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The gonorrhcea indeed was much abated, but a bubo was risen in his left groin, 

 and some small verrucose eruptions about the anus. 



In this condition he returned here, and put himself under the hands of Mr. 

 St , an ingenious surgeon, who endeavoured to bring the bubo to sup- 

 puration, but without effect ; for it soon receded, and presently violent pains 

 seized him in and about the fundament, which soon produced an exceedingly 

 painful phyma near the verge of the anus on the left side. 



Dr. H. was now consulted, who advised to bring it to suppuration as soon as 

 possible, which was done in 2 days ; from whence issued abundance of purulent 

 bloody matter. — In a day or two more, another appeared on the other side, 

 which soon vented the like matter. — The verrucae also now grew more nume- 

 rous and larger, and many pustular and scaly eruptions appeared all over him. 



Dr. H. ordered him to be fumigated with cinnabar, and advised him forth- 

 with to enter on a salivation. But, antecedent to it, as his humours were ex- 

 ceedingly tough and acrid, put him on a course of very plentiful dilution ; and 

 this the rather, as he was naturally of a dry and hot constitution, and besides 

 had lately been roasted in the torrid zone. 



Dr. H. began, as usual, by giving him calomel ; which, though it neither 

 purged or vomited him, yet, after having taken 5 drachms, produced no degree 

 of salivation, nor did it make his gums sore. — However, it brought on his 

 gonorrhcea again : Dr. H. then ordered him once and again, 8 or 10 grs. of 

 turbith mineral, which scarcely puked him, and gave him only 2 or 3 stools. 

 Dr. H. now found indeed that mercury and he, as well as Venus, had been old 

 acquaintance ; so he greatly augmented the dose of the mercurials, ordering 

 immense quantities of thin watery diluents: notwithstanding this, there was 

 very little operation by stool, and scarcely any by salivation. Though his gums 

 and fauces were very sore and swoln, he scarcely spit 1 pint in 24 hours, and 

 that excessively tough and fetid. Even under this strong mercurial course, the 

 pustular and leprous eruptions increased daily, so as to cover almost his whole 

 body, even his very face. His hands and feet were vastly swoln, as in an 

 elephantiasis, with horrid fissures, from whence issued a very stinking ichorose 

 matter. 



Dr. H. was quite confounded at this dreadful state of things, and seriously 

 bethought what further method could be taken against so terrible an enemy. 

 He had recourse to a warm emollient bath, in which his whole body was im- 

 merged ; after which he was well anointed with a strong mercurial ointment. 

 This was done for 3 days successively : notwithstanding which, though his 

 chaps grew exceedingly sore, and his throat so much inflamed and pained, that 

 he swallowed with extreme difficulty what he sucked through a pipe or quill, yet 



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