An essay on the theory and cure of the venereal gonorrhoea : and the diseases which happen in consequence of that disorder / By John Andree.

  • Andree, John, approximately 1740-approximately 1820.
Date:
1777
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Credit: An essay on the theory and cure of the venereal gonorrhoea : and the diseases which happen in consequence of that disorder / By John Andree. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fupported ; for a fluid cannot be abforbed till it is fecretedj that is to fay, till it really exifts ; if therefore topical applications leflen the difcharge, they feem to do this by bring¬ ing the veffels which fecreted it nearer to a O healthful ftate, and therefore do not by any means a ft as repellents. In fupport of this do&rine it may be added, that the Erifipelas, and fome other inflammations, are now often and fafely cured by applications of a gently aftringent and fedative nature, fuch being found to abate the inflammation and pain in a greater degree than oily relaxing ones. The fame arguments may be ufed, in that altera¬ tion in the ftate of ulcers in any part of the body, particularly thofe in confequence of chirurgical operations, in which cafes, on the difcharge fuddenly leflening or flopping, it is the common opinion, that an absorption has taken place; at the time this alteration happens, there is ufually fuch a change in the health of the patient, and in the appear¬ ance of the ulcer, as to warn a fkilful Surgeon of the approaching dangerous fymptom. Is it not more rational to fuppofe, that this change in the patient’s habit of body prevents the