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gina or Sheath of the Female, conflltutes fufficient 

 Matter to propagate the Diftemper to the next 

 Comer, and fo on ad infiiitum, unlefs fuch Ulcers 

 or running Sores be fafely and throughly deterged 

 or cleanfed and heal'd, otherwife they will be re- 

 infeded. 



From what has been faid, is appears moft reafon- Female 

 abk that the Female was firft infefted with what we firit infec- 

 now call the Venereal Lues, and that the Male, Jg^^ vene- 

 after the Running commenced, (tho' I think not fe^i Lues. 

 before, ) might propagate it at Pleafure. And it is 

 with good Reafon judged, that tho* one Man ( as in 

 thofe Times when Polygamy was no Sin ) fhould 

 have a Number of Wives, yet fhall he be fafe and 

 fecure from the Venereal Difeafe, provided fuch 

 Wives do not contraft the Diftemper from another 

 Quarter. And this may be plainly feen in ftoned 

 Horfes, which have a Number of Mares, perhaps 

 fix or Seven Score in a Seafon, yet (hall they not 

 have any Running at the Yard which can be judged 

 virulent. But it is far otherwife with Dogs, i5c. Dogs often 

 which copulate fo promifcuoufly that they heat the clai^^'d. 

 Bitches, and therelDy get the Clap, which often 

 turns to an inveterate Mangynefs, accordingly as it 

 fhews itfelf in a kind of Leprcfy in Human Bodies, 

 when the Venereal Miafviata or infedious Matter 

 has once got into the Blood. 



Dogs moilly lick themfelves whole, tho' their 

 Urine, ( for the Diftemper makes them pifs oftener 

 than they would do, and that is dmoft as often as 

 they pleafe ; ) I fay their Urine wafties the fmall 

 Ulcers within the Urethra, and keeps them clean, 

 fo that no Efchars or hard Scabs can be fcrrn'd upon 

 them to hinder the Difcharge of the Venereal 

 Venom ; for, in Fa<^, thefe Efchars or Scabs, whe- 

 ther by Neglcdl or bad Management, occafion the 

 Pox in Hum?Ji Bodies by driving back the Venereal 

 Taint, fo that it ibcu infeds the whole Mafs of 

 Blood, and deftroys the foft fpungy Bones, C5'r. 

 Jirjij but in Procefs of Time ruins the whole Hu- 

 man 



