An inquiry into the origin and antiquity of the lues venerea; with observations on its introduction and progress in the islands of the South Seas. To which is added, a short view of the various remedies recommended in that distemper, from its first appearance in Europe to these times: with general remarks on the present received modes of treatment / by William Turnbull.

Date:
1786
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Credit: An inquiry into the origin and antiquity of the lues venerea; with observations on its introduction and progress in the islands of the South Seas. To which is added, a short view of the various remedies recommended in that distemper, from its first appearance in Europe to these times: with general remarks on the present received modes of treatment / by William Turnbull. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    to, viz.—That the majority of the Adven- ture’s crew, who were afflicted with this difeafe while at Otaheitee, had fymptoms of gonorrhoea only. A later and very re- fpedtable authority feems to verify this laft aflertion 3 for Dr. Swediaur informs us in his excellent p radical Treatife* on Venereal Difeafes, that Captain King, who fucceeded Capt. Clarke in the late voyage round the world, allured him, that he himfelf had feen many of them with matter dripping from their urethra. I mull acknowledge, that his arguments have not brought conviction to my mind 3 nor do' I imagine what is now thrown out, will by any means afford fa- tisfaCtory evidence to thofe who may have adopted his opinion. It would, however, be a digreffion, and enlarging the bulk of thefe obfervations greater than what was ffi-ft intended, were I to enter into a dif- quifition on this obfcure fubjeCt 3 neither am I competent for a talk of fuch uncom- mon difficulty, nor indeed are we provided with any experiments that can lead us in the lead to decide this queftion 3 and if we were.