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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    I • ( 6 ) abftinence from meat, which laft he does not require, what are the confequences ? A fever fupervenes, by which the flow of * ” the virulent matter from the urethra is ftopt, and the difeafe is blended with the conftitution ; or there is produced in the tefiicles a fwelling, of which the refo- l.ution is tedious, difficult, and full of danger, Another pofition of this celebrated writer is, that purging is every thing here, and that in this difeafe, if in any, it may be faid, “ He cures well who “ cleanfes well/1 On fuch authority, who would not be tempted to trufl: to * / purging alone, and even to carry it to the utmoft ? How often have I done fo, till I was taught better, and emboldened i by experience to fet afide the authority of even a Sydenham,* by following whom, in this inftance, I had the mortification to find my patients declining daily, and groaning / V