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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    is gone, and no other venereal fymptom has appeared, it feems probable that it is the effect of inflammation, and that therefore there is no neceffity for the ufe of mercury for its cure. In one of thefe cafes, the fhape and fituation of the tumor feem to prove it to be one of the lacunae of the urethra. Inflammation and tumefaction of the pe¬ nis are the laft fymptom to be treated of. This complaint is not a very uncommon one in the Gonorrhoea; at its find appearance it requires the fame treatment as an inflamma¬ tion of any other part of the body. When the inflamed and fwollen parts are reduced to their natural fize, there does commonly re-? main one or more long and hard fweilings on the penis, which, though of no prefent inconvenience to the patient, become the object of the Surgeon’s attention, as it is not certain whether they are the peculiar effects of inflammation of this part, or are a vene¬ real affection. It has been fuggefted, that thefe tumors are the mere effect of inflam¬ mation of the prepuce, and therefore that they are probably not venereal. But the contrary feems to be the truth, becaufe they * : . K d <*