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atotal suppression of urine; strictures in this stage require a long 
time to remove entirely. : 
- A stricture of the urethra, however, is not always the consequence 
of an inflammation from a clap. Occasionally it arises, particulaly 
in old men, from a life of hard labor, lifting and straining, or from a 
-scrofulous affection of the prostate gland, the gland at the neck of 
the bladder. This is more common among hard laboring farmers. — 
When aclap has been of long standing, warty excrescences are 
likewise apt to arise about the parts of generation, owing to the mat-— 
ter falling and lodging thereon ; and not unfrequently prove both 
numerous and troublesome. gh 
Moreover, it often happens that the venereal matter which should — 
have been discharged by the running, is thrown upon the scrotum, 
either by violent exercise, or the premature use of astringents, and 
causes a violent pain and inflammation, with a considerable swelling, 
‘sometimes of one and sometimes of both the testicles ; the running 
im the mean time proceeding slowly, but the heat of the urine re- 
maining equally troublesome. ‘This is frequently brought on by the 
‘impatience of the patieut, to stop the troublesome running, by the 
‘ill-timed use of astringents. a, 
Having noticed nearly every symptom which usually attends on 
the gonorrhea, or clap, in the male sex, it will only be necessa- — 
sary to observe, that the same heat and soreness in making water, — 
‘and the same discharge of discolored mucous matter, together with fe 
a slight pain in walking, and an uneasiness in sitting, take place in 
“females as in the former; but as the parts in women, which are most 
apt to be affected by the venereal poison, dre less complex in thee — 
nature, and fewer in number, than in men, so, of course, the former 
“are not Jiable to many of the symptoms which the latter are ; 
@ urinary canal being much shorter and’ of a more 
in them than in men, they are seldom if ever incommo 
s. With women, it indeed often happens, that all the symp 
s of a clap are so very slight that they experience no other incom 
nience than the discharge, except perhaps, immediately after a 
struation, at which period they may perceive some degree of aggrav® 
tion of the scalding and other symptoms. = L ee 
Women of a relaxed habit, and sueh as have had frequent’ 
‘riages, are apt to be afflicted with a disease named fluor-alb 
ites, which it is often difficult to distinguish from the run . 
>, as the matter discharged in both is in many cases of the 
stence. An accurate investigation, how 
hich are present, and these which have pree® 
ikewise the character and mode of life of the 
. renerally produce a just conclusion. ee 
cure of the gonorrhea or clap, it may be well as @ pré 
Cas ) give a thorough e,as of mandrak 
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