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together. He fhould not, however, ftay long in the water, and fhould take care te 
have his fkin dried as foon as he comes out. The regimen proper in this cafe is the 
fame-as was mentioned in the Jaft {tage of the gonorrhoea: the diet muft be drying 
ahd aftringent, and the drink Spa, Pyrmont, or Briftol, waters, with which a little 
claret or red wine may fometimes.be mixed. Any perfon may now afford to drink 
thefe waters, as they can be every where prepared at almoft no expence, by a mix- 
ture of common chalk and oil of vitriol. When the gleet does not yield to thefe 
medicines, there is reafon to fufpeét that it proceeds from ulcers. In this cafe, re- 
courfe muft be had.to mercury;.and fuch medicines as tend to correct any predomi- 
nant acrimony with which the juices may be affected, as the decoétion of china, far- 
faparilla, faffafras, or the like. The beft remedy for the cure of ulcers in the uri- ’ 
_ nary paffage, are the fuppurating candles or bougies ; as thefe are prepared various 
ways, and are generally to be bought ready-made, it is needlefs to fpend time in 
enumerating the different ingredients of which they are compofed, or teaching the 
manner of preparing them; before a bougie be introduced into the urethra,. how- 
ever, it fhould be fmeared all over with {weet oil, to prevent it from ftimulating too 
fuddenly; it may be fuffered to continue in from one to feven or eight hours, ac- 
cording as the patient can bear it. Objtinate ulcers are not only often healed, but 
_ tumours and excrefcences in the urinary paffages taken away, and an obftruction of 
urine removed, by means of, bougies. 
OF THe SWE LE D2 TE ST 1 OL Bi 
THE {welled tefticle may either proceed from infection lately contraéted, or from 
the venereal poifon lurking in the blood: the latter indeed is not very common, 
but the former frequently happens both in the firft and fecond ftages of a go- 
norrhoea ; particularly when the running is unfeafonably checked, by cold, hard 
drinking, {trong draftic purges, violent exercife, the too early ufe of aftringent me- 
- dicines, or the like. . In the inflammatory {tage bleeding is neceffary, which muft be 
repea ated according to the urgency of the fymptoms. The food mutt be light, and 
th dri k iGising. High-feafoned food, flefh, wines, and every thing of a heating 
mat me tos be. avoided. E omentations are of pape fervice. Poultices of 
onft ‘antly, to be applied when the | patient is in hea. when he is up, the tef- 
ticle fhould be Kept warm, and fupported by a bag or trufs, which may eafily be 
contrived in fuch a Manner as to prevent the weight of the tefticle from having any 
effect. If it fhould. be found impracticable to clear the tefticle by the cooling regi- 
men now pointed out, and extended according to circumftances, i it will be neceflary 
to lead the patient through fach a complete antivenereal courfe as fhall enfure him 
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