A treatise on the venereal disease / by the celebrated and ingenious Mr. John Hunter, of London ; abridged by William Currie.

  • Hunter, John, 1728-1793.
Date:
MDCCLXXXVII [1787]
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Credit: A treatise on the venereal disease / by the celebrated and ingenious Mr. John Hunter, of London ; abridged by William Currie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    toral ptifan is a valuable drink in fuch cir- cumftances. Emollient fomentations may alfo be applied. • When the complaint is evidently owing to an inflammation about the neck of the bladder, bleeding fhould be copioufly performed and repeated, according to the violence of the fymptoms. After bleeding, mild foftening anodyne clyfters fhould be adminiftered, if the patient will fubmit to them, or if that cannot be conveniently done, laxatives of caftor oil, or manna and Glauber's falts may be fubfti- tuted, and the patient may himfelf inject fome mild mucilaginous tea up the reftum, with a little crude opium diffolved in it, with a penis fyringe. In addition to thefe means, flannels, dipt into a decoction of emollient herbs, fuch as poppies, mallows, and chamomile flowers, mould be frequently applied to the pubes, groins, penis, and perineum. If the complaint does not give way to this method, or a total fuppreffion of urine mould come on, the patient mould be put into a warm