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2738 BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
Chronic and stinking ulcers on the legs, discharging much matter, _ 
are generally caused by an ill-cured venereal infection, and require 
the same flatisiag treatment, together with the green salve, if ne- 
cessary, = gees igo 
_ When there is great debility, poor appetite, &c., I give with the 
syrup, the iron and myrrh pills, two of them three times a day. 
In short, to conclude, when we discover any affection, local or ge- 
-neral, which can be traced to this disease, or to the use of mercury — 
combined with it, we may be sure that the poison yet lurks in the 
system, and that it must be thoroughly cleansed out, and the cause 
removed, before the cure can be completely effected. oe ae 
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IMPOTENCE. 
Inbecility, is an imaptitude for coition. Impotency, is a total in- 
capacity for that action. ee 
~*Causes.—A deficiency of vital heat, or some impediment to its 
roper efflux from the spinal marrow; weakness of the solids, pro- 
fuse venery, ill-cured claps, gleets of long continuance, gravelly dis 
orders, general debility, self-pollution, frequent bleedings, and the — 
_use of mercury. 
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_- Symproms.—Flaccidity and hanging down of the testicles, cold- 
ness of the glans penis; few, weak, or no erections; pain or weake 
‘ness of the Joins, wandering stitches in the sides and groins, head- 
ach, involuntary emissions, without erections, hypochondria. 
If it isan original disease, the cure is more difficult; in old men, 
>. If the patient is young and has no other complaints 
msequence, or if it proceeds only from indiscreet excesses, 
ycurable. If accompanied with a gleet or clap, first cure 
Tue Cuxe.—Great regard should be paid to diet and exercise. 
The patient should keep his mind constantly employed, to prevent 
as much as possible the incursion of venereal desires and thoughts. 
= should rise early in the morning, take a great deal of exerel 
pping of fatigue. The less fluids that are 
diet be of shell fish of all sorts, parti 
of flat-fish, eels, and such like 
» of which are pigeons, partri 
