204 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
“CURE. --<Whena perfon has teafon to fufpect that he has caught the venereal 
infection, he ought moft ftriétly to obferve a cooling regimen, to avoid every thihg 
of a heating nature, as wines, fpirituous liquors, rich fauces, {piced, falted, shigh-fea- — 
foned, and {moke-dried, provilions, 8c. as al{6 all aromatic and ftimulating vegeta- 
bles, as onions, garlic, fhallot, nutmeg, muftard, cinnamon, mace, ginger, and 
fuch-like. His food ought chiefly. to confift of mild vegetables, milk, broths, 
light puddings, panado, gruels, &c.. His drink may be barley-water, milk and 
water, decoctions of marfh-mallows and liquorice, linfeed- -tea, or clear whey. Of 
thele he ought to drink plentifully. Violent exercife of all kinds, efpecially riding 
‘on horfeback, and venereal pleafures, are to be avoided. The patient muft beware 
of cold, and, when the inflammation is violent, he oug cht to keep his bed. A viru- 
lent gonorrhoea cannot always be cured’ fpeedily and effectually at the fame time. 
The patient ought therefore not to expeét, nor the phyfician to promife, it. It will 
often continue for two or three weeks, and fometimes for five or fix, even where the 
treatment has been very proper. Sometimes indeed a flight infection may be carried 
off ina few days, by bathing the parts in warm milk and water, and injecting fre- 
; quently up the urethra a little fweer oil or linfeed-tea about the warmth of new 
‘milk. Should thefe not fucceed in carrying off the infection, they will at leaft have 
a tendency to leffen its virulence.’ To effe& a cure, however, aftringent injections 
will generally be found neceffary. Thefe may be various ways prepared, but thof 
made with the white vitriol are both moft fafe and efficacious, They can be made 
itronger or weaker as circumftances may require, but it is beft to begin with the 
more gentle, and increafe their power if neceffary. A drachm of white vitriol may 
be diffolved in eight or nine ounces of common or rofe-water, and an ordinary 
fyringe full of it thrown up three or four times a-day. If this quantity does not 
perform a cure, it may be repeated, and the dofe increafed. Whether injections be 
=~ ufed or not, cooling purges are always proper in the gonorrhoea, They ought not 
. however to be of the ftrong or draftic kind. Whatever raifes a violent commo- 
Sa in the body increafes the danger, and tends to drive the difeafe deeper into the 
| a apa two or three ftools every fecond or third day for the firft fort- 
; = as the virulence abates. When chi’ inflammatory fymptoms run 
| always neceffary at thé beginning. This operation, as in other topi- 
pe ce a muft be repeated according to the ftreneth and conftitution of the 
patient, and the vehemenc > and urgency of the. fymptoms, Medicines which pro- 
mote the fecretion of urine are ecadend — in this _, of settmepeet ‘For 
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