of the venereal disease. It attacks the head of the penis, or 
and frequently a part or the whole of the penis is destroye 
vages. It has a corroded, livid, and angry aspect—will not bear any 
irritation —often destroys blood-vessels, causing hemorrhages, which, 
however, are beneficial, unless too profuse. This ulcer is very pain- 
ful and tender. The eating ulcer is sometimes attended with mor- _ 
tification and sloughing, which destroys fast. ‘ 
- To check the advance of this frightful destruction, I have { 
poultice of fish-worms, renewed three or four times a day, and 
inued as long as necessary, to be infallible. ‘They extract the 
ver and poison, and give it a healthy appearance. ‘These are the k 
red fish-worms, or angle-worms, as they are called, that live 
muddy earth, and are known by almost every one. They s 
applied to the sore alive, and remain till they are dead, w 
become very offensive, from the corruption they have absorbe 
is best to repeat them till the poison no longer kills them. If; ir 
crawling of the worms should be too painful, they may be cut vpand 
applied immediately. After using the above poultice, should any 
fungous flesh or foulness appear, the green salve will effectually keep 
it under, and produce a discharge of healthy pus. If this salve should 
be too powerful, it may be reduced. Witch-hazle bark, or mar: 
rosemary in decoction, should be used for a wash, in the 1 
When this eating process attacks the glands of the thi 
the palate, it soon causes’a frightful excavation in the 
the mouth, destroying the power of speech, , = 
addition to the syrup, we can only use gargle: 
witch-hazle, or marsh-rosemary ; or the powder of the la 
_ be blown into the ulcer with a quill or tube. If these 
are suffered to proceed, the small bones of the palate and no 
come carious, and the nose falls in level with the face. Bes 
Often, too, an internal ulcer is formed in the head, and foul mat- 
ter discharged continually from the nostrils, from this disease. In 
such cases the powder of bayberry bark may be used as snuff, to ex- 
cite sneezing. gcd 
When this disease appears in scaly and itching erup! 
different parts of the body, afterwards terminating in de 
tions, discharging foetid matter, all that is necessary is 
course of the syrup, cleanliness, and such other attent 
ing the sores as may be nec a edit fia ee ae 
quently happens, from the long continuance of the disease, 
s use of mercury, that the bones of the head be- 
come exceed painful Hard swellings push ont suddenly in ~ 
different parts of the head, and as quickly recede. It is peculiarly _ 
distressing in the night, as it destroys sleep. | Bathing the head with _ 
my anodyne wash, affords great relief from the pain, and keeps the 
patient comfortable while the cure is progressing. Similar Es 
swellings or nodes, on other parts of the body, and particu 
the shin bone, may be dispersed in the same manner with co 
hee 
fe- 
‘in the bones in damp weather, which are an 
of the use of mercury, are yery soon 
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