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Remarks on some of the opinions of the late Mr. John Hunter respecting the venereal disease; in a letter to Jeseph Adams / [Henry Clutterbuck].

  • Clutterbuck, Henry, 1767-1856
Date:
1799
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Credit: Remarks on some of the opinions of the late Mr. John Hunter respecting the venereal disease; in a letter to Jeseph Adams / [Henry Clutterbuck]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    think, at the same time, that caution is rieces- sary in adding to their iiumber, lest we sepa¬ rate diseases that have a common origin, on account of a variation in some points of infe¬ rior magnitude; for in so doing, we lose the benefit which analogy might suggest with re¬ gard to the method of cure. That many, per¬ haps all, the morbid secretions of animals are capable of stimulating to disease the healthy actions of man, is certainly true* We observe it in the tears flowing from an inflamed eye; in the matter of many ulcers, &c. ; but these do not excite permanent or peculiar diseases, but seem to act simply as irritating powers, and were well enough characterised under the ge¬ neral term of acrimony. These, however, are widely different from the specific diseases. I have said nothing on the use of the new remedies in the venereal disease, as I have no decisive evidence to olfer with regard to them. Their value will only be fairly appreciated when tried on a large scale ; and, besides, 1 consider the powers of mercury as still posses¬ sing a claim to further investigation. t am, he, H. C,