An essay on the gonorrhoea : with some observations on the use of opium, in the cure of that disease / by William Thomas.

  • Thomas, William.
Date:
1780
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Credit: An essay on the gonorrhoea : with some observations on the use of opium, in the cure of that disease / by William Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    makes to relieve hcrfclf,i!will very much afiift in cftablifliing the mofl; ratioaial method of cur- ing it. V j ' ' ; ,n : nnjiUi/j :},i . v; rr: i/j-il / ! -Jte i Id the firft place.it is to., he :confidefed, ,th[at there is the. venereal virus, ra very adtiye: ftmu- ius, lodged upon a very fine membranous'fur- face, upon (Which open^ an infinite number'of lacunae,, that conftantly. emit a certain quan<» tity of a thick tenacious fluid, to prevent it from growing dry; over-this fluid the urihe loaded with it?s falts, occafionally paflTes without irritat- ing the membranous lining of the urethra^ when the parts are in a natural healthy ftate: but in the gonorrhoea it becomes more or Icfs inflamed; nature endeavours to^ defend the“ in- flamed part, ‘by increafing the fecretion from the lacunse, which in a healthy ftate is* capable of being done with-a'much lefs quantity. ‘ ‘ ’ , *i • 1 ■- . I - . ' . i... It is clear therefore, that this difeharge; fo far from being prejudicial; is'at this time really'falu- taryand‘whatever is applied, either to’lelTen or < fupprefs ‘ it, while the ftimulus remains in' force, will do much harm; not only in corrimit- ing a violence to nature, by forcibly refifting her efforts, but the internal furface of the urethra will be quite deprived of it’s natural defence, at- a time it ismore particularly neceflTary ; the.urine iwiU cpnfequcntly ftimulatc moie ?han ufual, and