it be worn continually. B dy pitch, hemlock gum, or some) 
and stimulating composition plaster may be used for this pu 
At the same time, if the juices of the systein are vitiated, 
constitution is sufficiently strong to bear it, give cleansing syr : 
to remove the cause. Isut if there is great debility, it might bewell 
first to -_prepare the system by giving strengthening medicines, as 
well as food. eit ; split 
If there is a disposition to suppurate and form an ab: on the 
hip joint, we should, by all means, endeavor to draw the matter 
down upon the thigh, and Jet that be the seat of the collection. Ab- 
scesses upon the hip-joint are very destructive to.its ligaments and 
cartilages, and generally ensure lameness for life. We should there 
fore endeavor to remove the matter, by applying warm drawing poul- 
tices just below the hip, upon a favorable spot, and by bathing the 
hip with cooling and anodyne washes. We should never cut in upon 
_ the joint, or make any opening, issue, or scarification upon it what- 
ever, unless an abscess is actually formed upon it. 
In curing this disease, especially in children who are much debili- 
tated, we should never attempt to force a cure, as we then defeat 
our object. We should endeavor to cleanse the system by moderate 
means, and strengthen nature, so that in time she will gradually 
overcome the disease herself. The patient should live on soli 
nourishing food, and use as much exercise as possible. 
upon the diseased leg should not be spared. st 
If the thigh should have become dislocated we may-attempt its 
reduction gradually, first using relaxing ointments, as necessary. 
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THE VENEREAL DISEASE. Ase 
Volumes have been written upon this disease, and almost as many 
different opinions promulgated of its origin, nature and treatment, 
by their respective authors. Yet it remains, with most physicians, — 
an ugly, intractable and stubborn disorder, baffling, in many cases, __ 
their utmost skill, and fastening itself upon thousands of mankind as__ 
the severest scourge that ever visited them. Thatsuch is the e gt 
___ the present time, every physician, in our. large cities especially, can 
~ Bear witness ; and that such is the case I consider asufficient apology __ 
for ing known my peculiar methad of practice in this afflicting 
! ©; and I undertake this with the greater confidence as it has _ 
been my fortune to be very successful in curing it, particularly in 
inveterate chronic cases.of long standing. : 
I shall not attempt to trace out the origin of the, venereal di 
or decide the claim of proprietorship between and new 
It is sufficient for us to know that it flou 
among us, and that it is our duty to he 
far as we are able. Neither doth it become” 
for being thus afflicted; for, (as the great an 
Serves,) it belongs to God to punish the offen 
- the distressed and relieve the 
