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5. Injection — Valuable in Gonorrhea and Leucorrhea.— Fl. 

 cxt. of golden seal, }4 dr. ; sulphate, or acetate, of zinc, 1 dr. ; chlorate of 

 potassa, % ^^-'i tannin and sulphate of quinine, each 15 grs., the quinine to be 

 dissolved with 15 or 20 drops of aromatic sulphuric acid before put in; distilled 

 or soft water, 1 pt. Used same as the above. 



For leucorrhea it had better be made in double the quantity, and used with 

 a female syringe, cleansing the parts, first, by injecting water as hot as it can be 

 borne, keeping it in the vagina 2 or 3 minutes, by placing the fingers over the 

 external parts to prevent its immediate escape. This is important in all these 

 injections. It is also thought best, by J. "VV. Burney, ]\I. D., of Dcs Arc, Ark., 

 for leucorrhea, to give, internally, a tea-spoonful 3 times daily of the fl. ext. of 

 buchu in some flax-seed tea. It will prove valuable as a diuretic In either of 

 these diseased conditions of the system. 



6. Any of the articles named in these injections have been used alone, in 

 the strength of 2 grs. to the oz. of water, for gonorrhea; and, besides these, 

 strychnia, 1 gr. to the oz. of water, and corrosive sublimate of the same strength, 

 have been used, it is claimed, with success. The acetate, and the iodide of zinc, 

 1 to 3 grs. of either to the oz. of water, have been used very satisfactorily. 



Of late, suppositories have been brought into use, containing a suitable 

 amount of any of the foregoing, or other articles which are desired, to be intro- 

 duced into the ureter at bed-time, by which, it is claimed, a better action is had, 

 from the fact that the cocoa butter, in which the medicines are held, dissolves 

 slowly, and thus the medicine is held the longer in contact with the diseased 

 parts of the ureter. They are also made of suitable size for the vagina, in leu- 

 corrhea and gonorrhea of females. 



7. Gonorrhea Cured "Without Injections.— If the following inter- 

 nal treatment will do what Dr. Given, of Louisville, Ky., claims for it, it is 

 preferable, or, at least, is a less difficult plan to pursue. He states, through the 

 Brief, in answer to an inquiry, " How to Cure Gonorrhea Successfully With- 

 out the Use of Copaiba, Cubebs or Injections?" as follows: 



" The following is my prescription, as published in i\iQ American Practi. 

 tioner several years ago. It cures in from 2 to 10 days, if given within the first 

 24 or 36 hours after the disease has developed. I have never injected a single 

 patient: Spirits of nitric ether, balsam copaiba and camph. tinct. opii (para- 

 go ric), of each 1 oz. ; tinct. veratrum viride, 1 dr. Mix. Dose — A tea-spoon- 

 ful 3 or 4 times a day." 



Remarks.— The, author would say in flaxseed tea or some of the other mucil- 

 aginous drinks. The more freely the mucilages are taken, the better for the 

 patient. It is generally claimed, however, that those suffering with gonorrhea 

 must be careful about their diet, excluding meats of all kinds, fats, tea, coffee, 

 and absolutely avoid all alcoholic and malt liquors, and tobacco in all its forms, 

 if they hope to get well at all sjjeedily; and also to take a mild cathartic every 

 3 or 4 days, and that it is also valuable to lake a hip-bath 2 or 3 times a day, 

 while the inflammation is considerable, as hot as it can be borne; also to keep as 

 quiet as possible, else support the scrotum with a suspensary bandage to pr& 



