AND FAMILY DISPENSATORY. 905 
this purpofe an ounce of nitre and two ounces of gum atabic, pounded together, 
_ may be divided into twenty-four dofes, one of which may be taken frequently, in a 
cup of the patent’s drink. If. thefe fhould make him pafs his urine {0 often as to 
become troublefome to him, he may either take them lefs frequently, or leave out 
the nitre altogether, and take equal parts of gum arabic and cream of tartar, Thefe 
may be pounded together, and a tea-fpoonful taken in a cup of the patient’s drink 
four-or five times a-day. I have generally found this anfwer extremely well both 
as a diuretic, and for keeping the body gently open. When the pain and inflam- 
‘mation are feated high, towards the neck of the bladder, it will be proper frequently 
to throw up an emollient clyfter, which, befides the benefit of procuring ftools, will 
ferve as a fomentation to the inflamed parts. Soft poultices, when they can conve- 
niently be applied to the parts, are of great fervice. They may be made of the flour 
of linfeed, or of wheat-bread and milk, foftened with frefh butter or {weet oil. 
When poultices cannot be conveniently ufed,. cloths wrung out of warm water, or 
bladders filled'with warm milk and water, may be applied. Few things tend more 
to keep off inflammation in the fpermatic veffels thama proper trufs for the {crotum. 
It ought to be fo contrived as to fupport the tefticles, and fhould be worn from the 
firft appearance of the difeafe till it has ceafed fome weeks, Many people, on the 
_ firft appearance of a gonorrhoea, fly to the ufe of mercury. This is a bad plan. 
Mercury is often not at all neceffary in a gonorrhoea; and, when taken too early, it 
does mifchief. It may be neceffary to complete the cure, but it cannever be proper 
at the commencement of it. When bleeding, purging, fomentations, and the other 
things recommended above, have eafed the pain, foftened the pullfe, relieved the heat 
of urine, and rendered the involuntary erections lefs frequent, the patient may begin 
to ufe mercury in any form that is leaft difagreeable to him. If he takes the com. 
mon mercurial pill, two at night and one i the morning will be a fufficient dofe at 
firlt, Should they affeé& the mouth too mach, the dofe mutt be leffened ; if not at 
“all, it may be gradually increafed to five or fix pills in the day. If calomel be 
thought preferable, two or three grains of it, formed into a bolus witha little of the 
-conferve of hips, may be taken at bed-time, and the dofe gradually increaled to 
_ ight or ten grains. One of the moft common preparations of mercury now in ufe , 
is the corrofive fublimate. ‘This may be taken in themanner hereafter recommend. 
ed under the confirmed lues or pox: it is one of the moft fafe and efficacious medi- 
cines when properly ufed. The above medicines may either me taken aoe: prin! 3 
ey , ep anthem, They ought never to be caken 
every other day, as the patient is able to bear them. ge The ileal 
in fuch quantity as to raife a falivation, unlefs ina very flight degree. fet: | ar 
may be more fafely, and as certainly, cured without a Be as me me retare 
‘the mercury'runs off by the mouth, it ys fo faccefsful in carrying off the difeate, s 
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