Selections from the works of Abraham Colles : consisting chiefly of his practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury / Edited, with annotations, by Robert McDonnell.

  • McDonnell, Robert, 1828-1889.
Date:
1881
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Credit: Selections from the works of Abraham Colles : consisting chiefly of his practical observations on the venereal disease, and on the use of mercury / Edited, with annotations, by Robert McDonnell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XII. MINUTE DOSES OF MERCURY IN LATE AND CHRONIC BUBO. A rare form of Bubo, to be treated by very minute closes of Mercury, described, 244—Instance given, 244—Further characters of this disease, 245—Case in illustration, 246—Difficulty of a true Diagnosis in this form of Bubo, 247—Chronic Venereal Bubo to be distinguished from indolent Constitutional Bubo, 250—Mercury to be employed in very small doses, 251—Concluding observations, 251. f^^^- £ CHAPTER XIII. { SCHOOL Of \ dir. SYPHILIS IN INFANTS. \S^V|V^|/ Great interest that attaches to the disease Syphilis Infantum, 252— Infection of a Wife with Secondary Syphilitic Symptoms, although the husband is free from Syphilis, 253—Case in illustration, 253—The doctrine of the Infant being infected by coming into contact during parturition with Ulcers in the Vagina of the Mother, overthrown, 255 —Cases in which the Foetus in utero has been infected difficult of explanation, 256—A case of Dr. Beatty's, 256—Remarks upon it, 257 —Manner in which the Syphilis of Infants more generally makes its appearance, 257—Muco-purulent discharge from the eyes, 258—The infant may receive the infection by sucking a Nurse affected with Secondary Symptoms, 260 —Case of infection from Ulcerated Nipple, 260—Case of an Infant infected by a Dry-nurse, 261—Importance of forming a correct Diagnosis, 263—Distinction between Moist Button- scurvy and Syphilis, 263—Eruption of Copper-coloured Spots, 264— The Anus subject to Fissure, 264—Superficial Ulcer on the rugous skin of the Anus, 264—Both Child and Nurse to be subjected to the use of Mercury, 264—Case in support, 264—Directions for the administration of Mercury to the Child, 268—Topical remedies, 269-The appearance and nature of those Diseases which are communicated by the Infant to the Nurse, 270—Case, 271—Remarks, 272—Treatment of Nurse and Child, 273-Ulcerations on the Genitals of the Nurse's Husband, 274 — Soreness in the Throat, Lips, and Tongue of the Husband, 274—The manner in which the Disease contaminates all the Members of the same family, 275—Its propagation by contact, 275—Cases adduced, 276—Concluding remarks, 287.