tO be CUt duough
in Ihe paraph:molis : by which Ihe fl: rancled glans may be
(el free, and lhe chancre. it any. brought .into view. The
like mul1 be dune for lhe cryHall ine, in order te d¡fcharge
Ihe imprifoned Iymph••nd (or\Vard Ihe Illbfidencc o( Ihe
prepuc<, Ihereby infiatedand puffed up. . .
,'he .ffeéled pan s 10 women (hould t.kewlfe be foment–
ed with lhe like emollient and mueilaginous decoélionsl
of the roOts of marnl m",llows, white-lily, water·lily, and
the Icaves of brane urfine. mall ows, linreed, &c. feveral
times a day. Afterwuds , a pdrary made of lineo or
(ponge dipped in Ihe emollienl liquer n,ould be inlroduced
iOlO lhe vagina.
VII. Oí T ubercles ami S<irrhous CorGs.
T HE tl1bercle is a callofilY remainiog arter healing lhe
ch.ncr.. o( Ihe gldns, \Vh,ch hinders I~e (r<e play o( the
forelkin o\'er Ihe gl.n.. I( this \ViII not yield 10 a Ilrong
mercurial unétion, lhe only remedy is circumcifion .
The fcirrhous cords are lubereJes whieh arife where
there has ber." ao ulceralion; and may be left lInder lile
fkin of the penis. fometimes round. and fomerimes like a
eord . They arife gradu, lI y, and dif.ppear \Vilh the help
of a li'ttJe mercuri.. 1 unaion. a"d a cou rre of mercurial
purging. uolefs eomp)¡eated with olher fymptoms of a
worfe klOd.
VIlL Oí ¡he P orri. , Chriíl:x:, and ¡he
lile E;r;cr~fc(lJccJ.
T HE venereal porri, whofe real ís lhe pudenda, ir tht'y
are rceent, fm all, and foft, fometimes d ry and f. 1I off o (
thcmfclvés, aft er lhe poifon h;\s been deflrúyed by mer cu·
rial fri{li ons ; but if they ue hard . larce. :,¡ nd have deep
roots l they will Cometimcs c~n1inue ah er lhem, and grow
IIke \'I3rtS in ol her parts of lhe body. In Ihis c:tre (hey
muH be cut with the poi nt of the fci{fus as nea r lhe O<i n
?,s pofIil.."e~ and a mc:rcu ri.d pl.tHcr mun he prepued with a
large proF0rtion ofrnc, cury, ó' nd mixed wilh d¡(¡ch. cnm
1"1111. fOprorr.otc a (uppur;nion, and tO di(folve lhe ca l!ofi–
lits íl t lhe h:¡.fcs ortlle porri. be(orc acicalrix is (o rnlcrl.
But ir the b~fis is hard. ao~l rurroundcd widl hard
otn.'i <lecp ca llafities. n'$:lu mU('uria l (, i,,<lions mult hc
ufcuj 3nd the \'Iound Jt1\l1l he ",¡th b.tfjlicon. fpriok.
l' d with reo prccipit041 e. 10 confumc lhe c.tllofiti("s by I,t·
tle tlnd hlth:. 10 (" fH:n tltC cd;:C''i {)f Ihe ulrers ;l nd d ifpor~
t h~ m tu If thi~ (hol1ld Il,unger cOIIC,.,!iy . .1
O,oul" ¡,~ uf('d.
YOLA 1:1. 1 unl!'. 7¡j.
e N E.
Thc r.,me dirc{lions ?re appl ic:ü-..lc to the whole trih"!
of cOIHJylamalrt , ..:11, ifta:. mora) (¡ci. enhcr abou t lhe pu –
dc.:nda ór anus.
0f lh~ L UES VENEREA, or F RENell Pa x.
'VHEN a gonorrhrea I,,,s conlinll('d a long while, or
long enollgh for the po,fonou s matter tO O1;¡ke its way
into the blood, or, b), aHringl'nts given unrt:afonably, it
cannOI Olake ils exil. lheo the patieo l IS inf,,{tcd Wílh the
pox .
The huhoes in the groio- connilutc the. fil fl: degree j
then foll ow pai ns which cruell )' (arment thlo! he2d and
joinls ol the fhoulders arms. and ancles, coming on by
lits, bUI al no ceftain Intel vals. unlcfs in lhe night when
the patient is warm in hls bed. feldom leaving him t¡JI
wwa.rds lhe mOl ning .
There are alfo (cabs and feurf io various of Ihe body,
wllich are as yc~low as a haney·comb. and which ddlin–
~uilhes thcm flom all others. Sornelimes lhey have large
fur faces, anfwering lh e drfel ipllon whit:h íluthors give of
Ihe leprofy. BUllhe more Ihefc ICabs are d,fperfed o\'er Ihe
body. lhe It rs he is lormented .
AII thef. fymptoms g r.du.lly . efpeci.lly Ihe
pain i whieh becomes fo ¡"teore, that lhe pancOl is un–
able to lie in bed. Afl erw:trds nodc:s or exoltofes anfl!
in the O<.UII. fhin· bones, and bones of the arms, whichl
bei ne attcodcd Wilh conllanl pain and innJmmalion, !lt
lenglh grow ca rious anJ putrcfied.
Phag~deoic ulccrs likewife feize various parts of the
body; bUI generally fir(l begin wilh the thro.l• • r.d (rom
thence ycreep by Ihe palare 10 Ihe c.!til.ge.o( the
nofe, which Ihey dellroy. and the nofe, bcing d ell ilute
o( its prop, (,lis down Odl.
The ulcers and p;tin da¡ly increafiogt the palient fi nk:s
under the torment ; and being nOl able any looger te Orug4
gle Wilh fteneh, rottennefs, and rhe lors " f one mem –
ber afler another, his manglcd oJfenfive careare is hurried
into lhe grave.
Hcr.des the fymptoms propcr 10 the pudenda and p.rlS
:ldjacent. wlrieh have becn already mcntioned . the fol–
luwing are obfcrnble in él (:on{i rmed pox j which howe\'er
do DOI arpe;¡r in all p3li<..'nts, nor at Ihe f.il1le time.
1. Thc Ikin. efpecially aboll! Ihe ncck and brentl, .nel
between lhe nloulders. ¡s co\'crcd \...ith nat fpots like
freckles , or'a rory. purplc. yellow. or J¡vid calou r, fom e ..
times dlflinél, rmal! and round likc lentils, fomelimcs
more IMgC and (·'(tended.
It is fllll of itchy puflules . rctters. ano rin~worms, a
ferpigol a herpes nJil'<His, ancl exedens. Thcre are chaps
in Ihe palms of the hilnJs and roles of Ihe feel, Wilh ilch–
ing (rom \\'h~ncc proc"'cds él clcar ferous liquor, l!.nJ lhe
epidermi s pt t' ls oA' in l,¡rgc A"kcs.
. lt abounds Wilh h,lId. callou~ . rouno ru{lu les, rifinr, a
Irtt le 011 lhe tep••gl·n¡:r..¡lI y ury. bU I !u01('liOlCS mOII~.
fCd ly. br..tnny, and ydlilW frc'luently on che cornNSof
lhe I¡ ps , and lh e fiJ es or Ihe noll,·ils. bUl more crrccl.dlr
an Ihe ('lrl'!Jead, tClllrks. 3nd hc:hind the e:-rrs , wln're
they :1 ppl· .... r In ro\'13 I!kc ~ (lring of bl,.'dcls, anJ gl'.lduallv
cflr p al\lonr, lhe h:tír. .
Tlrc b.Iil not only fa lls off from lhe he:\d. but ,di parts
or d,,: hod)' \\'IrCIC i~ G' O\\'s. 1 'hco lile n:lIls utcvm~ IIn-
L I 2 c'1".,I .