Volume 1

A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease. To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck ... by William Saunders.

  • Plenck, Joseph Jacob, Ritter von, 1738-1807.
Date:
1767
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease. To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck ... by William Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The condu<5^ of the celebrated Stoerci^ •V / ought to be imprefTed on our minds, as an ex” ample and Incitement to all, who being fortu¬ nate in his difeoveries, has early applied them for the benefit of fociety,putting little value upon them, if they were not made publickly ufeful^ While I revolved all thefe confiderations in my own mind, while I had fo many glorioug examples before me, while befides I thought that it was the bufmefs of an honed and ingenuous man, if pofTible, to beftow his labours on what is of general utility, I found myfclf under the neceflity to communicate to the public this hew and eafy method of giving Mercury to venere¬ al patients in the manner I learned from expe¬ rience. Nor do I this from any profpedl of gain, the farther fuccefs of this method, and the great re¬ lief it may give to my neighbours, will afford me fufficient reward. Nor do I fear the cenfures of the envious» fince many eminent authors have met with fuch treatment for their good offices to mankind. venditoribus non femper habendam efle hdem. Ingenuum decet, ai generis humani utilitatem lucro magis :€{h'met. Sed auri facra fames faepe aliud fuadet ; nunquam me poe- nituit, candide conimunicalTe omnibus h quid in arte utile noviflem, nec paenitebit, certus fum illo tempore, “ -- dum numina nobjs “ Mors inflans majora facit. though