Volume 1

A treatise of the venereal disease in six books; containing an account of the original, propagation, and contagion of this distemper in general. As also of the nature, cause, and cure of all venereal disorders in particular ... Together with an abridgment of the several discourses, which have been written upon this subject from the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe to this time, with critical remarks upon them / Written originally in Latin. And now translated into English by William Barrowby.

  • Astruc, Jean, 1684-1766
Date:
1737
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Credit: A treatise of the venereal disease in six books; containing an account of the original, propagation, and contagion of this distemper in general. As also of the nature, cause, and cure of all venereal disorders in particular ... Together with an abridgment of the several discourses, which have been written upon this subject from the first appearance of the venereal disease in Europe to this time, with critical remarks upon them / Written originally in Latin. And now translated into English by William Barrowby. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    »v T H E TENTS. BOOK I. F the original, propagation, and pe¬ riods of the Venereal Difeafe, Chap. I. That the Venereal Difeafe ojuas not former¬ ly knonnn either to the Greeks or Romans, Page i Chap. IL Certain paJfages of the ant lent $ explaiTpd^ 'which have been mifmterpreted of the Venereal Dif¬ eafe, 6 Chap. in. Other arguments examhed^ 'which are brought to prove the antiquity of the Venereal Dif> cafe, Chap. IV. That the firfl appearance of the Venereal Difeafe •was between the years 1494,. and 149^. 23 Chap. V. An exa?7iination of certain pajfages in the writings of fome Thyf dans and Surgeons before tlpe year 1494. which feem to contradibi the period affgn'dy Chap. VI. The tefiimonies lately produc'd by Mr.'Wil- liam Becket in favour of the antiquity of the Vene¬ real Difeafe explain!d.^ ^^ Chap. VII. Some other arguments anfwer'd^ 'which have been urfd in favour of the antiquity of the Ve- . nereal Difeafe, ^2 Chap. VIII. Fabulous opinions concerning the original Venereal Difeafe recited and confuted^ iS6 Chap. IX. That the Venereal Difeafe was formerly commo7i in the Antilles Iflands.^ difeover'd by Chrifto- pher Columbus, and efpecially in the Ifland of Hi- Ipaniok,