The student's manual of venereal diseases : being the university lectures delivered at Charity Hospital, B.I., during the Winter session of 1879-'80 / by F.R. Sturgis.

  • Sturgis, F. R. (Frederic Russell), 1844-1919.
Date:
1887, ©1882
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Credit: The student's manual of venereal diseases : being the university lectures delivered at Charity Hospital, B.I., during the Winter session of 1879-'80 / by F.R. Sturgis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vised in gonorrhcea. As regards the others I have named, I can speak positively, and can particularly commend the oil of the yellow sandal-wood. Two objections may be urged against it : first, the diffi- culty of getting it pure ; and second, its expense. If, from either of these two causes, it should not be given, the copaiba is, to my mind, the next best drug given in pill or capsule, as already noted. The stage at which these remedies should be ad- ministered is where the disease begins to show signs of subsidence, although they may often be used when there is much pain during micturition, and a copious discharge. If the patient's stomach will bear them, the effect is sometimes wonderful; but their long continuance is liable to induce pain in the region of the kidneys, and a deposit in the urine which has been mistaken for albumen. As regards diet, the rules must be strictly laid down, and no deviation allowed until the disease has entirely disappeared. Except during the acute in- flammatory stage, the patient should not be kept upon a low diet, but ought, on the contrary, to be allowed a good and nutritious regimen. Meat, vegetables, fish, eggs, and the like may be allowed, and I beg you to remember that by half-starving your patient you only tend to keep up the gonor- rhoea. Asparagus, highly spiced dishes, strong cof- fee or tea, and, above all things, every form of alco- holic or malt beverage, as well as immoderate