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oculable, for Lafosse 1ms repeatedly succeeded in inducing it in 
this way. By scraping the surface of the ulcers on the penis with 
a lancet, and depositing the matter so obtained beneath the epi¬ 
dermis of the labia of the vulva, or that of the vaginal mucous 
membrane, the symptoms have been developed in due course. In 
the first-named situation, there appeared on the skin, between the 
sixth and tenth day, pustules resembling those just described ; in 
the second, the membrane became inflamed and thickened around 
the punctures, the epithelium was raised by a viscid transparent 
matter in the form of a small vesicle, which burst; the epithelium 
becoming detached, leaving a superficial ulcer, gray in the centre 
and red at the edges, this ulcer increasing in size until it is met 
by those nearest to it. A yellow sticky mucous then flowed from 
the vulva, soiling the quarters, thighs, hocks and tail; gradually 
the inflammation subsided, the ulcers healed, then the discharge 
ceased, and all tiic symptoms vanished. Analagous phenomena 
were witnessed when the matter from a diseased marc was inocu¬ 
lated on the penis or the urethral mucous membrane; the inflam¬ 
matory process, ulceration and morbid secretion were all noted, 
though the different phases were not followed so regularly as with 
the marcs, so that it could not be affirmed that the eruption on 
the penis was quite identical with that on the female genital 
organs. 
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“There is no difficulty whatever in curing this disease in its 
simpler forms, nature generally intervening to restore the patient 
to a state of health, and art only expediting recovery by perhaps 
a few days. Cleanliness and cessation of copulation, emollient 
and astringent applications in the form of lotion or injection, are 
nearly always sufficient to bring every case to a favorable termina¬ 
tion. If the inflammation runs high, gangrene and the formation 
of abscesses must be guarded against by the administration of 
febrifuge and purgative medicines, with topical astringents 
largely diluted. Abscesses must be opened, or hastened in their 
development; and should paraphymosis occur, local bleeding in 
the form of scarifications, suspending the penis by a wide bandage 
around the loins, and the application of astringents and cold 
water, will be most beneficial. The ulcers, if deep and callous. 
