A review of the venereal disease / by William Fordyce.

  • Fordyce, William, Sir, 1724-1792.
Date:
1768
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Credit: A review of the venereal disease / by William Fordyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Another principal fource of the increafe of this evil is the general ignorance with regard to the quantity of mercury requi- fite, and to the manner of applying it, which changes totally the face and qua¬ lity of the complaint. A third moft material circumftance to be reckoned here is that of the grafts from Africa, and both the Indies ; where, the treatment being ftill lefs underftood, the difeafe has been fuffered to lay deeper hold, and to produce more ftubborn fymptoms. The laft caufe that I fhall mention, but not the leaf!:, is the conftitution of modern livers : where love of eafe, love » K s ^ of pleafure, continual watching, and anxious gaming, have miferably enervated the pofcerity of thofe heroes who fought at Agincourt and Creffy. THE END,