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.

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    [ *5 ] By chancre I would be underftood to mean a fpreading venereal ulcer, with ragged, cal- lous, prominent edges, and unequal furface. This kind of ulcer may happen with or without a gonorrhoea. Thefe are commonly feated about the glans penis and infide of the pre- puce. They firft appear like a little blifler or blifters, with an inflamed circumference. This vefication feels hot and itchy before it breaks j afterwards it gradually degenerates into a foul obftinate ulcer, the bottom of which is commonly covered with a vifcid mucus, and the edges become hard and contracted. Sometimes the firft appearance refembles a fimple excoriation of the cuticle, which foon increafes to a corroding ulcer. Chancres partake both of a fpecific and conftitutional inflammation : hence, it is always neceffary to take notice of the manner and condition in which they firft appear, and alfo to their progrefs; for they often explain the nature of the conftitution at the time. If the in- flammation fpreads faft and diffufively, it mews a conftitution preternaturally difpofed to in- flammation. If the pain is great, it mews a ftrong difpofition to irritation. It alfo fome- times happens, that they begin very early to D form