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againft any future uneafinefs. For this Purpofe, befides rubbiig the mercurial 
ointmenton the part, if free from pain, or onthe thighs, as directed in the gonorrhoea, 
the patient mutt be confined to bed, if neceflary, for five.or fix weeks, fufpending 
the tefticle all the while with a bag or trufs, and plying him inwardly with ftrong 
decoctions of farfapariila. When thefe means do not fucceed, and there is reafon to 
fufpect a fcrophulous or cancerous habit, either of which may fupport a {cirrhous 
induration, after the venereal poifon is correéted, the parts should be jomented daily . 
with a decoétion of hemlock, the bruifed leaves of which may likewife be added to 
~ the poultice, and the extract at the fame time taken inwardly, By this method, dif. 
_ éafed tefticles of two or three years ftanding, even when ulcerated, and affected with 
pricking and lancing pains, have been completely cured. 
Or BUBOES. 
_ VENEREAL buboes are hard tumours feated in the groin, occafioned by the 
venereal poifon lodged in this part. They are of two kinds; viz. fuch as proceed 
from a recent infeétion, and fuch as accompany a confirmed lues. The cure of re- 
cent buboes, that is, fuch as appear foon after impure coition, may be firlt attempted 
__ by difperfion, and, if that fhould not fucceed, by fuppuration. To promote the 
- difperfion of a buboe, the fame regimen mutt be obferved as was direéted in the firkt 
ftageof a gonorrhoea. The patient muft likewife be bled, and take fome cooling — 
“purges, as the decoction of tamarinds and fenna, Glauber’s falts, and the like, . If, 
by this courfe, the {welling and other inflammatory fymptoms abate, we may Safely ; 
proceed to the ufe of mercury, which muft be continued till the venereal virus is 
quite fubdued. But, if the buboe fhould, from the’ beginaing, be attended with 
great heat, pain, and pulfation, it will be proper to promote its fuppuration. For 
this purpofe the patient may be allowed to uié his ordinary diet, and to take now 
and then a glafs of wine. Emollient cataplafms, confifting of bread and . ie 
foftened with oil or freth butter, may be applied to the part 5 and, in cold confticu- | 
~ tions, where the tumour advances lowly, white-lily-roots boiled, - Biced jaa 
‘raw, and a fufficient quantity of yellow bafilicon, rity Wezisliied 20 the pete | 
“When the tumour is ripe, which may be known by ies conical figure, i laitnehs 
‘of the fkin, aud a fludtuation of matter plainly to’be feft under che sm, aie. id ye | 
be opened either by cauftic or aJancet, and afterwards — nt eee parsathe 
ment. It fometimes, however, happens that buboes ean Seat er — | 
_ brought to a fuppuration, but remain hard i regen va pica - Chine 
roe glands mutt be confumed by cauttic 5 if they fhould become ic 
"_mult be diffolved by che application of hearlock, both externally apd internally 
directed in the fcirrhous cefticle., 3H Paes eo 
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