Important researches upon the existence, nature, and communication of venereal infection in pregnant women, new-born infants and nurses / by the late P.A.O. Mahon ; these are contrasted with the new opinions of the late John Hunter upon this subject, together with observations thereon, by Jesse Foot.

  • Mahon, P.-A.-O. (Paul-Augustin-Olivier), 1752-1801.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Important researches upon the existence, nature, and communication of venereal infection in pregnant women, new-born infants and nurses / by the late P.A.O. Mahon ; these are contrasted with the new opinions of the late John Hunter upon this subject, together with observations thereon, by Jesse Foot. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    received. They ought to make use of1 the mercurial salts. Those that are the most enr ployed are the sweet mercury, of which a grain should be given every night, or the corrosive mercury of Van Swieten, of which thirty drops should be given. It has also been remarked, that the guaicum and other woods, which are of but little use in this climate for adults, are nevertheless of service in young children; this proves that the least active medicine may cure the venereal disease in young children. Ac- cording to the translator of Nisbet, (Petit Ra- del) when they are upon the treatment of a young child, and when other causes prevent the mother’s nursing it, you must anoint the legs of the child every three days with a fourth part of the usual proportion of mercurial ointment for an adult, and purge it with syrup of chicoree, if it is troubled with cholic. This physician rejects entirely all sublimated pre* parations, and recommends that when circum- stances prevent the use of mercurial frictions, to use the sweet mercury in the quantity pre- scribed by Nisbet. I shall not say any thing as to my opinion upon the treatment proposed by Nisbet and by his translator, reserving for another place the examination, the compa- rison, and the judgment which I think ought