On a new way of treating gonorrhoea / by John L. Milton.

  • Milton, J. L. (John Laws), 1820-1898.
Date:
1852
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Credit: On a new way of treating gonorrhoea / by John L. Milton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CASES TREATED WITH INJECTIONS OF CHLORIDK OF ZINC. Name. Days pre- viously ill. Character of the disease. T A 42 iviiia. G. S. 3 Thick pus, severe. A. Not marked. Severe. C. L. 1 Do. 21 \JL Ullicii jr • J. s. 11 Severe. C. L. 12 Ordinary. A. S. 21 Do., first clap. C. G. 4 Severe, second D. M. 3 to 4 months. Ordinary. J. M. 6 Do. T. B. 4 or 5 Do. D T XV. Ju. S. L. W1-1+ Ij- n \vn Do. Very mild. Mild. W.Ti. 21 Very severe. G. C. T. J. 10 49 Ordinary. Very mild. R. A. Not marked. Severe. CH. A few days. Do. W. T. 8 montlis. Do. K. S. 3 months. Ordinary. T. 8. Not marked. Do. Strength of injection. grv. to Ij. griiss. Do. griiss. to iv. griss. ad iiss. griiss. and ij. griii. and ij. griiss. ad x. grviiss. to ii. grii. ad iv. and then to viiss. grj. to iij. grij. griij. to viiss grj. to V. grj- griss. to v. grj to ij. grj. to v. grj- gi-v. Treatment. Pil terob. c. strych. Salines. Acet. pot. Nit. pot. c. p. ipec CO., salines andape- rients. Pulv. salin. mist, acid benz. Pot. nit. c. pulv. ant, pulv. salin. &c. Pot. nit. c. pulv. Ipe- cac, c. Sulph. magnes. pulv. sod. c. opii. pulv. salin. Pulv. salin. pot. nit. . pulv. ipec. c. Results. Pulv. salin. Do., pot. salin. nit. mist. Salines, pulv. salin. mist. cap. c. tereb. Mist, acid benz. Do. pulv. salin. bark and acid. Do. do. pot. nit. Pulv. salin. Sod. phos. sod. sulph. and mist, acid benz. Pulv. salin. mist. pot. chlor. tincture of steel, pot. acet. M. acid benz. pot . nit. c. pulv. ant. pulv salin. Pulv. salin, &c. Pulv. salin., bitters and acid. Mist. pot. ac. c. rhei At the end of 15 days little im provement. Swelled testicle. In 21 days dis- cbarge gone. No improvement on 25th day, Treated then with purgatives and nitrates. Cured in about 25 days after. No improvement at the endof 27 days. Left. The plumb, acet. ^-as used for 12 days, and then the ehl. zinc, which almost cured him in 2 days. Left not quite well. Severe pain; discbarge disap- peared in two days, but re- turned. On the 31st day still a little gleet. Gave him so much pain he would allow it no longer. In eight days there was only ! little moisture, and this re- mained ten days after, when he left me. Gr. x, gave only slight pain. In eight days discharge had di- minished, but swelled testicle came on, and he left me. Discharge disappeared in 11 days. At the end of 87 days discharge still thick, purulent, and greenish. Caustic pastiles had to be re- sorted to on the 15th day ; the cure was somewhat prolonged by his absence for a day or two Cure in 62 days. Left the next day. Discharge disappeared in 6 days, but a slight gleet came back and lasted 30 days. On the 40th day the discharge was still bad. He then left. Disappeared in 8 days. The discharge was nearly gone by the ninth day, when he left. On the 20th day he left as bad as ever. 38th day no better. This case wa.s followed by stricture. Stricture detected on the 75th day. The disch.irge gone in 10 days ; a little gleet from time to time Left next day.