Essays on medical subjects, originally printed separately; to which is now prefixed an introduction relating to the use of hemlock and corrosive sublimate; and to the application of caustic medicines in cancerous disorders / By Thomas Gataker.

  • Gataker, Thomas, -1769.
Date:
1764
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    different methods only of dividing the parti¬ cles of crude quickfilver. Among other remedies which have been recommended for the cure of venereal com¬ plaints, diet-drinks have been ufed, and with a degree of credit very unequal at dif¬ ferent times. We find in the hiftory of the feveral methods of cure which have pre¬ vail’d in different ages, that the firft ufe of mercury was very unfuccefsful: not from the real inefficacy of the medicine, but from the extreme bad management of it. The unhappy or fatal confequences which en- fued, made the remedy look’d upon almoft as bad as the difeafe. In this dilemma other means were fought after. The chief lubftitutes for mercury were diet-drinks or deco&ions of guaiacum, china root, or far- faparilla, which were given in very large quantities a confiderable time. The firft of thefe was highly extoll’d, but loft its credit and gave place to the china root. The china root underwent the fame fate, and was fuc- ceeded by the farfaparilla, which was recom¬ mended iikewife for complaints remaining after e