A treatise on the nature and treatment of seminal diseases, impotency, and other kindred affections : with practical directions for the management and removal of the cause producing them, together with hints to young men . trumsso eloquently advertised and puffed in the news-papers of the day. These impostors, who makesuch high pretensions, know just as little of themalady as the persons do who apply to them;and it is the bold and extraordinary effronterywith which such charlatans show themselvesbefore the public, that enables them to deludethe unwary victim, and swindle him of his lastdollar;
A treatise on the nature and treatment of seminal diseases, impotency, and other kindred affections : with practical directions for the management and removal of the cause producing them, together with hints to young men . trumsso eloquently advertised and puffed in the news-papers of the day. These impostors, who makesuch high pretensions, know just as little of themalady as the persons do who apply to them;and it is the bold and extraordinary effronterywith which such charlatans show themselvesbefore the public, that enables them to deludethe unwary victim, and swindle him of his lastdollar; and, what is far worse, greatly aggra-vate his disease. A few words as to the object of this is further from my intention than to min-ister to any impure thoughts or improper emo-tions. My sole aim has been to do good andprevent evil. My deep respect for religion andmorality would restrain me from writing a linewhich could injure this cause. But, in the treat-ment of my subject, it was impossible not tospeak with plainness. I conscientiously offerthis work to the medical profession and the pub-lic, and all I ask is that it shall be fairly BOSTWICK, Surgeon. 75 Chambers Street, New This plate represents Hydrocele, (which is an accumu-lation of serum or water within the tunica vaginalis testis,)and the common mode of operating for removing the fluid. When a radical cure is intended, and the serum isdrawn off, we inject the sac through the canula, with somestimulating liquid, as a solution of sulphate of zinc, iodine,port wine and water, brandy, &c. For this purpose, weemploy a syringe, or injecting bag, with a nozzle whichwill accurately fit the end of the canula. PLATE C.
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