A new and easy method of curing the lues venerea : by the introduction of mercury into the system through the orifices of the absorbent vessels on the inside of the mouth, with the remarks of Dr. Hunter and Mr. Cruikshank in favour of this practice : also an essay on abscesses, and other observations in surgery / by Peter Clare.

  • Clare, Peter, 1738-1786.
Date:
1780
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Credit: A new and easy method of curing the lues venerea : by the introduction of mercury into the system through the orifices of the absorbent vessels on the inside of the mouth, with the remarks of Dr. Hunter and Mr. Cruikshank in favour of this practice : also an essay on abscesses, and other observations in surgery / by Peter Clare. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    derived, and feldom, if ever, any mif- chief. My own practice fince has con- firmed me in this opinion. Being perfuaded this method of treatment will conduce much to the benefit of mankind, an attempt to recommend it, I hope, .will continue to meet with a candid reception from the public. Mr. Pott ufed frequently to re- mark, (and he has fince publifhed the fame fentiments in the preface to his Obfervations on Wounds of the Head,) 4{ That many of thofe gentlemen, who came to the hofpital to finifli their chirurgical education, were too apt to fix their attention on the opera- tive part of furgery only. Operations, he obferved, would feldom occur to them in practice, in comparifon with the common bufinefs of Surgery, Wounds and Ulcers; as thefe mult daily