Porneiopathology : a popular treatise on venereal and other diseases of the male and female genital system : with remarks on impotence, onanism, sterility, piles, and gravel, and prescriptions for their treatment . irritation of the bites when healing, and especially Form Take three grains of sulphate of quinine three times a day. Or, Form of— Compound tincture of bark 2 ounces. Sulphate of quinine 12 grains. Muriatic acid 20 drops. Mix.—Dose, a teaspoonful three times a day, in water ON VENEREAL DISEASES. 115 if the patient will not or can not remain quiet, only worryand a


Porneiopathology : a popular treatise on venereal and other diseases of the male and female genital system : with remarks on impotence, onanism, sterility, piles, and gravel, and prescriptions for their treatment . irritation of the bites when healing, and especially Form Take three grains of sulphate of quinine three times a day. Or, Form of— Compound tincture of bark 2 ounces. Sulphate of quinine 12 grains. Muriatic acid 20 drops. Mix.—Dose, a teaspoonful three times a day, in water ON VENEREAL DISEASES. 115 if the patient will not or can not remain quiet, only worryand aggravate the disease. Where the inflammatorysymptoms are great, where there is fever and much heatof skin, bleeding is the speediest and most effectual planto subdue them; and, in my opinion, it is to be preferredbefore the trouble and bother of leeches. Where, how-ever, there is no remarkable excitement, local or uni-versal, the topical application of any of the ointmentssuggested will often promote absorption (see Forms 35,36, 37). v Blisters applied over the bubo, very often disperse theswelling. Pressure also, made by means of a pad coveredwith tin foil (as seen in the subjoined cut), and continued. for several days, frequently urges the absorption of theaccumulated deposition in the gland. Where bubo has been suffered to proceed, and the sup-puration appears inevitable, it would be highly improper 116 A POPULAR TREATTSE to retard it: poultices and warm fomentations should beapplied, and when fit, an opening should be made to per-mit the exit from, and prevent the extension of, the matterin the surrounding cellular membrane ; the operationshould not, however, be prematurely performed; the 3kinshould be permitted to become thin before an opening ismade, and that opening should be made in the most de-pendent position, in order to allow complete escape of thematter, lest fistulae and sinuses should form. When anabscess is thus established, its healing must be promotedwith


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