A 
PRACTICAL TREATISE
OR, 
SECOND THOUGHTS
On the CONSEQUENCES of the
Venereal Disease.  
In Three Parts, viz.
I. On the Simple Gonorrhœa, Gleets, and other 
Weaknesses, whether from Venereal Embraces, 
Self-Pollution, improperly call'd Onanism, or Na- 
tural Imbecillity. 
II. On the Virulent Gonorrhœa, or Clap. 
III. On the Venereal Lues, or Grand Pox. 
Wherein are plainly shew'd, the exact Degrees of
Difference; with their Signs, Symptoms, Prognosticks, 
and Cures, in all Cases; their Beginnings, Progress, 
and fatal Periods, when neglected, or unskilfully 
managed; and how their absolute Cure, without Vio- 
lence or Injury, is completed. 
With proper and effectual Remedies, in their se- 
veral Stages, prescribed and recommended therein. 
With some Remarks on that preposterous Way of Venery, 
with Machines, &c. and a plain Discovery of the Dangers 
(tho' little expected) which attend that vile Practice.
And many other useful Discoveries relating to Infections
in both Sexes, not before taken Notice of. 
To which is annex'd, 
A Vindication of the Practice of SALIVATING, &c. 
By JOSEPH CAM, M. D. 
The SECOND EDITION. 
LONDON: 
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PREFACE 
TO THE 
READER. 
IF entring into the Merits of a 
Cause, in a more ample manner, 
be any Sign of Personal Desert, 
I hope this Sketch I have penn'd, 
being Second Thoughts on the Venereal 
Disease, will plead for me. For my part, 
tho' I have a Title to enter deeper into 
Practice, yet I confine myself within the 
Limits of a Disease I have been well exer- 
cised in for above a Quarter of a Century. I 
hope, the Gentlemen of the Faculty, whose 
Parts and Practice are more extensive than 
I contend for, will judge favourably of my 
Endeavours; and it is to them only I sub-
A mit

To the Reader. 
mit my Labours: They are the proper Judges; 
and as they are Men of Honour, I appeal to 
them, if I have not spoke Truth in proper 
Terms; and if I have not advanced 
something suitable to the Time I have 
practised this Branch: Tho' I am not so vain 
as to call myself up as a Nonpareil, I con- 
sider the Case, and fit my Intentions aptly to 
it. How is it possible to fit one Remedy to 
all Circumstances? 'Tis fitting one Boot to 
every Man's Leg. Such who cry up their 
Secrets as universal for one Case, will con- 
vince the Persons, they have deceiv'd, of 
their Effrontery in a small time: For Ex- 
ample, a Lotion for a Gonorrhœa will not 
always answer, we are often forced to shift 
it for another more or less strong; and he 
who would confine himself to one Remedy for 
Shankers or Buboes, or indeed any other 
Symptom, would make fine Work of it in the 
End! And yet I see this promised every Day 
in our Publick Papers; but none see thro' 
the Cheat, save those, whose Province it is 
to be Masters in the Profession. What Pity 
is

To the Reader.
is it to see Men put their Hooks into the 
Harvest who know no Part of the Business?
Dr. Anodyne has no Title to act as he does;
for in the first place, he collects injudiciously, 
writes inconsistently, and acts most falsly; 
he speaks much, but says little; goes on a 
great pace, but is quite out of the Road; he 
deludes with Promises, and aims at nothing 
but Gain: And what I am infinitely surpri- 
zed at, he gives Certificates of Persons 
cured, whose ill State of Health I was con- 
sulted upon even at the time of his adver- 
tising; and moreover, I am also well assured 
of some others he advertises as cured, who 
afterwards went thro' some severe Courses, 
and at last ended their Days under this Ma- 
lady.* Can any thing come up to such 
Falshood? Can bold Ignorance reach higher? 
If this is true, as it most certainly is, of 
such whose Names are affixed to the Book, 
what shall we say of nameless Certificates? 
* If he wants better Information, let him en- 
quire at a certain Coffee-house near Silver-Street. 
A2 The

To the Reader. 
The Expression may be pardon'd, since the 
Author of Eronania calls a Rhapsody of 
Anonymous Letters by the Name of Cer- 
tificates. Are Names inserted into Publick 
Papers to be conceal'd? Such Forgeries have 
never appear'd till now; they are absolutely 
new in their Kind. To spend more Time upon 
such a Miscreant, would make the World 
think him worth my while; whereas, God 
knows, I aim at nothing more than to decry 
an Imposture, a Collusion, a Fraud, which 
promises fair, and deceives the Unwary into 
their Graves. 
Since my penning this Book, I have met 
with Anodyne's Venereal Dispensatory,
wherein we find a Collection of Recipe's, 
which the Royal College of Physicians have 
not been consulted in. A happy Genius, it 
seems, who needs no Imprimatur; and those
which want it most, have no Reason to ask 
it. If his Arcana, vended near the Fountain 
Tavern, and other Places, are of equal Va- 
lue with the Receipts in his Dispensatory, 
they

To the Reader. 
they may be safely apply'd or administer'd to 
any Horse-Flesh in Smithfield: But for my 
part, if any are so weak as to give Credit 
to them, it is not unlikely I may share in the 
unhappy Booty, which must follow such ig- 
norant Advice. 
I abhorr the Practice of relating luscious 
Stories, and treating the Disease in such a 
ludicrous manner, as some have formerly 
done in large Volumes and Appendixes, against
whom a just Prosecution was commenced, for 
the Obscenity and Ribaldry therein contain'd; 
and how such came off, is best known to 
themselves; vide Gazette, &c. So that we 
see there are some who endeavour'd to fully 
my Reputation, and have justly suffer'd in 
their own thereby; and therefore I hope none 
can accuse me of having spoken or publish'd
any Indecency in the following Treatise: I 
have industriously avoided such Ungentleman- 
like Language; the most Modest may bear it;
I have offer'd no Affront to their Modesty, 
but have confined myself briefly and closely 
to

To the Reader. 
the Title Page, and so close this Preface. 
Intentions distinguish Sins; and therefore, 
every Youth who practises Pollution, cannot 
be said to be guilty of Onan's Transgres- 
sion; nor is he guilty of his Crime. Great 
is the Sin, but yet it mounts not up to 
Onan's; the Physical Action is the same;
but Onan's Non-Conformity to the Will of 
his Creator was yet more heinous. 
A

A 
PRACTICAL TREATISE
ON THE
CONSEQUENCES 
OF THE
Venereal Disease, &c. 
THE Parts of Generation have 
a just Title to a serious Consi-
deration; and in a more par-  
ticular Manner, that Part in 
which the Fluid assign'd for 
Propagation is elaborated; namely, the 
Testes, which the Ancients, not improper- 
ly, term'd the Second Fountain of Heat.
For as the Heart is usually call'd the first 
Origin of Heat; not only, because it is 
reputed the Seat of the Animal Fire; but 
also, because from thence, as from a Foun- 
tain, the Blood is convey'd into the Sy-
stem of the Arteries as into Channels, by 
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the Means of which, Heat is communi- 
cated to all the Body; in the same Man- 
ner, the Testicles, which elaborate a most 
noble Matter for Generation, do not only 
alone contribute to Stamp our Maker's
Image; but also do greatly advantage the 
Individual, by adding Strength to the 
whole Body, and changing the Tempera- 
ment of it. The Manner of which cannot 
escape such as have any Notion of the Cir- 
culation. Inasmuch as the Blood (whose 
Remainder, after Nutrition, or Distribu- 
tion, the Spermatick Veins reconvey to 
the Heart, imbued with Seminal Atoms 
or Genital Spirit charged with Active 
Particles) gradually brings on a Change 
of the whole Body. Wherefore, since 
such noble Virtues are hoarded up in that 
Matter elaborated by the Testicles, 'tis
no Wonder that too great an Expence of 
this Fluid, or however so great a Change 
produced in Mankind, by the Damage 
done to those Parts from Venereal In- 
fections, should deserve My Care in a par- 
ticular Manner, whose whole Course of 
Life has been spent in studying how to 
be serviceable to such unfortunate People. 
I shall not spend my Time in Etymo- 
logies, since the Word Gonorrhœa is de- 
rived from γοη Seed, and ρεω to Flow; 
which,

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which, tho, it may denote any Flux of 
Seed, yet is ordinarily taken to signify a 
preternatural Flux of it. The Ancients 
seem to have had no Knowledge of this 
virulent Running, now so common a- 
mongst us; and this Name, borrow'd from 
the Greeks, did not signify the virulent, 
but the simple Gonorrhœa; for the rooted 
Degree of the virulent Kind, we borrow 
a Name bordering upon the Greek, from 
Junius; namely, Siphylis, from οΦλος
signifying a Deform'd Visage; because in 
this Disease the Nose often falls in. 
But all do not agree in the Description 
of this preternatural Flux; for some do 
not reckon every Evacuation a preterna- 
tural Gonorrhœa, but only such an one as 
owes its Rise to a Weakness of the Re- 
tention of the Seed; others look upon 
Nocturnal Pollution to merit that Name; 
but I here take a Gonorrhœa for a preter- 
natural and involuntary Effusion of Mat- 
ter from the Urethra or Vagina. 
Therefore, it may be described to be a 
preternatural and involuntary Effusion of 
Seed or Matter, without the least Sense 
of Pleasure, arising from the Weakness of 
the Seminal Parts. So that it appears 
that a Gonorrhœa is a Symptom depend- 
ing primarily on the Prejudice done to 
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the Parts; and secondarily, on the Weak- 
ness of Retention. As to the Flux of Mat- 
ter, that differs according to the Parts 
injured and Cause of the Disease. And 
for Method's Sake, I shall divide this 
short Discourse into Three Parts: The First 
shall treat of the Simple Gonorrhœa; the 
Second of a Virulent Gonorrhœa, and the 
Third of the Lues. 
As to a Simple Gonorrhœa, it is a pre- 
ternatural and involuntary Effusion of 
Seed; for every Flux of Seed is not a 
Gonorrhœa: In some, it is emptied every 
Week by luscious Dreams, with an Ere- 
ction of the Penis, or Clitoris, and Plea- 
sure; from the Flux of which, as they are 
in Health, and it happens from a gentle 
Irritation of active Particles residing in 
the Vesiculæ Seminales, it can neither be 
call'd preternatural nor involuntary; but 
if it returns often, as well by Day as by 
Night, or from any the least Sensual 
Thought, without Pleasure, and wastes 
the Spirits and enfeebles Persons, then it 
may properly be recounted as preterna- 
tural: Since the Quantity is prejudicial,
and the Parts are too lax, this may pro- 
perly be term'd a Simple Gonorrhœa, as 
well as when it flows constantly; for these 
two differ only in Degrees.
The 

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The Parts affected are term'd Seminal. 
The immediate Seat of it is in the Prostatæ, 
or Vesiculæ Seminales; for the Pores of the 
Prostatæ, as well as those of the Vesiculæ,
are too much enlarged. Vesalius observed 
all those Passages more patent in a Person 
executed and dissected at Padoua, who 
had, before Death, been troubled with 
an involuntary Flux of Seed. Altho' these 
Parts be immediately affected, yet it is 
Groundless, that in a Gonorrhœa other Parts 
are not also prejudiced: Which thing, 
Dr. Wharton, in the 31st Chapter of his 
Adenograph. observes; Not one Part only, 
says he, but all the Seminal Parts are affect- 
ed in a Gonorrhœa. And it appears very 
plainly, that the Parts destin'd for Elabo- 
ration of the Semen primarily, are also in- 
jured in this preternatural Excretion; as 
are more especially the Testes, which may 
be proved to be affected here, because 
many labouring under a Gonorrhœa, are at 
the same time taken with a Swelling, and 
often an Inflammation of one or both Te- 
sticles. Examples of this kind I meet 
with daily; more especially in the Virulent 
Sort; for there, if the Matter be impru- 
dently check'd, the Vessels are surcharged 
with acrimonious Particles, which seldom 
fail of fretting them, and inviting thereby
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a plentiful Influx of Humours, which hav- 
ing no Passage, must effectually enlarge 
the Testes; of which more anon. In Wo- 
men, the Glands of the Vagina are the Seat 
of it; and what is said of the Prostatæ in 
Men, may in like manner be pronounced 
of these Glands in Women. 
The Causes of this Simple Gonorrhœa, 
are either immediate or remote: In it the 
Parts of Generation, and the Fluids are 
immediately affected; for either the Parts 
are too lax and open, and become there- 
by unfit to retain their Contents, or the 
Seed is too thin, being either too watry 
or too volatile; and then it either flows 
involuntarily through the widened Pas- 
sages, or galls the Ducts, and makes them 
contract strongly, and squeeze out their 
Contents. 
The Retention is weaken'd from a wa- 
try, crude, and undigested Seed, which 
not being enough concocted, it easily glides 
thro' the Seminal Ducts, even without 
creating any Sensation of Pleasure; and 
also without any preceding Cause, save a 
very small Irritation in the Genitals, such 
as is observed, whilst the Fæces issue from 
the Fundament; or, as Fernelius has it, 
whilst a Glister is injected; or as Platerus
says, hence it often happens, that a purg-
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ing Medicine being taken, some, from an
Acrimony or Watrishness of the Seed, or 
Weakness of the Vessels, discharge Seed 
plentifully; which, however, happens most 
commonly to such as have the Seminals 
weaken'd. It is usual for such Persons, 
upon straining at Stool, to discharge this 
Fluid without any Sensation of Pleasure;
and in our Country, it frequently suc- 
ceeds a Gonorrhœa late cured; for if proper 
Remedies are neglected, the Orifices of 
the Vesiculæ Seminales may for ever after 
lose their Force, either because they are 
become irreparably Flaccid; or because 
their Orifices, being eroded, can never be 
closed up. 
Too frequent Embraces, and the dete- 
stable Practice of Fribling, which is com- 
monly call'd the Crime of Onan, and is 
term'd from thence Onanism, do give Rise 
to this Simple Flux; for by inviting this 
Fluid thither, and provoking its Discharge 
so often, the Passages of Conveyance are 
widen'd greatly; and the Blood being im- 
poverish'd, affords but too thin Semen; so 
that 'tis odds but they fall into a Tabes 
Dorsalis, where they have Pains in their 
Heads, Necks, Joints, and Muscles, so 
that they can hardly bend themselves for- 
ward, where much and thin Seed flows 
forth

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forth upon going to Stool or making Wa- 
ter, as also whilst asleep, with or without 
Dreaming; where the Body wastes, the 
Breath shortens, and the Head grows heavy; 
where, in fine, the Appetite fails, the Legs 
swell, and Blindness ensues. And as this 
Vice prevails with Youth, where Nature 
calls upon them so frequently, and they 
either want Opportunities to gratify their 
lustful Appetites, or are afraid to make use 
of them, lest they should suffer Damages 
in their Bodies thereby, or because they 
affect the Character of sober Youths. In 
all these Cases, this detestable Practice takes 
Place; and finding no Inconveniency at 
first to attend it, they follow it without 
Remorse or Measure, till they hurry on 
very dangerous Consequences, which the 
more readily happen to Youths less ad- 
vanced in Years; because their Growth, not 
being yet finish'd, is hindred thereby, and 
their Bones are deprived of that Firmness 
they ought to enjoy by Nature; so that they 
who have made too free with themselves 
before Maturity especially, grow old in 
their middle Age; their Blood being de- 
prived of its Balsam too early, the Fibres 
of the Flesh and Bones are flabby and flexile;
the Muscles, which would resemble those 
of a Lion, if Nature were not disturb'd in
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her Course, have no Spring in them; they 
faintly obey the Spirits whenever they are 
put in Motion: And, in short, Men are 
emasculated by this odious Vice, which is
one Share of the Temporal Punishment re- 
taining to the Sin. I now am acquainted 
with the Case of one, who is become im-  
potent in his Bloom, by having made too
free with this Play; and I am afraid there 
will be great Reason for the Damsel his 
Spouse, to plead for a Discharge; unless,
by proper Assistance, (which I am in hopes 
to give him in due time) he can be restored 
to his Vigour and Virility, which has 
been long, in vain, attempted by the Au-
thor of Onania's Remedies, &c. And may 
not this also be reckon'd into the Number 
of Temporal Punishiments attending this 
Iniquity? But altho' every one is not quite 
so unfortunate, may not at least an Incapa- 
city, or Loss of their full Vigour, give Rise 
to the many unhappy Matches so often seen
and heard of in this and other Countries? 
To speak Nature's Voice in modest Terms;
the Ladies may very justly be reputed the 
more modest and vertuous Sex; their Incli- 
nations are neither so rapid, nor so frequent 
as ours; nor indeed are they so heated and 
chafed as those of Men: They meet with 
fewer Occasions, and consequently are not 
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liable to so numerous Temptations: And 
moreover, they are more used to curb their 
Passions, since it is not their Province to at- 
tack; and to close up this Observation, 
they are subject to Diseases in their younger 
and elder Years, which do naturally choak 
Venery; so that in the main, very few hav- 
ing been attempted in their Modesty, con- 
sidering the Numbers, they approach the 
Marriage Bed in Vigour, and ought to be 
gratify'd in their Legal Debt; but meeting 
with jaded and shatter'd Constitutions, they 
too often become enraged at their hard 
Fate, and seriously resolve on a Revenge for 
deceiving them of their Expectations, and 
defrauding them of a Debt allow'd them by 
the Divine Law, and allotted to them by 
Nature. Hence so many Jealousies, Aver- 
sions, Debates, and Separations; and whence 
alas all this, but from a Crime which highly 
offends our Creator, and weakens, nay of- 
ten destroys, our Bodies? 
But Thousands never arrive to the 
Thoughts of Marriage; they are fading 
daily in Consumptions; we meet with no 
Disease more frequent than this in our Week- 
ly Bills; and if you examine strictly, you 
will observe that most of those who die of 
this Distemper, are Males cut off in their 
Bloom. Now, if I may be allow'd to make 
use

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use of a little Politick Arithmetick, with- 
out any Inclination to judge rashly, I can 
see by my daily Practice, that more apply 
for Remedies to restore Nature debilitated 
by this Diabolical Invention, than to be 
cured of the Venereal Malady; and as it 
is true, that Consumptions will arise from 
either Case, it follows that as many die of 
this Disaster as of the latter. 
The Privacy it is done with, makes its 
Consequences less avoidable; for where 
no Advice can be ask'd, none can be given. 
In Fornication, our Mistresses and our Ob- 
jects are known and heard of; our Friends 
and Well-Wishers interfere, and do often 
prevent impending Ills; whereas, in this 
Vice, our Mistress lies hid in our Bosom; 
in our Inclinations; she is never heard of, 
nor seen; and our Attacks are never seen, 
or spoken of: Our Misery is completed 
before we are suspected; nay, and at last, 
the very Physicians are at a Loss for this 
Cause of their Disorders. 'Tis this Shame 
which ruins Thousands; they hate to 
confess their Fault, tho' the Remedies can't
be compass'd without it: But that I may 
not detain my Readers too long on the 
Point, there are many Symptoms attend- 
ing Injuries done by this Practice, which 
are not common to any other of Impuri-
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ty. As the Force begins at the Penis first, 
(for I confine myself only to Men in this 
Affair) so does the Disorder, which after- 
wards defaces the whole Body: To know 
the Damages done to it, we are first to 
consider the Structure of that Part, which 
however I shall not describe exactly, only 
we are to know that there are a Spungy 
Body, a Vein, Muscles, a Nerve, an Uri- 
nary Passage, Glands, and Seminal Blad- 
ders to be examined into; and as great 
Damages are often done to these several 
Parts, and sometimes to the Whole, we 
are to consider what they are in particular, 
with Brevity and Modesty. 
The Muscles are the Instruments of E- 
rection; and if, by this Custom, they are 
drawn into too great Lengths and relax'd, 
then the Part can't be inflated, nor be 
made rigid enough; nor can the Semen be 
ejaculated with Vigour: And thus Gene- 
ration will be impeded. If the Vein, which 
runs along the Back of the Penis, be too 
much relaxed, no sooner is Blood thrown 
into the Spungy Bodies, and the Muscle 
duly inflated, but it is return'd by this 
Channel; and, if the Prostate Glands or 
Seminal Bladders, by too frequent Friction, 
be often emptied, the Body is extenuated, 
because the Ducts grow lank and loose, 
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and suffer a constant Effusion of their Con-
tents. If the Spungy Bodies be render'd 
flabby, they can't resist the Blood's En- 
trance or Return; and they being lank, 
there will be no Stiffness in the Penis,  
which infallibly hinders the Power of Co- 
pulation. If the Nerves become relax'd, 
no Spirits can enter into the Parts to in- 
flate them; without which there is an ut- 
ter Incapacity, such as can be awaked 
by no Object, even the most Beautiful, un- 
less, by Chance, Convulsions supervene, 
which are Symptoms not to be wished for: 
If by Friction the Urinary Passage be in- 
flamed, no Semen can be ejected. 
These, and many other Symptoms, are
Consequences of immoderate Venery. 
And the Organs of Generation may also 
frequently, as is known by daily Experi- 
ence, be injured by Ulcers in Claps, so 
that they can never retain the Semen after- 
wards as they ought.
The remoter Causes of this Flux are 
the Blood offending in Quantity and Qua- 
lity; for too great Plenty of Juices gives 
out a greater Quantity of Semen; the 
Quantity enlarges the Passages beyond 
their due Elasticity; and therefore they 
grow Flaccid, and suffer their Contents to 
run out involuntarily: And the Blood be- 
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ing too watry, runs more readily into all 
the Secretory Ducts, and at once enters 
them and relaxes; so that an easy Passage 
is open'd for its Discharge. 
The very Air adds its Mite; for if it 
be warmer or dryer than it should be, it 
renders the Seed hotter and more pun- 
gent, from whence the Vesiculæ are fretted, 
and made to contract and expell the Seed;
and then, unless it be nipp'd in its Bud, a 
Flux of it will ensue. But if it be cooler 
and moister than usual, the Moister relaxes 
the Parts; and being unbent, they give way 
for the thin Seed to come forth. 
Our Diet has great Influence on Human 
Bodies; for if it consists of spicy and warm 
Drugs, which add volatile and pungent 
Parts to the Blood, the Secretions will be of 
the same Nature; so that plentiful Feed- 
ing on Soups, Sauces, and Victuals high 
season'd, necessarily makes all our Juices 
thin and acrimonious; from whence we 
may readily conceive, how a heating Diet, 
whether of Meats or Drinks, raises a con- 
stant tremulous Motion in the Fibres; and 
more particularly, in all the Secretory Pas-
sages: So that in the Stomach it will raise 
Vomitings; in the Intestines, Fluxes; in 
the Liver, Bilious Jaundices; in the Kid- 
neys, a Diabete; and in the Vesiculæ Se-
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minales and Prostatæ, simple Gonorrhœa's, 
or Gleets. This calls to my Mind a set- 
tled Opinion that has obtain'd amongst the 
Vulgar; namely, that Oisters and Cockles 
are very Incentive Diet, and therefore are 
to be forborne by such as are infested with 
Gleets; whereas, if we maturely consider 
the Matter, there seems to be small or no 
Foundation for such a Sentiment: For 
they tasting Nitrous and Slimy, can have 
no Title to be reputed warm and heating 
of themselves; so that the Injury done to 
Gleets by such Diet, would be none, if the 
Pepper and Wine did not accompany. 
Excessive Watchings render our Hu- 
mours more acrimonious, and are always 
prejudicial to Persons afflicted with Gleets. 
Since, by Exercise, the Blood becomes 
hotter, thinner, and warmer, its Excess 
ought to be forborne. 
'Tis beyond Dispute, that our Passions 
greatly contribute to lessen or augment 
Gleets; for in such a Case, Forbearance of 
Company, that may invite us to Love, is 
highly necessary in such Weaknesses; in- 
asmuch as the Seed is then secreted more 
plentifully: But how our Passions work 
upon our Fluids and Fibres, or these upon 
them, is not to be accounted for. How- 
ever, it can be as little denied as proved. 
Having

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Having given an Eye to the Causes of 
this Evil, I shall briefly recite the various 
Differences of it. One therefore is call'd 
Simple; another Recent; a third Invete- 
rate; a fourth Virulent, inasmuch as it is a 
Relick of that Disease; a fifth is occasion'd 
by the bad Disposition of the Genitals; a 
sixth is by Consent of other Parts; a seventh 
is from a hot and acrimonious Seed; an 
eighth from too great Plenty of it; a ninth 
from a Serous Constitution, and so forth. 
The Signs of this Simple Gonorrhœa, or 
Gleet, is sufficiently known by the Rela- 
tion of the Sick; for if the Seed flows in- 
voluntarily, or at least, from a very slight 
Occasion, and if the Strength of the Pa- 
tient fails from thence, 'tis manifestly a 
preternatural Flux. Neither are the Signs 
of the Causes hard to be distinguish'd; for 
if the Venereal Taint be the Occasion of it,
Embraces with infected Women have pre- 
ceded, the Symptoms are far more griev- 
ous than in a common Gleet: A most in- 
tense Pain has accompany'd the Discharge 
in the Beginning; as also the Matter at first 
was green, yellow, livid, stinking, and 
purulent. Moreover, if the Disorder has 
been violent, a Pain of the Head by Night, 
and other Symptoms accompanying the 
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Venereal Disease, of which more anon, have 
infested the Patient. 
If it proceeds from an acrimonious;
pungent, and hot Seed, the Constitution 
of the Patient is very warm; and, more- 
over, the Heat of Urine, a Sign of Acri- 
mony, and such like, betray the Cause. 
If the Seed be watry, the Signs of this 
Constitution cannot escape a skilful Physi- 
cian, since the Thinness and Paleness of the 
Matter discharged, the little or no Pleasure 
felt under this Discharge, the general Con-  
stitution betraying an Abundance of Semen,
the Colour of their Water, and the Nature 
of their Stools, plainly shew too great Plen- 
ty of Water in the Blood. But if too fre- 
quent Embraces, or Onan's Crime, as vulgar- 
ly call'd, be the Occasion of it, the Relation 
of the Patient, and an universal Weakness,
Want of Appetite, Weakness of Sight, a De- 
cay of Flesh, and Understanding, and a long 
Train of Symptoms, which I forbear to 
name, will manifest its Cause. If it pro- 
ceeds from Causes lodg'd elsewhere, as from 
the Falling Sickness, it ceases as soon as the 
Convulsion is over, unless the frequent Con- 
vulsions have produced a lasting Weakness 
on the Seminals; then it becomes the Sub- 
ject of serious Consideration. Whether it 
be new or old, the Patient must inform us;
D only

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only its Age is easily guess'd at by the De- 
cay of Strength. 
Having dispatch'd with Brevity the Signs 
of this Disease, it is high time to begin to 
shew the Events of it; which may be di- 
vided into the Signs of Health, of its Length 
and Duration, or of the Manner of its Event 
or Issue. 
As to the Signs of Health, an immoderate 
Flux of Seed, from whatsoever Cause it be 
produced, is no slight Evil, since it is capa- 
ble of weakening in a wonderful Manner, 
and introducing very violent Symptoms, if 
not check'd in time. Such a Flux as proceeds 
from an Abundance of Seed, is not danger- 
ous, and easily admits of a Cure. 
As to its Duration, a fresh Gleet, and a 
Simple one, is much easier cured, than an In- 
veterate or a Virulent one; for if the Geni- 
tals are not much weaken'd or injured, Re- 
medies generally take place in proper time. 
But a Gleet proceeding from a low and im- 
poverish'd Blood is very hard of Cure; and, 
generally speaking, Inveterate Gleets are of 
this kind. 
As to the Event, an inveterate Gleet, whe- 
ther Simple or Virulent, is dangerous; and 
a Simple Gleet very often brings on Faint- 
ings, and even sometimes an Apoplexy. I 
knew a young Man, who for several Years
labour'd

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labour'd under a Gleet; and being in low 
Circumstances, and suspecting no Danger, 
neglected it: As soon as he was seiz'd with 
Faintings, he complain'd of his Gleet; va- 
rious Methods were used in vain; for his 
Strength was wasted, his Memory decay'd, 
his Eyes were blind, and his Faintings were 
so frequent, that nothing could support 
him. 
The Virulent Gonorrhœa, of which more 
anon, over and above the usual Symptoms 
attending a Gleet, brings on the confirm'd 
Pox, and all its dangerous Companions. An 
Example of which lately offer'd itself, where 
the Clap being neglected, brought on an E- 
pilepsy, which invaded every day, till the 
Disease, which was the original Cause, was 
taken off.
It may be affirm'd, that a Gleet is a much 
more grievous Disease, and much harder to 
cure, than a Clap; for as it arises from the 
Weakness of the Parts of Generation, it is 
harder to make it yield to Astringents, than 
to cure the virulent Ulcer in the Urethra: 
This is confirm'd by daily Experience. 
I shall take the Liberty, before I proceed 
to the Cure, to give some distinctive Marks 
of each kind, that Patients may have some 
Notion of their own Case. Wherefore, in 
a Clap, a Strangury and Heat of Urine are 
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common Symptoms, whereas a Gleet has nei- 
ther; but a thin cold watry Seed is thrown 
forth without the least Sense of Pleasure: In 
a Gleet, the Matter flows without any Ere- 
ction; in a Clap, the Matter flows forth, and 
the Yard is painfully erected. In a Gleet, 
the Matter is watry, and stains the Shirt 
like Water or Urine; in a Clap, it stains it 
yellow and greenish. In a Gleet there is no 
Inclination to Venery: In a Clap they are 
often furiously inclined to it. In a Gleet the 
Patients waste insensibly, unless the Parts are 
soon repair'd: In a Clap, the Flux continues 
a long time without impairing them. A 
Gleet is produced ordinarily from a Weight, 
immoderate Exercise, Venery, or that most 
shameful Practice of Fribling; but a Clap 
from an impure Embrace. The Necessity 
there is to distinguish between the one and 
the other, by reason of the different Me- 
thods to be used in them, has made me more 
tedious than I willingly would have been. 
'Tis now incumbent on me to proceed to 
the Cure of various Gleets; in which I shall 
plainly shew you, how we manage this Dis- 
order in the ordinary way, reserving to my- 
self the peculiar Remedies I have found most 
safe and most effectual, after so many Years 
Practice and Experience in these Diseases. 
This Reserve pleads its own Excuse; for 
altho'

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altho' I shall give such plain, easy, and re- 
gular Methods to cure these Disorders, when 
they are not very difficult; yet there can be 
no Reason for me to discover the Arcana 
long Experience has taught me, by which I 
cure more readily and more effectually than 
others can do. 
We are then to remove the Causes, pre- 
serve the Strength, and mitigate the Symp- 
toms. 
If the Body be plethorick, or the Tempe- 
rament be hotter than usual, Bleeding is 
necessary; because if the Load be taken off, 
the Vessels will contract themselves in pro- 
portion, and then their lost Elasticity re- 
turns, and, by it, the Ducts will not easily 
suffer their Contents to glide out. Now ex- 
cessive Heat acts in part as a Plenitude, and 
so far Bleeding becomes necessary in warm 
Constitutions also: I say in Part, because a 
hot Blood producing pungent Seed, irritates 
the Seminal Vessels, which ends in Dis- 
charges; so far as these Parts exceed in Quan- 
tity, they require to be drawn off. 
As to the Quality of the Seed, you must 
vary the Remedies as the Causes differ; so 
that if it be too hot or acrimonious, Refrige- 
rants are useful; but if too watry, then such 
as heat it become necessary. Amongst the 
Refrigerants are esteem'd, Acetosa, Lactuca,
Portulaca,

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Portulaca, Sem. 4. frig. maj. & min. and such
like; out of which, at the Physician's Plea- 
sure, and according to the Patient's Palate, 
various Prescriptions may be made. 
For Example, let the following be or- 
der'd: 
ꝶ Aq. Cichor. ʒv. Acetos. ʒjß. Syr. Corall. 
ʒj. Tinct. Rosar. ʒjß. M. f. Mistura, 
cochleatim exhibenda. 
This Mixture wonderfully mitigates the 
Heat, and hath both a Regard to the imme- 
diate Cause, namely, the acrimonious Seed, 
as well as to the remote one, to wit, the Bile, 
whose Heat and Pungency it checks effe- 
ctually.
The same also may be accomplish'd by the 
following Emulsion, viz.
ꝶ Sem. 4. Frig. maj. ana ʒj. Papav. Alb. 
℈ij. Amygd. Dul. N°x. Cum Aq. Hord. 
q. s. M. f. Emulsio cum Sacch. edul- 
corand. & haurienda ad libitum. 
And it seems to conduce to this Disorder 
very much, since it answers many Indications 
at once; for as it consists of refrigerant and 
oleous Particles, it does not only check the 
Heat of the Bile, but its Acrimony also, and 
helps

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helps the Strangury, if there be any. If 
the Bile abounds, it is to be discharged; if 
the Matter tends upwards, and if the Pa- 
tient be troubled with a Nausea, then we 
must administer an Emetick; but Manna, 
Syr. è Ros. Solutiv. Diaprunum Simplex, Ta- 
marinds, (nay, sometimes Scammony may be 
required) to discharge the Humours down- 
wards, which may be given in the Form of 
Pills, Bolus's, Powders, or Draughts, as best 
agrees with the Patient's Palate. 
The following Bolus is a very good one,
viz. 
ꝶ Cons. Rosar. Pallid. ʒj. Rhabarb. Elect. 
℈j. Resin. Jalap. gr. v. Sp. Lavend. 
gutt. vj. Cum Syr. è Spin. Cervin. q. s. 
M. f. Bolus pro unâ vice. 
But if Pills please the Patient better, then 
prescribe thus: 
ꝶ Mass. Pil. de Rhabarb. ℈ij. Scam. Sul- 
phurat. gr. iij. Crem. Tartar. gr. v. Cum 
Elix. Prop. q. s. M. f. Pil. N° 8. qua- 
rum sumat 4. h. S. & reliquas mane. 
Such as are better pleased with an Electu- 
ary, I recommend to them a Cholagogue E- 
lectuary of Rhubarb, Senna, and such Ingre- 
dients, which will carry off the abounding 
Bile;


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Bile; which Discharge being made, the Re- 
mainder is readily corrected. 
But if the Disorder takes its Rise from 
watry and serous Humours in the Body, 
their Abundance is also to be discharged; to 
which end, Jalap. Mechoachan, Juice of Iris 
Nostr. and such like, which do not only purge 
and carry off, with Ease, the Serous, but also 
all other Humours. Out of these, various 
Forms, to wit, Powders, Bolus's, Pills, De- 
coctions, or Infusions, may be contrived. 
The following Bolus I have often made use 
of with Success: 
ꝶ Cons. Flor. Persicor. 3j. Pul. Jalap. ℈j. 
Scammon. Sulphurat. gr. iij. Sal. Ab- 
sinth. Elæosacch. Caryoph. ana gr. ij. 
Syr. de Spin. Cervin. q. s. M. f. Bolus 
pro unâ vice. 
The Serous Humours may also be conve- 
niently empty'd with Sudorificks or Diure- 
ticks. These following are reputed good 
Sudorificks; namely, Aqua, or Spir. Sambuci, 
Spiritus Juniperi, Rob. Sambuc. Rob. Juniperi, 
Decoct. Ligni Sancti; Sassafras, Essentia Lig-
ni Sancti, Essentia Sassafras, Antimonium Dia-
phoreticum, many of which are also Diuretick. 
But the most Specifick Diaphoreticks in this 
Case are Mithridate, fresh Venice Treacle, Dias-
cordium  

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cordium Fracastorii, and such like, which do 
not only provoke Sweat; but do also, at the 
same time, contribute to put a Stop to the 
Flux: For they consist of warm Drugs, which 
are, Saffron, Cinnamon, Thlaspi, Seseli, Opobal-
samum, Nutmegs, Stæchas, Costus, Galbanum, 
Turpentine, Castor, Pepper, Storax, and Mace; 
Nardus, Cardamom, Calamus Aromaticus, Va- 
lerian, Ginger, Gentian, Vipers, Myrrh, Di- 
ctamnus, Daucus, and such like; and also of 
Astringents, such are, Acacia, Terra Lemnia,
Gum Arabick, Roses, Tormentil, Bistort, Bole 
Armeniac, Sem. Hypocistid. and the like: So 
that whilst the warmer Parts of the Medicine 
exhale the watry ones thro' the Pores, the 
more Earthy act their Parts by pursing up 
the Mouths of the Passages. The Diure- 
ticks are the five opening Roots, which are 
celebrated among Physicians for provoking 
Urine; Fennil, Parsley, and Chervil Water; 
the Syrup of the five Roots; and many Chy- 
mical Remedies; such as, Tinctura Salis Tar- 
tari, Expressio Milleped. is a good Diure- 
tick. 
When you have discharged the abound- 
ing Serum by various Passages, the Flux must 
then be remedied, by rendring the relax'd 
Parts more rigid. Hence, Astringent Medi- 
cines seem chiefly useful, and such as do 
strengthen the laxer Parts: Such are, Nut-
E megs, 

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megs, Bole, Terra Sigillata, and such as by 
long Experience have been so approved, as 
to merit the Name of Specificks; and such 
some have reputed the following, to wit, 
Semen Agni Casti, Os sepiæ præparatum, Semen 
Plantaginis, Succinum, Corallia rubra, Polygo- 
num, Bursa Pastoris, C.C. ustum, Crocus Mar- 
tis astringens, Ebur, Lapis Hæmatitis, of which 
enough may be seen in Authors, out of which 
various Forms may be composed. The fol- 
lowing Powder has often succeeded: 
ꝶ Sem. Agni Casti, Os. sepiæ præparat. Pulv.
nue. Mosehat. ana ℈j. C.C. ust. Corall.
præp. Lap. Hæmatit. ana ℈ß. Croc. Mart.
astring. gr. vj. M. f.  Pulv. divid. in 
Chart. N° vj. 
This Powder constringes wonderfully, but 
is not to be administer'd too hastily with- 
out premising Generals; give a Scruple at 
once, or more, in a Spoonful of the follow- 
ing Julep, drinking three or four Spoonfuls 
upon it: 
ꝶ Aq. Germin. Querc. Plantag. ana ʒijß. 
Syr. de Symphyt. ʒj. M. f. mistura. 
And that the Virtue of the Medicine may 
more readily be convey'd to the discharging 
Orifices,

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Orifices, Astringent and Corroborating Me- 
dicines may be injected into the Urethra by 
a Syringe, which, with singular Advantage, 
do correct the Laxity of the Parts. Such In- 
jections may be compounded of Polygonum, 
Plantago, Tormentilla, Agnus Castus, Rosa 
Rubra, and such like; too tedious to be enu- 
merated here. 
If the Heat of the Kidneys be trouble- 
some, we may apply outwardly the following 
Ointment: 
ꝶ Ung. Refriger. Galen. ʒß. Ol. violar. 
ʒij. Camph. ℈ß. Sacch. Saturn. gr. vj. 
M. f. Unguentum parti affectæ illinen- 
dum mane & sub vesperam. 
If the Venereal Disease has given Rise to 
it, which very frequently it does, we must 
carefully avoid the Use of Astringents too 
hastily; for altho' the Gleet looks like an 
ordinary one, produced from Excess of Ve- 
nery, yet in this the Blood is render'd Cor- 
rosive, and its too sudden Retention would 
soon make us sensible what Energy it has to 
exulcerate the Seminal Parts: Wherefore, 
as few suspect this Circumstance, they ordi- 
narily proceed as if there never had been 
any Malignity, or as if it had been only Lo- 
cal, and by Consequence never succeed well
E2 in

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in the Cure of this Gleet; however, I can 
averr with a great deal of Truth, I very sel- 
dom fail of a radical Cure: For by using 
proper Exiccants along with Astringents, 
and also such Remedies as are Specifick in 
this Venereal Taint, Success follows. 
It often happens, that the vicious Hu- 
mours are so mild, that Evacuation alone 
serves the Turn. Forestus, in his 26. Book, 
Obs. 16. gives an Instance of a young Man, 
who had a Virulent Gonorrhœa and an In- 
flation of the Testicles cured by him, with 
Purgatives only, without having Occasion 
to recurr to the Woods or Astringents; but 
such Cases are rare. 
If then the Virulency be mild, I recom- 
mend to your Use the following Purging 
Infusion: 
ꝶ Rad. 5. aperient. ana ʒj. Sarsapar. Ci- 
chor. ana ʒß. Fol. Chamæd. Tamar. 
ana mß Flor. 4. Cordial. ana p. j. Fol. 
Sen. Alex and. ʒj. Rad. Jalap. Mechoa- 
can. ana ʒj. Sem. Anis. Rad. Galang. 
ana ℈j. Incis. & præpar. f. ex Sindone 
Nodulus Vino vel Cerevisiæ infunden- 
dus; unde æger bis aut ter singulis Di-
ebus haustum sumat.
But


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But if the Patients delight in Pills, the 
following are useful: 
ꝶ M. P. Coch. min. ℈j. Extract. Rud ℈ß.
Resin. Jalap. gr. ij. Ol. Caryoph. q. s. F. 
Pil. N° 5. primo mane cum Regimine 
sumendæ. 
But if the Disease be more radicated, Mer- 
curius Dulcis is an excellent Remedy, which 
may be made up into a Bolus in the follow- 
ing Manner:
ꝶ Cons. Flor. Anthos ʒß. Mer. Dul. ℈ß. 
Resin. Jalap. gr. iij. Cum Syr. Caryoph.
q. s. M. f. Bolus, qui unâ vice sumatur.
The Body being well emptied, we must 
have Regard to the Venereal Taint, which is 
looked upon as an acrimonious Venom, for 
correcting of which, Oleous Drugs are well 
fitted; among which may be recounted, 
Emulsions; and Terebinthinates are also of 
great Use, whether in Pills or Spirit. Dr. 
Bates, in his Dispensatory, has a Balsam 
which he calls Balsamum Saturni, which he 
takes from Dr. Michael, Professor of Leypsick; 
and it is thus made, ꝶ Spir. Terebinth. ℈ij. 
Camph. ℈ß. Sacch. Saturn. gr. vj. M. f. Bal-
samum per Digestionem. Of this the Patients 
may


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may take five or six Drops in Liquor, drop- 
ping it first on Sugar, twice or thrice a Day: 
It does not only correct the Acrimony, but 
it digests the Ulcer in the Urethra, by irri- 
tating the Parts to Excretion, and also sof- 
tening them by its Oil; so that they will 
readily discharge their Contents; and at 
the same time, or rather somewhat after, 
by its Styptick Particles, it purses up the 
Mouths of the Passages, so that it bids fair 
for all Intentions. Hence, Balsam of Sul- 
phur is here an excellent Remedy, and an- 
swers most Intentions. The Essence of Sas- 
safras has proved successful in Gonorrhœa's, 
when other things have fail'd; which is 
made in the following Manner: They take 
Sassafras Wood, an Ounce; and Spirit of 
Wild Thyme, a Pound; and digest them to- 
gether for twelve Hours in a Sand-Heat. Of 
this they give a Dram at a time, twice or 
thrice a Day, in any Vehicle; and this Tin- 
cture is ordinarily call'd, the Catarrhal Tin- 
cture. Inasmuch as it helps to dry Defluxi- 
ons, so in like Manner it dries Gleets; and 
more particularly Watry ones, because, be- 
ing of an oily Volatile Nature, it is stock'd 
with pungent Particles, which irritate the 
Pores and Kidneys, and provoke them to 
part with their thin Parts by Sweat and U- 
rine; so that the Fluids remaining in the
Vessels

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Vessels become thicker, and less fit to escape 
so readily; and moreover, Aromaticks are 
secondarily Astringents, inasmuch as by emp- 
tying the Blood of its Serous Parts, the Fi- 
bres recover their Elastick Force. But as I 
design to be more particular in this Case 
below, I shall omit any farther Descant on 
it here. 
In Gonorrhœa's, Regard must be had to the 
Strength of the Patient, since a large Effu- 
sion of Seed weakens prodigiously, and ex- 
hausts the Spirits; wherefore the Body is to 
be refresh'd with Restoratives, which can 
repair the Spirits, and cherish the Native 
Heat; which Aromaticks perform with a sin- 
gular Power; which being well known, I 
omit the naming them. I shall add some 
few Observables concerning the Diet of such 
as are afflicted with this Ailment. 
If you will please to reflect on what I 
have advanced concerning the Causes of 
this Disorder, you can be at no Loss to know 
what Diet is proper in the various Kinds of 
it; for the Diet varies with the Causes: 
Because if the Gleet proceeds from a hot 
and acrimonious Seed, such Meats surely are 
to be shunn'd; if from an Abundance of it, 
as in young Men it may, we must cause them 
to avoid such Diet as will produce it; and, 
in a more particular Manner, they must shun
all


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all flatulent Diets; because as they consist
of Elastick and Fermentative Particles, they 
cause the Semen to turgesce and irritate great- 
ly to Expulsion; and from hence appears 
the Reason, why Hypochondriac People, who 
are much subject to Flatulencies in the Sto- 
mach, Blood, and Nerves, are often so Sala- 
cious. If the Fuel of this Disorder lodges in 
the Serum, so that a more Watry Seed is the 
Cause of it, then must they shun all cooling 
and watry Victuals and Drinks, and must 
use such as will incrassate and exiccate. If, 
in fine, it has been introduced from the Ve- 
nereal Disease, they ought to refrain from 
acrimonious Diet of any Species. Do we 
not daily Experience, that they whose Blood 
abounds with Saline Particles are very Sala- 
cious? Witness such as labour under an E- 
lephantiasis, where there is an inexhaustible
Stock of very pungent, and almost corrosive 
Salt in the Mass of Humours. Now the Se- 
cretions are always of the same Nature with 
the Blood, from whence they are thrown 
off: Wherefore the Seed is also pungent, 
sharp, fretting, and irritative; and therefore 
it must follow, that a Gleet in such a Con- 
stitution must be hardly curable. The Diet 
of such as have contracted this Disorder 
by Onanism, ought to incrassate and con- 
stringe.
The 

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The Symptoms attending Gleets are now 
to be consider'd; for whether the Cause ceases 
or is taken off, they also will disappear; yet, 
if they are urgent, they require a particular 
Regard. If then any violent Pain in making 
Water should accompany Gleets, which 
however is seldom the Case, unless it pro-
ceeds from a Virulency, and that usually in 
the Beginning; yet, I say, if such a Symp- 
tom should infest the Patient, Emulsions 
made of the Cold and of white Poppy Seeds, 
in which ℈j. or ʒß. of Sal Prunellæ is dis- 
solv'd, given largely and often, do answer  
this Intention effectually for the most part; 
but of this more anon. 
If the Testicles should chance to swell, as 
sometimes they do in Simple Gleets, then 
Cataplasms made up of the Roots of Althæa,
Line Seeds, Fænugreek, and such like, are to 
be apply'd Morning and Evening: The Rea- 
son of their Swelling in this Case is the same 
as in other Cases; namely, the Humours flow 
to the relax'd Parts, without Resistance, and 
distend them beyond their ordinary Limits. 
As for the Ulcer in the Urinary Passage, 
it must be consider'd in the next Part, as it 
chiefly belongs to it. 
Since I am closing up this Discourse, it 
will be of Use to such as would cure this 
Disorder, to observe, that a Gleet which has 
continued for some Years upon a Patient, 
F ought

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ought not to be too suddenly check'd, because 
customary Discharges, tho' prejudicial, re- 
coil into the Blood, and produce all those 
Changes common in Plenitudes and vicious 
Qualities; witness, the Stoppage of old 
Issues and Ulcers; the watry Discharges 
from Childrens Ears, or the Sweats of Feet
or Hands. 
As a Dissuasive from one main Cause of 
Gleets, I shall only observe to you, that 
GOD excludes those from the Kingdom of 
Heaven, who are guilty of such Softnesses 
as Onan was; that if you were sure to avoid 
certain Death by doing it, you should not 
attempt it: But so blind is Mankind, that it 
follows its Passions with Eagerness, at the 
Expence of Religion and Reason. Would 
they seriously consider that this Practice is 
Homicide, it might abate their odious Plea- 
sure; and that it is such, is evident from 
hence, that it impedes the Propagation of 
our Species, since that, which would have 
lawfully contributed to this End, is de- 
stroy'd. 
PART

PART II. 
Of the Virulent Gonorrhœa. 
SINCE it is certain, that a Know- 
ledge of any Disease is an Intro- 
duction into the Road which leads 
to a proper Cure, and into an easy 
Invention of Remedies, we must first en- 
deavour to acquire that, before we come at 
these: And we shall readily accomplish our 
Ends, if we explain to you the Disease, the 
Symptoms that attend it, its Causes, Signs, 
and such like; which, that we may perform 
in a regular Manner, we will begin with its 
Etymology, and so proceed. 
But as in the first Chapter, I have been 
particular about its Name; I shall only ob- 
serve to you, that Galen by γονας understood
τα γενητικα μορια, or the Genital Parts; and 
he seem'd to assert, that the Name denoted 
the Cause and its Effect at once; namely, 
that the Genitals were prejudiced, and that 
Matter therefore did flow from them.
F2 And 

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And as this Disease is double, having al- 
ready dispatch'd the Simple, we now come 
to the Virulent Gonorrhœa, on which I shall 
be as brief as the Largeness of the Field will 
allow. 
I have just now given you the Nominal 
Definition of this Disorder, let me there- 
fore come a little nearer to the Purpose, and 
give you its Real one; which, however, give 
me leave to observe, is variously described 
according to the Humour of each Writer; 
but I shall wave all useless Disputes on this 
Affair, as foreign to the present Purpose, 
and give you a short, easy, and graphical 
Description of it, drawn from stern Obser- 
vation. 
By a Virulent Gonorrhœa is understood, an 
Involuntary Effusion of corrupt and conta- 
gious, purulent and fœtid Matter, in Men 
by the Penis, in Women by the Pudenda, 
which is often attended with Pain, and 
sometimes with Pleasure. 
I say, an Effusion of Matter; for as this 
Flux is Local at first, it proceeds from the 
ulcerated Glands in the Urethra, and not, as 
was formerly imagin'd, from the Testes; but 
if it be deeply rooted, from the Corpora Glan- 
dosa, as also from the Orifices of the Vesicu- 
læ Seminales. The Ancients, and even the 
Moderns of fifty Years standing, believed 
that the Swellings in the Testicles could pro- 
ceed


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ceed from no other Cause than the Corrup- 
tion of the Seed; and Platerus upon this 
Head says, a Virulent Gonorrhœa proceeds 
from a noxious Quality, which the Seed in 
Coition receives by Contagion, from the 
Seed of another Person infected. However, 
I shall anon refute this and other erroneous 
Opinions very manifestly; for later Disco- 
veries having proved the Contrary, we owe 
our exacter Knowledge of this Matter to the 
Diligence of Anatomists. It is not Con- 
sequential, that the Disorders of the Testes 
depend on the Affections of the Urethra, or 
of these upon those; the Observation now 
mention'd shews it plainly; and one out of 
Riverius farther confirms it, since a Person, 
whose Testes equal'd those of a Horse, did 
not however void any Matter by the Ure-
thra. Notwithstanding it is very true, that 
there is a near Affinity between these Parts,
and an Affection of the Testicles will greatly 
affect the Efflux of Semen, as a Disorder in 
the Urethra will have a very great Effect 
upon them. No less a Person than Regner 
de Graaff, affirm'd, that the Left Testicle of 
one had grown to the Bigness of a Fist; 
such Spoils, says he, do they often bring off, 
who wage War in the Camp of Venus: And 
therefore has it been inferr'd by many, that 
the Testicles were the Seat of this Disease. 
We grant in the Simple, but can't allow this 
to

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to be the Cause in the Virulent always. We 
might, with the same Justice, affirm the 
Scrotum to be the Seat of it, because we of- 
ten find it distended and corrupted in this 
Disease, as will appear by the following 
Observation. Some Years ago, a Person 
labour'd under a Virulent Gonorrhœa for a 
considerable time, till by Neglect, or, what 
is worse, a preposterous Method of Cure, 
the Scrotum was tumify'd to the Bigness of 
a large Fist, was greatly inflamed, and had 
begun to impostumate so much, that Emol- 
lients and Discutients had no Effect upon it, 
and that it was Pappy and Fluctuated; so 
that there was a plain Indication for Suppu- 
ratives; which being accordingly apply'd, 
the Tumour (fully ripe) was open'd, and 
from it issued Plenty of Matter; and then 
it appear'd, that the Testicles were free from 
any Injury; this Swelling follow'd the im- 
prudent Suppression of the Clap, as we of- 
ten see a Bubo to ensue upon the like Mea- 
sures. Now this only proves, that Diseases 
may be translated into Parts, which at first 
were not at all affected, and this is confirm'd 
by daily Observation. 
Having thus dispatch'd the Definition of 
a Clap, I shall go forwards to the Parts af- 
fected, which are the Humour and the Or- 
gans of Generation in Men and Women. 
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It may seem surprizing to some nice Di-
stinguishers, that I repute the Matter as a 
Part affected, since some affirm that the Sub- 
ject of Health and Diseases is the Parts of a 
Living Body; but I look upon these Niceties 
as Trisles: For have not all Ages unani- 
mously consented to divide a Human Body 
into the Parts Containing and Contained? and 
therefore, the offending Humours in this 
Sense may justly be esteem'd a Part: For 
the Humours are equally necessary with the 
Structure and Frame of the Parts; and in 
Organical Parts, the Diseases of Intemperies 
or Cacochymy, are never produced without 
presupposing the Humours contain'd in the 
Parts; and moreover, in curing Diseases, 
we generally or principally direct our In- 
tentions towards the correcting these Hu- 
mours or Spirits. 
Among the Parts affected, we reckon the 
Organs of Men and Women, not excluding 
younger Creatures, which, late Experience 
has taught us, may be touch'd with this Dis- 
ease; let us only call our Arraignments into 
Mind, where we often find it register'd how 
Children of both Sexes are infected by vile 
Practices; and no Question can be made of 
the Manner, since the warm Poison is ap- 
ply'd to the Parts, and is thus communicated 
to the Blood itself, the Pores of Infants are 
open, and their Fibres susceptible of any 
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Taint; their Stamina are tender, and resist
no Effluvia. 
We therefore repute the Urethra, the Pro- 
statæ, the Vesiculæ Seminales, and Testicles,
the Parts affected in a Clap. Persons who 
have been executed whilst they were afflicted
with this Disorder, confirm this Opinion;
for according to the Length of Time they 
have suffer'd it to reign upon them, the 
Parts have been daily more and more cor- 
rupted, and generally in the Order I have 
set them down; because the Steams issuing 
from the infected Women, first attack the 
Prepuce, Glans, the Passage in its lower, and 
so gradually mount up to the higher Parts; 
by which it appears, that these Steams are 
of a fix'd Nature, and that Friction is re- 
quired to communicate them: From whence 
it comes to pass, that young Persons are less 
subject to this Disease, considering the num- 
ber of Attempts, than the advanced. An 
open Instance of the Fixtness of Steams is 
recounted in Dr. Mead's Treatise of Poison, 
where he shews us that the Dog must be 
held very low down in the Grotto del Cane, 
if you design to have him suffocated; the 
Colour given to the Earth, amounts not 
above a certain Pitch; and the Steams con- 
verted into Liquor, return into the Earth, 
and circulate into subterraneous Passages: 
So fares it with Persons infected with the 
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Gonorrhœa; the Effluvia enter their Pores,
corrode the Parts, circulate into the Blood, 
and communicate Poison to the very Bones, 
which so much corrupts them, that they rot, 
and become thereby unfit to support the 
Body: An Instance of which we have in Do- 
natus, where he tells us that the Bone of the 
Arm of a Man was fractur'd by the Attempt 
of throwing half an Orange at his Compa- 
nion, which he there weakly attributes to 
Unction with Mercurials for Cure of the 
Venereal Disease he had labour'd under; 
whereas he ought rather to have accused the 
Distemper than the Remedy; since we daily 
experience a Caries to be the Consequence 
of a Lues. A like Story is told us by Cap-
pivaccius, as is another by Hildanus, where 
the Os Humeri was fractur'd by drawing 
on a Glove. Altho' we rarely meet with 
such Instances at present, yet many dismal 
Sights are offer'd to us daily, which have 
taken their Rise from the Ignorance of pre- 
tending Men; who, for the sake of Gain, 
venture upon Methods very unwarrantable,
and which the Practicers are wholly at a Loss 
about. Surely the Practice of Physick is easy 
to be attain'd to, or the Multitude is strange-
ly imposed on!
As it plainly appears, a virulent Gonorrhœa
is an Ulcer, we shall briefly recite how and 
by what Means this Ulcer is generated; and
G the

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the easier to conceive this, it may be neces- 
sary to descend to explain the Nature of Cau- 
sticks. We see, that whenever a Caustick is 
apply'd and begins to take Effect, the Skin 
burns with Pain, and the Medicine pene- 
trates and corrodes it more or less deep, 
according to the Strength of the Caustick. 
A Blister is a Species of a Caustick, and seems 
to approach near to the Degree of the Cor- 
rosive Force lodged in the Effluvia of a Lues; 
with this difference, that it is quicker. That 
Causticks should act, Moisture and Heat are 
required; Moisture dissolves the Salts of the 
Caustick, and Heat puts them into Motion. 
For Salts to be put in Motion, it is necessa- 
ry there should be some external Agent; be- 
cause if they are not dissolved, and if they are 
not borne against the Obstacle they are to re- 
move, there would be no Action; that is, 
there would be no Corrosion of the Flesh.
When Particles, framed with such a Figure 
as may penetrate and act, are put in Motion, 
they tear and divide Parts united; and when 
the Humours are extravased, they ferment 
into a Pus; and thus are Ulcers bred. The 
Salts of the Lues are of the like Nature, 
the Steams condense, and fix upon the Pas- 
sages employ'd in Copulation, and produce 
Ulcers there. However, it is certain, no Ul- 
cer is bred without an Abcess; so that the 
Steps taken by Nature are, first, a Pungency 
from

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from the Steam raised by the Friction; and 
this appears from Chymical Experiments, 
where some Steams are known by Expe- 
rience to be dangerous: Nay, if we chance 
to play with Chymical Experiments, the 
Steams arising are plainly proved to be Pun- 
gent, Acrimonious, and Caustick, by rai- 
sing Coughs, Sneezings, and by corroding 
our Linnen; cause a more plentiful Influx 
of Humours into the Part so prick'd, and 
a Stoppage to their Passage: To this a Swel- 
ling and Throbbing ensue, from the great 
Quantity heap'd up in the Part, and which 
cannot pass on in the Course of Circula- 
tion; and as more arrives than can be con- 
vey'd, the Part must swell: The Throbbing 
is only a Struggle among the Humours, 
stopp'd in their Course; and to these two 
last is owing Pain, increased upon touching 
the Parts; so much, that the Patients cannot 
bear squeezing of the Urethra: The Glands 
at last burst under the Plenty of Humours, 
throughly putrified, and raise the Ulcers in 
the Part. 
How this Venom was at first produced, is 
easy to conceive, as also how it might be 
re-produced, if it should ever cease. Exces- 
sive Venery will produce a Weakness of the 
Spermatick Ducts, whether of the Vesiculæ
Seminales or Parastatæ, and a Running 
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of Juice or Prostatick Seed, as a Conse- 
quence of this Relaxation: But then there 
is a wide Difference between a Clap and a 
Simple Running, as I have already made 
evident; for a Clap is an Ulcer, and a Run- 
ning is a Flux of uncorrupted Seed, which 
is variously constituted, according to the 
Parts from whence it comes, that of the 
Prostatæ being ropy, clear and thin, but 
that of the Vesiculæ being white and curd- 
ly. Whether this Difference may not be 
accidental, I shall not determine; for as 
the Gall of the Porus Biliarius differs in Con- 
sistence from that of the Gall Bladder, that 
being thinner than this, by reason of its 
wanting a Reservoir to lodge in, where it 
may have Leisure to rest and grow thicker;
so it may fare with the Liquors of the Pro- 
states and Seed Bladders, that if the former 
do but stand still for any time, it might 
thicken into the Consistence of the true 
Seed; and if the latter were to run out as 
soon as received into its Place of Residence, 
it might be as thin as the Prostatick Seed:
I say, it is not worth while to set about to 
discuss this Moot-Point; only as the Case 
stands at present, the Difference is easily 
adjusted in Practice, and is as I have now 
mention'd; which being allowed me as 
Truth, if ever an Ulcer is produced by such
a Running, it gives full Warning of its Rise 
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and Progress; but then it would be local 
only, nor would its Consequence be ever 
dreaded, as is the Case of a Clap; which, 
if not cured, creeps into the Blood, and by 
its Means corrupts even the Solids and 
Bones. Behold then the Vanity of such As- 
sertions, and the Mistake a Physician would 
be under, if he trusted to such an Opinion; 
because by such an Error he might be led 
into prejudicial Methods; he might cure 
an Ulcer of the Urethra, and leave a Pox 
behind. In the whole Course of my Thirty 
Years Practice on this Disease, and its va- 
rious Stages, I have never once met with 
any Ulcer in the Passage from a simple 
Running; so that what I have granted, or 
rather admitted, is even too large an Allow- 
ance. But it would be Loss of Time to 
descend to those Particulars in so small a 
Pamphlet; wherefore I shall content my- 
self to enumerate the Symptoms of the 
Disease. 
It is an Efflux of purulent and stinking 
Matter from the Urethra; it is an Ulcer of 
that Part; it is also an Ulcer of the Prepuce 
and Balanus. In Women there are Condylo- 
mata, Pustles, and Ulcers: In either Sex there 
are a Heat of Urine, Inflammations and 
Excoriations on the Penis, and in the Vagi- 
na; and sometimes a total Suppression of 
Urine from a Caruncle in the Passage of the 
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Yard; a Phimosis, Paraphimosis, a Bubo in the 
Groin, and at last a Lues. 
I can't but think Fracastorius unjust, in 
pinning this Disorder upon the French, in 
the following Verses: 
Qui casus rerum varii, quæ Semina, morbum 
Insuetum, nec longa ulli per Sæculavisum 
Attulerint: Nostra qui tempestate per omnem 
Europam, partimq; Asiæ Lybiæq; per Urbes 
Sæviit, in Latium verò per tristia Bella 
Gallorum irrupit: Nomenq; à Gente recepit. 
I say, since it is manifest the Spaniards 
themselves brought it from the Indies, it 
would be unfair to ascribe its Origin to ei- 
ther Nation; since it is plain that the original 
Cause was Commerce held with the Indians, 
no farther Search needs be made about its 
Rise; only for its immediate Cause, in our 
Times, it is reputed to be an acid Acrimo- 
ny, lodging in the Rugæ of the Vagina, or 
the Urethra of Men. 
To prove this Species of Acrimony, the 
following Reasons claim our Assent; the Mat- 
ter flowing is generally whitish and greenish,
the Ulcers on the Prepuce are white; and 
in a Venereal Bubo, when it is broke, the 
Matter which flows out is white, drawing 
upon a green: Now all our Humours turn 
greenish by Acids, and Ulcers made with 
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Causticks are white; whereas those made by 
any Alcaline one, are black. 
Then a Lixivial Salt for the most part 
sticks in the same Place, and seldom ever 
ranges farther: On the other hand, an Acid 
always creeps farther; and so the Poison 
contracted in Coition creeps to the neigh- 
bouring Parts, and produces various Disor- 
ders. If this Gonorrhœa be neglected, all 
the Humours are infected, and then a Lues 
is produced. That this Acid is acrimonious, 
is proved from Medicines which assist and 
prejudice; and also from Medicines which 
temper Acidities, or break their Points, be- 
ing reputed good in Venereal Cases. 
But how the Particles of Acids are so dis- 
posed as to be acrimonious, is a Dissertation 
not to be discuss'd here; they who would 
be inform'd in this Matter, must consult
Modern Philosophy. 
The primary Symptoms and their Causes 
being explain'd, we come now to the Prog- 
nostick Signs, since the Diagnosticks are well 
enough known from the Definition and Ex- 
planation of the Disease and its Symptoms;
for if there be an involuntary and continual 
Efflux of purulent and fœtid Matter; if there 
be a Heat in making Water; if there be 
Ulcers in the Prepuce and Glans, and such 
like Symptoms meeting together in any 
Person, they constitute the Pathognomonick 
Signs

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Signs of a Virulent Gonorrhœa complete; 
when, at the same instant, a Venereal In-  
fection has preceded; and a Flux of Matter 
out of the Urethra issues daily. 
As to the Prognosticks, as Aretæus justly 
observes, there is no Danger of Death, un- 
less it be accompany'd with other grievous 
Symptoms; and the less it has receded from 
a natural State, so much the less is it to be 
fear'd; for if the Strength suffice, the Acri- 
mony be less intense, the Heat of Urine be 
slight, and the Effusion be sparing and not 
troublesome, it is a good Sign; for as the 
Vehemence of the Symptoms denotes the 
Degree of Virulency, so it must follow, that 
there is little or no Fear of a Lues to succeed 
a moderate Gonorrhœa. I remember a Gen- 
tleman who bore a Gonorrhœa without any 
Danger ensuing for two Years; he infected 
none, nor did he neglect his Diversions; and 
probably would have sought no Remedy, if 
he had not design'd to change his State of 
Life; it lessen'd daily; but his Apprehensions 
of what might be the Consequence in the 
State of Marriage, made him apply, and he 
easily obtain'd a Cure. Another I knew, 
who ventur'd upon Styptick Pills at the be-
ginning of a Clap; they had the desired Ef- 
fect of entirely suppressing the Running; 
and some Years have pass'd since, without 
any apparent ill Consequence. However, I 
must

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must confess, these are Instances, no Man
in his right Senses would take for Patterns; 
for where one succeeds, a thousand suffer 
for such Neglects. The Physician himself 
does not exactly know how to pronounce 
what Matter it is, which being continued 
or suppress'd, will not produce a Pox; and 
methinks, it is Fool-hardy in a Patient to 
venture his Carcass with such an Enemy 
within him for a Sojourner: So that I meet 
with few Examples of such Management, 
without a severe Punishment ensuing upon 
their Neglect; and therefore, would advise 
all without Exception, to distrust their Con- 
stitutions, and not to flatter themselves with 
the Gentleness of the Symptoms: 'Tis suf- 
ficient, you have a Gonorrhœa, to take care 
of yourself; 'tis not so troublesome to be 
cured, as to feel the Pangs, the Disease, 
lurking within you, will surely produce in 
a little Space of Time. I can't here pass by 
an Invention too commonly in use amongst 
the Salacious Lechers: I speak of the Ma- 
chinery, so common amongst these Men of 
Pleasure. In the first place, it turns Forni- 
cation into the reputed Crime of Onan; in 
the next place, if it be faulty, as often it 
is, you are in the same Danger as if you 
were without it; and lastly, it is too fre- 
quently the Occasion of Dry Poxes: So that 
the Patient having no Apprehension, is
H strangely

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strangely surprized to find he has Venereal 
Symptoms upon him, without having had 
any Clap or Running; and what was look'd 
on as a Misfortune, may rather be term'd 
a Blessing; because tho' a Gonorrhœa be 
troublesome, yet it gives us Warning in 
time: Whereas by the Use of these Ma- 
chines, we are lull'd asleep with the Hopes 
of Security, till we are awaked out of this 
Lethargy by Buboes, Scabs, Rotten Bones, 
and Nocturnal Pains. I can't attribute the 
Frequency of Dry Poxes now-a-days, to any 
other more probable Reason than this; if 
we abstract from the ignorant Practice of 
Injections before due time, or of astringent 
Injections at the Beginning and Progress of 
the Disease, as many do for Colour; for 
Practitioners are now well skill'd in the 
Cure of Claps, and few trust to Bunglers 
to cure them: So that where one is Pox'd 
with an ignorant Cure, twenty are thus 
sauced by this wary Invention, as it is falsly 
supposed to be. I can affirm justly, that 
Salivations are now more frequently used 
in the Cure of this Disease, than even Ca- 
tharticks themselves; and the Reason is, be- 
cause now more are Pox'd than Clapp'd. 
Let others assign a better Reason, and I shall 
acquiesce; till when, I shall not change my 
Sentiments. And as it is a Matter of great 
Consequence, I hope the Reader will par- 
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don this useful Digression upon it. It is 
worth Remark also, that Men are, by this 
wicked Deceit, Clapp'd by Men, since it is 
not unusual for these vile Houses to have 
Setts of these Machines by them, which they 
give to their Customers tor Use; and these 
having been often used before by Persons 
sorely infected, the Venom is never careful- 
ly wash'd off, but sticks close to the Inside 
of them, and upon Friction it is warmed 
and put in Motion, and gives the unwary 
Combatant the very Disease he is endeavour- 
ing to avoid; so that in quo quis peccat, in 
eo & punitur. There is yet wanting a Ra- 
tionale of the Manner of being Pox'd by this 
artful Machine to complete this Digression; 
which I shall the more willingly do, because 
I don't find it has been as yet attempted by 
any other Person. I say therefore, that not- 
withstanding this vile Practice, Persons are 
daily Pox'd by them; because as the Penis 
is hard, and large enough to fill up the Va- 
cancy, by reason of its Erection and Size, 
it must follow that the nasty Virus contain'd 
in the Lacunæ of infected Women, will issue 
forth, there being no other Exit for it; and 
bespatter the Scrotum, Groin, and adjacent 
Parts; which being heated with Motion and 
Love-Rage, the Virus enters by the Pores, 
and gradually advances up into the Blood, 
without the Symptoms usually previous in 
H2 the

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the common way of Commerce; and then 
the Shankers, which in the ordinary way 
were only local, are now plain Indexes of 
a confirm'd Pox; and Practitioners do now 
always advise Salivations whenever they see 
a Person seiz'd with a Shanker, because they 
most usually judge right when they inferr, 
such a Person has a Shanker; therefore he is 
Pox'd: This, I say, is true for the most 
part; for were Shankers local, they might 
be cured by Application alone; but gene- 
rally Externals alone, without due Regard 
to the Infection by Internals, do Pox the 
Patients: And hence it is a safe Prognostick, 
to pronounce Shanker'd Patients Pox'd. 
Now for Men to be Pox'd without any No- 
tice given them of their Condition, is a mi- 
serable Exchange; and beside impairing 
their Bodies, it costs them treble the Money 
and Loss of Time. So that it is very plain, 
our Inventions and Subtleties, carried on to 
prevent the Punishments of our Crimes, are 
not sufficient Guards against the Almighty's 
Pleasure, which seem to be to punish us 
gently and early, that we might repent 
suddenly; whereas this Invention is a Mine 
often too deep for us to sap. 
However gentle a Clap may be with respect
to a confirm'd Pox, yet even that sometimes 
is not without Danger; for if the Strength 
of the Patient is suddenly wasted, the Acri- 
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mony and Quantity of Matter, which is 
much discolour'd, flowing forth, an extreme 
Dysury, a total Suppression of Urine from 
a Caruncle, a Venereal Bubo in the Groin, 
a Tumour of the Scrotum, and such like 
appear; if it yields not to proper Remedies, 
if it is malignant and threatens a Pox, such
a Clap is by no means to be neglected, since 
it will be the Occasion of a long Train of 
Evils; and, as Aretæus says, the Fear of De- 
formities, and a total Wasting, ought to 
make us cautious and diligent. 
Before I proceed to the Cure, I shall add 
one or two Remarks more upon the Distin- 
ction between a Virulent and a Simple Go-
norrhœa, which I forgot to mention in the 
first Part; namely, a Virulent Gonorrhœa is 
contracted in a short Space of Time, by 
one Act of Copulation; whereas a Gleet re- 
quires many Acts repeated, since it depends 
on a Flaccidity brought on gradually by fre- 
quent Acts of Coition or Fribling. A Vi- 
rulent Gonorrhœa seldom or never yields to 
Stypticks without Danger; whereas a Gleet, 
from repeated Acts, may be cured by Lo- 
cals only. 
I must also beg the Readers Patience, to 
add a Word or two concerning the Distin- 
ction to be made between a Gonorrhœa and 
the Whites; because Physicians are grosly 
imposed on by the Women in this Point, 
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R. de Graaff, (de Mulier. Organ. &c. Cap. 9.
de Flux. Menstruor. Pag. 141.) gives us the 
following Marks; they (the Gonorrhœa and 
Whites) are so nearly the same, that unless a 
Physician takes a great deal of Notice, he 
will easily be deceived by the Resemblance, 
altho' they proceed from different Parts, and 
be thrown forth by distinct Places; since 
the Whites are thrown out of the same Ducts 
by which the Menses flow, which we judge 
for this Reason, because we see such Chan- 
ges in the Menstrual Blood, that at first it 
issues forth like unto a Victim, as Hippocrates 
observes, then it becomes less florid; anon 
it appears pale and white, and is therefore 
call'd the Whites. 
But the Dissection of the Corpse of a 
certain Woman, infected with this Disease, 
made it plain, that a Virulent Gonorrhœa 
comes from the Corpus Glandosum, and breaks 
forth by the Lacunæ, and round about the 
Urinary Passage; for the Uterus and Vagina 
being free, we found only the Corpus Glan-
dosum, or Prostrates, placed around the Uri- 
nary Passages, affected. 
But some will say, how shall the Physician 
know these things, if a Woman profess
herself chaste, honest, and free from the 
Knowledge of a Man? He may however 
judge, if he give an Eye to the Matter that 
flows, and the Complaints of the Patient;
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for the Matter of the Whites is much more 
copious than that of the Gonorrhœa or Clap. 
If you consider their Complaints, Women 
troubled with the Whites, have Pains in their 
Backs; but these afflicted with a Clap, com- 
plain of grievous Pains and Anguish about 
the Pudenda: But if you are not content 
with these Signs, look into the Parts them- 
selves; for then in a Clap you will see the 
Urinary Passage, and all round that Part, 
where the Lacunæ terminate in Ducts, beset 
with a mucous, putrid, greenish Matter, and 
an Ulcer; most other Parts of the Vagina 
being usually clear; but in the Whites not 
so. 
And Baglivi declares, from others, a Per- 
son afflicted with the Clap or the Whites to 
be thus discover'd: If, says he, you ask them 
whether they have the Whites and Reds to- 
gether, and they answer in the Affirmative, 
you may boldly pronounce they are Clapp'd; 
and this confirms what I have mention'd 
from de Graaff; because the Menses and 
Whites come from the same Glands: But 
the Menses and Clap proceed from different 
Parts. Therefore it follows, that the Blood 
and a white Liquor cannot issue forth at one 
and the same time, from one and the same 
Part; but that the Reds and the Matter of a 
Clap may, because they come from different 
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Parts: So that when both run at once, 'tis
plain they are Clapp'd. 
I know this has of late been call'd into 
Question, by some who are troubled with 
a Spirit of Contradiction; but since the Case 
is most usually such, as de Graaff and Bagli- 
vi have described it, I think we may readi- 
ly subscribe to their Sentiments; not that 
it is to be deny'd, that sometimes it happens 
we see very Virulent Gonorrhœa's extending 
themselves as high as the Os Tincæ; but these 
are rare. The design'd Shortness of this 
Treatise does not permitt me to enter into a 
longer Detail; wherefore, I shall drop Spe- 
culations, and proceed to the Practice or 
Cure of the Virulent Gonorrhœa. 
Many different Methods are pursued by 
Authors of sound Judgment, and all of them 
gain their Point; not that one Method is 
not better and shorter than another, and yet 
safe enough too. Some premise Alteratives 
to Purgatives; some blend Alteratives of all 
Kinds proper for the Disease, together into 
one Mass: Some, again, cure without Astrin- 
gents; others purge without giving any 
other Remedies. I am not at leisure to dis- 
cuss all these Points; I shall give you the 
most reasonable Methods of Practice in as 
short and easy Terms as the Disorder can 
allow of. 
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I say then, that this Disease is cured in 
a regular Method by Purgatives and Alte- 
ratives, Internal and External. The Efflux 
of corrupt Matter in a Virulent Gonorrhœa, 
does not admitt of that Method of Cure, 
which curbs and retains the Flux; for in the 
Beginning we must by no means use Astrin- 
gents, or hinder the Efflux, lest that Virulent 
Matter being retained in the Body, should 
erode and exulcerate the Parts adjacent also; 
but we must rather take heed, that instead 
of what Nature evacuates, somewhat Ana- 
logous don't spring from Infection, or the 
Symptoms increase: For when the vicious 
Humours are discharged, if the Disease is 
gentle and mild, it frequently ceases of its 
own accord. Only this I think we may af- 
firm with Truth, that whoever applies early 
enough, can never fail of Cure, and even an 
eradicating one, if he meets with an honest 
and knowing Physician or Surgeon: Which 
Affair being duly consider'd, it is very a- 
mazing to meet with so much ill Success as 
I daily experience, of Patients that apply 
to me, in this Learned and knowing Me- 
tropolis: But when we consider the Increase 
of Pretenders to this Practice, and the ma- 
ny Invitations in our Papers for Patients to 
apply themselves to Men who have the Art 
of giving themselves and Medicines high 
Titles and Encomiums, without any just 
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Grounds or Merit for such Pretences, my 
Wonder ceases: Or can I enough pity such 
credulous Persons, who are thereby often 
tempted to Toy-Shops, Booksellers Shops, 
and such Places, to buy their Specifick and 
Arcana, so artfully recommended by fictitious 
Names and specious Titles. It were to be 
wished that we could as easily discover Mens 
Intellects, as we can distinguish between 
Beauty and Deformity; I am afraid in that 
Case we should see many unhors'd and dis- 
mounted, and obliged to walk the Streets, 
in the Name of the Lord, who now glare in 
Equipages: Interest would have no Sway, 
where Life lay at Stake. So Forestus assures 
us, he cured a young Man of a Gonorrhœa, 
and a Swelling of his Testicles, by Purga- 
tives. For this end, the following Prescrip- 
tions are regular: 
ꝶ Tamarind. ʒß. Fol. Sennæ ʒij. Sem. 
anis. ℈j. Coq. in. s. q.  Aq. Petrosel. 
ad ʒiij. in Colatura dissolve Mannæ 
& Syr. Rosar. Solut. ana ʒj. M. f. Po- 
tio cum Regimine sumenda. 
ꝶ Mannæ Calabrin. ʒij. Cass. recent. Ex-
tract. ʒj. Aq. Northallens. lib. iij. M. 
Hauriat gradatim.
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ꝶ Pulp. Cass. ʒj. Resin. Jalap. gr. vj. Te-
rebinth. Venet. ʒij. M. f. Bolus.
ꝶ Scam. Pulverisat. ℈j. Resin. Jalap. 
gr. x. Troch. Alhand. gr. xij. Mer. 
Dul. ℈j. Succ. Glycyrrh. ʒß. Ol. Cary- 
oph. gutt. v. M. f. Pil. N° 8. pro dua- 
bus vicibus.  
ꝶ Diagryd. gr. vij. Crem. Tart. ℈ß. M. 
f. Pulvis. 
If the Disorder be gentle, the following 
Nodule, consisting of Alteratives and Pur- 
gatives, is commendable: 
ꝶ Rad. Chin. Lign. Guaiac. ana ʒij. Rad. 
Jalap. Mechoacan. ana ʒj. Fol. Sen. ʒj.
Sem. Cardam. Rad. Galang. ana ℈j. In- 
cis. & præpar. f. ex sindone Nodulus, 
qui vel in Vini, vel Cerevisiæ s. q. est 
suspendendus, ex quo æger bis vel ter 
singulis Diebus haustulum sumat. 
I must however observe to you, that there 
is somewhat peculiar in Mercurials to con- 
quer this Malady: Its Weight breaks the 
Points of the acid Virus, after it has first im- 
bibed it; for in the Course of the Circula- 
tion, the Salts, rubbing against the Sides of 
the Containing Parts, and being brittle, are
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broke off from their Points, which are stuck 
into this Globular Body, as Pins into a Ball; 
so that they, from being Conical, turn trun- 
cated, and can't pierce nor tear the Fibres, 
as they would otherwise do. Salts do Da- 
mage according to their Weight and Figure; 
and Pointed Salts do infinitely more Damage 
to our Vessels, than Octohedrals, or Angular 
Bodies; but the Salts of the Lues are Dag- 
gers, which at once prick and cut: And it 
is known by daily Experience, that Mercu- 
rials sheathe them, and then break them. 
Let ignorant Pretenders decry what they 
cannot use with Judgment, I do highly com- 
mend them for it; it is very improper Men 
should trust themselves with Creatures who 
avowedly shun the most effectual Methods: 
First, they don't know how to use this Spe- 
cifick: Secondly, if they did, they never 
appear to prevent, or wisely take off Con- 
sequences, even the safest of Remedies may 
be accompanied with; and therefore, they 
decry for their own Sakes only, not their 
Patients, what they cannot use. Into what 
Depths of Villany do Mortals run, when 
the best of Remedies is to be laid aside, be- 
cause their Privacy is not to be exposed, and 
because they can't appear to manage! And 
it fares ill with Persons who have purchased 
their ill-prepared and worse-applied Reme- 
dies; for what can be expected but Relicks, 
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the Pretenders ought to be punish'd for 
leaving there. 
When Catharticks have been given to such 
a Quantity, as that the Colour of the Run- 
ning is changed into a white and laudable 
Matter; then it is necessary to proceed to 
Alteratives; and the Reason is this; in all 
Ulcers, of what Denomination soever, our 
first Intention is to deterge the Parts, and 
clear them of their great Acrimony residing 
in the Part affected. Now Catharticks 
abounding with smooth or Alcaline Particles, 
at once give a Shock to the Urethra, and 
correct specifically the Acid lodging there;
so that one Part is discharged, and the other 
is changed for the better, the Colour fairly 
denoting it, as Practice confirms. This first 
Step being made, we study to clear the Parts 
of all they are too much loaden with, from 
whence they are turgid and inflamed around. 
We encourage this Discharge, till the white 
Matter becomes ropy and glutinous, and till 
the Part, upon feeling, and touching it 
somewhat rudely, is not accompanied with 
the Sense of Soreness; for if it should, it 
is a Sign all the Inflammation, or Virus from 
whence it proceeds, is not yet banish'd. 
The Medicines made use of for completing 
the Cure of a Gonorrhœa, are of a soft and 
volatile Nature; the Softness supples the 
Fibres, whilst the Volatile stimulates them
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to a Discharge: For which Intention, the 
following are of Service. 
ꝶ Terebinth. Venet. Coct. ʒß. Ocul. Can- 
cror. ʒj. Bals. Peruvi. vel de Copayb. 
q. s. M. f. Pil. N° 70. Pul. Glycyrrh. 
aspergend. Dos. mane & vesper. N° v. 
ꝶ Sp. Terebinth. ℈ij. Camph. ℈ß. M. f. 
Mixtura digerenda, de qua sumat 
gutt. x. in Vino vel quovis Vehiculo, 
prius super Saccharum instillando. 
ꝶ Balsam. Salphur. Succinat. ʒß. Dosis 
gutt. viij. in quovis Vehiculo. 
ꝶ Sp. Vini Terebinthinat. ʒj. Dos. gutt. xv.
vel xx. in quovis Vehiculo. 
When you have used these Cleansers for 
some time, and there be no Remains of Vi- 
rulency in Consistence or Colour, or no Sore- 
ness in the Part, but there remains a small 
watry Gleet, we must then have recourse to 
Stypticks, if need be; wherefore use the 
following, or such like: 
ꝶ Terr. Lemn. ʒj. Sang. Dracon. ℈j. Alum. 
Rup. gr. x. Terebinth. ad Duritiem 
Coct. ʒjß. Syr. de Symphyto q. s. M. f. 
Pil. N° xii. è ʒj. quarum sumat iv. 
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mane & vesperi; superbibendo Aq. 
Bristol. Haustulum. 
ꝶ Rhabarb. Tost. ʒj. Terebinth. ʒij. M. f. 
Bolus sumendus semel in Septimana, 
& repetatur singulis (per aliquot vices) 
Septimanis. 
Or Helvetius's Mixture of Rock Allom, 
melted in a Silver Spoon, with Dra- 
gons Blood, into a Mass; to which some 
add Rhubarb or Common Rosin, and 
mix it into an Electuary. 
These, and many others, frequently to 
be met with in Authors, are commonly 
used with good Success; but in my own 
Practice, I often, at the latter End of the 
Cure, blend Balsamicks with proper Purga- 
tives, and seldom find (unless in weak, shat- 
ter'd, or broken Constitutions) any Occasion 
for Stypticks. 
Stypticks act in the following manner: 
We are to inspect into the Nature of a Run- 
ning first, in order to have a just Notion of 
curbing it: In Runnings, whether Virulent 
or Simple, the Humours ought to re-circu- 
late into the Vessels, and ought to drop no- 
thing into the Orifice, from whence at pre- 
sent there is so great a Discharge; But the 
contrary happens; for the Humours run 
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which way they find the least Resistance, 
that is, thro' this Orifice, and weaken the 
Patients by the Expence of Spirits. Now 
it manifestly appears, that there is a greater 
Patency and Wideness at the Hole from 
whence this Discharge comes, than there is 
in the Vessel; and Stypticks are given, or 
rather applied, if possible, to the Part so 
widened, in order to lessen the Bore of the 
Vessel, and so to hinder the Discharge, 
which they do by sucking up the Humours; 
and as the Parts are deprived of the exces- 
sive Moisture, they purse up, each Part of 
the Circle coming closer, and rendring the 
Diameter less, the Flux at last ceases. There 
is only this Difference between giving 
Astringents, and applying them, that if 
they can be applied to the Part immediate- 
ly, they affect the diseased Member only;
whereas when they are given inwardly, all 
the Vessels are alike straitned; and it is 
lawful enough to conclude, that if the Ori- 
fice you aim to heal be closed up, all the 
other Vessels of the Body will be straitned 
in Proportion; for which Stricture or Con- 
traction the Patient has no Occasion, and 
some other Disease may ensue such a Ma- 
nagement. This is one main Objection I 
have lodged against Astringents in the Cure 
of a Gonorrhœa; and if I am left to my 
own Choice, I would rather deferr the Use  
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Of Astringents, or rather never use them at
all, there being other effectual Methods for 
compassing this End. However, we are too 
often importuned out of our just Measures, 
to gratify our uneasy Patients, who would 
otherwise fall into other and perhaps worse 
Hands, and are constrained (for I must call 
this a Constraint) to fall into Measures we 
don't approve: But as we foresee the Con- 
sequences of such Proceedings, and know 
how to prevent them, we have the Advan- 
tage of others less knowing; for when we 
have completed the Cure by this Method, 
which I must call somewhat irregular, tho' 
commonly follow'd, the Patients become 
easy, and also ready to join in with you, 
in taking whatever you judge proper to era- 
dicate the Remains of the Disease; that is, 
in plain Truth, to undo what your Astrin- 
gents have done to the Vessels, which would 
lay a Foundation for future Diseases. Thus 
are we often circumstanced in Pursuit of 
and in Compliance to a vulgar Error, 
which we have not Courage to withstand, 
or Rhetorick enough to discourage. I speak 
this by way of Warning to Persons con- 
cern'd; and when they know my Senti- 
ments, let them take which side of the Que- 
stion best suits their Time and Safety; no 
Blame can lie upon me after this publick 
Admonition.
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I am well aware, that some hasty Practi- 
tioners give Green Precipitate and Turpeth. 
Min. and revulse the Humours so powerful- 
ly, that in a very small Space of Time the 
Flux abates, but then this is a flattering 
Method, it cures by inviting the Humours 
inwards, and almost infallibly Poxes the 
Patient. 
There are an Infinity of irreconcilable 
Sentiments concerning Methods of Cure;
but surely there are certain and nearly uner- 
ring Means how to judge which is the justest 
Scheme: If we take only a View of Nature, 
as she performs her Works and Functions 
ordinarily, we can be at no Loss to know 
how far she errs; and as nothing virulent 
ought to be return'd into our Vessels, that 
being an extraneous Body to Nature, it is 
not hard to perceive how much such a Proce- 
dure deviates from her: In excessive Vomit- 
ing, and such is raised by these strong Mercu- 
rials, all the Vessels of the lower Parts are 
unloaded and the Humours hurried upwards; 
so that whatever used to find a proper Pas- 
sage, is licked up into the Blood; and what 
may we not expect from such a preposterous 
Management? In short, it is translating the 
Burden into another Channel, and we are 
obliged afterwards to labour to extirpate it. 
Indeed it sometimes happens, that we are 
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Choice, but we do it to avoid a greater In- 
convenience; for Example, the Venereal 
Poison settles upon the Testicles, which may 
be thus inflamed, and at last impostumated, 
and the Patient will then run the Risque of 
being unmann'd: In that Case it is more 
eligible to draw off these virulent Humours 
from these Parts, and eradicate them 
throughly afterwards, by proper Means, 
than to suffer so great a Detriment. This 
Part then is reputed a nobler Part than the 
Vessels; in this Part the Humour is settled, 
and in them it floats; from this Part it is 
not easy to be recalled, but from them we 
can by proper Means draw them off, and 
hinder any farther Prejudice ensuing from 
thence: So that the Disparity lies thus, 
namely, where the Humours are thrown off 
thro' any proper Passages, it is convenient 
to excite a greater Flux thro' them, rather 
than to recall them again into the Mass, 
where there may be Danger of corrupting 
the Whole: But where they are as danger- 
ously fix'd and riveted as they possibly can 
be, as in the Case of the Inflammation of 
the Testicles, then Preservation of the Spe- 
cies, and the Conservation of Life, do both 
concurr to oblige us to hazard a Retraction 
of the Humours from that Part; for which 
sort of Mistake, or rather hard Choice, we 
are forced to take a good deal of Pains to
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retrieve the Juices if injur'd, or to prevent 
their Corruption from the Retreat of the 
Humour. 
If the Penis be painfully stretched like a 
Chord; or if there be an Inflammation, or 
an Ulcer, that is considerable, we must 
change our Method a little: If the Inflam- 
mation be the Cause of this Chordee, we 
must take Blood away, and use Fomenta- 
tions of Emollients, and we must use Emul- 
sions. What Purgatives are administer'd, 
ought to be very smooth and gentle, such as 
Cassia, Manna, Cream of Tartar, and the 
like. Glysters are also of Use, and the Pa- 
tient must avoid all warmer Diet and Spices. 
If there be an Ulcer already generated, we 
must inject into the Urethra by a Syringe, 
Barley-Water warm'd, to deterge and wash 
off the acrimonious Salts; or Milk, in 
which the Trochisci albi Rhasis, with Opium, 
are dissolv'd warm, in order to lenify and 
appease the Pain, if need so require. 
A painful Erection, and a sort of tearing 
Pain at the Frœnum or Bridle, is call'd a 
Chordee; so that when the Salts trickling 
down the Urethra raise an Irritation, the 
Spirits flow plentifully into the Yard, and 
its Muscles implanted at the Root of it; as, 
this Bridle being shortned, hinders the na- 
tural Bent of it upwards; these contrary 
Tendencies raise præternatural Pains, which 
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are extremely troublesome, and Culpam 
pœna premit Comes. In short, this Disorder 
is always Inflammatory, be the Original 
Cause what it pleases; so that the Tension 
and Pain do principally indicate Relaxation, 
by warm but emollient Fomentations, or 
smooth and oily Medicines internally. 
When the Stretching and Pain are over, 
then we may use the following Prescription 
to heal the Parts. 
ꝶ Tereb. Venet. ʒij. Camphor. ℈ß. Tere- 
binthinâ prius lotâ cum Aq. Plantagin. 
M. f. Mistura danda in Cochl. Syr. de 
Althæâ Fernelij. 
If notwithstanding all your Care and Ap- 
plications, the Flux should still continue, it 
is a great Sign of Malignity, and threatens 
a Pox; wherefore, for Precaution's Sake, 
the Patient ought daily to take, Night and 
Morning, a Dram of Diascordium, or Mi- 
thridate, according to the College Pharma- 
copœia, and drink above it half a Pound of 
Decoctum Guaiaci warm, and continue this 
Method for twenty Days; and to use the 
smaller Decoction of Guaiacum, call'd the 
Bochet, for ordinary Liquor, observing a 
drying Diet, and now and then administring 
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What is meant by this Word Malignity, 
may be better understood, if we descend 
to some few Particulars, and which I am 
the more willing and ready to explain, be- 
cause some of my Patients have enquired 
about it, and others have made Objections 
against the Term, as being either obsolete, 
or void of Signification: But if a greater 
Quantity of Poison, and a greater Degree 
of Keenness of its Points, may not be digni- 
fied with the Title of Malignity, I give up 
the Term: If it may, then you are to know, 
I mean no more by it than a great deal of 
keen Poison lodged in our Vessels, and 
which is to be resisted with Discharges thro'
the Pores and Intestines, and with a strict
Perseverance in proper Methods; since 
stronger Remedies are indicated, and a full 
Pursuit must be enjoin'd. 
If Ulcers infest your Patient any where, 
first Detersives are convenient, and then Ci- 
catrizers: In every Venereal Bubo, we must 
attempt Suppuration upon any Terms; and 
the Tumour being suppurated, must be 
open'd, even tho' it should be but half ripe; 
or a Caustick apply'd, opens a Bubo effectu- 
ally, for it corrodes one Part, namely, that 
which is under it, and the other distant Par- 
ticles around, it puts in Motion; so that in 
twelve Hours, or less, Suppuration will ad- 
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it is open'd, we must cleanse and consoli- 
date. Hence, for an Abstersive, use the 
following Liniment. 
ꝶ Succin. Alb. Myrrh. Rabr. ana ℈ß Croc. 
Orient. gr. vj. Album. ovi N° j. Sacch. 
Crystall. ʒj. Aq. Euphrag. ʒijß. M. f. 
Linimentum. 
When you have so cleansed it, you must 
dress it up with Unguent. Basilicon, along 
with Red Precipitate, to carry off all Sloughs 
and hasten Digestion. When by Digestion 
the Parts are subsided to a natural Size, the 
Lips and Ulcer look finely Red, mix'd here 
and there with white Specks; and if it be 
fill'd up, then it is high time to cicatrize 
with the following, or such like. 
ꝶ Coral. Rub. præp. Thuris ana ʒß. Sief. 
albi Rhasis, Corn. Cerv. præp. ana ℈j. 
Plumb. ust. gr. xv. Mell. Rosat. q. s.  
M. f. Linimentum. 
ꝶ Plumb. ust. Sief. alb. Rhas. Sarcocoll. 
Sacch. Saturn. ana ℈ß. Aq. Rosar. ʒij. 
M. f. Mistura.
I know it has been affirmed, that Buboes 
must by no means, or upon no counter In- 
dication, be stopped in their Career; but I 
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beg Leave to dissent from these Sentiments
in some Instances: For Example, a Person 
labours under a Bubo, as one Symptom of 
the Disease, whilst a great many as dan- 
gerous Accidents, as can befall the Diseased, 
concurr at the same time and accompany it.
In this Case, the Suppuration of the Bubo 
would give a good deal of Trouble to the 
Patient, but would not promise a Relief 
suitable or proportionable to it; for still he 
would have new Accidents to grapple with, 
and would be far from being a whit relieved:
Wherefore in such Circumstances, the only 
Remedy would be a general one, which 
would strike at all the Accidents attending, 
and root out all the Symptoms at once. 
Such Remedies there are, and such should 
be apply'd, without considering the Bubo, 
whether it might be suppurated or not. 
Caruncles and Fungus's springing up in the 
Urinary Passage, arising from the injured 
Glands in the following manner, according 
to the Sentiments of Malpighi on Fungus's 
elsewhere; namely, the Ulcers bred by 
the Acrimony of the Virus, are richly sup- 
plied with Matter, some of which is viscous 
also: This viscous Part turns fibrous; so 
that the Parts growing beyond measure, fill 
up the Cavity of the Urethra; and growing 
sound by a false Union, leaving the Acri- 
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is generated, call'd a Caruncle, as if we should 
say a little Fleshy Tumour. But upon a 
strict Enquiry, I find that Caruncles are really 
Cicatrix's left upon curing Ulcers of the 
Urethra; for having lately had an Opportu- 
nity of seeing a Person dissected, who was 
long infested with Caruncles, the Urethra, 
which ought to be smooth and equal, was 
much wrinkled and shrivel'd up in one Place 
particularly, which hinder'd the ready flow-
ing of the Urine, and divided it into a dou- 
ble Stream, as any the least Inequality will 
do. So we observe in a Channel or Tube,
which if ever so little unequal, the Liquor 
flowing thro' it will come out, divided into 
a double Stream; and as in outward un- 
seemly Cicatrix's we corrode them down 
to an Equality, or even below it, in order 
to make them smooth; so it is practised in 
Caruncles, that they are to be gently eroded, 
and then healed with strong Desiccants, 
which render the Channel smooth. If we 
don't compass our Ends, the Consequence 
is a continual Danger of a Sharpness of 
Water upon the least Irregularity in Li- 
quors; for upon such Emergencies, the 
Blood is loaded with eager Particles from 
thin Champaign, or other small French Wines, 
glutted into our Stomachs, and communi- 
cated to our Juices. Let no one call this 
Assertion into Question, since it is evident 
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that Gouty Persons experience, upon such 
Debauches, these small Wines give them 
Fitts infallibly: Their Forbearance of such 
Liquors on that Head gives us Assurance, we 
are not out in our Conjectures; and in like 
manner it happens to Men who have been 
ill cured, or who have been so unskilfully 
handled as to have a Caruncle left in the 
Urethra: They upon these Intemperances 
frequently do experience Pains, and very 
sharp ones too, upon making Water, so as 
to impose on the most sagacious Physicians, 
and even to make them believe there is a 
Stone, or some such Disaster, in the Blad- 
der; for which Opiates themselves in Gly- 
sters have been found useful. 
This Sentiment I find lately confirm'd by 
the Learned Dr. Freind, in his History of 
Physick, Vol. II. P. 390. 
The Part thus bred is too tough to yield 
to Discutients or Astringents; we even are 
obliged to have Recourse to Instruments at 
last; however, we first attempt gentle Ca- 
tharticks to break thro' its tough Coats, 
and thrust them into the Passage. Where- 
fore the following Plaisters will be of Use,
fix'd upon a Wax-Candle's End. 
ꝶ Ung. Fusc. Felicis Wurtz. ʒij. Emp. 
Diapomph. ʒiij. M. f. Emplastrum. 
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ꝶ Lithar. Aur. Flor. Sulph. ana ʒiij. Tutiæ
præp. ʒij. Minii ʒß. Ung. Ægyptiac. ʒj. 
Mell. Rosat. q. s. M. f. Unguentum 
illinendum Candelæ Cereæ, eamque in 
Urethram immitte, bis terve  quovis
Die renovando, usque dum mundifica- 
tio absoluta sit. 
Consolidation is not better perform'd than 
by an Amalgam of Mercury, according to 
Dr. Barbett's Opinion; wherefore, 
ꝶ Plumbi ʒij. liquefacto, adde Argenti 
vivi ʒij. Efftunde super Chartam; amal-
gama hoc exiccatum & pulverisatum 
cum emplastro de Plumbo vel Diapom- 
pholigos misceri potest, eoque inuncta 
Candela Urethræ modo dicto insera-
tur. 
I am well aware, that Blegny believes Ca-
runcles may at first be discuss'd or exiccated;
but few experience this Opinion true: But 
he gives one good Caution concerning the 
Medicine to be thrust into the Urethra; 
namely, he says Ointments are very impro- 
per to be thrust in, because they are apt to 
melt with the Heat of the Part, and bedaub 
all the Urethra; so that instead of corro- 
ding the Caruncle alone, we experience the 
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Misfortune of making the Urethra one con- 
tinued Ulcer; and thus increase the Pa- 
tient's Misfortune, and bring on intolerable 
Scaldings, and, perhaps, worse Consequen- 
ces; wherefore I like his Method, and shall 
transcribe it. 
With respect to their Consistence, says he, 
I cannot be persuaded that Ointments, by 
reason of their Liquidity, can be convey'd 
to the Carnosities by a Wax-Candle, with- 
out being retain'd in other Parts of the U- 
rethra; and Plaisters are too hard and solid 
to be spread upon the Caruncle, and to stick 
upon it when they have once come at it: 
And lastly, the Powders and Injections may 
gnaw and corrode the sound Parts of the 
Urethra, as well as the Excrescence: Besides 
that their Parts are not so much united as 
to be convey'd either by the Wax-Candle or 
Syringe, exactly upon the Place affected, 
and far less to be kept upon it. For these 
Reasons, I have been obliged to contrive 
the following Composition; namely, one 
Dram of Calcin'd Alum, of Præcipitatum 
Rubrum, Orpiment, and Verdigrease, of each 
half a Dram, finely powder'd and mix'd in 
one Ounce of Red Desiccative, and so boil'd 
together, that it may not have the usual Li- 
quidity of Ointments, nor the Consistence 
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A Scalding of Urine, attended with vio- 
lent Pain, is a common Symptom in Claps;
and as it depends on Acrimonious Particles 
in the Urine, gliding over Parts ulcerated, 
we must endeavour to blunt and even stu- 
pify the Particles and Parts. Hence Oleous 
Draughts and Opiates are commended; 
wherefore, we commonly give Emulsions, 
and in them Sal Prunellæ; but these are of- 
ten too weak and slow, and then we give 
ʒß Syr. Papav. in Emuls. Sem. 4. Frigid. major. 
vel minor. or ʒij Syr. de Mecon. in a Draught 
of Emulsions, often in a Day; and what is 
most surprizing, Spirit of Salt itself is a Spe- 
cifick in this Scalding, given to ten, fifteen, 
or twenty Drops in Barley-Water; for if 
it be given in any Emulsion, it precipitates 
the oily Parts. I say this is an odd Phæno- 
menon; for whereas I have hitherto settled 
the Venereal Virus to be an Acid, it may 
justly be objected to me, if the Poison is 
Acid, how comes it to pass, that an Acid 
will relieve Symptoms produced by an 
Acid? To this I answer, that Experience 
teaches us that some Acids are contrary to 
others; and that therefore the same Expe- 
rience informs us of the Particulars. Dr. 
Grew having observed this Appearance, had 
Refuge to a Subalcalizate Salt, lurking in 
the one unobserv'd but by Experience; and 
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it is certain, from the Solution of Copper 
or Silver in Spirit of Nitre, or Aqua-fortis,
and its Precipitation by Spirit of Salt, that 
these Spirits have some Dissimilitude of Prin- 
ciples accountable for by Experience only; 
for tho' all three taste Acid, yet we see the 
Spirit of Salt, or the other two, have some 
Alcaline Particles: And Sigogne seems to 
hint, that the Venereal Virus is of a Vitrio- 
line Nature; now all know, that Salines 
do precipitate, and therefore correct Vitrio- 
licks; and probably the Secret he boasts so 
much of, may be the Sal Enixum of Brine, 
which is purgative. 
In a Tumor of the Testicles, where the 
Humours are pent up and stagnate, the In- 
tention is to be directed to disperse them; 
but by this Method it is sometimes to be 
fear'd, we may do worse, than by letting 
them remain there; for as the original De- 
sign was Evacuation thro' the Urethra, and 
such as would have run off that way, are 
deposited here, Suppuration seems to be re- 
quired, that their Suppression in that Part 
may be recompens'd by their Discharge in 
this. However, Physicians look upon the 
Conservation of the Species to be above Par, 
with regard to the Taint of the Blood, and 
do therefore rather choose to hazard it in 
the Mass, than to have any Harm befall the 
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Manhood. Hence it is, that besides Dis- 
cutients and Emollients made use of to put 
the Humours in Motion, and remove them 
out of the Ducts composing the Testicles, 
Emeticks are frequently administer'd, and 
Ointments, Plaisters, and Fomentations, are 
apply'd externally, for the Sake of revulsing 
and dispersing the impacted Humours, that 
no Damage might ensue to the Man. This 
Care is necessary not only to prevent Loss of 
Virility which might ensue; but also Ab- 
scesses and Sinuous Ulcers, commonly attend- 
ing Suppurations there; and by Conse- 
quence, the Destruction of the Individual. 
Hence Cataplasms, made up of Althæa
Roots, Lillies, Line Seed, Fænugreek, Rose- 
Buds, and such like, boil'd in Milk, taking 
Care, left by the imprudent Use of such 
Applications, the Patient be thrown into a 
confirm'd Pox; which he certainly will, if 
there be no timely Provision made against 
this Enemy you have remanded into the 
Vessels. This cannot be more effectually 
done, than by Catharticks join'd to Mercu- 
rials; and, if Necessity requires it, whilst 
the Testicles are greatly pain'd and inflamed, 
Bleeding ought to be put in Practice, which 
may sometimes be required more than once. 
This Discharge hinders too plentiful an In- 
flux of Humours into the Testicles, and 
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by Consequence a Suppuration, which, as 
I have remark'd to you, is as carefully to 
be shunn'd here, as it ought in all Internal 
Inflammations; for as no Guess can be given 
how far the Obstructions may reach, and 
there is so strict a Connexion between the 
Kidneys and the Testicles, 'tis odds if the 
Inflammation is imprudently managed, that 
the other may ensue. 'Tis to be remark'd, 
that a lying Posture is the best in time of 
the Cure. 
A Phimosis is a common Accident attend- 
ing Claps; where the Glans is cover'd by 
reason of the Swelling; and this Swelling 
is caus'd by the Grossness of the Juices 
sticking in the Capillaries, which are de- 
termin'd into this Road so plentifully by the 
imprudent Administration of Physick, or 
some other such Violence. There is no 
Difference in the Cure of a Phimosis, whe- 
ther from a Venereal Case, or from the 
catching of Cold, save that Venereal Tu- 
mors arise from the Mass, and the Acciden- 
tal from the Air; but both occasion a Vis- 
cidity in the Juices; and therefore, as to the 
Part affected, 'tis the same thing. Tumors 
are to be discuss'd, suppurated , or cut;
we rather choose to discuss a Phimosis by 
Discutients and Emollients, such are Fo- 
mentations, or Cataplasms made up of 
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Chamomile Flower, Mellilot, Elder, Linseeds, 
Mallows, and such like; to which Spirit 
of Wine ought to be added: If these should 
fail of their Effect, we come to the Ope- 
ration; for which I referr you to Books of 
Surgery. 
The Paraphimosis being the same sort of 
Tumor, but in which the Glans is uncover'd,
so as not to be able to get the Prepuce over;
the same Measures are to be taken; and 
these failing, Recourse must be had to the 
Operation also. 
Thus, kind Readers, have I dispatch'd a 
Virulent Gonorrhœa, and its common Atten- 
dants. Such Symptoms as advance higher, 
and shew a considerable Taint in the Blood, 
retain to the next Part, and shall be spoke 
to as largely as the Brevity intended will 
permitt me. For tho' what follows is a di- 
rect Sequel of this, yet the common Mea- 
sures allotted for the Cure of Gonorrhœa's 
and their Symptoms, as they do not accord 
with the Cure of the Lues or Confirm'd 
Pox; or at least not being sufficient to de- 
stroy so great a Load of impure Leaven in 
the Mass, which is in this Case sorely in- 
fected; it is very proper to treat them a-
part; since a Spark and Flames don't re- 
quire the same Care and Diligence to be 
extinguish'd; for tho' they be of the same 
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and individual Nature, yet the Degrees dif- 
fer. So fares it with Persons under a Clap, 
and a Confirm'd Pox: The first is seated 
within Sight; but the latter does not only 
betray itself externally, but also implies 
Danger from Sources unseen. 
PART


PART III.
Of the Lues, or Confirm'd Pox. 
IF we have Regard only to the 
Name of this Disease and its 
common Symptoms, there is not 
a Disease more known than the 
Pox; but if we give a Look to its Nature, 
we may say none is less known. Many in- 
deed have wrote very useful things concern- 
ing its Nature, Signs, and Properties; but, 
in my Opinion, not all things, by which a 
safe and secure Practice in all Events may 
be relied on: Whose Sentiments, altho' I 
can't approve of, yet to avoid Prolixity, I 
shall forbear refuting. 
It will be sufficient to touch slightly upon 
two Opinions, which have been heretofore 
contrived to solve Phænomena, they fancied, 
could not be well otherwise solved. Some 
there were, who held that the Pox was in- 
troduced by a certain Heap of invisible 
Worms, which, however, they affirm'd they 
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could discover in the Parts affected, with 
Microscopes: Which thing, whether there 
be any Truth in, let the Authors of this 
whimsical Opinion prove, who call in their 
Eyes as Witnesses; but I fear lest such In- 
struments as they use, don't so represent the 
Matter itself, as it is in Nature, only as the 
Strength of Fancy dictates to them.—Be this 
as it may, for I don't think it worth while 
to enquire strictly into the Truth of this 
Assertion, no useful Conclusion arising from 
it for promoting Practice, which is my chief 
End, unless they perhaps would conclude 
from thence, that Mercury is the principal 
Antidote against this Disease, because it is 
a known and experienced Remedy against 
Worms; which, believe who will, I can't 
come into their Measures; neither does the 
Reason they bring, altho' it be specious, and 
Fact as to the Remedy, persuade or con- 
vince me: For altho' we should admitt Mer-
cury to have a very great Force against 
Worms in Children; yet it may have none 
against these supposed ones, since they may 
be of a different Nature to those in them; 
as Audry has very learnedly of late disco- 
ver'd. 
The other was an Opinion which may 
yet prevail with Persons who have a mind 
to destroy the Notion of Salts in our Bodies: 
If our Juices can neither be reputed bitter,
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sour, salt, nor acrimonious, the Cause of this 
Disease must be esteem'd some occult Qua- 
lity; that is, we plainly must acknowledge 
we know not what is its Nature. 
Wherefore, before I explain my Senti- 
ments on the Cause of this most grievous 
Disease, I must warn my Readers of one 
Point; namely, that they would not think 
much to peruse cursorily this small and short 
Treatise, before they offer to pass Judg- 
ment; for if a Part should fail to gain their 
Assent, the Whole, unless they read it with 
a Prepossession, hardly will; or, however, 
unless such Pretenders should peruse it, as 
fancy their Judgment ought to pass for Ster- 
ling: But that I may not vainly entertain 
you, I say, that a Lues is an Acid Effluvium 
drawn into the Body by the Pores of the 
Parts destin'd for Generation. 
It is very strange how Men will stand out 
against full Evidence; there are Numbers of 
Instances to prove Salts in our Juices, and 
yet many there are who cry down any Da- 
mage ensuing from thence; or, however, 
without any Regard to these ravaging Bo- 
dies, they trust to a Receipt, to an Arcanum, 
to eradicate the Disorder, and call all Rea- 
soning in the Cure slippery. Where is the 
Difference between the Quack and Physi- 
cian, if the Case stands thus? The one and 
the other trust to Receipts alike, they both 
reason

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reason alike; and I can't see, but their Ti-
tles to Practice and Success are equal, only 
the Physician may know better; but if he 
contemns that Knowledge, is he not exactly 
upon a Level with the Quack? What 
proves it an Effluvium or Steam, is its pas- 
sing thro' the Pores of a Machine, now too 
much in use; and what need we wonder 
at this, when Liquors themselves, gross as 
they are, will pass thro' the Pores of our 
Skin and of a Bladder, if I am well in- 
form'd. Do we not see how the Steams of 
the Sympathetick Ink pass thro' a Book of 
a large Size? And surely these are full as 
subtile and as destructive; Steams are only 
those Bodies we see, reduced into very mi- 
nute and component Parts: The Air, as a 
Press, forces them up by its Weight, and 
they yield by their less Gravity, so that in 
mounting they pierce our Sensory of Smel- 
ling, and twinge us; and this is true in the 
Acid Spirits, as well as the Volatile. 
Which Sentiment, before I attempt to 
establish, lest Disputes may arise about Words, 
you are to observe two things; by an Efflu- 
vium, as is said, I understand a certain thin 
Matter, or certain slender aereal Corpuscles 
thrown out and attracted in the Time of 
Copulation: By an Acid, I mean hard, fria- 
ble, conical, and septical Salts, whose Cor- 
puscles being dissolv'd, associate themselves 
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with the minutest Particles of any Liquors,
and arrest their Motion, and corrode the so- 
lid Parts; and in short, the Lues is nothing 
but this Acid Effluvium communicated to 
the Parts, which creeps insensibly into the 
Blood. For the most part, an impure Em- 
brace is the immediate Occasion of this Ve- 
nomous Aura, by which the Parts are de- 
filed, in which it lurks for three or four 
Days, and sometimes for as many Months,
without giving any Signs of Infection, till 
at length it changes and perverts the Sper- 
matick Parts by its acute and pungent Par- 
ticles: What Body, save an Acid Effluvium, 
could lie so long conceal'd in the Parts, 
without producing tremendous Effects? For 
were it of a very volatile Nature, the Warmth 
of the Body dissolving it, there would im- 
mediately ensue Symptoms very terrible. 
Whereas it appears to be an inactive Venom 
in the Beginning, but dreadful in its Con- 
sequences. If there be any Art in Poisons, 
those from Animals Juices perverted seem to 
be the Ingredients most adapted for them; 
a plain Instance of which appears in this 
Lues, where it shall lurk for a Year with- 
out producing its Effects: Another we have 
in the Hydrophobia, where ordinarily the 
Symptoms do not appear till six Weeks after 
the Bite, and many times not till a Year af- 
ter; altho' in the Bites of Vipers, and some 
others,

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others, the Poison is quick, and sudden Re- 
lief is required, or the Patients sink under 
the Anguish immediately. In short, from 
whence, if not from this Acid Vapor, deep- 
ly communicated to the Body, do proceed 
those Scirrhous Tophi in the Joints, Nodes, 
and hard Tumors all over the Body? I 
say, from what other Cause arise a Numbness 
of the Parts, a Laziness and Weariness of 
the Body, a Sadness and Melancholy, if not 
from this Humour? For it congeals all our 
Fluids, and renders them sharp and pun- 
gent.
As a farther Testimony of this Humour, 
let us consider the Sleepiness in the Day- 
time of such as are infected, and Restlesness 
at Night; for as the Patient by Day is sub- 
ject to rest from Weariness, arising from the 
thicken'd Juices; so by Night the Warmth 
of the Bed puts in Motion these fix'd 
Humours; and they being sharp and acu- 
leated, are hurried forward every where, 
and prick and gall the Membranes unmerci- 
fully, and introduce Pains, which we call 
Nocturnal, disturbing our Natural Slum- 
bers. 
If what is affirm'd by some grave Au- 
thors be true, to wit, that many have been 
infected by excessive Venery alone, by 
dissipating the Native Heat, and occasion- 
ing a chill'd Blood, from whence Symptoms
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of the Venereal Kind have commenced; 
then it will be a Confirmation that however 
the Blood is render'd fix'd and acid, it 
would become venereally affected: But I 
much suspect such Histories of Credulity; 
wherefore, shall only observe, that Persons 
thus affected seldom become Feverish; which 
shews the Nature of the Humour offending. 
Moreover, we perceive, that the Reme- 
dies point out to us the Cause; for Vene- 
real Persons are cured by warming and vo- 
latile Medicines; Guaiacum being the chief 
Antidote known in the West Indies, from 
whence we first receiv'd this Poison. Or, 
however, the Poison is to be obtunded and 
resisted, which are truly the Properties of 
the Guaiacum; for Guaiacum, if distill'd, 
affords an Acid Spirit and an Oil; and if re- 
distilled, gives also a Volatile Salt, that is, 
it gives out an oily Volatile Salt, both vir- 
tually and actually, by which it cures this 
virulent Disease. However, Guaiacum is 
hardly a sufficient Remedy in our Climate, 
where the Pores are not near so open as in
the West-Indies; and therefore, Dr. Lister 
pays too great a Compliment to it, or ra- 
ther mistakes its Virtues, when he makes it 
a Remedy against the ill Consequences of 
Mercury and the Pox too; not but that it 
is an excellent Remedy; but it will not an- 
swer here, as every common Practitioner
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can affirm; because our Pores being closer,
and the Humours being more pent up than 
in a warmer Climate, these Humours don't 
so readily make their Escape thro' them, as 
thro' other Passages; the Stomach, the In- 
testines, and Salival Glands, being found by 
Experience to pass them more effectually 
here, than the Miliary Glands do: But in 
general, warm and obtunding Medicines 
have a good Effect in Poxes, if they are not 
forbid by some dangerous Circumstances;
and if they are, we wander much from the 
genuine and eradicating Cure, and only in- 
sist upon the Palliative. 
And since I have mention'd this Place 
from whence we first received this Disease, 
the Reader, I hope, will pardon a small 
Digression upon the Manner of its Rise. 
Some Authors, I know, believe, it was in 
Being in David's Time, who complain'd of 
having a Pain in his Bones; and do farther 
say, that the Blotches of Egypt, the Scabs 
and incurable Itch were plain Signs of this 
Disease. Others again do believe, Sueto- 
nius meant this Disease in describing Caius 
Augustus's Disorder; as does Tacitus when 
he speaks of the Distemper of Tiberius; and 
that Hippocrates, in mentioning Rottenness
of the Bones of the Nose and Palate, means 
this Disease. But it must be granted, that 
all these are ambiguous Assertions; and if 
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this Disorder could have been propagated in 
the ordinary way, it must have been in very 
early Days known in this our Isle; since the 
Romans could not want Subjects enough in 
a conquer'd Country to propagate their Fe- 
male Conquests also: Whereas it is certain, 
it was never spoke of by the Physicians, 
whose Province it was to register it, till af- 
ter the Conquest of the West-Indies by the 
Spaniards. In that large Continent there- 
fore, and no where else, must we seek for 
its first Origine, and as little Satisfaction 
can be expected from a brutish People, so I 
am afraid the most accurate Account must 
be taken from Historians, who doubtless
have receiv'd lame Accounts from these 
conquer'd Pagans. Oviedo has described, 
among other Animals, Quadruped Serpents, 
call'd Inguanas, which the Indians fed 
greedily upon; and the Spaniards finding 
them luscious Victuals, also eat plentifully 
of them: He says, their Flesh was more 
pleasant than that of Rabbits; and adds, 
that they hurt none, save those that were 
Pox'd; which Disease, altho' they had 
been long cured of it, this Diet did them 
immediate Damage, and even renew'd, and 
again excited this Distemper, altho' they had 
been many Years cured of it; which, says 
he, our Men experienced by innumerable Ex- 
amples: Thus far this Historian. Now, as a 
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certain Diet may produce Diseases, so may 
it happen in this Case; and as Dr. Lister 
on this Head observes, those Serpents used 
to be beset with Condylomata, as Men and 
Women are with the Pox; so he thinks it 
natural to believe, this Serpent first pro- 
duced it by being the common Food of the 
Indians. He confirms all this by the Hydro- 
phobia; where it is observ'd, that the Bite 
of a mad Dog produces a peculiar sort of 
Madness; so he does not see why a peculiar 
Disease might not spring also from a pecu- 
liar Diet. 
Howeyer, as nothing can be affirm'd on 
this Head, I leave these Disputes to the 
Curious, who have leisure Time to search 
into such Trifles: My Task at present is 
foreign to this Enquiry, having confined
myself to the Practice. 
It remains for me to explain the Manner, 
by which the Pox seizes us, and creeps upon 
us; which I shall endeavour to do in as 
concise and intelligible a Manner, as the de- 
sign'd Brevity of this Tract will allow. 
This Vapor either the Man receives from 
the Woman, or the Woman receives it from 
the Man; this being concreted either in 
the Penis or Pudendum, lurks there quietly, 
till by the Heat of Friction it is attenuated 
and inserted into the Body; and sooner or 
later betrays itself by a Gonorrhœa, Pustules, 
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Tubercles, Shankers, and most contumacious 
Ulcers: But the grosser Parts of this Virus 
breed Tubercles; the sharper and more mi- 
nute produce Ulcers; as also Heats of Urine 
or Stranguries, by pricking and fretting the 
tender Membranes, and so perverting their 
Structure, and creating at last Ulcers there. 
From hence this Effluvium, unless it be 
timely thrust forth, insinuating itself deeper, 
gets into the Vessels, and with its pungent 
and acrimonious Particles, retards the Mo- 
tion of the Blood: Anon, being impacted 
in the Inguinal Glands, accompany'd with 
more or less Pain, according to the Nature 
of its Particles, produces a Bubo more or 
less inflammatory; and this Humour flying 
from the Glands of the Inguen, by an ill 
Omen deserts those Parts, and getting into 
the Mass of Blood, acts a tragical Scene 
there, defiling and corrupting all the Parts 
of the Body; and, as I observ'd above, con- 
gealing the Blood, and rendring its Motion 
slower than usual, it has leisure to fix upon 
various Parts, and there imprint its Foot- 
steps deeply; and, in particular, it affects the 
Bones of the Palate, and perverts their 
Texture, makes them carious, and causes 
their Noses to fall in. Hence, its Particles 
driven deeply in, there arise Ulcers there- 
abouts, and Caries in the spungy Bones; 
from whence the horrible Deformity, I 
spoke

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spoke of, happens. The same Humour 
creates in the Bones, Membranes and Ten-
dons, Nodes and Exostoses every where, 
which torture the Patient with insufferable 
Pains; and what else is it, that introduces 
these Nocturnal Pains which are so cruel, 
as to give neither Rest nor Respite? and 
which, if continual, are certain Signs of 
Caries in the Bones. 
In this manner it is, this acrimonious Vi- 
rus first spoils the Fabrick, then corrodes it, 
and at last utterly ruins it. And I shall add, 
that Nurses and Children may infect each 
other, as sad Experience has taught some;
who by the Contact have suffer'd egregi- 
ously. This happen'd to a poor Nurse 
some time ago, from a Child whose Mo- 
ther had been a Sufferer under this Malady:
The Nipples were first affected with Ulcera- 
tions, and soon after the whole Body was 
tainted with Blotches; and, in short, a Con- 
firm'd Pox ensu'd, of which she was cured 
by a strong Salivation. 
Altho' I have handled the chief Symp- 
toms of this Disease already; yet, because 
it is of great Moment, and concerns very 
many rightly to distinguish the first Onsets 
of this dreadful Enemy; lest, as it often 
happens, it so much more surely demolish
us, it lurks unknown within us: Where- 
fore, I shall paint it in its native Colours, 
by

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by shewing its destructive Signs, which will 
give every one a clear Light into their Con- 
dition: But I shall here only take Notice 
of a recent Lues, that People may betake 
themselves to a prudent Physician in due
time; for as to an old Confirm'd Pox, every 
common Person may know it; but GOD 
knows it is often too late to apply to a Phy- 
sician when it comes to betray itself in so 
manifest and open a Manner. 
Whoever then has had to do with an im- 
pure Prostitute, if this Humour has seiz'd 
upon the Internal Parts of the Body, it will 
be known presently by a sudden Lassitude 
and Weariness all over the Person, which 
continues some Days after Copulation;
moreover, a wandring and jerking Pain 
runs thro' the Interstices of the Joints, 
and which is often perceived in the very 
Bones; a Heaviness of the Head, a sudden 
Sadness without any evident Cause; as also 
a Drowsiness more than common, tho' at 
the same time an interrupted Rest, do all 
shew a Seizure; which Symptoms agree 
pretty exactly to Truth, and which we can 
derive from no other Cause, presupposing 
an impure Commerce, more fitly than from 
this. But altho' no virulent Gonorrhœa or 
Clap should ensue, so far is the Patient from 
being secure, that more Danger is to be
fear'd, as I have all along hinted; for now 
the


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the acrimonious Steam has so far congeal'd 
the Juices, that they can't throw off the 
Virus, and has therefore penetrated into the 
most private Recesses of the Body; that 
unless it be maturely thrown out, it will 
break forth so as to make them most horri- 
ble Spectacles; not without Blotches and 
rotten Bones all over them, an entire De- 
struction of some of the Parts; and at length, 
Loss of Life in a most miserable Manner. 
These Admonitions therefore concern 
very many, who believe themselves secure 
from Infection, for never having had a Clap, 
altho' they feel the fore-mention'd Symp- 
toms, which they too confidently ascribe 
to other Causes; namely, to a simple De- 
fluxion of a certain Humour into the Parts 
affected with Pain, or some other feigned 
Cause; and so hinder'd by a Clownish Shame 
or Avarice, calling in no Physician to their 
Assistance, the Evil is suffer'd to take deeper 
Root, and to grow up to their Destruction, 
which is not to be eradicated without great 
Expences to themselves, and Endeavours of 
the Physician. 
However, you may distinguish between a 
Pain arising from a Defluxion, and from a 
Venereal Cause, by the following Tokens; 
because, this torments the Parts between 
the Joints; secondly, because this at once 
seizes on the Head and Breast, but that only
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one of them at once; thirdly, because this 
rages most in the Night-time, and rests as it 
were a Days; but that is more violent a- 
Days, and more remiss a-Nights, and sel-
dom or never infests them all Night. 
But if a Gonorrhœa or Clap, as mostly it 
does, ensue these and the former Symptoms,
we must observe, that the Cure of this Go- 
norrhœa will not be sufficient; for as such 
Signs do plainly convince us, that the Blood 
is tainted, and that this Humour is also lodged 
within us, any Attempt to cure the Go- 
norrhœa alone will certainly fall short; and 
if we leave the Matter undischarged, we 
have cured the Clap to a fine purpose, since 
we have deceiv'd the Patient into a danger- 
ous Security. Wherefore, my Readers will 
readily conceive the Impostures put upon 
them by Pretenders in every Corner; these 
Cheats are gilded with Safety, Ease, Prompt- 
ness of Cure, with two or three Doses, and 
the like, whilst their Pockets are emptied, 
and their Bodies over-charged with Viru- 
lency; which, at last, with Repentance, as 
well as Charge, they are glad to have ex- 
pell'd. Among the arch Impostors, I esteem 
the Author of Eronania; he Preaches and 
Preys, joins Sermons to Quack Bills, casts 
up his Eyes to Heaven, and picks your 
Pocket; advises you to be a Saint, but hopes 
O you

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you won't; sells Sermons, Tobacco, Sugar- 
Plums, Necklaces, Pills, Bolus's, Syringes, 
Injections, Specificks, Gout Stones, Tiff, Ca- 
nary Birds; and, I believe, Buckles, Knives,
and Scissars; you may be completely Pox'd 
for the Price of One Guinea, which is cheap 
enough. Were it not a Charity I have for 
deluded People, it is my Interest to be silent 
on this Head, because I have several daily 
applying to me, who suffer under these 
horrid Delusions. 
I begin to hope, however, that a just 
Treatment of such Pretenders will at last 
begin to have a good Effect upon the Minds 
of deluded Patients; and what makes me 
believe it, is the Monthly Change, like the 
Moon, of their new Cheats, which we see 
or hear of daily broach'd, as if the World 
were found to grow sick of their silly and 
ignorant Productions: A glaring Instance 
of this Loathing of their Collusions, is, 
that we see them obliged to draw the Eyes 
of the People, by having given Accounts of 
terrible Eclipses of the Moon; as if a Cloud, 
spreading itself over the Sun, ought to strike 
Terror into the World: A Subject fit to 
frighten Children, is to be made the Terror 
of Mankind; but then a Catalogue of 
Cures, or Medicines to be had, &c. is the 
Bill of Fare aim'd at. There would be no 
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Accounts given of Eclipses, either of the Sun 
or Moon, if there were no Medicines to be 
sold, or a Catalogue where they are to be 
had. All this, I say, proves at how low an 
Ebb their Arcana begin to be; and upon 
Enquiry at the Places where they are to be 
sold, I find my Surmises to be true; the 
Venders beginning to complain of a great 
Decay of Trade. As I have lent my help- 
ing Hand to pull down these Frauds, I 
hope I may find others of Skill to encourage 
the Work.  
Indeed, if Claps were always Local, as 
these vile Creatures will suppose, slight Cures 
would serve the Turn; but God knows this 
Supposition is grosly false for the most part; 
and who is he, who is not secure, that would 
trust to so dangerous a Chance? If it be 
not Local, these astringing Injections dam 
up the Humour; and if it does not luckily 
shew itself in a Bubo, or some such Im- 
postume, you are infallibly Pox'd. And 
what Physician is he who will assure you 
'tis Local? None in his right Senses surely; 
the Faculty are wiser and honester: There- 
fore nothing but Folly, Assurance, and Ava- 
rice, are the true Foundation of these Pub- 
lications; as volenti non fit injuria, seek 
your Remedy at Law, who bid you trust 
such Cheats? Your Sufferings are the Effects 
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of your own Credulity: But we may be 
tolerably satisfied in our Conjectures by the 
following Symptoms; namely, in a Local 
Disorder, the Part affected is the main Com- 
plaint; for they perform all other Functions 
of Life with Ease; they sleep, they eat, they 
are without Pain, they are well colour'd, 
they are plump, chearful, active and spright- 
ly: But on the contrary, if the Disease be 
Malignant, the Humours are corrupted; 
they grow heavy in their Limbs, grow 
drowsy and unactive, their Stomachs fall 
gradually off, their Nights become uneasy; 
upon Motion or Exercise, they breathe short,
Pains infest their Joints and Membranes, 
their Colour fades, they grow thirsty in Pro- 
portion as their Blood grows corrupted and 
sanious; and, in short, they neither digest 
their Victuals, nor does their Blood circu- 
late, nor have they the Life and Spirits as 
usual.
Some Physicians of Note suspect either 
somewhat of the Scurvy in all Diseases 
Northwards, or of the Pox; which I am 
not at leisure to discourse of here; since it 
is enough to explain in a few Words, how 
great an Affinity there is between these two 
Distempers, lest the Ignorance of the Dif- 
ference should lead any one into an Error: 
Altho' there may be no grand Advantage 
arising

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arising from this Distinction, save that the 
Degree may differ; for I am not the only 
Man who believes the Cure of a Scurvy and 
a Pox differs but little. And first, as to 
what concerns the Cause of a Scurvy, I 
esteem a sour Phlegmatick Humour, which is 
gross and unactive at first, to be its Origine; 
and there is yet a greater Relation between 
the Scurvy and the Pox, if we consider that 
each produces Exulcerations, Atrophy's, 
Diarrhœa's, Wandring Gouts, Heaviness of 
the Head, a Stupor and Contraction of the 
Limbs, and such like; as also Tophi, Scir- 
rhus's, and the like; whether both Diseases 
may sometimes be conjoin'd, or whether 
the one may be converted into the other, 
as most believe; for we know it very usual 
for Persons, not throughly cured of the 
Pox, to become Scorbutical for the Re- 
mainder of their Days, and who are never 
set right, but when Regard is had to the 
original Cause: That is, the great Degree 
of Acrimony, which would have rotted the 
Bones, being evacuated and corrected only 
in Part, it never rears its Head so high as 
to disable them; but however still some- 
what of the old Leaven lurks, and occasions 
Pains, Stiffnesses, Spots, and in short a 
Scurvy; which is best cured by Antivene-
reals. 
Upon

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Upon another Account the Scurvy re- 
sembles a Pox, because it raises Pains raging 
chiefly in the Night-time; as also Ulcers, 
which are malignant and dry, and Tubercles, 
OEdematous Tumors, and sometimes Rot- 
tenness of Bones; so that it can hardly be 
distinguish'd from a Pox; but that it neither 
took its Rise from immediate nor impure 
Embraces. However, you will easily dis- 
cover the one from the other in the follow- 
ing manner; in Scorbuticks the Gums are 
eaten and wasted, and Blood starts from 
them; the Teeth grow loose and black, 
their Knees tremble with Weakness, their 
Breaths smell, their Legs are beset with 
black and blue Spots, which Persons pox'd 
are seldom troubled with, unless they be 
also Scorbutical. 
Having treated of the Pox as largely as 
the Compass I aim at will allow me, 'tis 
high time to give our Judgment on the Dan- 
ger of a Confirm'd one, as well as the less 
advanced. 
While the Distemper is barely Local, which 
however, as is said, is not easy to distinguish, 
it yields easily even to Externals; for as 
Bites of venomous Creatures, whether Ser- 
pents, Scorpions, or Dogs, if taken Care 
of at first, are cured by External Remedies; 
namely, Scarifications, Fomentations, Li- 
gatures,

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gatures, and the like; so the first Degrees 
of Poxes are easily and safely remediable. 
But when the Distemper is advanced to 
the Degree we now treat of, we entertain 
very different Thoughts; 'tis a frightful 
Malady, and requires the Physician's Care, 
and the Patient's Application in good earnest. 
Hoarsenesses, which are lasting, are very sus- 
picious, because they arise from Secretions 
of acrimonious Humidities into the Lungs, 
which seldom fail of introducing fatal Con- 
sumptions. Leanness is a Sign of great 
Acrimony in the Humours, shaving off 
the Nutritious Juices, and conveying them 
by Urine too plentifully; so that the Ex- 
pence becomes greater than the Repairs. 
Ulcers denote Acrimony; Thrushes betray 
Caries of the Bones; Fistula's are hard to 
be cured in Common Cases, but more dif- 
ficult in Pocky ones. Intolerable and Conti- 
nual Head-Achs denote a Rottenness of the 
Bones; Internal Ulcers are incurable; Nodes 
and Exostoses are curable by Salivation on- 
ly; Night Pains are hard to be alleviated, 
but are cured by Salivation most effectual- 
ly: Rotten Bones are only cured by extir-
pating them, whether by Cauteries potential 
or actual, or Instruments. One thing is 
worth Remark, concerning Carious Bones; 
namely, that Salivations will not cure 
them;

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them; they prevent others, or the Re-
mainder of any Bone falling into the same 
Condition; which they effect in the follow- 
ing manner; the Discharge of the Pocky, 
Virulent, Acrimonious, Corroding Hu- 
mour, makes the Blood, resting in the 
Veins, more Balsamick; so that it can't gnaw 
and pervert the Bones into Corruption; 
and therefore the Corruption or Rottenness 
of the Remainder is prevented; but what 
the Humour has already spoil'd, must be 
taken away. 
Having with Brevity and Perspicuity 
discoursed on the whole Compass of Pre- 
judices receiv'd by Venery, it now remains 
that I enter upon the Cure of the Grand 
Malady, the Pox, to which Claps and Bu-
boes are introductory: And as by a Confirm'd 
Pox is understood a Collection of Symp- 
toms arising or recoiling from the Taint of 
the Blood, however receiv'd; it may from 
hence follow, that even a Clap itself is some- 
times a Symptom of this Distemper, as 
surely as the Pox is a Consequence of it. 
An Instance of this kind I lately met 
with in Practice: A Gentlewoman was in- 
jured by her Husband, and deliver'd up to 
the Pretenders to be cured of a Clap, which 
they did after their Manner: She complain'd 
of Disorders about her for for four or five 
Years;

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Years; which deceived some noted Practi- 
tioners into a Belief, that she labour'd un- 
der Hystericks; but at the Expiration of 
that Time, a fresh Clap broke out with all 
its virulent Symptoms, and which would 
not yield to any Remedy, but the last, I 
mean a Salivation, which, as it advanced, 
the Symptoms gradually disappear'd, and 
the Gentlewoman now enjoys a perfect 
State of Health. We easily guess'd this 
Clap from the Pox, by reason of the Pains,
Faintings, and ill State of Health she la- 
bour'd under. 
Be this how it may, our Method of Cure 
must be fitted to the Degree of Infection; 
and as that runs very high, it is necessary 
to have Recourse to Salivations, as the 
greatest Remedy we have to contrast with 
Poxes: And I think I may justly affirm, 
that some later Physicians, who exclaim a- 
gainst this Method as useless, dangerous,
and prejudicial, have never had much Ex- 
perience to back their Assertions: But as 
I lately wrote a Pamphlet in its Vindica- 
tion, † I shall wave its farther Defence 
here, and referr my Readers to that Piece, 
† The Practice of Salivating Vindicated, in Answer to 
Dr. Willoughby's Translation of Monsieur Chicoyneau's 
Pamphlet against Mercurial Salivations, &c.
P here- 


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hereunto annex'd, for their Satisfaction, if 
any Doubts remain upon them. 
I say then, that Poxes are cured by eva- 
cuating the depraved Juices, correcting the 
Reliques, and by easing the Symptoms. I 
would not be understood to advise the high- 
est Discharge for the lowest Degree of a 
Pox, unless for Politick Views, which in 
themselves are honestly intended: For Ex- 
ample, a Patient of a Salacious Constitu- 
tion applies for a Cure of a Low Degree of 
the Pox, accompanied with a Clap; he 
sins on, and with impure Creatures, and 
yet expects his Physician or Surgeon shall 
cure him at an easy Expence, and will even 
reproach his Friend, if he does not cure him 
cheap and quickly. As unreasonable a Sup- 
position as this seems to be, it is a severe 
Truth, and often met with in Practice: 
What then has the Physician to do, but to 
throw such a Patient into a gentle Saliva- 
tion: This cures him at once, and prevents 
the Deceit. 
I say then, that Discharges are of dif- 
ferent Kinds, according to the Degrees, and 
here the utmost Judgment and Experience 
are required; we must then either Vomit, 
Purge, Sweat, Provoke Urine, or Salivate. I 
shall set down briefly Recipe's of each kind, 
along with proper Cautions, during the 
Use

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Use of these Remedies, that Patients may 
pass Judgment on what they must expect 
when they apply to proper Persons for 
Cure; for I hope none will attempt upon 
Reading to commence Physicians for them- 
selves; to understand a Method, and to 
put it in Practice, are very different Exer- 
cises. We understand, for Example, a Piece 
of Poetry when we read it; but when we 
attempt to turn Poets, we then find the 
Difference between understanding and ma- 
king a Poem. How many Gentlemen are 
there, who can pass exact Judgment on 
Paintings, who, however, can't Paint? 
Some Apothecaries there are, who are good 
Judges of the best and most experienced 
Methods, but who, however, know nothing 
of the Secret of administring Medicines in 
proper time, or of the Knowledge of the 
Causes; and wheresoever any Science is 
split into Thought and Action, Men of 
half Education are, and always will be,
Bunglers, tho' they live up to the Age of 
Methusalem.
If we find that Patients are troubled 
with Nocturnal Pains, the following Pills 
may be given at Bed-time. 
P2 ꝶ M. P. 

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ꝶ M. P. Coch. Min. ℈j. Mer. Dul. gr. xv. 
Laud. Lond. gr. ij. Ol. Caryoph. q. s. 
M. f. Pil. N° vj. 
The next Day after the Physick has done 
working, carry the Patient to a Bagnio, 
having administer'd, before they enter it, 
this or some such Diaphoretick. 
ꝶ Antimon. Diaphor. ℈j. Sal. Volat. C. C. 
gr. ij. Cons. Flor. Anthos. ℈j. Syr. Ca- 
ryoph. q. s. M. f. Bolus sumendus, cui 
superbibatur Decoct. seq. haustulus. 
ꝶ Lign. Guaiac. ʒß. Uvar. Passul. ʒij. 
Coq. Lent. Igne in Aq. Font. Colatur. 
℔ij. Bibat. ʒvj. 
This Method ought to be follow'd till 
the Pains disappear; and also Plaisters, in 
which are Opiates and Mercury, ought to be 
apply'd: But if a Caries be the Occasion of 
these Pains, besides the Medicines now men- 
tion'd, the Part must be open'd, and the 
Bones exfoliated in a proper manner; and 
moreover, a Salivation should be attempted.
Exfoliation is perform'd by Cauteries, Actual, 
or Potential, or the Fire, till the unsound 
Bone falls off; which when you perceive 
con-

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consumed, and that the Bone under is en- 
tirely sound; namely, white, or reddish and 
white, then it is high time to dress the 
Bone dry; but the Lips around with Ung.
Basilicon, or this along with Red Precipi- 
tate, if there be occasion to deterge the sor- 
did or callous Lips. Thus the Ulcer being 
cleansed and come to its stated Size, you 
must begin to cicatrize and heal it up with 
drying Waters or Ointments; such are, Aq. 
Calcis cum Sacch. Saturn. or Ung. Diapompho- 
ligos, or Desiccativum Rubrum. When the 
Ulcer is healed up, you must ever and anon 
give Physick, and give an Eye to it, lest it 
break forth again. 
If Pustules or Scabs should rear their Heads, 
it is our Business to see that the Humour be 
thrown our plentifully and dry'd away; 
which we may effect in the following man- 
ner: 
ꝶ Res. Jalap. gr. xij. Mer. Dul. ℈j. Cass. 
Rec. Extract. ʒj. M. f. Bol. sumend. 
primo mane cum Regimine & repetend.
semel in Septimana. 
ꝶ Pul. è Chel. C. ℈j. Antim. Diaphor. ʒß. 
Sp. C. C. gut. vj. Cons. Flor. Anth. ℈j. 
Syr. Caryoph. M. f. Bolus sumendus 
quaque nocte & mane superbibendo De- 
coct.

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coct. Guaiac. Fort. ʒvj. Sudorem ex- 
pectando in lecto per Dies 16. 
This Method is generally successful; but 
if it fails, a Salivation must be our last Re- 
fuge. 
If Ulcers every where should infest your 
Patients, give them the following Medi- 
cines: 
ꝶ Mer. Dul. gr. x. Cons. Rosar. Rub. ʒj. 
M. f. Bolus horâ somni sumendus per 
tres Noctes continuas; deinde, 
ꝶ M. P. Coch. Min. ℈j. Res. Jalap. gr. iij. 
Syr. è Spin. Cervin. q. s. M. f. Pil.
N° iv. sumendæ primo mane (Die, 
viz. 4to.) cum Regimine. 
By repeating this Method for some time, 
the Ulcers will begin to heal; but Care 
must be taken to dress them with Aqua Pha- 
gædenica, which keeps them clean, and spe- 
cifically helps to cure them: And if this 
Method fails, we must at last have Recourse 
to Salivation, as the surest and most effectual 
Method of Cure. 
If Nodes seize the Bones, we must give 
Physick, such as I have already mention'd, 
and Diaphoreticks also plentifully, and we
must 

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must apply to them this or the like Plaister, 
to consume them: However, if they don't 
yield, a Salivation is the last Refuge. 
ꝶ Emp. Diach. cum Gum. ʒij. Mer. Viv. 
3ij. Ol. Succin. q. s. M. f. emp. super 
Alutam extendend. & applicand. 
This Sketch of Symptoms being sufficient 
to instruct us that a Salivation is our Asylum 
in a Confirm'd Pox; I shall end this Dis- 
course with giving you a short Description 
of raising one, and managing it. 
There are different Constitutions in Men, 
and Salivations are much more readily 
raised in some than in others; wherefore, 
as in an open Temperament, where the 
Blood is thin and rarified, a Physician has 
little to do; he administers the Mercury in 
proper Form and Seasons, and the Patients 
begin to Salivate soon: Whereas, in a clo- 
ser Constitution, the Blood is gross of it- 
self, and is render'd more so by the In- 
fection of the Juices; and in this Case, be- 
fore we begin to administer Mercurials, it 
is our Business to dilute the Blood for a 
Week before with Broths and Soups, and 
softening Food; to bathe them every Day 
in a warm Bath with Herbs, &c. to give 
them


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them a gentle Emetick; as also a little Phy- 
sick, to clear the first Passages from the 
gross Humours adhering to them; after 
which, we begin to administer Mercurials 
to Salivate them. 
This premised, we give the following 
Bolus Morning and Evening: 
ꝶ Mer. Dul. gr. x. (xx. ʒß. ℈ij. pro re 
natâ) Laud. Lond. gr. j. Cons. Rosar. 
Rub. ʒß. Syr. Balsam. q. s. M. f. Bo- 
lus sumendus mane & sub vesperam per 
aliquot dies. 
Or we anoint the Patients Legs, Thighs, 
Arms, &c. with the following Ointment: 
ꝶ Ung. Dialth. ʒiij. Mer. Viv. ʒj. M. f. 
Ung. illinendum mane & vesperi per 
dies aliquot. 
We continue administring or rubbing, 
till we find the Patients Head aches, their 
Jaws grow sore and swell, and their Breath 
smells, and they begin to slaver; then we 
leave off, till we see how they spit; and if 
the Salivation does not go forward, we give 
a Rub more, till it runs a Pint, a Quart, 
three Pints, or two Quarts, in twenty four
Hours.

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Hours. The Patient is kept warm either 
in Bed or by the Fire-side, as his Strength 
will allow, and eats Broth, potch'd Eggs, 
Caudle, Panada, and such things as are Li- 
quid, all the time of the Salivation, which 
we suffer to run for fifteen, twenty, or 
thirty Days, according as the Patient's 
Strength holds out, or the Degree of the 
Distemper requires: If it flags before it 
should, we give now and then a Dose or a 
Rub or two to keep it up, till we judge the 
Humours are carry'd off; and however, we 
never think of carrying it off, till the pri- 
mary Symptoms are vanish'd; that is, till 
the Scabs, Pains, Ulcers, and such like, dis- 
appear. If it should rise higher, or conti- 
nue longer than is judg'd needful, we then 
give Physick, Glysters, and Flores Sulphuris, 
internally to check its Violence; for a Mean 
is the surest, since too little won't answer, 
and too much may destroy. 
And when we have made them spit long 
enough, we carry it off in the same man- 
ner as we abate its Height: After which, 
we give the Decoction of the Woods, both 
to dilute the Fluids, and correct the re- 
maining Acids, which may yet rest in the 
Blood and Capillaries; and then we dismiss 
our Patients, as I think it high time for me 
Q to

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to dismiss this Discourse, and wish my Rea- 
ders all Happiness; for whose Benefit I have 
sketch'd out these few Sheets. 
From my House, at 
the Ball and Lamp 
in Bow Church- 
Yard in Cheapside. 
Joseph Cam.
FINIS. 

THE 
PRACTICE 
OF 
SALIVATING 
Vindicated: 
In ANSWER to Dr. Willoughby's 
Translation of Mons. Chicoyneau's
Pamphlet against 
MERCURIAL Salivations
In which 
The Antivenereal Vertue of MERCURY
is prov'd to depend on Salival Eva- 
cuations, &c.
WITH 
The true Method of applying MERCURY, 
so as to obtain its full Force, and a thorough 
Cure, in all Venereal Cases. 
The whole supported from Experience and 
Authority, both Ancient and Modern. 
By J. C. M. D. 
London, printed for J. PEELE, at Lock's 
Head in Pater-noster-Row. 1724.
Price 1 s.



A 
PREFACE 
TO THE 
READER. 
HAving seen a Plausible
Advertisement of Mon- 
sieur Chicoyneau's Pamphlet,
decrying a Salivation in the 
Ve-


The PREFACE.
Venereal Disease, as a tortu- 
ring, prejudicial, useless, and 
dangerous Method of Cure; the 
Boldness of the Assertion, and 
Promises of gaining the Point by 
an easier way, tempted me, as 
doubtless it has Others, to pur- 
chase it; which when I had, 
and perused it, I was very sen- 
sible of the Imposition of the Au- 
thor and Translator. For my 
own part, I sincerely declare it 
always raises an Indignation in 
me, to find Men aim at intro- 
ducing Dangerous and Dubious 
Me-

The PREFACE. 
Methods, in which Mens Lives 
are so nearly concern'd, with so 
much Confidence; and as such 
who profess Physick must know the
Weakness of the Method pro- 
pos'd, so it is reasonable the 
World should be appriz'd of it 
likewise, that they may not be 
wretchedly deceiv'd by such Pre- 
tensions. It is not barely Rea- 
son only, but Experience also, 
which I oppose to the Author; I 
believe it yet more convincing to 
let this Gentleman know, that I 
will undertake to Cure by Sali- 
vation

The PREFACE.
vation those he dismisses as In- 
curable by Friction without it. 
And this is what I judge pro- 
per to precede the following Dis-
course by way of Preface.
The 


[1]
The Practice of Salivating Vin- 
dicated, &c. 
SIR, 
HAving read your Translation 
of Chicoyneau's Pamphlet, it 
surpriz'd me to find so Great 
a Man as this French-man 
shou'd be, advancing an Imperfect
(and I may say reviving an Ancient) 
Practice, and both of you pressing so 
very hard for its being recall'd. That 
it was an Obsolete Practice, is very 
plain from Ballon, reciting a Story 
of a young Man cured by Unction, 
without procuring a Salivation, of 
Ulcers otherwise incurable: It does 
not appear however that this Author 
prefer'd it to a Salivation, tho' he 
look'd upon it as a Succedaneum to that 
B grand

[2]
grand Cure; You therefore, Sir, are 
under a great Mistake, to give up Chi-
coyneau as the Introducer of this Pra- 
ctice; and it is either a Mistake or 
Vanity in your Author to arrogate it 
to himself; or, shall I say, he has not 
revolv'd the Writings of the Ancients, 
or at least hopes his Readers have not: 
Be this as it will, before I begin to 
open my private Thoughts on this 
matter, I must take the Liberty of 
animadverting upon your Grand Air 
you give your self in the Preface to 
the Book. Sir, tho' I ha'n't the Ho- 
nour to be a Member of the Learned 
Corporation of Physicians in Town, 
I believe, without any Flattery to the 
Members of it, or any Diminution to 
Foreign Universities, there is not a 
Collection of more Learned, or more 
Able Men upon the Globe, than in 
that College, whose Members you treat 
with such Contempt: And when I 
place Foreigners in the Comparison, it 
may very justly be reputed as an Ho- 
nour 

[3]
nour done them; for Testimony of 
which I appeal to themselves. There- 
fore what Credit can a Translator of 
a Pamphlet gain by reflecting on that 
Body, the meanest of which is an 
Over-match for him? 
If ever you have been in France, you 
have profited little by conversing with 
the Inhabitants; they are a polite, 
civil, easie, good-natur'd People: You, 
Sir, fall upon Mankind as Lions here- 
tofore in Amphitheatres: Why are 
Men of Parts to be banter'd as Old 
Women? Because you cou'd wish they 
were so! Why are some of that Body 
reviled, as not entering into fruitless
and (for ought I know wicked) Mea- 
sures? Because you would have the 
World look upon your ipse dixit as a 
Sanction! The Herd may run in for 
the sake of Novelty, but perhaps no- 
thing conclusive can be affirm'd as yet. 
I can't but acknowledge I have suffer'd
my self to be hurried too far out of 
my Road; but, Sir, you have given
B2 me

[4] 
me Handle enough for a small Re- 
buke. 
Besides an Unmannerly Reflection 
upon some of the Bright Men, you 
have at once made over to the Surgeons 
a Title of Superior Knowledge from 
the Physicians. Who entitul'd you to 
this Power of Disposal? Are the Phy- 
sicians then no Judges in the Know- 
ledge of the Operations of Medicines? 
Have they never experienc'd how to 
Salivate? Can they not tell how far 
the Strength of a Patient will bear 
him out in a Salivation, as well as a 
Surgeon? Are they all ignorant of 
the Oeconomy? Surely, Sir, it is not 
an Ebb-Tide with the Faculty: Per- 
haps this Conclusion is the bare Effect 
of your own Incapacity only; and it 
appears so much more to be the Case, 
since you calmly resign your own 
Title, and conclude too largely, as if 
your own Case were every one's: But 
what sort of Logick is this, I pray? 
No other than the following, viz. "I
"know


[5] 
"know nothing of a Salivation, there- 
"fore no Physician does. I beg of 
you, Sir, what Concessions you grant 
of this kind, you will, the next Tran- 
slation you go about, give the World 
to understand that they are spoke with 
reference to your self. For my own 
part, I easily give in to grant the Sur- 
geons a Competency of Knowledge in 
the Animal Oeconomy, but then I 
must not say they are in any Point 
superior to the Physician: Consider 
the Difference of Education; the ma- 
ny Opportunities the Physicians have 
which the Surgeons are unacquainted 
with; the early Application to that 
Business, gives the Physicians a Turn 
very rarely met with in the Persons 
educated in so low a Life as an Ap- 
prenticeship: The Art of Reasoning 
in the latter is purely natural; in the 
Physician, the natural is improv'd by 
the artificial: So that if we suppose 
two Persons by Nature equally judi- 
cious, the artificial join'd to the natu- 
ral

[6]
ral will far exceed a Genius barely 
natural. 
Tho' some Ages have produc'd Pro- 
digies, what would those Men have 
been, had their Parts been model'd by 
Art, but ANGELS! Sir, mistake 
me not, I believe no Surgeons in the 
World outdo the present Sett; but I 
also believe no Physicians in the whole 
World equal ours. The former may 
be granted to have all the Natural 
Endowments their Profession requires 
of them; but, Must we deny the Gen- 
tlemen of the Faculty their due Privi- 
leges? Are they not vers'd in the 
Arts of Languages, Perswasion, Rea- 
soning, natural Phœnomena, Anato- 
my, Chymistry, Materia Medica, Pra- 
ctice, and all the bright Accomplish- 
ments Men can be instructed in? 
What then shall we say, but that it is 
resigning their Right, to give a Point 
of Knowledge up to their younger 
Brethren? They can't do this in 
Justice to themselves; and I know the 
Mo-

[7]
Modesty of the Surgeons too much, to 
think they would ever aim at any 
thing of this kind. 
What other Conclusion then can I 
draw, but that the Translator of Chi- 
coyneau's Pamphlet is rudely presum- 
ptious? 
Perhaps I have dwelt too long upon 
the Innuendo's of this Gentleman, but 
then the Reader must consider, I have 
only made a gentle Return for the 
Mal-treatment of Great Men: And 
now for the Work. 
I shall frankly confess how far such 
a Practice may be encourag'd; I can't 
discommend the prudent Use of Mer- 
cury given internally, without design- 
ing to raise a Salivation; it has often 
produc'd Effects I could hardly have 
hoped for; Instances of this sort need 
not be far fetch'd, they are experienc'd 
every Day through this grand Metro- 
polis; I hope my Reader will give 
credit to the Assertion, because it may
not

[8]
not be convenient to recite Examples: 
I have taken off Venereal Pains, Eru- 
ptions, Phymoses, and Gonorrhœa's by 
administring a very small quantity of 
Mercurius dulcis Morning and Evening in 
a Bolus, or a Pill along with a draught 
of the Decoction of Guaiacum warm'd, 
suffering the Patient to go abroad, and 
having a regard to its Effects; as also 
by giving a Dose of a Purgative once 
or twice a Week, and continuing this 
Course for six or eight Weeks. It is 
a constant and approv'd Method, when 
Salivations decline, and that Nodes 
lift up their Heads, as they often do, 
to anoint with Mercurials, and give 
gentle Catharticks, before they will 
disappear; so that there is no need of 
recommending a Practice that has been 
used for so long a tract of Time: But 
that this Practice shou'd be cry'd up 
as better than a Salivation for Vene- 
real Taints, is neither an intelligible 
nor an approv'd Practice.
First

[9]
First, I think the whole Body of 
Physick agree, it is not convenient 
that Metal shou'd lodge in our Veins; 
for which, I conceive, many Reasons 
may be assign'd; among the princi- 
pal, the difference of Gravity between 
our Fluids and Mercury is a Reason 
not to be deny'd; for as it is thirteen 
times heavier than the Blood, it will 
be apt, upon any small occasion, to 
subside into some minute Corner; and 
Who knows the Consequence of such 
a Procedure? The Learned Dr. Mead 
gives us a plain Instance of this sort 
in his Book of Poisons: "I have seen 
"(says he) two Ounces of it given 
"every Day for one and twenty Days 
"together, without any Inconvenience 
"at all; but found once some quanti- 
"ty of it in the Perinæum of a Sub- 
"ject I took from the Gallows for a 
"Dissection, whose rotten Bones quick- 
"ly discover'd what Disease it was,
"had requir'd the Use of it, and that 
"I suppose chiefly by Unction, without 
C "any

[10]
"any Marks of Corrosion where it 
"lodg'd. But this is not all, it must
be allow'd me, that no Extravasation 
happens without rending the Vessels; 
as therefore the Blood can't long 
suspend it, so neither can the Vessels 
bear its weight; they are flexile, and 
yield by force to any greater Pondus 
than their Coats can resist. The very 
Bones themselves are broken by its 
weight, as Authors do testifie: Where- 
fore I think it a Lawful, because an 
Experienc'd Conclusion, that Mercury 
shou'd not lodge long in the Blood: 
To confirm this Sentiment, it must be 
observ'd, that Mercury given in any 
quantity will impregnate the Blood 
so, that its Particles will be nearly 
placed to each other, and this is the 
main Reason why it runs together in 
clusters; and tho' singly it might not 
break a Vessel, yet then no Vessel, 
nor even a Bone, can stand the shock 
it gives. 
How

[11]
How inconsiderate then, and how 
dangerous a Practice is that which ad- 
vises Unction, and makes no provision 
against the so demonstrable Inconve- 
niences ensuing from the Use of the 
Remedy; which in this sense may 
properly be esteem'd a Remedy which 
wants a Remedy, or, in plain terms, 
a Disease which always wants to be 
Reliev'd! 
And in fact, that Surgeon or Physi- 
cian who makes no Provision against 
Mercury given without procuring a 
Salivation, is justly deem'd in our Cli- 
mate to be either Negligent, or, to say 
more truly, Ignorant: However, no- 
thing is more common than this Com- 
plaint, because nothing is more fre- 
quent than to meet with Patients who 
have been ill handled by Pretenders 
to Physick; they deal in Mercury un- 
mercifully; they give it with a plen- 
tiful hand; they make no difference 
in Constitutions; it is given, it is re- 
tain'd, it breaks, tears, and rends all; 
C2 the 

[12] 
the Taker knows not why he shou'd 
grow worse, and the Giver does not 
know to mend his hand; so that the 
Constitution and Pocket sink toge- 
ther. 
I speak upon Experience, and I 
meet with Cases of this nature daily, 
therefore I defie either Chicoyneau or 
his Translator to bring any Expe- 
rience to confront me; I say Mercury 
must not lodge within, as soon as it 
has perform'd its Office, it must be 
thrown out again; it is an indigesta- 
ble Body, it is not more natural to 
our Blood than the Poison it corrects, 
and yet it is a necessary Alterative, 
or, I think I may say, a Specifick Al- 
terant, and so may be term'd a ne- 
cessary Evil. I know that some Phy- 
sicians believe its main Vertue con- 
sists in its Evacuating Quality, so 
Dr. Springel, Aph. 14. on the Pox, says, 
'Mercury and the several Indian Roots,  
'Woods, &c. do not cure the Pox by 
'Specifick Vertue, but by evacuating, 
'ex-

[13] 
'exsiccating the Glands of the Body in 
'which chiefly the Venereal Venom is 
'contain'd; and Aph. 15, the Pox being 
'a Venom which chiefly occupies the 
'Glands, hence that Medicine which 
'works most upon the Glands, is best;
'therefore Mercury making a Salivation, 
'and by emptying the Glands of their 
'Lympha, together with the Venereal 
'Matter, of which the Lympha is a 
'Vehicle, is most beneficial; and Aph. 
'16, a Confirm'd Pox cannot be cur'd 
'by any thing, but by a Salivation, and 
'even not by that sometimes. 
This Effect Mercury has, when right- 
ly administer'd by way of Salivation, 
and is the only Cure, as the ingenious 
Author before-mention'd has justly 
observ'd, for the Pox when all other 
Means have fail'd; as also in stubborn 
Rheumatisms, some Gouts, and even 
in the Stone it self; for a kind Sali- 
vation opens all Obstructions of the 
small Vessels, cleanses their Insides 
from the foulness that cleaves to them, 
puri-

[14]
purifies the Blood, and breaks its Sa- 
line Impurities, and carries off the very 
Seeds of most Chronick Distempers, 
and restores the whole Fabrick from 
a declining State, to a brisk, lively, 
and healthy Disposition; and this it 
does by discharging the peccant Hu- 
mours by the Glands along with the 
Mercury it self. How then can Fricti- 
on do this, when its whole Weight 
is suppos'd to produce its Effects by 
being retain'd in the Blood? 
You need only plunge an Areometer 
into the Saliva of a Person before a 
Flux, or when he is Fluxing, to know 
the difference of Gravity in it before, 
and after the Blood is impregnated 
with Mercury; or if you please, let 
this be done at the beginning and 
decline of a Salivation; it will appear 
to the Curious how heavy this Fluid 
is when the Mercury is harbour'd with- 
in us, in Comparison to its Weight 
when in the decline of a Salivation. 
From whence it seems a Demonstrati- 
on,

[15]
on, that if it has not already settled 
somewhere, it will endanger a Rupture 
of the Capillary Vessels, and put the 
Body under a very ill State, if it lodges 
within us for any time; so that Con- 
sequences which may not appear for 
Years after, are to be dreaded from 
this uncommon Load: As I often meet 
with this Case in the Course of my 
Practice, I never wonder at the Events, 
when I am told how much Mercury 
they have taken, and how small Pro- 
vision has been made for expelling it. 
From hence it is that Pains are often 
observ'd near some Bones, either be- 
cause the Mercury lodges there, or be- 
cause it is converted into a Corrosive 
Substance from the mixture with some 
sharp and dissolving Salts it meets 
with in the Course of the Circulation, 
and fixes upon an Extreme Part. 
From hence happen Apoplexies, which 
arise from no other Cause than the 
Weight of the Mercury having broke 
the tender Vessels of the Brain, and 
causing

[16]
causing a full Stop to the Blood in 
that Part, as appears upon Dissections. 
From hence come Palsies, which only 
differ from Apoplexies in degrees, and 
are as surely deriv'd from the Weight 
of the Mercury, or its being turn'd 
obstructive: Hence Asthma's of the 
worst kind, from the Lungs obstructed 
in their Chanels, from the Blood be- 
ing become a Coagulum, from the 
Salt's joining in with the Mercury, 
and coagulating it as does Sublimate. 
Hence Deliriums, from the Mercury's
Weight driving the Blood and Spirits 
furiously on, and causing an irregular 
Influx and Distribution. Hence Deaf-
ness, from the Nerves being broke a- 
sunder or obstructed; and hence Death
from the same Causes subsisting in an 
Intense Degree. The other Symptoms 
left unmention'd, are Swellings in the 
Throat and Face, Suffocations, &c. a- 
rise from a Plenitude rais'd by the 
Mercury. Now as Mercury acts by its 
Weight, and by its acquir'd Properties,
whe-

[l7]
whether by turning Astringent, or 
(what is worse) by turning Corrosive, 
the Danger arising upon the Use of 
it, must be pretty certain; and in 
fact, few take it from indiscreet Hands 
without a sensible Prejudice, which is 
either sudden or slow, according to 
the Disposition of the Person in whom 
it lodges: Thus far is certain, and I 
remember some (perfectly sound and 
free from all Suspicion of the Venereal 
Disease) who, upon taking a Mercu- 
rial Purge, which had not its proper 
Effect by reason of Cold caught upon 
taking, got a Pain upon a Bone, which 
never left the Part till that Spot was 
turn'd Carious, and was recover'd by 
opening. I wish this were the only 
Instance I could mention on this score, 
but we meet with deplorable Cases 
daily, which spring from the same 
Fountain. 
So that to endeavour to fix a dan- 
gerous Practice, as a Standard to the 
World, is aiming at the Destruction 
D of

[18]
of the Unwary. I think I need not 
fear either the Physicians or the Sur- 
geons giving in to this Practice, they 
are better appriz'd of the Effects of 
Mercury, than I need to inform them; 
but as the World is curious, they will 
be peeping into the Disputes amongst 
us; and as People are apt to follow 
the shortest and easiest Methods, when 
they are recommended as the safest, 
I write this for no other end than to 
undeceive them, that they may not 
pay too dear for following Novelties.
If we should run into this Method, 
the Hospitals would be fill'd with Blind 
and Lame, and such Objects as would 
perhaps puzzle the Physicians and 
Surgeons attending them, how to be- 
gin to relieve them. The best Rea- 
son which can be given for such a 
Practice, would be, that it would rid 
our Parishes of their Burthens, by 
lessening the Poors Tax; but alas, 
what a Scene of Destruction should 
we be Spectators of!
So

[19]
So that, Sir, if our English Tra- 
vellers have no other Views in repair- 
ing to Montpellier, than to be rubbed 
with Six-penny-worth of Quicksilver, 
and take up with Confinement; two 
or three hundred Pounds given for 
these Favours is such bon Marchée as 
we generally have from the French; 
and then their Practice (as well as 
their Goods) ought to be reckon'd 
Contraband. But I fear you mistake 
the Grounds of our Travelling thi- 
ther, and you must give me Leave 
to undeceive you on this Point; I am 
sorry to find you so little acquainted 
with Physick, as to give the World 
no better Reason for our Journeys to 
that distant Climate. 
You must know then that Montpel- 
lier stands in a fine Soil, high, dry, 
and wholsome; the Air is serene and 
warm, so that Persons repair thither 
more for the Air than Physick: For 
as in Consumptions that are advan- 
cing, catching Cold frequently is one 
D2 main

[20]
main Reason why their Lungs take 
large steps towards an Ulcer, so chan- 
ging the Climate in the Winter season 
for a warmer, prevents these Colds, 
almost unavoidable with us. So that, 
good Sir, you are much out of your 
Conjectures, when you advise us to 
travel for what we succeed much bet- 
ter in than the French do. 
It is a good Jest to trumpet the 
French Physicians for our Patterns; 
their Fees are no better than those we 
give to our Farriers, and the Pains 
they take for them gives them no Lei- 
sure to improve after they leave the 
Schools: So that Empiricism in good 
earnest is for the most part the Cha-
racteristick of a French Physician, and 
il n'y a rien de meilleur sous l'Echappe
du ciel,—is the Encomium they 
give all their Remedies: And such as 
have of late taken shelter under their 
Wings, have done it out of politick 
Views only: For Mankind, says a 
certain Author, are like Asses, they 
are

[21]
are best taken hold of by their Ears: 
Flattery becoming mutual, may with 
weak Folks be taken for good Rea- 
soning. 
If I take the Affair in a just Light, 
the Cure ought to be proportion'd to 
the degree of the Disease: And sure- 
ly Reason and Experience bear me 
witness in this point, what Pains, 
what Integrity is there not requir'd 
in a Physician, to find how ill Patients 
are, that we may exactly hit the 
Mark: To level below it, is Delay; 
to aim above it, is Danger; to aim 
right, requires Judgment, which di- 
rected by Honesty, makes up the com-
pleat Character of a Physician: And 
as it is impossible for every Degree 
of this Disease to yield even to a Sa- 
livation it self, so the smaller Degrees 
will yield to yet a less dangerous 
Method than Friction. Moreover, 
in former days a Salivation was a 
terrible Operation, and it is my Sur- 
prize it ever gain'd ground, as they 
per-

[22] 
perform'd it; for, Who wou'd now 
consent to lie Weeks together with 
his Tongue so swell'd, as not to be 
able, without the utmost difficulty, to 
swallow a spoonful of Liquor to sup- 
port Life; to be in a high Fever; to 
be eagerly thirsty, and yet not able 
to gratifie their Desires; to have their 
Heads swell'd to a prodigious size, 
and full of Pain; and, in short, to be 
disabled every way, and under the 
utmost hazard of Life? But as in 
those days the Knowledge of this Ef- 
fect of Mercury was in its Infancy, 
and there was not then found out 
an easier Method, and as Death was 
preferable to their odious Condition, 
People were contented to enter upon 
any Measures, tho' never so dubious, 
for their Recovery or Death; where- 
as now-a-days we are appriz'd of all 
the necessary Cautions to prevent Dan- 
ger. And methinks, if Persons may 
be allow'd, in a warm Season, under 
a gentle Spit, to go abroad upon their
neces-

[23]
necessary Occasions, as sometimes they 
may, it may be concluded we have 
brought Salivations to such a Perfecti- 
on, that perhaps Future Ages will 
not be able to make any Amendment 
to them; and since two Gentle Sali- 
vations will effectually answer the 
Ends of a Stronger, as two Purging 
Bouts do those of a stronger Dose, 
so halving it, makes the Cure much 
easier, and less terrible to the Disea- 
sed. 
The Spitting therefore being ren- 
der'd by Experience thus easie, and 
so safe, that the Blame must lie in the 
Physician or Surgeon if any Ill befals 
the Patients, I exclude Idiosyncrasies; 
Why is a Disswasive wrote against 
Salivations? No, says the Writer, it 
is not only pernicious, but ineffectual; 
the Disease often remains Uncured af- 
ter a Salivation: I have prov'd the 
little Danger there is in this Opera- 
tion, it remains to be prov'd why it 
is Ineffectual sometimes. 
Methinks


[24]
Methinks it wou'd be a wrong 
Deduction to reject Blistering in Fe- 
vers or Apoplexies, because notwith- 
standing this Application many Per- 
sons die: And because some Poxes 
are Incurable, it can never be a fair 
Conclusion against a Salivation, be- 
cause those die after it, who not be- 
ing cured by it, can never be set at 
rights by any other Method. 
Indeed it often happens that we dare 
not carry the Salivation any higher, 
or continue it longer, by reason of 
Weakness, when the Disease requires 
its Continuance; and to supply this 
Defect, giving Mercurials internally, 
or using them externally with proper 
Caution, is an approv'd Practice, 
and must stand in the Account for 
as much in value as it may; but 
then it ought to be consider'd, that 
this is look'd upon barely as a Sup- 
ply to a better and more effectual 
Method

[25]
Method, which is found Inconvenient 
by reason of Weakness only: Weak 
Persons may be properly said to la- 
bour under the strongest Diseases, 
their Strength don't admit of com- 
pleat Cures, and we must cure them 
as we can, and not as we wou'd; 
but nothing more can be concluded 
from this Management, than that 
Friction and the internal Use of Mer- 
cury is a part of the Effects of that 
Drug; and if a part is greater than 
the whole, Euclid and all Common 
Sense is baffled. 
To convince the World that Friction 
is only a part of these Effects, we 
must consider, that however Mercury 
enters, it breaks and divides the 
Points of the corroding Salts lodg'd 
in the Blood; and the more the Blood 
is loaded with it, the more these 
Points will be broken by it: If then 
our Juices are plentifully impregnated 
with Mercurial Particles, they make 
E to


[26]
to themselves a passage through the 
Glands, and are carried off by them 
along with whatever is offensive to 
the Blood. Now, a Salivation is the 
full Effect of Mercury, which it does 
not arrive at, till it hath first broken 
and blunted all the empoison'd Juices. 
Who is he then that denies Friction 
and Salivation to differ in Degrees on- 
ly? and, Who is he that will allow 
Friction, which is plainly a part, to 
be more effectual than Salivation, 
which is plainly the whole? 
Again; if Mercurials be dangerous 
in any Disease, they must be more so 
in Friction than in a Salivation, be- 
cause, in the latter Case, their stay in 
the Blood is prevented by the Evacua- 
tion, whereas in the former its Reten- 
tion is labour'd at; so that Friction 
occasions a greater Hazard, and Sali- 
vation cures a greater Evil.
From

[27]
From these Instances it appears, that 
Salivations do all, and more than Fri- 
ctions can do, but that Frictions do 
more Harm, and less Good. 
Chicoyneau then may properly be 
said to have prov'd Friction useful, 
and that we knew before from Ballon 
and others, but has by no means con- 
vinc'd the World that Salivations are 
useless, because (as I have already 
said) Friction is only part of a Sali- 
vation, as your Motto is only part of an 
Aphorism, for λυον δε (πυαλον) χρηδμον,— 
that is, you take part of Hippocrates's 
Aphorism, which says, Spitting which 
does not ease the Pain is bad,—he
follows, but that which does is Useful; 
therefore Salivation is useful. I make 
this Aphorism, you see Sir, serve my 
turn, as you have fitted it to yours. 
But, without a Jest, Hippocrates knew 
as little of a Salivation as you do; 
so that it serves neither of us, and any 
E2 Old


[28] 
Old Woman cou'd have told us, that 
what does good, is good, and vicè 
versâ. 
Your Argument may be well ap- 
ply'd to the abuse of Salivations, and 
here you have no Adversary as I 
know of: GOD knows it is too 
sure that weak People are deceiv'd 
by the Ignorant, and here the Blind 
lead the Blind; but to make the Pro- 
fessors accountable for the Blunders of 
these Miscreants, is begging the Que- 
stion; and in that view you have 
affronted Mr. Cheselden in your De- 
dication, as much as the Lithotomus 
Castratus has done in his Satyr upon 
him, and as few must approve of the 
latter as the former. 
For my part, I believe some that 
practise Salivations are as apt to run 
too high in favour of them, as Chicoy- 
neau does in favour of Frictions; a 
Medicine can't be useful for some  
Disease,

[29]
Dlsease, but it is presently extoll'd for 
all; but this neither agrees with 
Practice nor good Sense, this has dis- 
graced many a good Method. So it 
fared with the Cold Bath; it was used 
in ail Cases, but the Success not an- 
swering, it was debased again, and 
left now to the Discretion of the 
Knowing. Let us therefore not grow 
so fond of any Method as to bleed all, 
vomit all, or salivate all, because we 
have conceiv'd a good Opinion of 
these Operations; the Consequence 
may prove fatal both to Patients and 
Doctors, as we have seen in our 
Time. I place my self in a middle 
Way, and am only for approving of 
Salivations where I know them use- 
ful. 
For example: To what purpose 
would it be for me to advise a Pa- 
tient, rotten every where, to be sa- 
livated? Mercury can never restore 
Carious Bones, they must exfoliate; 
and where Patients have no Bone 
sound,

[30]
sound, (and particularly where the 
Junctures are Carious) nothing can 
be done by a Salivation: To advise 
it, and put it in practice in this Case, 
is bringing a Disgrace upon the Me- 
thod; but surely Friction would not 
answer here! it wou'd be too tedi- 
ous to attempt a Book of Cautions in 
a Pamphlet so short as I intend this 
to be: Only, in general, let us be 
wary, and keep within Bounds; let 
not Encomiums pass for Virtues; let 
us say how far any Method may ex- 
tend, but let us stretch it no farther 
than Truth bears us out in the As- 
sertion. 
I hope I have satisfied you, Sir, 
about the Safety of Salivations, about 
the True and Genuine Effects of them, 
and the Degrees of Infection, with 
its Remedies in general, for nothing 
further can be expected in these few 
Sheets: I shall now descend to An- 
swer Monsieur Chicoyneau's Objections 
against

[31]
against Salivations, and to give him 
some few farther Objections against 
Friction, and shall conclude with Cures 
perform'd by Salivations, which wou'd 
not yield to the Use of Mercury as an 
Alterant. 
Your Author frames to himself an 
Imaginary Objection, and then begs 
the Question; Who asserts the Quan- 
tity of Saliva evacuated, and its nau- 
seous Smell, to retain only to the tain- 
ted, but Chicoyneau? We ought not 
to flux for other Diseases, if this were 
the Occasion of the Smell: But there 
are many Diseases for which Patients 
may be flux'd with great advantage, 
and the Smell is occasion'd by reason 
of the volatile Acids and Sulphurs in 
the Blood, thrown out in such great 
quantities; the corroding Quality be- 
trays the first, and the Smell the lat- 
ter. How Mercury, and no other 
Drug, salivates, I must confess, is 
mysterious; but as Evacuations are 
the


[32] 
the Effects of Irritation, and the Quan- 
tity a Consequence of the Fulness: 
'Tis enough, in this Sketch, to fix 
the Salivating Quality upon these 
Foundations; and tho' the Smell be 
no Argument for the Virulency, it is 
however a sufficient one for the eva- 
cuating of Humours, of what kind 
soever; and as the Virulency is what 
we design to expel, we have our aim 
by a Salivation: Whoever prescribes
a Purgative to a Sound Person, will 
experience that it will work as well 
as if the Patient were of an ill Habit 
of Body; but then the Humours (or 
rather the Juices) evacuated not be- 
ing morbid, you bring the Person to 
be a Patient; whereas giving Physick 
properly, when you perceive the Pa- 
tient to have his Blood loaded with 
a stock of Humours, whose stay in 
the Blood is dangerous, you do then 
evacuate those Humours with advan- 
tage. Wherefore Monsieur Chicoyneau 
has no Adversary in what he advances
on

[33] 
on this Head, but such as he frames 
to himself. 
Secondly, He objects, That such as 
have been flux'd do often break out 
again, and therefore this Evacuation 
is of no use. So it often fares with 
Friction, therefore Friction is useless 
also. It is hardly possible to deter- 
mine the Quantity of Virulency in 
Bodies, at least to a Mathematical 
niceness; and if a stronger Cure 
leaves any Poison behind it, surely a 
weaker must also fail: For as Fricti-
on without Salivation, and Friction 
with it, are but Degrees of the same 
Method, it must follow that what 
will break the Points of the Poison, 
and also carry it off, must bid fairer 
for a Cure than one of these Effects 
can alone. 
The Third Objection is concluded 
with a precarious Query, and tho' it 
deserves no Answer, yet because I 
F wou'd

[34]
wou'd not be thought to shuffle it 
off, lest others may believe there is 
some Shew of Reason in it; I say 
then, the reason why Symptoms abate 
before a Salivation rises, is, because 
the Poison is blunted by the Mercury. 
There is no Doubt but the Mercury 
wou'd have the desir'd Effect without 
Fluxing, if we cou'd only find a way 
to hoop the Vessels, for that you know, 
Sir, wou'd strengthen them, and there 
wou'd be no Danger then of their 
holding a sufficient quantity of Mer- 
cury without bursting; which Inven- 
tion I leave to Mons. Chicoyneau, or 
your self, to have a Patent for, when 
Communicated. 
The Fourth Objection is nearly the 
same with the second, and may be 
granted, because Salivations are not 
Charms; they may fail sometimes, 
but if that Method won't succeed, 
there is none left behind, but what 
will fail also: However, it must be 
ob-

[35]
observ'd, that small Remains are not 
sufficient Grounds for another Saliva- 
tion, it is enough we use the Mercury 
for them as an Alterant; as when we 
have carry'd off a load of Humours 
by Purgatives, it is our Business to 
tack about and destroy the Remain- 
der by Alteratives. Here I suppose 
Purgatives to be two-edged, as ge- 
nerally they ought to be; for what- 
ever purging Medicine is administer'd, 
ought to irritate, and to be also a- 
dapted to the Genius of the Humour 
as an Alterant: When the evacuating 
Property can be no further allow'd of, 
its Alterative is all we can make use 
of; so it fares with Mercury. 
As to the Fifth Objection, I answer,
we administer Mercurials internally, 
and rub them in externally, guard- 
ing against a Salivation, because the 
Strength of the Patients will bear no 
further Evacuation; happy if they 
could! for then the Cure would be 
F2 more

[36] 
more sure: In lieu therefore of a 
large Salivation, we take Refuge in a 
bare Chance, that is, in Alterants: 
And this is consonant to good Sense, 
because, should we evacuate beyond 
their Strength, we make them pur- 
chase a False Cure at the Ex- 
pence of their Lives. Let us draw 
Comparisons from other Diseases, 
where larger Evacuations are ne- 
cessary for the Eradication of a Dis- 
order, than can be born by the Sick: 
For Example, if a weak Person labours 
under a Pleurisy, which is strongly 
fixed upon the Pleura and adjacent 
Parts, and which endangers a Gan- 
grene; the Disease would require 
large Evacuation, but the Strength 
won't bear them; what is the main 
Remedy then is impeded by the 
want of Spirits; we are therefore 
forced to take Refuge in Deobstruents 
only. But, to come nearer to our 
purpose, suppose then a Patient sick 
of a Fever, and being much exhausted 
by

[37]
by the Continuance of it, at length 
a Crisis succeeds by Stools; every 
Stool eases and abates the Fever, but 
lessens the Strength; so that what 
with the preceding Fever, and what 
with Evacuations, the Patient dies, if 
they go forward; and yet can't re- 
cover without their Continuance: 
What is to be done, but to take our 
Chance in a less sure way, that is, 
in Alterants and Evacuants less dan- 
gerous? You see, Sir, the most Effe- 
ctual Method is often postponed; 
not because it wou'd fail, but because 
it becomes less safe respectively. 
And thus I am led to your Sixth 
Objection; to wit, its being dislik'd 
and not practis'd in weak Persons, to 
which I answer, that a strong Lues is 
never cur'd in weak Persons, and a 
weak one requires no Salivation; so 
that Diseases yielding to a Friction, 
will more surely give way to Saliva- 
tion, as every Day's Practice confirms, 
but

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but not vicè versâ: And moreover, less
Danger attends Salivations than Fri- 
ctions, as I am oblig'd too often to 
repeat, by reason I follow a Repetitor, 
who insinuates strongly, but proves 
weakly every where. 
Your Seventh Objection is utterly 
deny'd: All Experience, all Reason,
all Truth, is against you here; for 
'tis well known, that a grown Pox 
is never eradicated, till the Patients 
are soundly Salivated; all Methods 
below this degree are daily found 
useless: Then because Frictions, or 
Administrations of Mercury, are only 
less degrees of Salivation, for what 
highly breaks the Points of the Poi- 
son salivates; and lastly, it appears 
that Chicoyneau wou'd only aim at 
more Business, by gratifying Patients 
at their own Expence. The whole 
Compass of Honour is not couch'd 
in Mons. Chicoyneau and Dr. Willough- 
by's Treatise, I hope; and methinks 
the

[39]
the Compliment might have been 
allow'd to the Gentlemen of the 
Faculty; for (as we have been told) 
Physick is not a Trade, but a Pro- 
fession; and it is to be suppos'd, some 
of that Body are Honest besides these 
Authors, and I believe some of them 
are Learned also; and as I never did 
see or hear of any of the number, who 
are not for Salivating in a deep and 
rooted Lues, so their Authority and 
Reason ought to be approv'd, and 
not rejected upon such slender Argu- 
ments as are here given us. 
The Eighth Objection is a Conclu- 
sion drawn from the preceding, in 
which he congratulates himself and 
Patients, for so Useful and Easy a 
Discovery, and for the Hopes of ba- 
nishing so dangerous an Operation as 
a Salivation is: He might with the 
same good Sense have rejoic'd, that 
a Method was now on foot, that 
wou'd give little trouble, and do no 
good;


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good; for as I have all along demon- 
strated, that strong Diseases require 
strong Remedies, if the Strength of 
the Patients would bear them, so are 
we as sure that this Method will 
not answer in thousands of Cases, as 
we daily experience the Necessity and 
Success of Salivations. 
How vain then and forward is this 
Writer and his Translator, to hope 
to decry the only Effectual Remedy 
given us as a Blessing to heal our 
Infirmities brought upon us for our 
Crimes, without which we shou'd be 
Spectators of Miserable Objects, of 
walking Hospitals, which would give 
us insuperable Fears and Terrour!
How far we may deserve such Pu- 
nishments, is not my Province to 
enter upon; I am bound by vertue 
of my Powers to give Health, if I 
can, which Compassion as well as 
Profit wou'd invite me to do, but 
if we cut off our main Secret, by 
which


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which we do such Wonders, we 
have no other Method left behind 
to supply its place; we shou'd be 
reduc'd to the same narrow Bounds 
as when the Disease and its Cure 
were unknown. What Comfort does 
every Common Offender now-a-days 
enjoy, to what even a Grand Mo- 
narch heretofore did in a like Case! 
Had Salivations been as well known 
then as now, there wou'd have been 
no Occasion to have deserted a Chri- 
stian for a Jew: And to desert an 
Experienc'd Method for an Obsolete 
one, is going backward into the for- 
saken Paths of Darkness, and chang- 
ing the Age of Light into that of 
Obscurity. 
I am, you see, Sir, far from being 
against your Practice in some petty 
Cases, but far from making my Pa- 
tients lose their Health, their Time, 
and their Money.
G More- 

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Moreover, how weak is the Pra- 
ctice of Friction, which calls on a 
Salivation for its assistance to near 
half the Patients: For, out of the 
Forty Patients mention'd in Chicoyneau 
Eighteen were either salivated, or 
had some other Evacuation which 
serv'd instead of a Salivation: From 
whence it may easily be gather'd, that 
if a small quantity of Mercury will 
do Service, a greater, proportion'd to 
the Strengths of the Patients, must  
have a better Effect; and the Instan- 
ces that will be mention'd below will 
give a clear Proof of this Assertion. 
However then the Poison may be 
blunted by Mercury, its stay in the 
Blood is noxious, for Salts do attract 
each other, and may be generated a- 
fresh in the Blood from our very 
Diet. Is it not every Day's Experi- 
ence that informs us, how two wea- 
ker Salts combin'd turn Caustick? 
whereas singly they might be swal- 
low'd

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low'd without Prejudice. It must 
then be the utmost Imprudence to 
trust these Ravagers to remain in 
our Vessels, lest they shou'd acquire 
new Properties by their being har- 
bour'd, and also by our Food, and so 
revive with sharper Points than they 
had at first: This Levain may lie 
dormant for Years, and yet at last 
joyn in with Sulphurs, or Acids, or 
Alcalies, and frame Salts or Mixtures 
capable of rotting every Bone. This 
Instance is not precarious, but foun- 
ded upon sad Experience and fatal 
Mistakes in the wrong application of 
Mercury: Nay, the very Remedy is 
not to be trusted within us; for, as 
it is given internally to blunt the 
fiery Acids of the Pox, it ought to 
be observ'd, that all Acids below 
Aqua Regia will joyn in with it, in a 
less or greater degree: And as this 
Morbifick Acid is look'd upon to be 
a strong one, (for such it must be 
that will corrode our Bones) can
G2 Mer-


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Mercury be trusted with such a Com- 
panion? However we point this 
Drug, it cuts, tears, and rends; and 
Who is safe under such Combina- 
tions? I speak of such a Method 
as suffers the Mercury to take up 
its abode in the Blood-Vessels, be- 
cause whilst we salivate a Person, 
great Care is to be taken during the 
continuance of the Method, to dilute 
heartily, and so to administer proper 
Alteratives, as to be under no danger 
of any Inconveniencies from a Saliva-
tion. 
And here we ought to stop, and 
take a short view of the Ignorance 
of some of the Pretenders to Sali- 
vation. 
Of such Consequence is it to chuse 
a Skilful Person to salivate, that a 
Disease may be render'd invincible, 
or Life may be lost, for want of such 
a Choice: How many Consumptions 
do

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do we weekly find in our Bills of 
Mortality, which are but another 
Name for the Pox, for a Consum- 
ption is the last Stage of this Disease? 
Most of these are Persons who have 
fail'd of a Cure under Pretenders 
hands, many of whom have been 
salivated, but so slovenly, so carelesly,
and so ignorantly, that they can't but 
suffer. 
As for my own part, I have pra- 
ctis'd this Method for near Thirty 
Years, with good Success, and give 
it as my Opinion to be the only one 
by which a Confirm'd Lues can be 
perfectly eradicated, and may be de- 
pended on with a great deal of Safe- 
ty under good hands, unless Patients 
themselves will be obstinate, and re- 
gard not their own Welfare; and the 
Reader may guess how few love Suicide 
this way.
Since 

[46] 
Since Safety then, and a little 
Trouble, are preferable to Hazard, 
tho' without Trouble, who wou'd run 
Risques to purchase Relapses worse 
than the former Disease? Either they 
give too much of the Drug, too little 
of Diluters, or neglect the proper Al- 
teratives at the time: They either ex- 
pose their Patients to Extreams in 
Cold, or Heat: They often allow them 
improper Diet: They too frequently 
neglect to premise some necessary Pre- 
parations, which indeed are dreamt 
of by few; to use proper Cautions 
during the Flux; or to postpone apt 
and convenient, as well as necessary, 
Administrations upon the Flux's cea- 
sing. Let us not therefore say Saliva- 
tions are so easie as to be manageable 
by every Hand; no, altho' they are 
frequently practis'd in this great Me- 
tropolis, I fear this Assertion wou'd 
hardly prove true; and yet if a Skil-
ful 


[47] 
ful Person undertakes it, there is no 
more Danger in it than there is in 
taking a Vomit. So much difference 
is there in Men, as there is between 
Memory and Judgment; some re- 
member every Rule of their Art, and 
yet know not when to put them in 
practice; others cannot recall those 
Rules, but yet by vertue of their Judg- 
ment, can point out the Time of Ad- 
ministration; either of these are but 
half-bred, the mixture of both is very 
rarely met with; however, this is the 
Person to be trusted with our Lives, 
whoever he is: Some Soils never 
grow good Physicians, and others sel- 
dom produce bad ones; some are too 
boggy for Judgment, others too warm 
for Memory. 
I ought to remind you, Sir, of an 
Instance of ill Success; you have gi- 
ven a plain Handle for to blame your 
new Practice, and which I think is 
a Demonstration that ought at least
to

[48] 
to convince you: Not One, you say, 
died of the Course, but One died soon 
after it; and, by what I have alrea- 
dy said, this One is chargeable upon 
the Method, for the Symptoms return'd, 
that is, the Disease was imperfectly 
cured, because the Method was not 
answerable to the Cause. Let us on- 
ly take a passing View of the Sym- 
ptoms, and my Assertion will appear 
the truer: The Patient complain'd of 
dashing Pains along the Ureters, which 
encreas'd upon making Water; he voided 
glutinous and purulent Matter along with 
his Urine, which shew'd him to have a 
considerable Ulcer somewhere in the Uri- 
nary Passage: Detergents and Balsamicks 
had no Effect upon it; and as this Disor- 
der appear'd to proceed from a long- 
neglected Bubo and virulent Gonorrhœa, 
Mercurial Frictions were try'd,—
he died in three or four Months. 
Now, Sir, as I have put you in 
mind of this Instance, give me leave 
to

[49] 
to remind you of what I said before 
about the Retention of the Mercury 
within us, lay your Hand upon your 
Heart, and assure me, the keeping 
the Mercury so long undischarg'd was 
not the Occasion of this Person's 
Death. As it is no groundless Suspi- 
cion, it ought to be well clear'd up, 
e're you perswade Mortals to enter 
upon dubious Measures; this Ac- 
knowledgment is an honest Mistake: 
If None had died of Unction, the 
World might have been so credulous 
as to have paid Regard to the Me- 
thod, tho' obsolete; and tho' it had 
been a new one, as is that of Inocu- 
lation, so it had been safe, it wou'd 
have been embrac'd: But, alas! the 
New and Obsolete chance to be equal- 
ly safe, that is equally dangerous and 
insufficient; and Persons anointed, die 
of the Great, and grafted, of the Small; 
so that you are unluckily out in your 
Conjectures of Both, and for any thing 
that appears to the contrary, you may 
H be

[50]
be reckon'd as one of those Old Women 
you seem to decry in your Preface. 
Wherefore I take my leave of you, 
and shall recount to you some Histo- 
ries of Persons cured of the Lues by 
Salivation, after the lower Methods 
had been Ineffectually try'd. 
The First was a young Gentleman, 
who had indulg'd himself in all the 
Modish Pleasures of Life; Bacchus and 
Venus seem'd to have their Altars 
erected in his Heart, and he so ma- 
nag'd his Taste, as not to gratifie one 
Sense at the expence of another; for 
he so divided his Devotions between 
the God and Goddess, as neither cou'd 
complain of Disregard; but, alas! not 
being invulnerable, he was severely 
stung, and had gone thro' all the wea- 
ker Methods, by which his Blood was 
well sauced with Mercury to no pur- 
pose, so that he was not to be longer 
dallied with: He was therefore put 
under a Salivation proportion'd to his 
Strength

[51]
Strength and his Disease; he dischar- 
ged Blood and fleshy Concretions, and 
never relaps'd, but was perfectly restor'd 
to his former Condition of Health. 
The Second was a young Man afflict- 
ed with racking Nocturnal Pains, and 
all the bad Symptoms that cou'd at- 
tend one throughly Pox'd: He was 
dallied with by no mean Persons, in 
hopes to have cured him by Mercu- 
rials thrown in gradually, but in vain. 
We had recourse to a Salivation, as to 
an Asylum, and altho' it was not car- 
ried high, he spit vast quantities of 
Blood for three Days, which I endea- 
vour'd to stop in vain; at last this  
Flux of Blood ceas'd of its own accord, 
the Salivation proceeded gently, and 
he recover'd his Health perfectly. 
The Third was a Captain in the Ar- 
my, who had been treated by the late 
Dr. Wall's Method, and some other, in 
which Mercury was not left out: He 
became Pox'd severely, and his Stran- 
gury was the most violent I ever knew.
H2 I 

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I advis'd him to go thro' a Salivation, 
as the most effectual Method to cure 
him, which he obey'd, and he was so 
perfectly recover'd, that he used to tell 
his Friends he was become a new Man. 
The Fourth was a lusty young Fel- 
low, who had been trying Mercury, in 
all shapes, every where; nay, Moorfields 
did not escape him, because he was 
unwilling to be laid down: In short, 
he began with a small Gonorrhœa, but 
before I had the honour of seeing him, 
he was heartily Pox'd. I did not scru- 
ple to advise him to a Salivation, as 
the last and only Remedy he had left 
for his Cure: He follow'd my Advice 
in part, for he said, his Time wou'd 
not allow him to undergo a strong Spit. 
I was willing to do the Fellow some 
good, rather than suffer him to perish 
under his Misfortune, but told him, the 
first Opportunity he had, he shou'd em- 
brace it for a thorough Cure. I saliva- 
ted him gently, and he got rid of his 
racking Symptoms, and had a Reprieve 
for


[53] 
for some Months, when all his former 
bad Symptoms begun to revive, as I 
had before told him they would; at 
last he found Leisure, and had Cou- 
rage to go thro' a severe Spit, and 
was perfectly restor'd. 
The Fifth was a Gentleman who 
had lost his Uvula by trifling with 
Mercurials improperly administer'd, 
that is, by taking Mercury as an Al- 
terative, when it was necessary he 
shou'd have been flux'd; I told him, 
it was high time for him to look a- 
bout him, and that if he was not 
flux'd he wou'd have as little Nose 
(in a small time) as he then had 
Uvula; there needed no more Per- 
suasion, he consented to a severe Sa- 
livation, for such a one was necessary 
in this Case, in which he lost a good 
deal of black Blood, he recover'd to 
a Miracle, without any further loss 
of Parts, or Exfoliations of Bones. 
The Sixth had a Shanker, which 
was ill treated, and by this ill Ma- 
nagement

[54] 
nagement he became severely Pox'd; 
for he was trifled with by Mercu- 
rials as Alteratives, by which the Lues 
got into the Blood; in this Condition 
I advis'd him to a Salivation, which 
was attempted, but unsuccessfully; 
some time after it was again at- 
tempted, and tho' he spit very well 
(as he did in the first) he was not 
cur'd; at some distance of time he 
was salivated a third time, and then 
he was perfectly restor'd. 
The Seventh was a Person who 
(among other bad Symptoms) grew 
absolutely Deaf from the Violence 
of the Distemper: This Person also 
had been treated with Mercurial Al- 
teratives in vain; he was perfectly 
restor'd by a Salivation, which was 
copious and long. 
The Eighth was a Gentleman who 
(among other bad Symptoms) became 
Gouty and much disabled; he was 
cur'd of all his Symptoms, and the 
Gout also, for any thing I can see, 
as

[55] 
as yet, to the contrary; for it is now 
some Years since he was flux'd, and he 
is nimble, eats well, sleeps well, looks 
well, walks well, and ails nothing. 
If Examples avail as Proofs, I hope 
these may suffice to convince the World 
of the Inefficacy of Alterative Mer- 
curials for Stubborn Poxes; and for 
small Remains after Salivations, it 
wou'd be Cruel to salivate again, 
wherefore then they may be admi- 
ster'd safely and with Profit; and in  
this Case I have said already, that 
Dr. Chicoyneau has no Adversary to 
struggle with: I believe all the Facul- 
ty will come into his Measures on this 
score with Ease, because it is daily fol- 
low'd upon little Remains, both in pri- 
vate and publick Practice, and for the 
same Reason that Sydenham heretofore 
advis'd a Scruple of Mercurius Dulcis to 
be given as an Alterative, for some time 
after a Salivation was finish'd, in order 
to correct the small Remains of the 
Poison, and before Chicoyneau appear'd,
Friction

[56]
Friction was us'd in the same Case, and 
for the same Supposition. 
Could we say to the Lues, so far shalt thou 
go, and no further, we might rub without 
Fluxing, and yet cure the Diseased; but 
there is no Bounds set to the Venom, it 
grows daily more extensive and more sharp; 
it sends part of us to the Grave, whilst we 
have the Pleasure to outlive its Virulency by 
the Assistance of a well-manag'd Salivation 
only. 
Wherefore I shall conclude my Remarks 
upon the Inefficacy of Friction, and the 
Necessity and Safety of a Salivation, after 
having requested my Readers to compare 
the Pamphlets together, and consider that 
Friction and Salivation differ only as a Part 
and its Whole: That Effects are proportion'd 
to their Causes; that the Sum Total of Ef- 
fects are only Univocal with their Causes; 
that Friction without Salivation is halving 
a Cause; that Salivation is the highest Pitch 
Mercury can arrive at; that blunting the 
Poison, and carrying it out of the Body, is 
preferable to blunting the Poison, and suffer- 
ing the Mercury to take up its Abode in us; 
that Mercury is no desirable Guest, because 
it is not natural to the Blood: And in fine 
I shall conclude, that a Salivation welL-manag'd 
is the only Specifick yet discover'd for a Confirm'd 
Pox. 
FINIS.