A private treatise on venereal disease, in two parts : the first on gonorrhea--vulgarly called clap, the second on venereal, properly so called : adapted to the use of every one, but more especially designed for those who are delicately circumstanced and require a private as well as a speedy cure / by Joseph Ralph.

  • Ralph, Joseph (Joseph E.)
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[1840]
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Credit: A private treatise on venereal disease, in two parts : the first on gonorrhea--vulgarly called clap, the second on venereal, properly so called : adapted to the use of every one, but more especially designed for those who are delicately circumstanced and require a private as well as a speedy cure / by Joseph Ralph. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ter therefore is to explain their use and nature more particularly. It should also be stated, there are other reme- dies which are occasionally wanted in the cure of this complaint, but not always; these are, chiefly, the common remedies required to lessen pain and inflammation. Various things are used with such a view, but of such there are some which are far more suitable than others; a list of these therefore I will afterwards subjoin, pointing out their proper use and dose, as well as make such other observa- tions on them as may seem required. I will begin with— T7ie Balsam of Copaiva.—This, every body knows, is very often given for the cure of Gonor- rhoea; indeed, Balsam of Copaiva as a remedy for Gonorrhoea is so well known that, whoever dis- covers to another he has taken it, by the peculiar smell it gives the breath, is generally set down for one who is contaminated with Venereal malady. This however is not the only objection to Balsam of Copaiva;—another is, its extreme offensiveness to the taste;—and a third, its offensiveness to the stomach, so that it is rejected by vomiting, or, if not rejected, it takes away the appetite and induces a degree of nausea which can scarcely be endured. Indeed, it is a medicine, to some, so perfectly ob- noxious that they cannot even think of the time of