A
New
TREATISE
OF
THE
Venereal
Distemper
.
CHAP.
I.
Of
the
Venereal
Distemper
in
General
,
of
the
Name
and
Original
thereof
.
THere
are
no
small
Contests
recorded
by
Authors
,
that
are
betwixt
the
People
of
several
Nations
,
concerning
the
Name
and
Original
of
this
Disease
,
which
we
call
Venereal
,
because
it
is
an
Effect
of
Venus's
Game
;
or
simply
,
the
Pox
,
by
reason
of
the
resemblance
that
the
Blisters
appearing
in
some
sort
of
Pox
,
bear
to
those
of
the
Small-Pox
,
which
are
called
Variolae
by
the
Physitians
:
In
which
,
because
there
is
something
that
is
shameful
and
sordid
;
every
one
,
to
excuse
himself
,
is
forward
to
ascribe
to
his
Neighbour
the
Source
and
Original
of
this
Distemper
.
Whence
it
is
,
that
the
French
,
Spaniards
and
Italians
,
do
upon
this
account
,
charge
one
another
,
with
volleys
of
continual
Reproaches
:
But
in
my
opinion
,
if
it
be
considered
,
that
it
is
two
hundred
Years
ago
,
or
more
,
since
such
Questions
were
started
,
Prescription
upon
Prescription
ought
to
put
an
end
to
the
Plea
,
and
purchase
to
every
one
an
indisputable
Right
to
that
which
he
does
possess
for
these
two
Ages
past
,
and
more
.
But
why
do
I
talk
of
two
Ages
?
't
is
certain
,
that
,
though
the
Pox
has
not
been
equally
known
in
all
Ages
,
yet
it
is
very
near
as
ancient
as
the
World
,
or
at
least
,
as
the
impure
conversation
of
Men
,
with
common
and
debauched
Women
,
which
was
before
Noah's
time
,
when
the
World
began
to
be
Multiplied
.
As
we
read
in
the
VI
.
Chap.
of
Genesis
,
For
all
flosh
had
corrupted
his
way
upon
the
Earth
.
Authority
,
Reason
and
Experience
do
evidently
prove
that
the
Venereal
Disease
began
from
that
time
.
For
,
we
may
say
,
once
for
all
,
without
making
a
forceable
Entry
on
the
Divine's
Province
,
that
God
,
having
at
all
times
hated
Fornication
,
as
an
horrid
Sin
,
did
likewise
in
all
Ages
of
the
World
,
punish
the
same
,
with
innumerable
Miserys
,
and
bodily
Diseases
,
among
which
the
Venereal
one
is
to
be
reckoned
,
as
the
effect
of
impurity
,
and
the
Reward
that
is
promised
to
such
profligate
extravagancy
.
XIX
.
Chap.
of
Ecclesiasticus
,
He
that
cleaveth
to
Harlots
will
become
impudent
,
Moths
and
Worms
shall
have
him
to
Heritage
.
Besides
,
both
Experience
and
Reason
do
prove
the
Antiquity
of
this
Disease
,
for
if
it
be
true
,
as
no
body
can
doubt
of
it
,
that
at
this
day
,
the
Pox
does
proceed
from
a
Corruption
of
Seeds
which
have
been
mixed
in
the
same
Matrix
,
Reason
does
oblige
us
to
believe
that
the
same
thing
happened
to
the
Debauchés
of
old
,
and
that
consequently
,
they
could
not
be
free
from
the
Pox
.
But
't
is
known
,
that
if
a
Virgin
,
that
is
perfecty
sound
(
if
the
Matter
be
so
ordered
as
to
free
her
from
all
suspicion
of
the
Venereal
distemper
)
shall
keep
Company
with
half
a
dozen
young
Fellows
,
as
sound
as
her self
,
and
be
debauched
with
them
severally
,
time
after
time
,
some
one
or
other
of
them
shall
quickly
have
the
Pox
,
and
all
of
them
,
by
a
repetition
of
Venereal
Acts
,
shall
at
last
be
infected
.
There
are
but
too
too
many
Examples
of
such
Truths
,
and
Histories
might
be
composed
of
the
Misfortunes
that
have
hapned
,
in
debauches
of
this
Nature
,
if
the
Circumstances
were
not
too
tedious
to
be
related
.
Books
do
sufficiently
furnish
us
with
such
Tragical
accounts
;
and
those
of
Judgment
are
well
enough
satisfied
,
that
the
Pox
may
be
got
after
that
manner
.
We
shall
give
the
Natural
Reason
of
it
,
when
we
speak
to
its
Cause
in
Chap
5.
And
from
this
we
may
observe
,
that
what
some
Authors
say
of
the
Original
of
the
Pox
is
altogether
fabulous
,
as
when
they
refer
it
to
the
Stars
:
We
shall
speak
of
this
in
the
Problems
which
we
shall
give
upon
a
great
number
of
Questions
concerning
the
Venereal
distemper
.
't
is
true
,
that
those
who
catch
this
Disease
at
this
day
,
do
not
all
get
it
,
in
this
manner
;
the
most
part
have
it
by
Tradition
,
and
a
communication
from
one
to
another
;
it
is
an
infectious
distemper
,
whence
it
's
natural
property
is
such
,
as
to
communicate
it self
,
and
produce
the
like
Contagion
,
seeing
that
the
Cause
of
it
is
a
true
Ferment
,
and
it
is
of
the
Nature
of
a
Ferment
to
multiply
it self
indefinitely
,
hence
,
there
needs
no
more
than
one
grain
of
this
Venereal
Ferment
to
infect
the
whole
World
,
as
there
is
only
need
of
one
Grain
of
ordinary
Leven
,
to
work
upon
and
to
reduce
into
it
's
own
Nature
,
such
a
quantity
of
Paste
as
should
require
all
the
Grain
in
the
whole
World
to
compose
it
;
we
shall
speak
of
this
Venereal
Ferment
,
after
we
have
given
a
general
Idea
or
Description
of
the
Venereal
Disease
.
CHAP.
II
.
Of
the
Venereal
distemper
,
of
it
's
Description
and
Symptoms
in
general
.
SEing
a
Discourse
does
yeild
no
satisfaction
to
the
Reader
,
unless
the
Subject
matter
which
is
managed
thereby
be
represented
by
a
distinct
and
clear
Idea
,
I
thought
it
convenient
not
to
proceed
further
,
until
I
shall
have
once
shewn
what
the
Pox
or
Venereal
Distemper
is
.
't
is
true
,
that
herein
I
cannot
follow
that
Method
,
in
which
,
when
one
has
occasion
to
explain
a
Subject
,
he
must
give
the
Definition
of
it
,
that
is
to
say
,
express
its
Essence
and
Nature
by
two
Artributes
,
which
are
called
Genus
and
Differentia
,
because
,
since
that
Genus
ought
to
be
such
as
contains
,
and
denotes
the
Species
immediately
under
it
,
and
next
to
it
,
and
the
difference
must
be
essential
to
that
which
is
defined
,
we
cannot
make
use
of
any
of
those
Genus's
,
since
the
Disease
does
comprehend
but
three
things
,
viz.
an
intemperament
,
an
ill
conformation
,
and
a
solution
of
continuity
,
and
we
observe
that
the
Pox
does
consist
sometimes
in
one
of
these
,
and
sometimes
in
another
,
and
often
times
in
all
the
three
;
but
it
cannot
be
said
,
that
it
is
always
one
of
them
,
for
instance
,
an
Intemperament
,
that
(
as
some
pretend
)
is
always
found
with
the
French-Pox
,
which
is
very
hard
for
any
one
to
be
sure
of
,
if
it
be
considered
,
that
an
intemperament
,
being
the
excess
of
one
or
more
qualities
,
the
Pox
is
often
discovered
in
such
cases
,
where
't
will
be
very
difficult
to
affirm
,
that
it
is
that
predominant
quality
,
and
what
shall
be
said
of
those
who
have
the
Pox
for
ten
years
,
or
more
,
without
any
appearance
of
hurt
done
to
any
bodily
function
?
't
is
necessary
therefore
to
use
a
Term
in
this
case
that
is
more
transcendent
then
that
of
an
Intemperament
.
As
to
the
other
Attribute
,
called
differentia
,
it
must
be
taken
from
something
which
immediately
follows
the
Essence
or
Nature
of
the
Thing
;
that
is
to
say
,
from
some
essential
propriety
,
which
does
always
agree
with
every
Pox
,
and
only
with
the
Pox
;
and
there
is
no
such
difference
found
;
whence
it
is
,
that
the
Disease
cannot
admit
of
a
Regular
Definition
.
But
neither
must
it
be
imagined
,
that
the
Description
that
we
are
about
to
give
,
is
absolutely
compleat
and
perfect
,
because
that
does
depend
on
very
many
circumstances
;
as
for
Example
,
one
cannot
exactly
comprehend
the
nature
of
that
Pox
which
remains
conceal'd
in
the
Body
,
for
a
long
time
,
without
exhibiting
any
sign
whatsoever
,
of
which
we
shall
speak
elsewhere
.
Whence
it
is
,
that
I
cannot
blame
those
,
who
,
to
rid
themselves
of
this
trouble
,
do
not
at
all
define
the
Pox
,
nor
write
a
long
Treatise
of
that
Disease
,
alledging
with
good
Reason
,
that
't
is
of
very
small
importance
to
know
how
to
define
the
Pox
,
provided
they
have
but
the
skill
and
good
fortune
to
cure
it
.
The
Pox
is
a
disposition
against
Nature
,
contagious
upon
the
touch
,
occasioned
by
a
ferment
of
the
same
Nature
,
arising
from
the
corruption
of
the
Seeds
of
divers
Persons
received
and
retained
in
the
Wombs
of
Common
Women
,
upon
which
one
or
more
of
these
Accidents
do
follow
,
viz.
Heat
of
Urine
,
or
a
virulent
Gonorhea
,
or
Running
of
the
Reins
,
Chancers
,
Buboes
,
or
Poulains
,
Tumours
,
Boyls
,
Condyloms
,
Nodes
,
Glands
,
Pains
,
Spots
,
Blisters
,
Tetters
,
Scabs
,
Ulcers
,
Rotteness
,
and
a
Caries
of
the
Bones
or
Cartilages
,
Falling
of
the
Hair
,
and
many
others
which
proceed
from
these
,
or
may
be
common
to
this
and
other
distempers
.
Nevertheless
some
of
the
first
of
these
Accidents
mentioned
in
the
description
,
may
follow
upon
other
Diseases
,
but
't
is
observable
,
that
when
they
proceed
from
the
Pox
,
they
are
attended
with
something
that
is
singular
,
which
discovers
them
to
be
the
Effect
of
the
Pox
,
as
we
shall
shew
,
when
we
come
to
speak
of
them
in
particular
,
or
give
the
marks
,
by
which
we
may
discern
that
distemper
from
other
Diseases
.
And
seeing
the
Pox
does
unavoidably
draw
after
it
innumerable
Evils
upon
the
Body
,
not
to
reckon
those
of
the
Mind
,
which
appear
by
turns
,
by
a
great
many
fantastical
representations
,
in
a
thousand
different
shapes
;
One
said
well
that
the
Pox
is
the
Protaeus
of
Diseases
and
a
Collection
of
all
Distempers
.
CHAP.
III
.
How
many
Sorts
there
are
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
.
IT
appears
,
by
the
Description
which
we
gave
in
the
former
Chapter
,
that
we
allow
of
only
one
sort
of
Pox
,
and
here
we
affirm
,
that
that
which
they
call
Heat
of
Urine
,
a
Chancre
,
or
Bubo
,
is
not
of
a
different
nature
from
that
which
is
called
the
great
(
or
French
)
Pox
,
as
we
shall
prove
by
three
Arguments
that
are
without
exception
.
The
first
is
,
that
Heat
of
Urine
,
does
as
infallibly
turn
to
the
French-Pox
,
as
the
Chancre
or
the
Poulain
,
upon
a
neglect
,
or
ill
management
of
the
Cure
;
and
therefore
they
must
of
necessity
be
of
the
same
nature
.
The
second
is
,
that
the
French-Pox
,
and
the
forementioned
accidents
admit
of
the
same
cure
,
in
so
far
at
least
,
as
they
are
malignant
or
Venereal
.
And
the
third
is
,
that
the
French-Pox
,
is
oftentimes
nothing
else
but
a
Collection
of
those
Accidents
,
which
is
manifest
in
Practice
;
and
we
shall
give
the
reason
thereof
in
the
following
Part
of
this
Discourse
.
There
is
therefore
no
essential
difference
betwixt
Heat
of
Urine
,
Chancres
,
Buboes
,
and
the
French-Pox
,
neither
as
to
the
Nature
of
the
Malady
,
nor
the
cause
whence
they
proceed
,
nor
finally
,
as
to
their
specific
Remedy
.
There
is
,
nevertheless
,
an
accidental
difference
,
which
does
consist
in
this
,
that
the
French-Pox
does
generally
seize
the
whole
Body
,
because
the
Mass
of
Blood
is
thereby
infected
;
upon
which
account
,
it
may
be
called
,
an
Universal
Pox
and
Heat
of
Urine
,
the
Chancre
,
and
the
Bubo
attack
but
one
single
Part
,
either
for
that
the
Venereal
Ferment
has
not
been
carried
far
,
since
it
was
first
communicated
,
or
,
that
Nature
has
expelled
it
,
by
a
vigorous
influence
,
and
,
as
it
were
,
by
way
of
an
imperfect
Crisis
,
as
may
be
seen
in
Buboes
,
or
finally
,
by
some
other
Accident
,
and
therefore
this
may
be
called
a
particular
Pox
.
In
which
there
is
also
a
notable
difference
,
as
to
the
manner
of
using
a
Specific
Medicine
,
and
some
other
circumstances
,
which
are
best
observed
in
Practice
,
as
we
shall
shew
in
the
Chapter
concerning
the
Method
of
curing
both
sorts
of
the
French-Pox
.
't
is
further
observable
,
that
there
is
another
sort
of
particular
Pox
,
that
is
to
say
,
which
lyes
in
one
Part
of
the
Body
;
for
it
often
happens
in
Practice
,
that
after
the
Universal
Pox
is
cured
,
there
still
remains
a
lurking
poyson
in
some
part
of
the
Body
,
as
in
the
Caries
or
Gangrene
of
some
Bones
,
in
some
Node
or
Tophus
,
which
admits
of
no
dissolution
by
the
action
of
Mercury
,
when
all
the
rest
of
the
Body
is
very
well
cleansed
;
and
which
consequently
requires
a
particular
Remedy
.
Although
the
Pox
is
the
same
in
all
Persons
and
at
all
times
,
and
has
a
specific
Medicine
,
which
is
Mercury
,
yet
it
cannot
be
well
cured
but
by
accident
,
unless
the
Temper
,
Age
,
Sex
,
Tenderness
(
with
other
like
circumstances
)
of
the
Persons
thereby
infected
,
be
duely
considered
.
For
Men
are
commonly
more
strong
,
Women
more
delicate
,
more
moist
,
and
their
Monthly
Courses
must
direct
us
in
the
choice
of
a
particular
Method
,
when
we
go
about
their
Cure
;
whereof
we
shall
give
an
Example
in
the
proper
Chapter
.
Those
who
are
of
a
Melancholy
Temper
are
commonly
cured
with
the
greatest
difficulty
,
because
their
Humors
are
more
stubborn
and
tenacious
,
and
because
they
abound
in
acid
,
and
frequently
in
austere
humours
,
which
are
worse
then
the
other
.
Choloric
Persons
are
easily
moved
,
but
suffer
cold
or
heat
less
than
others
,
wherefore
the
Bile
,
with
which
they
abound
,
must
not
be
irritated
,
by
a
suddain
change
of
those
qualities
.
Those
of
a
Sanguine
Constitution
must
be
often
blooded
,
and
Phlegmatic
Persons
fequently
inured
to
drying
Medicines
.
Infants
and
Old-men
,
being
more
tender
and
feeble
,
ought
to
be
look'd
after
accordingly
,
neither
the
one
nor
the
other
is
fluxed
,
especially
,
if
they
be
respectively
,
very
young
,
or
decrepite
.
For
this
and
many
other
Reasons
,
easy
to
be
understood
,
Mercury
,
which
in
this
Age
is
the
common
Medicine
for
this
Disease
,
ought
not
to
be
Prepared
always
in
the
same
manner
,
and
I
will
say
,
by
the
by
,
that
he
that
will
still
make
use
of
the
same
Preparation
,
shall
fall
into
a
great
many
Errors
,
and
fail
in
the
Cure
of
many
that
labour
under
this
Disease
.
't
is
further
alledged
that
the
Times
or
Ages
of
the
Pox
are
to
be
distinguished
,
viz.
its
beginning
,
its
encrease
,
its
state
,
and
its
declination
,
but
seeing
it
is
not
an
acute
Disease
,
and
besides
those
times
are
not
determined
equally
,
and
have
not
a
regulated
course
,
I
think
it
impossible
to
bring
the
thing
into
a
true
light
.
Because
,
for
Example
,
there
have
been
some
persons
,
who
have
had
the
Pox
,
for
the
space
of
ten
Years
or
more
,
without
any
remarkable
appearance
,
or
fatal
consequence
,
and
others
,
who
in
the
space
of
three
Months
,
have
become
almost
rotten
.
There
are
some
,
who
upon
a
Chancre
neglected
or
ill
cured
,
shall
be
for
two
or
three
Years
free
from
the
consequent
marks
of
the
Pox
,
and
others
,
who
in
six
Months
time
,
shall
be
therewith
covered
all
over
,
the
thing
depending
less
or
more
on
the
activity
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
with
which
they
are
infected
,
and
on
their
good
or
bad
constitution
;
we
shall
treat
of
those
Questions
in
the
Problem
;
in
a
word
,
the
Times
of
this
Disease
are
so
uneven
and
uncertain
,
that
there
can
be
no
standing
Rule
given
,
by
the
help
of
which
we
may
discern
them
,
Experience
being
the
best
guide
in
this
matter
.
And
't
is
not
,
in
my
Opinion
,
a
thing
of
so
great
importance
,
as
to
make
it
needful
for
me
to
insist
any
longer
upon
it
,
in
this
Chapter
,
because
that
which
follows
,
and
treats
of
the
different
degrees
of
the
Pox
,
shall
fully
clear
all
that
is
necessary
to
be
understood
,
in
order
to
the
giving
a
right
Judgment
of
the
state
of
this
Disease
.
CHAP.
IV
.
Of
the
Degrees
of
the
Pox
,
and
its
Progress
.
THat
the
Subject
Matter
of
this
Chapter
may
be
made
the
more
manifest
,
't
is
to
be
supposed
that
the
several
ways
how
one
may
get
the
Pox
,
may
be
reduced
to
three
,
for
either
the
Disease
is
original
,
that
is
,
contracted
in
the
Mothers
Womb
,
or
,
it
is
got
by
Copulation
,
or
lastly
,
by
some
other
external
Contract
,
viz.
by
lying
with
those
that
have
the
Pox
,
or
in
their
Linnen
,
after
their
Sweating
,
by
Drinking
after
them
,
by
Sucking
or
giving
Suck
,
or
in
some
other
like
manner
.
Secondly
,
It
must
be
supposed
,
till
it
be
proved
in
the
following
Chapter
,
that
the
Cause
of
the
Pox
is
a
sharp
and
biting
Ferment
,
which
without
all
Question
is
of
the
Nature
of
an
Acid
,
upon
which
account
it
can
coagulate
or
thicken
the
Humors
,
with
which
it
is
mixed
,
but
especially
the
Phlegm
,
with
which
't
is
more
readily
mixed
,
then
with
the
rest
of
the
Humors
,
because
there
is
something
of
an
Acid
naturally
in
all
Phlegm
.
Thirdly
,
't
is
to
be
considered
,
that
this
Ferment
is
by
so
much
the
more
active
,
as
't
is
the
more
exalted
by
a
long
Corruption
,
and
as
it
does
pass
from
a
Body
that
is
more
warm
and
open
,
to
another
that
is
likewise
heated
,
and
contrarywise
,
that
it
is
the
less
active
,
and
consequently
works
more
slowly
,
when
such
Conditions
happen
to
be
contrary
.
In
these
respects
,
the
Ferment
is
rendred
more
or
less
fixed
or
volatilized
.
These
Grounds
being
laid
,
I
shall
give
a
View
of
its
ordinary
Progress
,
beginning
with
that
which
follows
upon
Copulation
,
which
is
the
most
common
way
of
its
Communication
.
If
a
Man
has
the
Pox
,
he
emits
into
the
Womans
Matrix
,
a
Seed
that
is
full
of
that
Venereal
Ferment
,
which
insinuates
it self
into
those
parts
which
are
naturally
disposed
to
receive
it
,
as
being
soft
,
spongy
,
and
very
full
of
small
Glands
that
are
almost
imperceptible
in
their
natural
Figure
and
Position
,
though
they
be
at
this
day
pretty
well
known
by
Anatomists
,
and
sometimes
do
so
much
encrease
,
that
they
may
be
discerned
with
good
Eyes
.
't
is
those
small
Glands
that
easily
imbibe
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
which
,
in
them
,
is
further
corrupted
,
that
is
,
it
does
become
more
sharp
by
remaining
in
them
,
and
seeing
it
has
the
Nature
of
an
Acid
,
it
does
fix
and
coagulate
the
Liquors
that
are
contained
in
those
small
Glands
,
whence
there
does
arise
a
hard
small
Tumor
,
accompanied
with
Pain
,
which
is
that
we
call
a
Chancre
;
and
because
Heat
does
put
that
Ferment
in
Motion
,
which
thereby
does
become
more
sharp
,
there
happens
a
Corrosion
of
the
Substance
,
and
a
small
Ulcer
begins
to
grow
,
the
Limits
whereof
remain
as
yet
hard
,
and
this
Ulcer
encreases
by
little
and
little
;
this
is
that
they
call
a
Chancrous-Ulcer
,
and
which
we
call
a
particular
Pox
,
seeing
it
does
only
affect
one
part
;
or
if
one
pleases
,
he
may
take
this
for
the
first
Degree
of
the
Pox
,
or
the
first
Advance
that
this
Venereal
Ferment
does
make
,
according
to
our
Example
.
That
Ferment
always
multiplying
,
does
corrupt
the
ulcerated
Parts
that
are
next
to
it
,
and
especially
the
Liquors
that
ferment
more
easily
;
hence
it
is
,
that
the
Blood
that
is
carried
by
the
Arteries
for
the
Nourishment
of
the
Parts
,
does
receive
some
Particles
of
that
Ferment
,
and
in
returning
by
the
Veins
,
according
to
its
due
Circulation
,
communicates
those
Particles
to
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
which
by
degrees
,
comes
to
be
sufficiently
disposed
,
by
the
Accession
of
such
Particles
for
a
Fermentation
and
Corruption
,
that
is
,
to
become
it self
a
Venereal
Ferment
.
Thus
we
see
how
an
Universal
Pox
may
proceed
from
a
small
Chance
,
that
was
only
at
first
a
particular
Pox
.
And
the
Mass
of
Blood
may
be
corrupted
a
thousand
times
,
according
to
the
Force
of
the
Ferment
,
or
Constitution
of
the
Person
.
If
the
Ferment
be
volatile
enough
,
and
the
Party
have
Bile
or
Choler
predominant
in
his
Constitution
,
there
does
arise
a
sort
of
Turgen●y
,
which
makes
the
Humors
glide
,
sometimes
on
the
one
side
,
and
sometimes
on
the
other
,
from
whence
wandring
Pains
do
proceed
.
If
the
Ferment
is
more
fixed
,
and
the
Person
Melancholy
,
the
Blood
likewise
becomes
fixed
,
and
does
coagulate
,
and
its
Motion
consequently
becomes
unequal
and
slow
,
which
is
the
Cause
of
Weariness
,
want
of
Appetite
,
and
decay
of
the
Animal
Spirits
,
ill
Concoction
,
and
ill
Nourishment
,
together
with
a
Depravation
of
the
Expulsive
Faculty
,
Suppression
of
the
Menstrua
,
Hemorrhoids
,
&c.
If
the
Ferment
be
very
acid
,
and
the
Person
Flegmatic
,
that
Ferment
does
entangle
it self
in
the
Flegm
,
which
it
makes
viscous
and
thick
,
whence
the
Body
comes
to
be
chill'd
,
puffed
up
,
and
bleak
.
If
the
Person
be
Sanguine
,
it
does
produce
an
unequal
boyling
in
the
Veins
and
Arteries
;
hence
Inquietudes
,
Watchings
,
Heats
,
Vapors
,
sometimes
in
one
Part
,
and
sometimes
in
another
,
&c.
Every
one
may
here
discern
by
his
own
Reason
,
the
Consequences
of
that
Corruption
of
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
for
all
cannot
be
contained
in
a
small
Treatise
.
And
this
is
the
second
Degree
of
the
Pox
,
or
if
you
please
,
the
first
Step
to
the
Universal
Pox
.
't
is
not
easie
for
the
Mass
of
Blood
of
remain
any
long
time
in
this
Condition
,
but
it
discharges
it self
into
all
Parts
of
the
Body
,
which
it
does
moisten
,
and
through
which
it
does
pass
by
a
continual
Circulation
.
And
such
discharges
do
always
happen
with
a
great
deal
of
Inequality
,
for
it
is
a
constant
Maxim
in
the
admirable
oeconomy
of
the
Body
,
as
't
is
everywhere
else
,
that
the
Stronger
does
overpower
the
Weaker
,
Nature
that
has
a
continual
Propensity
to
disburden
it self
when
oppressed
,
though
it
be
provided
with
ordinary
passages
,
for
expelling
the
Impurities
of
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
yet
does
not
always
take
the
same
ways
,
especially
when
she
is
strugling
with
an
Adversary
that
treats
her
with
the
greatest
Violence
.
And
therefore
,
if
the
Venereal
Ferment
be
(
though
in
a
very
small
quantity
)
in
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
it
may
be
pushed
on
by
Heat
to
the
Glands
of
the
Emunctories
,
though
by
reason
of
its
Weight
,
it
goes
downward
more
easily
:
And
thus
we
see
that
there
grows
certain
Tumors
in
the
Groin
,
which
are
called
Buboes
or
Poulaines
.
Sometimes
the
same
Matter
is
carried
towards
the
Arm-pits
,
and
frequently
towards
the
Glands
of
the
Neck
,
which
become
thereby
very
much
inflamed
.
Sometimes
we
see
the
Pox
of
such
a
sort
,
that
a
great
Number
of
Glands
do
appear
,
in
which
case
,
there
is
a
strong
ground
to
believe
that
the
Lymph
and
Lymphatic
Vessels
have
contributed
to
that
Discharge
,
seeing
,
that
according
to
the
Principles
of
Anatomy
,
the
Lymph
cannot
pass
from
the
Arteries
in
the
Lymphatic
Vessels
,
otherwise
then
by
the
Glands
,
through
which
it
is
filtred
.
If
there
be
a
great
quantity
of
the
Ferment
,
the
Mass
of
Blood
does
discharge
it self
by
an
Ebullition
upon
the
whole
Skin
,
upon
which
we
may
see
Spots
,
which
are
nothing
else
but
Venereal
Fumes
;
that
by
reason
of
their
being
gross
,
do
settle
on
the
Surface
,
Blisters
,
which
in
a
little
time
grow
hollow
,
and
turn
to
Chancers
or
Scabs
,
as
well
great
as
small
,
Tettars
,
Boyls
,
Warts
,
according
to
the
predominant
Humor
.
If
the
Blood
discharge
by
Sweat
,
any
serous
Humours
betwixt
the
Muscles
,
these
Serosities
,
by
pricking
the
Members
,
do
cause
Pains
that
resemble
a
Rheumatism
.
If
these
Serosities
march
along
the
Membranes
,
a
Nerve
or
a
Periostium
,
they
cause
fixed
Pains
,
with
which
,
those
who
have
the
Pox
are
miserably
tormented
.
If
those
Serosities
affect
the
Joynts
,
they
shall
excite
the
Venereal
Gout
.
If
that
serous
Matter
settle
at
the
Roots
of
the
Hair
,
it
does
cause
,
by
corroding
the
Roots
,
the
falling
off
of
the
Hair
.
And
this
is
another
Degree
of
the
Pox
.
If
those
Serosities
grow
confirmed
and
hardned
all
along
a
Bone
,
they
produce
Nodes
,
which
make
yet
another
Degree
.
If
they
sink
into
the
Substance
,
and
penetrate
even
to
the
Marrow
,
they
cause
profound
Pains
,
and
becoming
more
sharp
by
their
stay
there
,
corrode
the
Bone
,
which
likewise
befalls
the
Cartilages
.
And
this
is
the
utmost
Degree
of
the
Pox
;
't
is
true
,
there
is
another
Degree
,
worse
then
any
of
the
former
,
because
it
makes
the
Disease
incurable
,
and
the
Patient
is
unavoidably
lost
,
which
is
,
when
the
virulent
Matter
does
discharge
it self
on
a
Noble
Part
,
and
corrupts
it
;
for
besides
that
,
the
lost
Substance
can
never
be
repaired
;
the
bad
Symptoms
that
accompany
this
Pox
,
and
the
Condition
of
the
Noble
Part
that
is
affected
,
admit
of
no
specific
Medicine
.
't
is
evident
therefore
,
that
there
are
so
many
degrees
of
the
Pox
,
as
it
does
make
advances
to
take
deeper
root
,
and
that
from
the
Surface
,
it
does
pass
to
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
from
thence
to
the
Flesh
,
from
the
Flesh
to
the
Membranes
,
and
from
the
Membranes
to
the
Bones
.
Nevertheless
,
all
these
Degrees
which
I
have
described
,
do
not
keep
always
the
same
Order
,
for
oftentimes
the
Pox
doth
pass
from
one
Degree
to
another
inperceptibly
;
and
sometimes
there
is
a
Gangreen
or
Caries
perceived
in
the
Bones
,
without
the
Precedency
of
other
Accidents
,
as
it
was
in
our
Explication
,
and
this
arises
from
some
particular
Dispositions
of
the
Ferment
,
or
of
the
Parts
of
the
Body
,
so
that
one
Part
does
make
a
greater
Resistance
than
another
,
and
the
Ferment
makes
a
longer
stay
in
one
Part
than
in
another
.
And
therefore
Judgment
may
be
best
made
of
it
according
to
the
Disposition
and
State
of
the
Patient
,
in
which
case
Reason
will
be
joyned
to
Experience
.
't
is
easie
,
by
this
Example
to
judge
of
the
Progress
and
Degrees
of
the
Pox
in
all
other
kind
of
Examples
:
I
shall
further
explain
some
of
them
,
which
may
serve
as
a
Rule
for
the
rest
.
I
suppose
that
a
common
Woman
has
the
Pox
,
and
though
she
were
not
infected
,
if
she
has
a
particular
Conversation
with
many
Men
,
the
Mixture
of
so
many
Seeds
does
occasion
such
a
Corruption
in
the
Passage
of
her
Matrix
,
that
degenerates
into
a
proper
virulent
Ferment
,
as
we
shall
explain
in
the
following
Chapter
.
If
then
in
that
Case
,
another
Man
shall
keep
Company
with
that
Woman
,
and
heat
himself
by
Copulation
,
he
shall
attract
some
Particles
of
that
Ferment
,
which
adhering
to
his
Yard
,
shall
produce
some
Chancer
,
in
the
same
manner
as
we
have
explained
the
former
,
and
have
the
same
Progress
,
very
near
,
as
the
other
.
But
if
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
which
is
in
the
Passage
of
the
common
Woman
,
be
sufficiently
volatilized
,
and
the
Passage
of
the
Yard
,
which
made
a
Penetration
,
be
sufficiently
open
,
that
Ferment
being
put
in
motion
,
shall
enter
into
that
Passage
,
and
go
to
the
small
Caruncle
,
that
hinders
the
involuntary
Emission
of
Seed
,
from
thence
to
the
Prostatae
and
Parastatae
,
which
are
the
Repositories
of
the
Seed
,
and
shall
produce
in
these
Parts
an
Inflammation
and
an
Acrimony
in
the
Seed
(
which
shall
corrupt
it
)
and
after
a
little
time
,
one
Ulcer
or
more
in
the
same
Parts
,
so
that
the
Seed
so
corrupted
and
fermented
,
shall
be
involuntarily
emitted
by
continual
Irritations
;
and
't
is
this
involuntary
Effusion
of
Seed
that
makes
the
first
Degree
of
the
particular
Pox
,
which
they
call
Heat
of
Urine
,
and
afterwards
a
Gonorrhea
or
Running
of
the
Reins
,
of
which
we
shall
treat
in
a
Chapter
apart
.
This
Venereal
Heat
of
Urine
may
continue
in
some
a
longer
,
in
others
a
less
time
,
without
bringing
the
great
Pox
;
because
of
the
Effusion
of
some
other
Humors
with
the
Seed
,
that
proceed
,
as
it
may
be
supposed
,
from
some
Ulcers
,
and
carry
off
a
part
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
of
those
Ulcers
,
and
blunt
the
Activity
of
what
does
remain
therein
,
whence
it
comes
to
pass
,
that
in
such
a
Case
,
't
is
something
slow
in
its
Operation
;
but
when
that
Ferment
is
volatilized
or
raised
by
Heat
,
the
Blood
which
does
pass
through
those
Parts
,
gradually
attracts
into
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
so
many
Particles
as
are
sufficient
to
corrupt
it
;
after
the
same
manner
as
we
have
said
,
of
a
Chancer
at
the
beginning
of
this
Chapter
;
and
this
is
the
Universal
Pox
,
which
makes
the
like
Steps
in
its
Progress
with
the
other
,
which
is
already
shown
,
and
needs
no
Repetition
.
If
the
Venereal
Ferment
is
yet
more
volatile
,
it
passes
not
only
into
the
Seminary
Vessels
,
but
also
(
without
any
stop
)
into
the
adjacent
Veins
,
and
mixing
it self
with
the
Blood
,
does
corrupt
it
,
and
this
Blood
does
corrupt
that
which
is
next
to
it
,
and
so
on
,
till
the
whole
Mass
be
infected
,
and
thus
there
is
an
Universal
Pox
,
when
there
was
no
other
Symptom
that
preceded
,
which
is
commonly
very
surprising
,
and
very
much
deceives
the
World
.
But
if
Nature
be
strong
,
before
this
Ferment
is
much
multiplied
in
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
't
is
separated
by
way
of
Crisis
,
and
forced
towards
the
Glands
of
the
Groin
,
where
there
grows
a
Bubo
or
Poulain
,
and
sometimes
two
together
,
when
the
Matter
does
much
abound
.
This
may
happen
,
when
the
Heat
is
so
strong
,
and
the
Ferment
so
volatile
,
that
it
is
expelled
through
the
Pores
with
the
Sweat
,
without
the
Help
of
any
Medicine
;
but
to
speak
the
truth
,
I
know
very
few
that
come
off
with
so
cheap
a
Cure
,
and
he
would
be
very
unadvised
,
who
would
trust
to
such
a
Chance
.
After
what
has
been
said
,
't
is
very
easie
to
conceive
,
that
in
what
way
soever
the
Pox
is
got
,
it
does
make
very
near
one
and
the
same
Progress
,
that
is
,
the
Venereal
Ferment
acts
by
degrees
,
beginning
at
that
place
which
it
first
seized
,
diffusing
it self
insensibly
into
the
neighbouring
parts
,
which
it
does
corrupt
,
and
these
corrupting
others
,
until
the
whole
Body
be
involved
in
the
same
Catastrophe
,
then
this
Body
can
bring
the
same
Fatility
on
an
infinite
number
of
others
,
because
the
Ferments
have
no
Limits
,
as
we
are
now
about
to
shew
by
what
does
follow
.
CHAP.
V.
Of
the
Cause
of
the
Pox
,
and
of
the
Nature
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
.
HItherto
we
have
used
the
Term
of
a
Venereal
Ferment
,
which
we
supposed
to
be
the
Cause
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
and
I
think
,
that
I
cannot
find
a
more
proper
one
,
for
giving
such
a
general
Explication
as
shall
agree
with
all
the
Opinions
of
reasonable
Authors
,
who
have
treated
of
this
Disease
;
I
shall
also
use
the
same
in
the
following
part
of
this
Treatise
,
for
this
reason
,
because
no
Body
can
be
mistaken
therein
,
unless
he
apply
thereunto
some
extravagant
Idea
,
as
that
of
an
Occult
Quality
,
or
a
Quintessential
Agent
,
which
has
served
the
turn
of
the
Antient
and
the
Ignorant
Race
,
who
loved
not
to
be
involved
in
intricate
Affairs
,
nor
puzled
with
hard
Questions
;
and
also
for
another
reason
,
because
those
who
are
prepossessed
with
another
Opinion
,
about
such
kind
of
Subjects
,
will
not
grant
(
unless
it
be
proved
)
that
the
Cause
of
the
Pox
is
rather
a
Salt
than
a
Mercury
,
or
any
other
Principle
;
or
that
it
is
a
true
mixt
Body
in
which
a
Salt
is
predominant
;
and
yet
none
will
deny
this
to
be
a
true
Ferment
,
since
it
has
all
the
Qualities
thereof
,
which
purpose
,
in
this
Chapter
,
to
make
good
,
upon
plain
and
demonstrative
Reasons
.
I
say
then
,
that
every
Ferment
is
a
Body
whose
Principles
are
resolved
,
exalted
,
and
in
such
a
Motion
,
that
being
applyed
to
another
body
of
its
own
kind
,
can
penetrate
,
move
and
finally
Convert
that
Body
into
its
own
Nature
.
And
since
I
know
that
this
definition
does
agree
to
all
proper
Ferments
,
that
I
may
explain
it
in
such
a
manner
as
does
best
suit
the
subject
in
hand
;
ordinary
Leven
and
common
Vinegar
will
suffice
for
Examples
in
this
Matter
.
A
bit
of
Leven
being
put
in
a
proportionable
quantity
of
Flower
that
is
reduced
into
Paste
with
Water
,
shall
put
the
Parts
of
that
Paste
into
such
a
motion
,
that
it
shall
be
sensibly
corrupted
and
become
Leven
,
like
unto
that
which
was
put
therein
,
and
this
Levened
Paste
shall
turn
another
Paste
into
Leven
,
and
this
shall
change
another
,
and
so
infinitely
.
But
the
first
Leven
was
made
of
the
like
Paste
,
and
it
can
change
nothing
but
Paste
,
into
its
own
nature
.
This
change
or
conversion
does
evidently
appear
to
be
made
by
a
motion
,
and
agitation
of
the
Parts
of
the
Paste
,
that
is
to
say
,
that
the
Leven
which
is
sharp
and
penetrating
(
which
may
be
sufficiently
,
known
by
the
Smell
)
by
the
means
of
it
's
acid
,
or
sharp
points
,
does
enter
into
the
Parts
of
the
Paste
,
and
in
dilating
and
expanding
them
by
the
Motion
,
sets
at
liberty
the
Spirits
which
were
in
the
Flower
or
Paste
,
and
gives
occasion
to
the
adjacent
Ethereal
matter
to
enter
into
it
,
which
joyning
it self
with
those
Spirits
,
does
encrease
the
Motion
,
and
drive
the
parts
of
the
Leven
yet
further
into
those
of
the
Flower
,
which
thereupon
are
more
divided
,
and
this
gives
entrance
to
new
Ethereal
Matter
,
and
disengages
new
Spirits
,
that
encrease
the
Motion
more
and
more
,
and
in
fine
,
it
does
continue
the
same
,
until
the
Flower
be
very
much
divided
,
all
the
principles
be
in
Motion
,
and
receive
a
determination
like
,
to
that
of
their
first
mover
,
which
was
the
Leven
,
and
that
was
nothing
else
,
as
appears
,
but
a
Motion
,
Attenuation
and
Resolution
of
the
Principles
,
which
will
be
yet
more
manifest
by
the
Example
of
Vinegar
.
Seeing
Truth
seldom
appears
on
the
Surface
;
't
is
worth
the
while
to
observe
what
happens
in
the
Generation
and
Multiplication
of
Vinegar
.
Wine
is
a
Compound
of
five
Principles
.
Of
Spirit
,
Salt
,
Sulphur
,
Water
and
Earth
,
in
such
a
Proportion
,
that
the
Spirits
are
predominant
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Principles
of
a
moderate
quantity
:
If
it
happen
by
any
acciddent
,
that
the
Spirits
evaporate
,
or
that
the
acid
of
the
Air
(
which
the
Wind
does
often-times
carry
with
it
)
does
enter
into
the
Vessel
,
or
that
heat
alone
does
excite
motion
in
this
Wine
,
the
Essential
of
Salt
the
Wine
,
which
is
naturally
Acid
(
as
we
see
in
the
Chrystal
of
Tartar
)
and
is
betwixt
a
fixt
and
a
volatile
,
does
more
volatilise
or
raise
it self
,
and
being
attenuated
does
dilate
and
expand
it self
over
the
whole
substance
of
the
Wine
,
and
get
the
Mastery
over
the
Spirits
,
which
it
does
clog
and
bear
down
,
yet
not
destroy
,
as
some
have
pretended
,
but
in
vain
,
because
,
't
is
in
no
wise
hard
,
at
one
Tryal
to
recal
those
Spirits
from
strongest
Vinegar
,
provided
it
be
made
of
Wine
,
and
not
of
other
Liquors
.
And
't
is
by
this
exaltation
of
its
own
essential
Salt
,
which
comes
to
be
predominant
over
the
rest
of
the
Principles
,
that
Wine
is
turned
into
Vinegar
,
which
is
a
true
Ferment
that
will
turn
a
proportionable
quantity
of
Wine
into
Vinegar
,
and
this
shall
change
another
infinitely
.
That
is
to
say
,
that
there
needs
no
more
than
one
drop
of
Vinegar
to
turn
all
the
Wine
in
the
World
into
Vinegar
,
successively
.
This
being
supposed
,
't
will
not
,
in
my
opinion
,
be
difficult
to
compleat
the
Explication
,
and
shew
,
that
the
cause
of
the
Pox
is
a
Ferment
,
which
ows
it
's
original
to
several
Seeds
that
are
corrupted
and
Fermented
.
I
have
said
,
at
the
beginning
of
this
Treatise
,
that
the
most
of
those
who
get
the
Pox
,
have
it
by
Tradition
,
or
by
Communication
from
one
another
;
and
there
,
we
did
not
meddle
with
the
Manner
of
the
Formation
of
that
Ferment
;
but
,
because
we
would
proceed
,
and
search
into
it
's
first
source
,
't
is
by
this
way
of
Reasoning
we
may
find
it
out
.
Experience
does
teach
us
that
the
Pox
is
an
infectious
Disease
,
which
is
communicated
from
one
to
another
indefinitely
,
that
it
is
the
same
in
all
,
that
't
is
cured
with
the
same
Medicine
,
and
that
consequently
its
Cause
is
aways
the
same
,
whence
its
Cause
must
be
a
true
Ferment
,
because
nothing
but
that
,
does
admit
of
these
qualities
.
And
because
Leven
must
be
of
the
same
kind
with
the
Paste
,
the
Venereal
Ferment
must
necessarily
be
composed
,
of
the
same
Matter
of
which
the
Persons
therewith
infected
are
composed
.
The
Seed
is
the
first
Matter
of
which
Man
is
composed
,
the
Seed
has
relation
to
all
Parts
of
the
Body
,
to
the
solid
Parts
,
it
being
the
foundation
and
basis
thereof
,
to
the
Spirits
,
since
it
abounds
with
them
,
to
the
Blood
,
and
other
humors
,
because
it
does
proceed
from
them
.
The
Seeds
is
very
proper
to
degenerate
into
a
Ferment
,
when
it
is
corrupted
in
some
circumstances
,
because
it
does
contain
Principles
that
are
very
active
,
and
fit
to
be
exalted
.
We
cannot
therefore
find
the
Original
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
any
where
but
in
Seed
that
is
much
corrupted
,
nor
is
there
any
Seed
that
is
corrupted
,
but
in
the
Wombs
of
common
Women
which
keep
company
with
many
Men
.
The
Seeds
of
one
Man
and
of
one
Woman
only
can
never
degenerate
into
a
contagious
and
Venereal
Ferment
,
seeing
that
according
to
the
Laws
of
Nature
,
which
is
always
uniform
,
if
they
take
good
care
,
those
two
Seeds
,
are
afterwards
capable
of
no
alteration
,
but
for
the
Generation
of
a
Natural
Birth
,
or
some
other
production
,
or
,
if
some
disposition
be
wanting
for
such
a
Generation
,
those
Seeds
are
lost
,
but
never
produce
any
bodily
harm
,
at
least
no
contagious
or
Venereal
distemper
.
't
is
therefore
somewhat
else
that
is
necessarily
required
to
make
the
Seed
degenerate
into
a
Ferment
,
that
is
Venereal
,
and
altogether
against
Nature
.
It
shall
therefore
happen
when
a
Common
Woman
has
kept
company
with
many
Men
,
that
their
Seeds
(
which
are
of
different
,
and
often
times
of
opposite
qualities
)
being
mixed
in
that
womans
Womb
(
which
is
naturally
fitted
to
preserve
the
Seeds
with
all
their
Spirits
)
do
forcibly
justle
against
one
another
,
and
't
is
very
hard
to
imagine
,
but
that
in
this
Combat
,
some
Spirits
(
with
which
each
Seed
abounds
)
shall
vanish
or
be
destroyed
,
and
because
the
seeds
have
viscous
Parts
,
the
rest
of
the
Spirits
are
entangled
therein
,
whence
there
proceeds
a
mixture
of
Principles
,
and
so
great
an
Agitation
and
Attenuation
of
Parts
,
that
the
Salts
that
are
in
the
Seeds
are
,
't
is
by
reason
of
the
Salts
with
which
the
Seed
abounds
,
that
Voluptuous
Men
are
called
Salaces
,
which
is
derived
from
Sal
,
and
Venus
is
said
erta
mari
.
by
that
occasion
,
exalted
,
and
do
expand
themselves
through
the
whole
,
and
so
prevail
over
the
other
principles
which
compose
the
Seed
.
And
therefore
this
compound
of
several
Seeds
becomes
a
Ferment
which
is
capable
of
corrupting
other
Seeds
,
and
all
the
Parts
of
the
Body
,
by
reason
of
the
relation
they
have
to
the
Seed
;
and
't
is
this
Ferment
which
is
to
be
called
Venereal
,
because
it
is
the
cause
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
by
a
peculiar
determination
which
it
received
in
that
corruption
,
that
occasions
it
to
exert
it
's
force
in
one
certain
manner
only
,
as
we
have
shewn
in
Vinegar
,
which
proceeds
from
the
corruption
of
Wine
,
that
is
,
from
the
resolution
of
the
Principles
of
Wine
.
And
seeing
Milk
,
which
has
a
great
resemblance
of
Seed
,
becomes
easily
Acid
,
by
the
exaltation
of
its
own
Salt
,
we
have
reason
to
believe
,
that
in
the
present
Case
,
the
Ferment
that
proceeds
from
the
corruption
of
Seeds
and
the
exaltation
of
their
own
Salt
is
also
of
the
nature
of
an
Acid
.
Reason
and
Experience
will
confirm
this
opinion
,
if
after
great
Sylvius
de
Leboe's
Example
,
we
make
some
reflection
on
Acids
,
and
upon
the
Principal
Symptoms
of
the
Pox
.
We
have
said
,
that
the
Principal
Symptoms
of
the
Pox
were
the
Chancres
,
Ulcers
,
Heat
of
Urine
,
Bubo's
,
Pains
,
Nodes
,
Glands
,
Scabs
,
Tetters
,
and
the
Rottenness
or
Caries
of
the
Bones
.
't
is
evident
that
these
Symptoms
can
proceed
from
none
other
,
but
a
cause
that
is
sharp
,
biting
and
coagulating
,
for
the
Chancre
begins
ordinarily
with
a
hardness
,
that
denotes
the
coagulation
of
some
juice
,
and
then
it
becomes
an
Ulcer
,
and
this
is
made
by
corrosion
.
In
heat
of
Water
,
there
is
an
Inflammation
,
Pain
and
Ulcer
which
shews
an
Acrimony
,
the
Nodes
and
Glands
proceed
from
the
thickning
and
coagulation
of
some
Liquors
thatly
all
along
the
Bones
,
and
in
the
Glands
,
with
which
our
Bodies
abound
.
The
Itching
that
accompanies
Scabs
and
Tetters
does
manifest
the
sharpness
of
Salt
to
be
the
cause
,
and
the
corrosion
of
the
Bones
does
prove
the
same
.
All
sharpness
does
proceed
from
Salt
;
This
Proposition
is
general
,
and
't
is
very
easie
to
prove
it
;
for
of
the
five
Principles
which
we
reckon'd
in
mixt
bodies
,
Spirit
,
Sulphur
,
Salt
,
Water
and
Earth
,
there
is
not
one
but
Salt
,
that
by
it
's
Points
and
stiffness
,
is
capable
of
Acrimony
;
the
Spirit
being
very
subtile
and
swift
,
Sulphur
exceeding
sweet
and
unctuous
,
Water
very
soft
,
and
Earth
without
Action
.
't
is
thought
with
good
reason
,
that
all
Salts
are
Originally
Acid
;
but
because
it
does
not
belong
to
the
present
Subject
;
't
is
to
no
purpose
for
me
to
discuss
that
proposition
;
't
is
sufficient
that
there
are
solid
grounds
,
upon
which
we
should
admit
a
Salt
;
of
whatsoever
kind
it
be
,
as
the
Principal
Salt
of
all
,
and
a
Principal
most
simple
,
and
which
being
intimately
United
to
the
Principles
of
mixed
Bodies
(
which
cannot
be
perfectly
resolved
by
any
Chymical
Art
)
is
the
cause
of
the
different
Salts
that
are
acknowledged
at
this
day
,
and
are
drawn
from
mixed
Bodies
.
But
how
different
soever
these
Salts
are
,
they
are
nevertheless
reduced
to
two
sorts
,
which
are
,
an
Acid
and
Alkali
,
the
proportionable
mixture
whereof
makes
a
third
which
is
called
Salin
,
and
however
the
matter
has
been
examined
before
this
time
,
the
Salts
that
are
admitted
to
be
in
an
Animal
are
reduced
to
these
two
.
And
upon
this
account
(
that
we
may
return
to
our
Subject
)
we
may
say
,
that
all
Acrimony
depends
on
one
of
these
Salts
,
viz.
an
Acid
,
an
Alkali
,
or
a
Salt
that
is
compounded
of
these
two
.
Now
that
we
may
determin
,
if
the
Salt
that
produces
the
Acrimony
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
is
an
Acid
or
an
Alkali
,
't
is
necessary
to
make
the
following
reflections
.
The
Essential
Salt
of
Bread
and
Wine
,
which
is
the
Principal
Aliment
we
use
are
Acids
,
common
Salt
with
which
our
Victuals
are
seasoned
is
Acid
,
the
essential
Salt
of
Fruit
and
Plants
which
we
eat
,
is
Acid
,
the
Ferment
of
the
Stomach
is
Acid
,
the
essential
Salt
of
the
Chyle
is
Acid
,
that
of
Milk
,
which
in
all
appearance
is
nothing
but
Chyle
,
is
Acid
,
and
therefore
that
of
the
Seed
must
be
the
same
:
whence
't
is
probable
,
that
when
the
Seed
is
Fermented
by
the
exaltation
of
it
's
own
Salt
,
it
does
become
Acid
,
and
therefore
the
Venereal
Ferment
must
be
so
too
.
't
is
true
,
that
't
is
possible
for
the
Salt
of
the
seed
not
to
be
Acid
,
because
so
many
Concoctions
that
precede
the
generation
of
Seed
,
might
entirely
have
changed
the
nature
of
the
essential
Salt
,
which
was
in
the
Aliment
and
in
the
Chyle
;
and
in
effect
,
we
see
that
Bile
is
made
of
the
Food
and
Chyle
,
and
yet
it
must
be
considered
as
an
Alkali
:
but
we
must
also
observe
,
that
Bile
is
nothing
else
but
a
Recrement
,
which
is
particularly
made
up
of
some
parts
of
Salt
and
Sulphur
,
that
have
been
scorch'd
by
the
great
heat
of
digestions
,
and
it
principally
proceeds
from
this
strong
heat
,
that
a
Salt
,
tho'
first
an
Acid
,
is
changed
into
an
Alkali
,
it
being
thereby
forcibly
Joyned
to
a
Terrestrial
Matter
;
and
yet
it
cannot
be
said
,
that
the
Seed
is
made
up
of
a
burnt
Substance
,
since
on
the
contrary
,
it
ought
to
be
the
most
gentle
,
pure
and
noble
matter
of
the
whole
Body
;
and
therefore
if
it
is
made
by
the
means
of
an
acid
Ferment
,
't
is
necessary
that
this
Acid
remain
in
its
Composition
,
although
this
does
never
appear
but
when
the
Spirits
that
are
predominant
therein
,
are
as
it
were
vanquish'd
and
fetter'd
by
the
exaltation
of
its
own
essential
Salt
,
which
we
affirm
to
be
an
Acid
.
All
this
is
lyable
to
many
Objections
,
which
with
the
Answers
thereunto
would
take
up
too
much
time
.
They
who
are
not
willing
to
acquiesce
in
the
Hypothesis
,
may
if
they
please
,
suspend
their
Judgment
,
and
if
they
will
be
at
the
pains
to
examine
it
,
as
the
matter
requires
,
they
will
grant
me
this
at
least
,
that
although
what
is
proposed
by
way
of
objection
may
be
true
,
yet
that
(
in
all
cases
)
would
not
change
the
System
,
nor
force
of
other
Proofs
.
The
effects
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
do
manifest
that
it
is
Acid
,
since
't
is
evident
that
it
does
condense
and
coagulate
the
Humours
excites
sharp
and
piercing
Pains
,
corrupts
the
Flesh
,
Membranes
and
Bones
,
as
much
almost
,
as
other
Acids
;
and
ordinarily
without
any
blackness
or
gangrene
;
whilst
that
corrosion
or
corruption
that
proceeds
from
Alkalis's
is
always
attended
with
a
blackness
,
mortification
and
a
gangrene
,
as
in
the
Plague
,
the
reason
whereof
is
,
that
since
an
Alkali
is
produced
by
the
force
of
Heat
,
it
is
by
so
much
the
more
Fiery
and
Caustic
as
the
Heat
from
which
it
did
proceed
,
was
violent
.
And
therefore
it
is
to
be
consider'd
as
a
potential
Fire
.
Nevertheless
it
does
not
follow
,
but
that
a
gangrene
may
sometime
seise
such
Parts
as
are
infected
with
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
when
the
Body
is
much
heated
,
abounds
with
Choler
,
and
is
under
a
Fever
at
the
same
time
,
but
especially
when
one
is
careless
of
himself
,
or
takes
hurtful
Medicines
,
as
we
have
seen
some
Patients
who
had
fallen
into
ill
hands
,
but
that
happens
by
accident
,
the
Acid
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
being
in
less
quantity
or
weaker
then
the
Bile
which
is
an
Alkali
:
for
in
that
Case
the
Alkali
is
predominant
,
and
being
irritated
by
the
Acid
,
does
produce
Effects
contrary
to
those
of
the
Acid
.
And
likewise
,
't
is
from
this
various
Mixture
of
an
Alkali
and
Acid
,
and
their
different
proportion
,
whether
it
be
in
quantity
or
vigour
,
that
we
see
in
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
so
great
a
Variety
of
Symptoms
,
and
are
frequently
mistaken
in
our
Judgment
about
the
nature
of
that
Disease
,
and
the
effect
of
the
proper
Medicines
:
wherefore
't
is
needful
to
make
our
Observations
with
great
care
and
consideration
,
and
not
to
imagine
that
all
Patients
are
to
managed
after
a
like
manner
.
CHAP.
VI
.
Of
the
Signs
of
the
Venereal
Destemper
,
and
of
the
Conduct
that
is
to
be
used
,
that
one
may
neither
deceive
nor
be
deceived
.
't
is
sometime
easy
enough
to
discover
the
Pox
,
especially
if
one
has
had
some
experience
:
but
it
often
falls
out
,
that
the
Signs
which
appear
are
so
obscure
,
ambiguous
and
equivocal
,
that
it
is
very
difficult
,
and
frequently
impossible
(
even
for
the
most
judicious
and
experienced
)
to
know
it
.
From
thence
it
is
,
that
so
many
Impostures
flow
.
The
number
of
those
who
pretend
to
Cure
this
Distemper
,
is
so
considerable
in
the
World
,
that
there
is
scarce
one
,
even
to
the
most
whifling
Journey-man
Apothecary
,
but
gives
himself
out
for
an
Able
Man
in
this
respect
;
from
which
we
may
conclude
,
that
for
one
of
sufficient
Skill
in
these
Affairs
,
you
may
find
many
thousands
that
know
little
or
nothing
;
and
there
are
not
a
few
amongst
the
rest
,
who
are
governed
by
their
Interest
,
and
who
,
in
expectation
of
Half
a
Guinea
,
will
perswade
those
that
consult
them
,
that
they
have
the
Pox
,
and
having
gained
their
point
,
treat
their
Patients
with
a
thousand
Sham-Offices
,
that
are
unworthy
of
the
Character
of
a
Man
of
Honour
,
who
would
rather
choose
to
starve
,
or
never
gain
one
penny
during
his
Life
,
then
Affront
the
most
inconsiderable
and
poorest
Creature
in
the
World
.
The
Sick
who
know
not
their
own
Condition
,
or
who
oftentimes
are
ashamed
to
make
it
known
to
those
who
could
Assist
them
,
become
a
Prey
to
those
Ignoramuses
,
or
to
those
Cheats
.
I
am
resolved
,
in
this
Chapter
and
elsewhere
on
all
occasions
,
to
lay
down
the
most
certain
Rules
,
by
which
the
Venereal
Distemper
may
be
discerned
,
that
the
Ignorant
may
learn
to
know
it
;
and
I
shall
give
wholesome
Counsel
to
those
who
have
had
the
misfortune
to
get
this
Disease
,
that
they
may
shun
the
Ignorant
,
and
avoid
all
Imposture
.
Heat
of
Urine
is
not
hard
to
be
discerned
in
Men
;
't
is
somewhat
more
difficult
in
Women
.
Of
this
we
shall
treat
in
a
Chapter
by
it self
,
and
therefore
,
that
we
may
neither
be
tedious
,
nor
repeat
what
has
been
said
already
,
the
Reader
may
consult
the
respective
Places
.
We
shall
also
speak
of
a
Bubo
or
Poulaine
,
by
themselves
;
in
one
of
the
following
Chapters
.
As
for
the
Chancre
,
as
it
is
considered
as
a
particular
Pox
,
we
shall
treat
of
it
in
a
Chapter
apart
,
which
't
is
needful
to
read
,
in
order
to
get
a
clear
and
solid
Notion
of
it
.
I
suppose
also
,
that
the
Reader
remembers
what
was
said
in
the
fourth
Chapter
of
this
Treatise
,
for
his
help
to
distinguish
the
particular
Pox
,
from
the
Universal
;
The
different
degrees
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
were
described
there
,
which
as
I
think
was
sufficiently
explained
,
so
far
as
to
prevent
mistakes
about
it
;
it
being
observable
,
that
in
doubtful
cases
we
must
always
prescribe
some
Remedies
by
way
of
precaution
,
provided
they
be
no
ways
hurtful
to
the
Patient
.
For
Example
,
a
Nurse
,
by
giving
suck
to
an
Infant
that
has
the
Venereal
Disease
,
has
got
a
Chancre
in
one
of
her
Breasts
,
and
has
had
it
for
some
time
,
never
thinking
of
it
nor
dreaming
of
a
Cure
:
Although
you
have
no
manifest
signs
that
this
Chancre
has
infected
the
Mass
of
Blood
;
nevertheless
seeing
it
is
very
hard
to
conceive
,
but
that
some
Particles
of
the
Ferment
have
glided
into
the
Blood
;
't
is
Prudence
not
only
to
mind
the
particular
Cure
of
the
Chancre
,
but
also
to
prescribe
some
Medicines
for
cleansing
the
Blood
,
as
some
doess
of
Mercurius
dulcis
mixed
with
a
Purgative
that
is
proportioned
to
the
Constitution
;
or
some
slight
Diet
,
for
what
remains
,
we
shall
treat
thereof
in
the
Chapter
concerning
the
universal
Cure
,
and
that
of
the
Chancre
.
And
this
is
a
Rule
that
is
very
useful
in
the
Cure
of
the
particular
Pox
,
that
is
,
which
does
only
effect
one
Part
.
As
we
must
notneglect
the
Remedies
of
Precaution
,
for
the
depuration
of
the
Blood
(
which
may
have
received
some
Particles
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
)
during
the
time
that
necessary
Medicines
are
applyed
to
the
Part
affected
.
So
we
must
not
proceed
to
the
great
Remedy
so
long
as
we
have
no
certain
marks
of
the
Universal
Pox
.
I
call
that
the
great
Remedy
which
does
cause
a
Salivation
,
which
I
believe
to
be
most
natural
and
proper
for
curing
the
Universal
Pox
.
I
shall
now
give
the
Rules
concerning
the
Universal
Pox
.
When
a
great
number
of
Signs
do
appear
,
as
a
Chancre
,
Heat
of
Urine
,
Pains
in
the
Night
,
Nodes
,
Glands
,
Scabs
,
Chancrous
Ulcers
and
others
mentioned
in
the
description
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
in
the
Second
Chapter
;
every
one
may
know
it
to
be
the
Pox
.
If
there
be
a
Chancre
and
Botch
in
the
Groyn
,
one
whereof
does
follow
upon
the
other
,
it
is
a
sign
of
the
Universal
Pox
;
for
't
is
very
evident
,
that
such
a
thing
cannot
happen
,
unless
the
Mass
of
blood
be
infected
,
according
to
what
we
said
,
in
the
Fourth
Chapter
.
And
't
is
the
same
,
when
there
is
Heat
of
Urine
and
a
Chancre
,
or
heat
of
Urine
and
a
Poulaine
or
Botch
in
the
Groin
.
If
one
of
these
three
,
a
Chancre
,
heat
of
Urine
,
or
a
Poulain
is
accompanied
with
some
other
Sign
,
as
some
Nodes
,
Glands
,
Pains
,
Scabs
,
virulent
Tetters
,
Caries
of
the
Bone
,
't
is
a
Mark
of
the
Universal
Pox
.
And
also
when
there
is
no
Chancre
;
Heat
of
Urine
,
or
Poulain
about
the
Person
,
if
it
appear
that
he
was
either
neglected
or
ill
cured
;
if
any
of
those
Accidents
supervene
,
as
Pains
,
and
especially
about
the
middle
of
the
Arms
or
Legs
,
a
great
Scab
,
that
is
no
ways
like
to
an
ordinary
one
,
but
especially
,
if
it
happen
on
the
Head
,
or
any
virulent
Ulcer
without
an
external
Cause
it
may
be
believed
to
be
the
Pox
.
Nevertheless
,
a
Woman
may
have
her
Whites
,
which
may
be
taken
for
a
virulent
Gonorrhea
,
and
she
may
have
at
the
same
time
Pains
,
which
yet
shall
not
consequently
be
the
Pox
;
and
therefore
on
such
Occasions
,
't
is
needful
to
proceed
wisely
in
Business
,
and
study
the
Discourse
I
shall
make
anon
,
of
the
Heat
of
Urine
.
If
there
be
any
Chancre
in
the
secret
Parts
or
Breasts
,
and
also
elsewhere
,
which
is
dryed
up
,
either
by
it self
,
or
by
Medicines
,
and
that
Chancre
,
after
a
considerable
time
,
come
again
in
the
same
place
,
without
any
manifest
Cause
there
is
some
reason
to
beleive
that
the
Pox
has
passed
into
the
Mass
of
Blood
;
but
if
the
Chancre
return
in
another
place
,
though
never
so
near
to
the
first
,
't
is
so
without
all
doubt
.
When
the
Body
is
covered
with
Blisters
,
and
these
Blisters
are
turned
into
Chancres
,
that
is
to
say
,
into
round
Ulcers
,
the
sides
whereof
are
hard
,
and
the
middle
somewhat
white
,
or
(
as
they
say
)
resembling
the
Eyes
of
a
Partridge
,
there
needs
no
other
proofs
to
assure
us
of
the
Pox
.
Pains
alone
over
all
the
Body
in
the
middle
of
the
Members
or
Limbs
,
or
Nodes
or
Scabs
on
the
Head
,
which
happen
after
keeping
company
with
infected
Persons
,
are
Marks
of
the
Pox
.
If
Pains
be
in
the
Joynts
,
it
requires
a
more
strict
Examination
,
and
the
Patient
ought
not
to
be
treated
,
as
if
he
had
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
unless
there
be
a
Concurrence
of
more
evident
Signs
,
because
that
may
be
a
single
Gout
,
and
the
same
is
to
be
said
of
a
Rheumatism
.
And
herein
't
is
very
easie
to
be
mistaken
,
for
the
Pox
is
often
concealed
under
the
Name
of
the
Gout
and
Rheumatism
.
Nevertheless
,
so
long
as
there
are
no
other
Signs
,
as
Chancres
,
Virulent
Ulcers
,
great
Scabs
,
Nodes
,
or
the
like
,
though
the
Pains
happened
after
an
unclean
Conversation
,
the
Patient
is
not
to
be
exposed
to
the
great
Remedy
.
And
the
Nodes
that
lye
near
the
Joynts
in
Gouts
,
give
an
Assurance
of
the
Pox
,
if
they
are
not
accompanied
with
other
Signs
;
for
such
Nodes
are
often
seen
in
Gouty
Persons
,
who
are
not
liable
to
the
least
suspicion
of
having
the
Pox
.
An
intollerable
Pain
,
and
such
as
has
not
yielded
to
ordinary
Means
,
has
passed
frequently
for
the
Pox
;
but
in
that
case
't
is
upon
some
Asiurance
that
the
Party
has
had
some
Chancre
or
Heat
of
Urine
for
a
long
time
,
from
whence
it
is
concluded
that
the
Pox
did
proceed
.
But
upon
such
Occasions
as
that
,
he
who
knows
himself
to
be
under
those
Circumstances
,
does
very
little
tender
his
own
Health
,
if
he
do
not
consult
with
the
most
able
Men
,
and
those
whose
Profession
it
is
to
cure
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
will
have
no
sense
of
Honour
and
Conscience
,
if
they
do
not
,
upon
mature
Deliberation
,
undertake
his
Cure
.
And
because
from
this
Case
,
which
does
often
happen
(
as
may
be
seen
in
such
Treatises
as
contain
Medicinal
or
Chyrurgical
Consultations
)
I
draw
a
General
Rule
for
the
Patients
,
and
those
who
cure
them
.
I
say
that
no
Person
ought
to
be
undertaken
,
as
having
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
so
long
as
no
convincing
Signs
thereof
do
appear
;
otherwise
,
this
were
to
undertake
the
Cure
without
knowing
the
Disease
,
and
pretend
to
restore
a
Man
to
Health
,
without
any
Assurance
that
he
is
sick
.
't
is
better
,
whenever
the
Signs
are
not
certain
,
to
stay
till
some
one
does
appear
,
that
determines
the
thing
,
and
if
there
be
any
Grievances
that
do
absolutely
require
some
Help
,
they
are
,
in
my
Opinion
,
to
be
looked
upon
as
single
,
and
it
a
Purgative
be
needful
,
Mercurius
Dulcis
may
serve
the
turn
,
that
being
an
harmless
Medicine
,
which
never
has
any
bad
Effects
,
if
it
be
prepared
,
prescribed
,
and
given
as
it
ought
.
And
if
the
Mass
of
Blood
be
sensibly
corrupted
,
it
may
be
depurated
by
easie
Methods
and
gentle
Medicines
,
such
as
promoting
of
Transpiration
without
excessive
heating
of
the
Body
,
for
which
purpose
,
at
this
day
,
we
safely
use
the
Volatile
Salt
of
Vipers
,
or
Vipers
themselves
,
or
the
like
.
There
are
also
some
Cases
,
in
which
't
is
better
to
use
gentle
Means
,
when
we
are
not
fully
assured
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
.
As
for
Example
,
After
one
has
been
cured
in
appearance
of
some
Chancre
or
Heat
of
Urine
;
if
Weariness
without
Labour
,
Loathing
of
all
manner
of
Food
,
an
Indisposition
to
the
Venereal
Action
do
follow
,
there
is
great
probability
that
some
Virulency
is
transmitted
to
the
Mass
of
Blood
;
nevertheless
,
seeing
these
,
when
single
,
are
but
doubtful
signs
,
and
may
very
well
be
the
Forerunners
of
some
other
Distemper
,
I
think
,
he
should
be
very
precipitant
,
who
would
salivate
this
Person
,
and
that
therefore
,
gentle
Means
(
as
we
have
said
)
are
more
preferable
.
As
also
,
if
nothing
appears
but
some
Piles
or
Warts
in
the
secret
Parts
,
without
any
other
sign
,
't
is
not
to
be
thought
the
Pox
,
because
these
Accidents
in
that
place
do
ordinarily
proceed
from
a
Decay
and
Weakness
of
those
parts
through
a
long
and
frequent
use
of
Venery
.
But
if
,
together
with
such
signs
,
there
be
some
Fissures
,
which
come
towards
the
Anus
,
Chancrous
Hemorrhoids
,
and
Warts
in
other
places
of
the
Body
;
in
such
a
Case
,
there
is
sufficient
assurance
of
the
Distemper
.
If
there
be
Chancres
,
with
a
Caries
of
the
Bone
,
in
the
Palate
or
Nostrils
(
I
mean
such
Chancres
as
are
perceived
in
Persons
who
have
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
which
differ
very
much
from
those
that
are
called
Cancers
)
't
is
called
the
Pox
,
which
is
also
very
hard
to
be
cured
,
as
we
shall
shew
in
the
Chapter
that
treats
of
the
Cure
.
If
there
be
a
Line
of
Pimples
that
cross
the
Fore-head
,
which
begins
with
the
Impression
that
the
Hat
does
make
,
and
which
does
not
disappear
with
a
Scab
on
the
Fore-head
,
Face
,
or
Head
,
or
Spots
in
other
places
of
the
Body
,
provided
it
be
known
that
the
Party
has
had
some
ill
Conversation
,
it
may
be
said
to
be
the
Universal
Pox
.
I
saw
lately
a
Sea-man
,
who
,
after
having
had
a
Venereal
Chancre
for
the
space
of
three
Years
,
of
which
he
was
ill
cured
,
became
full
of
Glands
or
Tumors
,
some
of
which
broke
in
his
Neck
and
Breast
,
just
as
the
Kings
Evil
,
with
no
other
difference
,
but
that
his
was
the
Venereal
Kings-Evil
.
We
frequently
see
Persons
who
have
their
Bodies
covered
all
over
with
Tetters
,
very
large
and
thick
Crusts
,
if
they
have
had
any
Conversation
with
Persons
infected
,
or
lay
in
Bed
with
them
,
or
in
their
Linnen
that
is
made
Contagious
by
their
Sweat
,
it
is
the
Universal
Pox
.
I
have
seen
a
young
Woman
,
who
had
never
known
a
Man
,
and
who
was
covered
all
over
her
Body
,
the
Privities
only
excepted
,
with
those
Crusts
of
an
Inch
thickness
,
and
as
broad
as
ones
Hand
,
without
knowing
that
she
had
laid
with
any
suspected
Woman
;
she
could
not
be
cured
for
the
space
of
three
years
,
though
during
that
time
,
some
who
passed
for
famous
Men
,
prescribed
Medicines
to
her
.
I
cured
her
with
Bathes
,
Whey
and
Mercury
,
without
Salivation
,
and
within
seven
Months
she
perfectly
recovered
,
and
no
Tetter
or
other
Accident
has
ever
returned
,
though
it
be
now
fourteen
years
since
she
was
cured
.
And
from
that
time
,
I
have
been
more
confirm'd
in
the
Opinion
I
had
,
that
Mercury
is
an
excellent
Remedy
for
Tetters
and
the
Scab
;
I
also
give
it
on
the
like
Occasions
,
at
all
times
,
especially
when
the
Scab
is
more
obstinate
then
ordinary
,
and
to
have
the
Cure
the
more
spedily
done
,
during
all
the
time
that
I
was
Physitian
to
the
Hospital
of
St.
James
,
I
have
usfed
with
good
success
,
a
Mercurial
Purgative
for
those
that
had
the
Scab
.
I
brought
that
Example
of
the
Maid
,
only
to
shew
,
that
there
are
some
Cases
that
require
the
use
of
Mercury
,
though
there
be
no
Pox
at
all
in
the
Case
,
or
when
we
are
least
assured
of
it
,
and
especially
when
we
see
that
Mercury
is
otherwise
a
proper
Medicine
for
the
Symptom
that
is
apparent
,
and
when
we
observe
that
ordinary
Means
do
no
good
,
whence
also
an
Indication
may
be
drawn
,
if
the
Symptom
be
not
Venereal
,
it
may
at
least
appear
to
be
such
as
requires
almost
the
same
Medicine
.
Yet
I
do
not
pretend
that
this
Indication
is
either
general
or
certain
,
and
I
am
not
,
in
this
,
in
Mercurial's
Mind
,
in
other
respects
,
a
very
great
Physician
,
who
says
in
his
third
Chapter
,
concerning
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
That
when
the
Disease
does
not
yield
to
ordinary
Medicines
,
nor
to
those
that
the
Antients
have
taught
us
,
't
is
in
effect
,
a
sign
(
as
he
says
)
that
't
is
the
Pox
.
On
the
contrary
,
I
am
of
the
Opinion
,
that
every
thing
should
be
examined
,
all
Circumstances
exactly
weighed
,
and
a
prudent
Deliberation
used
,
that
nothing
be
undertaken
but
upon
weighty
reasons
,
and
if
,
after
all
the
Efforts
that
are
made
for
knowing
the
Truth
,
no
signs
shall
appear
,
that
may
manifest
the
Distemper
to
be
Venereal
,
't
is
not
to
be
medled
with
under
that
Name
,
without
knowing
it
to
be
of
that
Nature
.
CHAP.
VII
.
Of
the
Prognostick
of
the
Venereal
Disease
.
AFter
that
which
we
have
said
in
the
foregoing
Chapters
,
it
will
not
be
difficult
to
find
what
is
the
Prognostic
of
the
Pox
,
for
after
having
examined
if
the
Pox
be
original
(
which
makes
it
the
more
hard
to
be
cured
)
or
contracted
since
ones
Nativity
;
together
with
the
Difficulties
which
may
arise
from
the
Constitution
,
Age
,
&c.
And
by
considering
what
was
said
in
the
Fourth
Chapter
,
concerning
its
different
Degrees
;
it
will
be
easie
to
judge
,
that
it
is
so
much
the
more
difficult
to
cure
,
as
it
is
the
more
rooted
in
the
Body
:
And
therefore
,
seeing
the
last
Degree
is
that
of
a
Caries
or
Rottenness
of
the
Bones
,
't
is
also
that
which
is
most
hard
to
be
cured
,
especially
when
that
Caries
is
in
the
Skull
or
Nose
:
I
will
also
say
that
't
is
so
difficult
,
that
the
Cure
thereof
ought
not
to
be
expected
by
any
use
of
bare
Mercurial
Pills
;
and
the
outward
use
of
Mercury
by
Friction
,
is
to
no
purpose
,
because
it
never
reaches
the
Caries
of
the
Bones
,
that
it
may
destroy
or
remove
the
Venereal
Ferment
that
adheres
to
those
parts
.
I
know
by
Experience
,
that
the
surest
Course
that
can
be
taken
about
this
kind
of
Pox
,
is
by
way
of
Vapour
,
which
does
reach
the
infected
Bones
;
but
seeing
this
Method
is
somewhat
dangerous
,
and
may
have
ill
Consequences
,
it
requires
both
Judgment
and
Dexterity
to
accomplish
it
.
The
Venereal
Distemper
is
not
commonly
Mortal
;
there
have
been
some
who
have
had
it
for
the
space
of
thirty
years
or
more
,
and
when
they
dye
,
it
does
not
so
much
proceed
from
this
Disease
,
as
from
others
which
were
contracted
through
the
Disorder
that
is
made
by
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
which
does
so
much
corrupt
the
Humors
,
that
it
hinders
the
Nourishment
and
other
bodily
Functions
,
or
when
it
disgorges
it self
on
some
noble
part
,
it
does
so
corrode
and
corrupt
it
,
that
the
Loss
is
irreparable
,
whence
it
comes
to
pass
,
that
in
such
a
Case
,
Death
is
unavoidable
.
It
frequently
happens
,
that
the
most
part
of
those
who
have
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
do
not
suffer
themselves
to
be
dealt
with
to
good
purpose
,
and
that
upon
a
great
many
Considerations
.
Some
are
thus
backward
,
because
they
have
not
enough
to
pay
for
their
Cure
;
others
,
because
their
Estate
or
Business
do
not
permit
;
a
third
sort
,
because
they
are
guided
by
Physicians
who
have
no
Skill
,
or
if
they
have
,
yet
may
be
mistaken
,
though
they
were
the
most
able
Men
in
the
World
,
seeing
the
Pox
is
sometimes
so
concealed
,
that
it
is
impossible
to
know
it
in
all
its
Circumstances
.
There
are
some
Bodies
of
such
singular
Dispositions
,
that
Mercury
cannot
produce
the
desired
Effect
upon
them
,
notwithstanding
all
the
Precaution
and
Means
can
be
used
;
those
who
have
Practice
in
these
Matters
,
know
very
well
,
that
they
cannot
perform
a
Cure
at
the
first
,
especially
those
who
make
use
of
Mercurial
Oyntment
;
there
have
likewise
been
some
,
whom
Salivation
by
Friction
could
never
work
upon
;
't
is
true
,
that
at
this
day
,
't
is
advised
,
when
these
Difficulties
do
occur
,
that
we
should
make
use
of
a
Dose
of
Mercurius
Dulcis
,
that
the
Salivary
Vessels
may
begin
to
open
.
But
I
could
wish
that
it
were
an
easie
Matter
to
raise
a
Salivation
,
by
the
Means
of
the
Unguent
,
and
if
so
,
can
any
one
be
assured
that
a
sufficient
Quantity
of
the
Mercury
shall
enter
into
the
Body
,
to
excite
a
Salivation
to
that
degree
which
is
requisite
,
or
that
it
shall
not
enter
in
too
great
a
Quantity
,
so
as
to
cause
a
Suffocation
,
or
some
other
Catastrophe
,
which
shall
be
worse
than
the
Disease
.
I
am
of
the
Opinion
,
that
it
is
impossible
to
be
exact
in
this
Matter
,
because
,
as
we
shall
shew
in
the
Chapter
of
the
Cure
,
it
does
depend
on
the
Disposition
of
the
Skin
(
which
in
some
,
is
too
much
shut
,
and
in
others
too
open
,
whence
it
does
admit
of
a
greater
or
lesser
quantity
of
the
Mercury
that
is
in
the
Unguent
)
and
not
on
him
who
applies
the
Unguent
,
how
well
soever
he
may
observe
the
Rules
.
And
therefore
it
often
falls
out
,
by
reason
of
some
of
those
Faults
I
have
shewn
,
that
the
Venereal
Distemper
is
not
cured
,
but
only
its
Symptoms
,
and
that
some
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
does
still
remain
in
the
Body
,
which
in
process
of
time
,
does
lodge
and
entangle
it self
in
the
Humors
,
in
such
a
manner
,
that
some
Inconveniences
do
afterwards
ensue
,
which
do
not
resemble
the
Pox
,
though
they
have
in
effect
sprung
from
it
as
their
proper
Fountain
.
From
thence
it
is
,
that
there
are
so
many
hereditary
Diseases
,
so
many
scrophulous
Tumors
,
so
many
old
Ulcers
,
so
many
Gouts
and
Rheumatisms
,
so
many
white
Courses
amongst
Women
;
and
in
a
Word
,
from
thence
arise
the
most
part
of
those
Diseases
which
we
observe
in
Families
,
and
which
unhappily
have
only
ordinary
Means
applied
to
them
,
because
their
Source
is
concealed
,
and
the
Physicians
themselves
many
times
,
dare
not
be
inquisitive
concerning
their
Original
.
CHAP.
VIII
.
Of
Mercury
,
and
if
it
be
the
Specific
Medicine
for
the
Venereal
Distemper
.
NOT
to
stand
upon
the
Etymologies
that
Authors
have
given
of
Mercury
,
nor
the
different
Names
that
it
has
got
,
nor
the
Influence
which
it
receives
(
as
is
thought
)
from
the
Planet
Mercury
,
nor
the
places
where
it
is
found
;
I
only
say
,
that
Mercury
or
Quick-silver
is
a
Metallic
Liquor
,
the
Nature
whereof
is
as
wonderful
as
it
is
singular
for
it
is
extreamly
heavy
,
seeing
it
comes
very
near
to
the
weight
of
Gold
(
which
is
the
most
ponderous
Body
of
any
we
know
,
and
that
which
may
be
called
the
most
fixed
Body
too
,
because
it
does
resist
the
Fire
more
then
all
others
)
we
may
add
,
that
it
has
a
nearer
Affinity
to
Gold
than
any
other
Metal
,
because
it
does
more
easily
unite
it self
to
it
than
to
other
Bodies
,
and
goes
as
to
a
Loadstone
,
a
considerable
way
,
to
find
it
,
which
has
been
matter
of
admiration
,
that
there
should
be
a
Sympathy
of
a
most
active
and
moveable
Body
,
with
another
that
is
of
all
Bodies
the
most
fixed
.
And
yet
the
least
Action
of
the
Fire
makes
this
Liquor
extreamly
swift
,
volatile
,
and
invisible
.
Mercury
is
a
gross
Body
,
seeing
it
is
very
opacous
,
and
it
is
exceedingly
subtile
,
seeing
it
does
penetrate
the
Pores
of
our
Bodies
;
those
of
the
Vessels
that
contain
it
,
when
ever
the
Fire
does
work
upon
it
,
and
those
of
Gold
,
which
are
incredibly
small
,
by
reason
of
its
compactness
;
and
which
is
more
,
it
does
produce
surprising
and
quite
opposite
Effects
;
it
heats
sometimes
,
and
does
cool
at
other
times
;
it
does
purge
some
by
Salivation
,
others
by
Stool
,
and
a
third
sort
by
Transpiration
,
and
as
though
it
were
never
the
same
thing
,
one
Man
is
purged
at
one
time
with
six
Grains
of
Mercury
,
who
at
another
time
cannot
be
purged
with
thirty
Grains
.
And
't
is
this
great
Unconstancy
and
Diversity
of
Mercury
,
that
has
very
much
perplexed
,
to
no
purpose
,
the
Heads
of
very
able
Men
,
who
endeavour'd
to
explain
its
Nature
,
and
give
some
regular
Definition
thereof
;
upon
which
account
,
I
have
sometimes
said
,
by
way
of
diversion
,
that
in
this
Matter
,
't
is
needful
to
follow
Aristotle's
Precept
very
closely
,
who
said
,
That
C.
8.
lib
.
1.
Poster
.
&c.
1.
l.
1.
de
Animâ
.
Definitio
debet
esse
rei
immutabilis
,
i.e.
A
Definition
ought
to
be
of
such
a
thing
as
does
not
change
.
If
Mercury
be
a
Bank
that
splits
the
Judgment
of
the
Learned
,
and
a
Stone
of
stumbling
to
so
many
curious
Men
,
who
are
assiduous
in
making
new
Discoveries
,
and
more
especially
,
to
draw
an
universal
Medicine
from
this
Metallic
Liquor
,
without
knowing
its
Nature
:
What
can
the
more
Ignorant
pretend
,
who
know
nothing
of
it
,
unless
it
be
some
pitiful
Receit
,
to
sublime
or
precipitate
the
same
with
a
Corrosive
(
which
they
can
never
any
more
separate
)
or
barely
to
mix
it
with
Purges
or
Oyntments
,
and
with
this
they
would
pass
for
Workers
of
Miracles
.
't
is
indeed
an
Abuse
,
and
one
ought
to
use
Diligence
,
if
he
cannot
know
the
Nature
of
Mercury
to
the
bottom
,
to
find
out
a
Method
,
whereby
it
may
be
,
in
such
a
manner
prepared
,
as
it
may
be
given
without
danger
.
For
if
we
examine
the
ordinary
Receits
thereof
that
are
found
in
Authors
,
we
shall
find
that
all
of
them
give
us
the
same
Song
,
which
they
borrow
from
one
another
,
and
that
none
of
them
does
examine
what
he
proposes
to
us
,
which
will
be
more
manifest
,
after
I
have
delivered
my
Opinion
of
Mercury
,
and
my
Experiments
upon
using
it
.
Although
Mercury
is
an
homogeneous
Body
,
and
it
is
as
easie
to
separate
the
Principles
that
compose
it
,
as
those
of
Gold
,
though
this
principal
Metal
does
contain
such
as
are
very
closely
united
and
well
digested
,
and
those
of
Mercury
are
not
so
strongly
joyned
,
because
it
is
only
a
crude
,
imperfect
and
undigested
Metal
,
or
rather
a
Substance
that
comes
somewhat
near
to
a
Metal
;
nevertheless
,
Reason
and
Experience
do
evince
that
it
does
contain
such
Principles
.
First
,
a
great
deal
of
Salt
,
but
not
an
Alkaly
,
as
some
pretend
(
for
there
was
never
any
such
found
in
the
Mines
)
but
an
exceeding
Acid
Salt
,
very
like
that
which
is
in
Sulphur
Mineral
,
which
is
known
by
distilling
it
by
it self
,
by
a
Method
that
all
Chymists
are
well
acquainted
with
;
for
it
is
resolved
into
an
Acid
Liquor
,
as
the
Acid
of
Sulphur
drawn
off
Per
Campanam
,
which
would
not
happen
,
if
the
Salt
of
Mercury
were
an
Alkali
,
from
which
there
can
never
be
so
much
as
one
drop
of
an
Acid
drawn
,
seeing
they
are
opposite
.
And
this
is
an
evident
proof
of
my
Assertion
.
Notwitstanding
what
has
been
last
said
,
Mercury
may
sometimes
Operate
not
unlike
to
an
Alkali
,
but
upon
a
quite
different
reason
which
is
,
because
it
's
Salt
is
Fettered
by
a
great
deal
of
Sulphur
.
For
't
is
not
to
be
questioned
,
but
that
there
is
much
Sulphur
in
Mercury
,
not
at
all
imflammable
as
the
common
Sulphur
,
but
Mettallic
,
incombustible
,
and
as
pure
Originally
,
as
that
of
Gold
;
the
Proof
of
which
is
,
that
there
are
no
Mettals
but
do
consist
of
Unctuous
Parts
,
for
't
is
their
Oyl
that
makes
them
capable
of
extension
;
if
then
Mercury
be
a
substance
that
has
a
near
affinity
to
Mettals
,
as
't
is
not
to
be
doubted
;
it
contains
Unctuous
Parts
as
well
as
Mettals
.
Experience
does
plainly
confirm
this
,
for
Mercury
does
easily
mix
with
common
Sulphur
,
Fat
,
Turpentine
and
Resins
,
by
which
it
appears
,
that
they
consist
of
substances
that
are
alike
;
but
the
resemblance
it
has
of
common
Sulphur
is
yet
greater
,
because
,
this
having
a
great
deal
of
an
Acid
Salt
in
it
's
composition
,
has
a
double
relation
to
Mercury
,
that
is
to
say
,
by
it
's
Salt
and
by
it
's
Sulphur
.
There
is
also
without
all
question
,
contained
in
Mercury
a
subtile
and
volatile
Earth
,
a
Metalic
Water
,
which
makes
it
Fluid
,
and
a
Spirit
which
is
it
's
proper
Mercury
.
I
shall
not
stay
to
give
the
Proofs
of
a
Matter
that
is
so
very
conspicuous
in
it self
.
We
shall
now
endeavour
to
explain
what
is
observable
in
Mercury
,
together
with
the
effects
which
it
does
produce
.
It
is
ponderous
,
because
it
abounds
with
Salt
,
and
experience
does
shew
,
that
Liquors
are
by
so
much
the
more
heavy
,
as
they
contain
the
more
Salt
;
the
same
may
be
observed
in
all
sorts
of
Wood
;
which
is
sufficient
to
perswade
us
,
that
it
is
likewise
Salt
which
makes
Mettals
ponderous
.
Some
believe
,
that
it
is
the
Sulphur
that
does
produce
this
quality
,
and
I
also
think
,
that
this
is
not
useless
,
but
that
it
does
much
contribute
thereunto
,
by
uniting
the
Salt
to
the
other
Principles
;
but
it
cannot
be
the
Principal
cause
thereof
,
because
it self
is
very
inconstant
,
and
there
are
some
Bodies
which
are
surcharged
with
Sulphur
,
which
weigh
nothing
in
comparison
with
others
,
which
cannot
be
said
of
Salt
.
And
it
will
not
evince
the
contrary
,
to
say
,
that
this
great
quantity
of
Salt
which
we
admit
,
cannot
be
drawn
either
from
Mettals
or
Mercury
;
for
this
reason
does
only
prove
our
want
of
Skill
,
for
we
see
,
that
in
Glass
,
there
is
a
great
deal
of
Salt
Kali
,
and
yet
it
is
so
entangled
in
the
Flint
,
which
they
use
for
making
of
Glass
,
that
it
cannot
be
separated
from
it
,
by
any
ordinary
Art
,
much
less
can
it
be
done
from
Mercury
,
which
flies
away
with
the
least
heat
.
It
is
Volatile
,
and
the
least
fire
does
make
it
evaporate
,
because
,
seeing
it
is
Liquid
,
the
fire
does
easily
penetrate
into
it
,
and
divide
it
into
such
small
Parts
,
that
it
can
then
raise
it
into
Vapours
,
and
reduce
it
into
that
State
,
in
which
it
was
at
first
;
for
Mercury
is
nothing
but
a
Mettalic
Vapour
,
which
is
raised
by
the
Central
heat
of
the
Earth
,
and
condensed
in
the
Surface
,
by
the
external
heat
.
It
is
true
,
that
this
Mercurial
Vapour
,
meeting
,
in
its
way
with
some
Sulphurs
,
with
which
the
Mines
abound
,
does
,
by
joyning
therewith
,
compose
a
mixture
that
makes
the
Mineral
Cinabar
,
not
unlike
that
we
see
in
Artificial
Cinabar
,
which
is
only
a
mixture
of
Sulphur
and
Mercury
,
that
may
be
easily
separated
by
putting
filings
of
Iron
into
the
Cinabar
,
and
then
distilling
the
whole
in
a
Retort
.
It
is
Opacous
,
because
it
has
straight
pores
,
and
such
as
never
can
be
disposed
in
a
right
Line
,
without
changing
the
Nature
of
the
Mercury
,
being
composed
of
Spherical
Particles
that
are
in
a
perpetual
motion
.
It
is
penctrating
,
because
it
does
easily
divide
it self
into
Atoms
,
and
is
in
a
continual
motion
.
It
resolves
Tumours
,
and
dissolves
Phlegm
,
because
it
is
penetrating
,
and
composed
of
an
Acid
Salt
and
of
Sulphur
,
which
are
very
proper
dissolvents
,
because
Phlegm
contains
much
of
an
Acid
,
wrapt
up
in
Unctuous
Matter
;
And
therefore
there
is
a
great
Affinity
betwixt
the
one
and
the
other
:
and
Tumours
proceed
from
a
Phlegm
,
that
is
made
thick
and
hard
by
an
Acid
,
and
therefore
,
the
Mercury
does
dissolve
it
,
and
the
resolution
that
afterwards
happens
,
does
proceed
from
the
natural
heat
and
motion
,
which
does
assist
the
Mercury
in
its
Action
.
It
does
produce
cold
Diseases
in
some
Persons
,
and
is
a
great
Enemy
to
the
Brain
and
the
Nerves
,
especially
when
it
is
taken
crude
or
ill
prepared
,
because
it
's
Mettallic
Sulphur
,
which
is
crude
and
indigested
,
and
by
the
Action
of
heat
draws
other
Parts
with
it
,
does
turn
into
a
Vapour
,
that
always
joyns
with
some
Volatile
Acid
,
which
it
finds
in
the
Body
,
and
this
Vapour
,
being
carried
through
the
Body
,
with
the
Blood
,
and
especially
to
the
Brain
,
does
settle
there
,
by
reason
of
the
coldness
of
that
Part
,
as
it
does
also
stay
in
the
Nervous
parts
,
which
are
likewise
cold
;
and
fixing
it self
in
their
Pores
does
obstruct
the
passage
of
the
Spirits
,
and
stop
their
course
;
And
hence
it
is
,
that
those
who
take
Mercury
out
of
the
Mines
and
who
are
employed
in
the
Works
,
do
commonly
fall
into
a
Palsey
,
by
reason
of
the
ill
effects
of
the
Mercurial
Vapours
.
On
the
contrary
,
it
does
heat
some
others
,
by
Accident
,
when
it
is
unskillfully
mixed
with
Purgatives
,
that
are
proper
for
causing
heat
,
or
when
it
is
prepared
with
sharp
Ingredients
,
that
make
violent
Irritations
,
which
raise
an
Effervescence
in
the
Humours
;
or
when
that
Acrimonious
preparation
,
and
that
Purgative
have
procured
,
without
Discrimination
,
a
voidance
of
the
serosities
which
were
in
the
Blood
;
for
in
that
Case
,
the
Active
Principles
of
which
the
Blood
is
composed
,
not
being
tempered
and
restrained
by
those
serous
Parts
,
making
nearer
approaches
to
,
and
being
altered
by
one
another
,
produce
that
great
heat
,
which
follows
upon
a
Fermentation
against
Nature
.
It
does
excite
Salivation
,
because
,
when
it
has
once
entred
into
the
Body
,
the
heat
does
reduce
it
into
a
Vapour
,
and
seeing
there
is
an
Acid
in
all
sorts
of
Bodies
,
those
Acids
do
easily
joyn
themselves
to
the
Mercury
,
which
in
it self
,
does
contain
an
Acid
Salt
,
as
we
have
said
,
and
those
Acids
being
in
Conjunction
therewith
,
make
it
Corrosive
,
in
the
same
manner
almost
as
the
Acids
of
Vitriol
and
Sea
.
Salt
do
communicate
a
Corrosive
quality
to
common
Sublimate
,
which
,
as
is
most
manifest
to
all
,
has
no
force
,
but
by
the
points
of
Salt
,
which
are
joyned
thereunto
,
in
Sublimation
,
without
being
able
to
dissolve
it
entirely
;
for
the
Mercury
does
retain
its
round
Eigure
,
as
may
be
seen
by
a
Microscope
(
and
those
Salts
are
by
their
Points
,
fixed
in
the
little
Globs
of
the
Mercury
,
end-wise
,
)
so
that
the
Mercury
is
the
more
easily
carryed
to
the
head
,
where
it
does
,
with
no
difficulty
stay
,
by
reason
of
the
cold
that
it
meets
with
there
,
and
because
it
does
joyn
it self
more
readily
to
the
Phlegm
then
to
any
other
Humours
,
upon
the
account
of
the
Acid
which
it
contains
,
and
the
Salivary
Vessels
do
always
contain
a
Phlegm
that
is
the
matter
of
the
Saliva
,
the
Mercury
does
dissolve
the
same
,
and
for
that
reason
,
it
is
more
abundantly
evacuated
by
the
Salivary
Vessels
,
and
seeing
the
Phlegm
does
attract
the
Mercury
,
which
is
become
Acid
,
as
we
have
said
,
the
extremity
of
the
Salivary
Vessels
is
Corroded
,
and
likewise
the
mouth
is
thereby
all
Ulcerated
,
whence
it
comes
to
pass
,
that
the
Salivation
or
Flux
is
encreased
,
and
that
an
extraordinary
quantity
of
Phlegm
,
does
Issue
out
of
the
mouth
till
the
same
Phlegm
,
by
its
continual
Course
,
has
wash'd
these
Ulcers
,
and
drawn
to
it self
the
Mercury
that
had
lodged
there
,
and
then
,
by
degrees
,
it
does
occasion
a
closing
and
healing
of
the
Salivary
Vessels
,
which
makes
the
Salivation
to
cease
.
Sometimes
Mercury
does
only
Purge
by
stool
,
and
't
is
thought
,
that
,
in
such
a
Case
,
it
does
meet
with
some
Alkalious
Matter
,
which
makes
it
let
go
those
Acids
,
and
precipitates
the
Mercury
into
the
lower
Parts
,
not
unlike
to
what
is
observed
,
when
Sublimate
Corrosive
,
dissolved
in
common
water
,
is
precipated
by
the
Oyl
of
Tartar
,
or
by
its
Salt
only
,
which
I
believe
may
be
done
;
but
I
have
observed
,
that
it
is
more
difficult
to
excite
a
Salivation
in
Melancholy
Persons
,
then
in
those
that
are
Choleric
,
or
of
any
other
constitution
,
and
that
those
Melancholy
Persons
are
frequently
Purged
by
stool
,
which
gives
me
ground
to
believe
,
that
seeing
those
Persons
abound
in
Acids
,
and
that
the
Acids
are
more
fixed
in
them
,
then
in
others
,
those
same
Acids
may
very
well
stop
the
Mercury
,
and
hinder
it
from
ascending
to
the
head
,
whence
it
comes
to
pass
,
that
being
more
heavy
,
because
surcharged
with
those
fixed
Acids
,
it
is
forced
to
pass
by
stool
;
so
we
see
,
that
when
there
is
a
dissolution
of
Mercury
made
with
Acids
,
as
the
Spirit
of
Sulphur
,
the
Spirit
of
the
Oyl
of
Vitriol
,
of
Allom
,
&c.
those
Acids
are
the
more
fixed
,
and
the
Mercury
is
sublimed
with
the
greater
difficulty
,
and
if
it
be
taken
at
the
mouth
after
a
convenient
Dulcoration
,
it
does
Purge
more
by
stool
then
by
Vomit
,
and
is
not
proper
to
cause
Salivation
.
It
does
,
without
doubt
,
proceed
from
the
defect
of
those
Acids
,
that
the
Mercury
not
finding
enough
thereof
,
to
make
it
sublime
to
the
Head
,
or
to
precipitate
it
downwards
,
is
carried
off
by
Transpiration
only
,
and
that
there
are
some
Persons
who
can
neither
be
Flux'd
nor
Purged
with
Mercury
.
From
thence
it
is
also
,
that
one
may
be
well
Purged
with
a
small
quantity
of
Mercury
,
at
one
time
,
and
that
a
considerable
quantity
thereof
shall
have
no
effect
upon
him
at
another
time
,
for
there
is
not
the
same
quantity
of
Acids
in
the
Body
,
at
all
times
,
which
depends
on
the
Diet
,
the
Season
and
the
Passions
,
together
with
many
other
circumstances
which
every
one
may
easily
observe
.
From
which
we
must
conclude
,
that
Mercury
does
act
in
so
many
different
manners
,
according
to
the
different
dispositions
of
the
Person
who
receives
it
,
or
the
different
manner
of
it
's
preparation
.
And
finally
,
it
is
from
thence
that
we
are
to
draw
a
Consequence
,
that
is
the
most
important
of
all
others
,
that
those
who
adventure
to
give
Mercury
,
without
knowing
it
's
right
Preparation
and
the
effects
which
it
is
capable
to
produce
,
as
well
as
the
Constitution
of
their
Patients
,
do
a
great
injury
to
themselves
,
and
a
greater
to
the
Sick
,
whom
they
unhappily
expose
to
a
great
number
of
Accidents
and
Dangers
which
they
cannot
prevent
,
so
long
as
they
are
not
capable
of
knowing
them
.
It
remains
,
that
we
examine
,
whether
Mercury
be
a
Specific
Remedy
for
the
Venereal
distemper
.
A
Specific
Medicine
is
that
which
does
cure
a
certain
Disease
,
at
all
times
,
in
all
places
,
in
all
ages
,
and
in
all
degrees
;
and
seeing
we
have
shewn
,
that
the
Venereal
Ferment
is
of
an
acid
Nature
,
that
it
fixes
on
the
Phlegm
particularly
,
it
may
be
said
,
that
Mercury
is
the
most
fit
Remedy
of
any
we
have
yet
known
,
for
the
Cure
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
;
for
if
it
is
not
become
absolutely
incurable
,
by
the
defect
of
the
Person
who
is
subject
thereunto
,
as
by
the
Corruption
of
some
noble
Part
,
or
the
Complication
of
some
mortal
Disease
,
I
believe
it
may
be
compleatly
Cured
;
but
seeing
I
have
made
it
appear
that
Crude
Mercury
is
very
dangerous
,
as
well
as
that
which
is
Corrosive
;
the
former
,
because
it
is
an
Enemy
to
the
Brain
and
all
the
Nervous
Parts
,
as
we
have
formerly
shewn
;
the
latter
,
by
Irritations
,
Corrosions
and
other
Depredations
which
it
makes
in
the
Stomach
and
elsewhere
;
I
can
Advise
no
body
to
use
either
of
them
,
although
I
know
very
well
,
that
some
have
been
Cured
both
by
the
one
and
the
other
,
because
those
Cures
were
causal
,
and
if
there
happens
to
be
Success
at
one
time
;
the
Sick
are
nevertheless
always
exposed
to
danger
,
or
to
the
fury
of
some
other
Accident
worse
then
the
Venereal
Distemper
;
I
shall
make
this
more
manifest
in
the
following
Chapter
,
in
which
I
shall
shew
the
common
way
of
using
Mercury
,
and
after
having
demonstrated
the
danger
that
is
apparent
upon
such
a
manner
of
using
it
,
and
the
small
assurance
that
one
can
promise
himself
,
of
curing
the
Sick
that
way
,
I
shall
establish
another
Method
which
may
be
practised
at
all
times
,
and
is
incomparably
more
gentle
,
more
easy
and
more
certain
.
In
the
mean
time
,
although
this
Method
has
many
Advantages
above
the
common
way
,
yet
the
Sick
are
exposed
thereby
to
some
inconveniences
,
when
Salivation
is
to
be
excited
,
which
ordinarily
cannot
be
so
effected
,
but
that
there
will
be
Ulcers
in
the
Mouth
,
tho'
we
have
sometimes
seen
gentle
and
protracted
Salivations
without
any
ill
Accident
to
the
Mouth
,
which
proceeded
from
a
good
management
of
the
Mercury
;
and
the
like
Success
may
happen
by
taking
what
time
is
needful
for
the
Cure
.
But
seeing
there
is
no
better
Medecine
;
known
then
that
,
and
that
all
others
that
have
been
hitherto
used
,
are
ineffectual
,
or
in
all
Cases
,
tedious
and
most
dreadfully
troublesome
,
we
are
forced
to
use
it
.
We
may
also
say
,
that
Mercury
is
an
admirable
Medicine
for
many
other
Diseases
;
the
wonderful
Effects
that
we
perceive
every
day
of
Mercurius
dulcis
does
prove
the
Excellency
of
this
Remedy
,
and
there
are
so
many
Able
Men
at
this
day
who
make
Experiments
on
Mercury
,
that
we
may
reasonably
hope
,
that
some
or
other
of
them
will
at
length
,
Communicate
to
the
World
,
some
extraordinary
preparation
thereof
,
which
will
make
it
manifest
that
Mercury
is
a
soveraign
Remedy
for
the
Venereal
Distemper
;
whilst
I
expect
this
,
I
shall
ingenuously
declare
,
that
having
of
a
long
time
observed
the
different
Effects
produced
by
Mercury
(
that
is
prepared
a
thousand
ways
)
in
a
great
Number
of
Persons
subject
to
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
whom
I
have
cured
;
I
have
found
by
Experience
that
Mercurius
dulcis
sublimate
is
a
Remedy
that
will
never
do
any
hurt
,
if
one
knows
how
to
use
it
,
but
it
is
also
so
weak
,
that
how
little
soever
the
Pox
has
taken
root
,
it
is
not
to
be
expected
that
it
can
be
cured
thereby
;
yet
there
are
some
Persons
of
so
delicate
a
Constitution
,
and
whose
Humours
are
so
fluid
,
that
they
may
be
Cured
with
twenty
or
thirty
Doses
thereof
,
provided
it
be
mixed
with
a
Purgative
,
and
convenient
Vehicles
.
I
have
often
,
on
such
occasions
,
prescribed
this
Receit
.
Take
of
Mercurius
dulcis
sublimate
well
prepared
,
and
the
Powder
of
Vipers
,
of
each
six
Drachms
,
Cristal
of
Tartar
in
fine
Powder
,
and
Scammony
in
Powder
,
of
each
half
an
Ounce
,
the
Trohisicks
of
Alhandal
,
two
Drachms
,
mix
them
altogether
with
so
much
Powder
of
Pale
Roses
as
may
suffice
to
make
up
a
Mass
of
Pills
,
whereof
a
Drachm
is
to
be
taken
,
or
one
Drachm
and
a
half
,
with
your
ordinary
Diet
,
Exercise
,
&c.
I
have
also
found
by
Experience
,
that
we
may
use
with
very
good
Success
(
even
in
the
case
of
an
inveterate
Pox
)
the
Golden
Precipitate
,
the
preparation
of
which
is
as
followeth
.
Take
one
part
of
fine
Gold
,
and
three
parts
of
Mercury
revived
from
Cinabar
,
make
an
Amalgam
of
both
in
the
ordinary
form
,
and
put
this
Amalgam
in
a
fit
matras
,
well
luted
,
digest
them
over
a
fire
,
with
a
gentle
heat
at
the
first
,
that
the
Mercury
do
not
ascend
and
separate
it self
from
the
Gold
,
encrease
the
fire
by
little
and
little
,
till
all
the
Mass
shall
be
changed
into
a
Red
Powder
,
and
which
will
become
of
a
dark
red
Colour
upon
continuance
of
the
heat
:
That
it
may
be
well
done
,
it
is
necessary
to
digest
the
Ingredients
for
three
Months
together
,
after
which
it
will
be
sufficiently
fixed
,
so
as
it
may
be
safely
given
.
The
Dose
is
from
three
to
twelve
Grains
for
the
strongest
Persons
,
mix
it
with
a
convenient
Purgative
,
for
Example
,
with
the
Polychrest
,
or
the
Catholic
Pills
.
I
cannot
enough
extol
the
Vertues
of
this
Medicine
,
and
he
who
shall
use
it
skilfully
,
will
not
repent
the
time
he
bestowed
in
the
digesting
of
it
,
and
no
sooner
shall
he
have
made
the
Experiment
of
its
Vertue
,
but
he
will
reject
all
other
Receits
which
are
found
in
Books
.
It
does
ordinarily
purge
by
Stool
,
and
sometimes
by
Vomit
,
it
must
not
be
washed
before
it
is
used
,
otherwise
it
will
loose
some
of
its
Acrimony
which
was
communicated
to
it
by
the
fire
,
without
which
it
will
not
purge
as
it
ought
.
It
may
be
taken
every
third
day
,
unless
the
Patient
have
a
Loosness
or
Purgation
in
the
Morning
in
which
it
is
to
be
taken
;
in
which
case
,
it
is
to
be
given
on
another
day
when
it
is
stopp'd
;
in
the
Intervals
the
Patient
must
be
let
Blood
less
or
more
,
according
as
his
Blood
abounds
,
or
is
corrupted
.
When
there
are
Nodes
or
Tetters
,
or
the
Body
is
dry
,
Bathes
must
be
used
,
for
Emollition
of
the
Parts
,
for
humectation
and
encreasing
of
the
fluidity
of
the
Humors
,
and
bringing
them
to
such
a
Condition
,
as
they
may
easily
yield
to
the
Medicament
.
All
the
difficulty
is
to
determine
,
what
Number
of
Doses
is
requisite
to
each
Person
that
has
occasion
to
use
it
,
for
although
the
Accidents
have
wholly
disappeared
,
it
does
not
follow
,
that
the
Patient
is
perfectly
recovered
,
for
there
still
remains
some
Ferment
in
the
Parts
,
or
in
the
Blood
,
from
which
the
Pox
will
in
a
short
time
spring
up
again
,
when
it
has
not
been
altogether
rooted
out
,
as
we
have
sometimes
seen
,
when
we
had
less
experience
:
And
therefore
to
be
sure
,
some
Dose
of
the
Medicine
ought
to
be
taken
after
all
the
Accidents
have
quite
vanished
,
that
no
Leven
be
left
in
the
Blood
;
a
Decoction
of
Vipers
may
be
given
for
some
days
,
by
which
means
,
there
will
be
an
insensible
transpiration
that
shall
carry
off
all
the
rest
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
and
that
shall
so
perfectly
cleanse
the
Blood
,
that
the
Patient
will
be
beyond
the
danger
of
a
relapse
.
It
is
truly
said
,
Heureux
celuy
qui
pour
devenir
sage
;
De
maux
d'autry
,
fait
son
apprentissage
.
i
.
e
.
That
Man
is
happy
,
who
grows
Wise
By
other
Men's
Calamities
.
There
is
no
Pox
but
what
may
be
Cured
by
this
Medecine
,
such
a
degree
of
it
only
excepted
,
where
there
is
a
Caries
or
Putrefaction
of
the
Bones
of
the
Nose
or
Skull
,
which
cannot
be
throughly
effected
,
but
by
a
method
that
is
extreamly
troublesome
and
tedious
.
And
therefore
,
in
this
case
,
it
is
better
to
salivate
the
Patient
,
not
by
the
means
of
an
Unguent
,
which
I
would
advise
no
body
,
because
of
its
ill
Consequences
,
which
we
shall
shew
in
the
next
Chapter
,
besides
that
it
cannot
do
any
good
in
such
an
Exigency
,
for
this
reason
,
because
the
Mercury
does
not
penetrate
so
far
as
the
putrified
Bone
,
to
destroy
the
Ferment
that
infects
it
,
but
this
Salivation
must
be
procured
by
Fumigation
or
Vapour
for
which
we
shall
shew
the
best
method
.
I
leave
all
other
Medicines
which
were
used
by
the
Antients
,
as
Guiacum
,
Sarsa-parilla
,
Sassafras
and
China-root
and
also
Box
,
which
has
been
used
of
late
,
by
some
modern
Artists
,
because
no
body
doubts
of
the
insufficiency
of
these
Remedies
,
and
every
one
is
satisfied
that
there
is
no
Cure
to
be
expected
from
them
,
and
they
serve
for
no
other
purpose
but
to
heat
such
Bodies
,
as
require
them
,
for
attenuating
the
Phlegm
,
by
making
a
Ptisan
thereof
,
for
their
ordinary
Drink
.
CHAP.
IX
.
Of
the
Method
of
Curing
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
and
that
Salivation
is
the
most
short
and
the
most
certain
way
,
provided
that
the
Mercurial
Unguent
be
not
made
use
of
to
excite
it
.
IT
must
be
agreed
upon
by
all
,
that
the
Pox
may
be
cured
by
all
such
methods
,
as
will
effectually
evacuate
the
Phlegm
,
in
which
the
Venereal
Ferment
does
particularly
ly
,
and
which
will
depurate
the
Blood
;
And
therefore
,
Sudorifics
,
Diuretics
,
Vomits
,
Purgatives
and
Salivation
are
the
means
that
are
the
most
proper
and
convenient
for
that
end
.
But
after
all
,
I
must
freely
declare
,
that
although
these
Remedies
be
all
good
,
yet
Salivation
is
to
be
preferred
to
all
the
rest
,
as
being
the
best
,
the
shortest
,
the
surest
,
nay
I
will
say
,
the
most
natural
method
:
for
if
we
observe
the
Oeconomy
of
our
Body
and
the
ways
which
Nature
has
provided
for
the
evacuation
of
superfluous
Humours
,
we
shall
find
that
she
voids
the
Excrementitious
Matter
that
remains
after
the
first
digestion
,
with
the
more
gross
Parts
of
the
Bile
and
the
Pancreatic
Juyce
,
by
stool
;
the
superfluous
Serosity
(
after
it
has
served
as
a
Vehicle
for
the
Nutritive
juice
,
with
which
all
the
Parts
of
the
Body
are
nourished
)
partly
by
the
Veins
,
and
partly
by
insensible
Transpiration
;
the
menstrual
Blood
by
the
Matrix
;
the
Hemorrhoid
Blood
by
the
Hemorrhoid
Veins
;
some
other
particular
Excrements
by
particular
Passages
,
as
by
the
Ears
,
the
Hair
,
by
Expiration
,
&c.
And
,
Lastly
,
as
to
the
Pituit
or
Phlegm
,
the
Salivary
Vessels
are
appointed
for
the
Evacuation
thereof
:
The
likeness
that
is
betwixt
the
Pituit
and
Saliva
is
well
known
;
They
being
the
same
Matter
,
and
only
differing
in
consistence
;
for
the
Saliva
is
the
first
Matter
of
the
Pituit
,
the
Saliva
is
continually
swallow'd
down
,
and
when
it
is
in
the
Stomach
,
it
grows
thick
,
and
in
the
digestions
,
it
does
intermix
it self
with
the
most
Viscous
Part
of
the
Aliment
and
is
afterwards
carried
into
the
Gut
called
Duodenum
,
where
it
does
continually
mix
it self
with
the
Bile
and
the
Pancreatic
Juice
,
which
make
a
Fermentation
together
,
by
the
means
of
which
it
does
so
fall
out
,
that
the
more
gross
Parts
are
precipitated
,
or
forced
downwards
with
the
Excrementitious
Matter
,
to
be
evacuated
by
stool
,
and
the
purer
Part
is
carried
by
the
Venae
lacteae
to
the
Heart
,
and
from
thence
,
by
the
Arteries
,
to
all
the
Body
,
with
the
Blood
,
from
which
it
is
grandually
separated
by
the
Conglomerated
Glands
that
lye
on
either
side
of
the
Mandibulum
,
and
from
thence
it
is
carried
by
the
Salivary
Conduits
,
to
the
Mouth
,
in
which
the
Pituit
that
descends
from
the
Brain
,
does
mix
with
it
,
there
being
a
considerable
quantity
thereof
,
produced
in
the
Head
,
by
reason
of
the
coldness
of
that
Part
,
which
Pituit
does
insensibly
pass
through
the
Infundibulum
,
from
whence
it
is
Filtrated
,
through
the
Pituitary
Gland
,
into
the
Mouth
,
so
that
it
is
easie
to
comprehend
how
the
Phlegm
is
carried
from
all
places
of
the
Body
into
the
Mouth
,
and
that
by
it
's
natural
motion
;
And
therefore
,
in
a
Salivation
,
which
is
excited
by
Mercury
,
the
Phlegm
being
put
in
a
quicker
motion
then
ordinary
,
does
easily
draw
to
it self
all
the
impurities
of
the
mass
of
Blood
,
and
especially
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
because
of
its
Acidity
,
as
we
have
said
elsewhere
,
and
by
that
means
the
P●●●d
is
compleatly
purified
.
It
is
true
,
that
it
seems
that
the
sweat
may
effect
the
same
;
which
certainly
would
be
so
,
if
we
had
a
Sudorific
,
that
could
without
any
violence
,
separate
the
Pituit
from
the
mass
of
Blood
;
but
seeing
it
is
Viscous
,
it
is
very
difficult
,
to
reduce
it
into
Vapours
by
any
Remedies
that
we
know
,
to
the
end
that
it
may
transpire
through
the
Pores
of
the
Skin
;
and
if
one
will
needs
attempt
it
,
he
must
heat
the
Body
very
much
;
whereas
the
Maxillary
Glands
have
naturally
a
Consiguration
fit
for
making
this
separation
,
which
is
enough
(
without
using
other
reasons
)
to
prove
,
that
an
Artificial
Salivation
is
only
an
imitation
and
an
Acceleration
of
the
natural
.
They
also
who
are
conversant
about
this
Matter
,
know
by
experience
,
that
it
is
more
difficult
to
stop
a
Flux
then
to
raise
it
,
and
therefore
they
who
give
it
by
the
Unguent
do
always
expose
the
sick
to
a
mortal
danger
,
because
they
cannot
measure
the
quantity
of
Mercury
,
which
ought
to
enter
into
the
Body
,
for
puting
that
Pituit
in
motion
,
which
is
not
precipitated
,
and
opening
the
Pituitary
Vessels
by
little
and
little
;
whence
it
does
come
to
pass
,
that
a
great
deal
thereof
does
enter
into
them
at
once
,
which
makes
the
Pituit
and
the
rest
of
the
Humours
ascend
to
the
Throat
and
Head
,
and
produces
Inflammations
,
which
are
ready
to
choak
the
Pati●●●
,
a
thing
which
does
very
frequently
fa●l
out
;
upon
which
account
,
every
one
concerned
ought
for
the
future
,
to
think
of
such
means
for
exciting
Salivation
,
as
may
be
gentle
,
and
safe
.
This
did
oblige
me
to
apply
my self
with
all
diligence
to
search
for
another
kind
of
preparation
of
Mercury
then
what
is
to
be
found
in
Authors
,
by
the
means
of
which
I
can
excite
a
Salivation
,
by
giving
,
at
the
most
,
half
a
Drachm
thereof
,
to
the
strongest
Person
,
in
four
or
five
Doses
,
which
will
also
Purge
by
stool
,
and
a
little
by
Vomit
,
Urine
and
Transpiration
;
and
will
give
motion
enough
to
the
Phlegm
to
pass
by
the
Mouth
for
as
long
a
time
,
as
when
Salivation
is
excited
by
Friction
,
but
in
a
manner
that
is
imcomparably
more
gentle
,
all
the
trouble
which
ensues
upon
Friction
,
being
thereby
avoided
,
which
to
speak
the
truth
,
is
so
great
and
intollerable
(
besides
the
danger
to
which
the
sick
is
exposed
)
that
if
those
who
have
the
Venereal
Distemper
knew
the
same
,
I
am
verily
perswaded
,
that
there
is
not
one
of
them
amongst
a
hundred
,
but
would
rather
choose
to
endure
the
Disease
all
his
life
time
,
though
it
should
be
never
so
short
,
then
meddle
with
such
a
mischievous
Remedy
.
That
I
may
make
it
appear
how
intollerable
that
method
is
,
I
shall
shew
in
what
manner
those
that
have
the
Pox
are
commonly
treated
when
they
are
to
undergo
Salivation
by
way
of
an
Unguent
.
I
suppose
that
the
Patient
hath
no
other
Disease
in
complication
with
the
Pox
,
which
would
require
distinct
Remedies
,
that
ought
to
be
first
given
,
and
that
the
Venereal
Distemper
is
only
to
come
under
consideration
.
I
do
likewise
suppose
that
the
Person
that
is
to
undergo
the
Friction
is
of
a
good
and
strong
Habit
of
Body
,
to
engage
with
the
Remedy
,
without
any
great
Preparation
,
for
the
correcting
of
the
evil
qualities
that
are
predominant
in
his
Blood
.
Now
the
Patient
is
to
be
prepared
,
First
,
they
give
him
a
Glister
to
dispose
him
for
bleeding
;
the
next
day
they
let
him
Blood
;
and
afterwards
repeat
bleeding
,
according
as
the
Patient
is
more
or
less
Sanguine
or
Plethorick
.
They
purge
him
at
least
,
three
or
four
times
,
for
carrying
off
the
more
gross
Excrements
;
and
after
that
,
they
Bathe
him
for
eight
or
ten
days
,
to
make
the
humours
fluid
,
to
open
the
Pores
of
the
habitude
of
the
Body
,
and
to
make
the
Mercury
pass
more
easily
through
the
Skin
.
Some
,
for
the
better
opening
of
the
Pores
,
give
a
Sudorific
,
putting
them
three
or
four
times
in
a
Sweat
,
placing
the
Patient
under
a
Canopy
,
archet
,
or
any
other
Instrument
proper
for
that
purpose
:
And
in
the
mean
time
,
they
give
him
a
Ptisan
to
drink
,
to
cause
heat
,
and
put
the
humours
in
Motion
,
and
withal
diminish
his
Diet
gradually
,
till
he
be
wholly
reduced
to
Broths
.
After
that
,
they
begin
Friction
,
with
the
Mercurial
Unguent
,
which
they
have
prepared
before
:
This
Unguent
is
ordinarily
prepared
according
to
this
form
,
or
some
other
that
may
be
reduced
hereunto
,
buy
putting
more
or
less
Mercury
in
it
.
Take
six
ounces
of
Quick-silver
,
beat
it
in
a
Marble
Mortar
,
with
it
's
cover
of
Wood
,
with
three
or
four
ounces
of
fine
Turpentine
,
when
the
Mercury
is
extinguished
,
add
thereto
a
Pound
and
a
half
of
Hoggs-lard
,
and
one
ounce
of
the
Oyl
of
Laurel
;
the
Unguent
must
be
beaten
a
long
time
,
for
dividing
the
Mercury
,
the
beating
being
to
last
for
the
space
of
seven
or
eight
hours
,
this
is
called
the
Gray
,
or
Neapolitan
Unguent
,
which
is
the
same
that
the
Apothecries
sell
for
the
Scab
,
with
this
difference
,
that
the
latter
has
a
less
mixture
of
Mercury
.
This
Unguent
is
then
taken
,
and
after
having
made
a
great
fire
,
with
a
Screen
before
it
,
they
make
the
Patient
warm
himself
in
his
shirt
,
that
the
Unguent
may
make
a
farther
entrance
,
and
they
rub
it
on
him
,
for
that
time
,
very
well
,
from
the
Soles
of
his
Feet
to
above
his
Knees
,
and
from
the
Wrists
,
to
his
Shoulders
,
using
in
this
Friction
,
two
or
three
ounces
of
Unguent
;
after
that
,
they
put
the
Patient
in
a
Bed
very
warm
,
obliging
him
to
keep
very
close
and
covered
,
having
,
before
that
,
so
ordered
the
Bed
and
all
the
Room
,
that
the
Air
is
shut
out
,
and
the
wind
can
have
no
entrance
,
keeping
a
good
sire
on
,
by
Night
and
by
Day
,
even
when
the
wheather
is
but
moderately
cold
.
The
next
day
following
,
they
put
the
Patient
in
the
same
Posture
,
and
making
use
of
a
little
more
of
the
Unguent
,
they
rub
all
his
Body
(
the
Head
,
the
fore-part
of
the
Breast
and
Belly
being
only
excepted
;
)
and
afterwards
commit
him
to
his
Bed
warm
as
before
.
On
the
third
day
,
they
repeat
the
same
,
and
if
they
do
not
perceive
the
marks
of
an
approaching
Salivation
,
they
continue
the
like
method
,
by
a
fourth
,
a
fifth
,
and
a
sixth
Friction
,
and
if
after
all
,
the
Signs
of
Salivation
do
not
appear
,
they
think
it
the
best
way
(
instead
of
using
more
Frictions
which
may
prove
mortal
)
to
give
the
Person
,
a
small
Dose
of
Mercurius
Dulcis
by
the
mouth
,
to
determin
or
begin
the
Salivation
.
Then
it
is
,
that
whilst
the
Mercury
,
afcends
to
the
head
,
the
Patient
finds
pricking
Pains
in
his
Mouth
,
which
are
followed
with
Ulcers
therein
.
And
because
the
Phlegm
is
ordinarily
carried
thither
with
a
Rapid
Motion
,
it
does
draw
along
with
it self
the
other
humours
,
which
inflame
all
the
Head
and
Throat
,
and
put
the
Patient
in
danger
of
being
suffocated
:
yet
if
the
Salivary
Vessels
be
opened
,
and
the
Pituit
sufficiently
Fluid
,
it
does
run
swift
enough
,
and
two
or
three
Pounds
of
the
Saliva
are
every
day
evacuated
at
the
mouth
.
This
Salivation
,
that
it
may
answer
the
design
,
ought
to
continue
at
the
least
for
the
space
of
fifteen
,
and
at
the
most
,
thirty
days
;
and
during
that
time
,
the
Patient
is
to
eat
nothing
but
Broth
,
some
yolks
of
Eggs
upon
the
remission
,
and
a
Ptisan
made
with
Guiacum
which
is
something
offensive
to
the
taste
.
They
give
the
Patient
a
Glister
every
other
day
,
and
sometimes
Purge
him
gently
,
especially
towards
the
end
of
the
Salivation
,
which
being
over
,
they
give
him
a
formal
Purge
,
they
let
him
again
Blood
,
and
put
him
to
sweat
,
according
as
he
is
more
or
less
dried
by
the
Salivation
.
To
this
it
must
be
added
,
that
the
Patient
is
not
to
stir
out
of
Bed
,
and
that
his
Linnen
must
not
be
shifted
for
seven
or
eight
days
,
and
that
he
must
wear
the
same
shirt
that
he
had
on
when
the
Friction
was
begun
,
which
would
be
no
matter
of
great
hardship
for
some
old
Souldier
,
who
might
possibly
wear
a
dirty
and
lousy
one
much
longer
time
;
but
for
those
Gallants
who
pretend
to
neatness
,
I
verily
believe
,
that
they
need
no
other
Article
of
Pennance
from
the
most
rigid
Confessor
.
What
has
been
said
of
this
Matter
,
is
supposed
to
be
in
a
Mans
Case
;
for
,
as
to
the
Female
Sex
,
if
their
monthly
Courses
do
not
proceed
regularly
,
proper
means
are
to
be
used
to
regulate
them
,
before
the
Remedy
be
applied
,
and
if
the
Woman
be
with
Child
,
there
are
Measures
to
be
taken
,
with
regard
to
all
particulars
.
I
also
supposed
,
that
the
Persons
who
receive
the
Friction
,
is
of
a
good
Habit
and
easie
to
be
cured
;
for
seeing
by
this
Method
,
the
Mercury
has
entred
into
the
Body
without
any
proportion
,
and
that
this
Entrance
does
depend
upon
the
Disposition
of
the
Pores
of
the
Skin
;
It
does
frequently
happen
that
those
Pores
are
very
much
shut
,
and
that
only
a
very
small
quantity
of
Mercury
does
enter
,
which
not
being
capable
to
dissolve
the
Phlegm
,
which
is
over
all
the
Body
,
does
still
leave
some
Venereal
Ferments
behind
,
upon
which
occasion
the
Pox
does
quickly
appear
again
.
And
when
the
Pores
are
too
large
,
a
great
deal
of
Mercury
gets
an
entrance
,
which
does
attenuate
the
Phlegm
with
too
great
celerity
,
and
draws
it
to
the
Head
,
and
to
the
Salivary
Vessels
,
with
the
other
Humors
,
whence
not
only
a
danger
of
Suffocation
does
ensue
,
as
we
have
said
,
but
also
this
precipitated
Motion
does
hinder
the
equal
distribution
of
the
Mercury
,
through
all
the
Body
,
and
the
resolution
of
the
coagulated
Humors
,
which
the
Mercury
would
otherwise
perform
therein
;
so
that
in
this
Case
there
can
be
no
Cure
any
more
expected
;
it
is
so
far
true
,
that
a
great
or
small
quantity
of
Mercury
does
signifie
nothing
in
this
Method
;
and
nevertheless
,
it
does
not
depend
on
him
who
does
manage
the
Friction
,
to
make
it
enter
more
or
less
,
as
we
have
said
,
but
wholly
on
the
Disposition
of
the
Pores
;
whence
we
may
draw
this
Consequence
,
that
those
who
undergo
a
Method
of
Cure
by
the
Unguent
,
are
not
restored
but
by
accident
,
and
that
they
are
more
obliged
to
their
good
Constitution
than
to
the
Physician
who
prescribes
the
Medicine
.
That
will
not
happen
,
if
Salivation
be
excited
by
taking
Mercury
at
the
Mouth
,
because
in
this
case
it
may
be
entertained
as
long
as
it
is
thought
necessary
,
and
also
augmented
,
when
we
perceive
that
it
is
not
copious
enough
.
This
way
of
Salivation
is
not
dangerous
,
because
it
is
excited
by
little
and
little
.
It
is
more
gentle
,
because
there
is
one
part
of
the
Matter
discharged
,
which
the
Mercury
does
evacuate
by
Stool
,
Vomiting
,
Urine
and
Transpiration
.
It
is
not
troublesome
,
there
being
no
need
for
all
that
dolorous
Fatigue
to
which
the
Patient
is
exposed
by
means
of
the
Unguent
,
and
by
this
Method
,
he
may
get
out
of
his
Bed
when
he
pleases
.
It
is
short
,
because
this
Remedy
is
given
to
all
,
and
the
time
from
the
giving
of
the
Mercury
,
to
the
appearing
of
the
Salivation
,
being
ordinarily
but
six
or
seven
Hours
,
is
sufficient
to
prepare
the
Patient
,
if
need
be
;
and
this
Preparation
is
only
some
Bleeding
,
which
is
done
to
those
who
stand
in
need
of
it
,
and
some
Broth
made
of
Herbs
,
to
those
who
are
of
a
hot
Disposition
of
Body
;
the
Salivation
being
once
over
,
there
is
a
Purge
given
with
some
Royal
Ptisan
,
and
the
Work
is
done
.
It
is
true
,
that
when
the
Skin
has
been
infected
,
some
gentle
Sudorific
may
be
given
by
way
of
precaution
,
viz.
a
Glass
of
the
Water
of
Carduus
Benedictus
,
with
a
little
Cinnamon
Water
,
and
some
drops
of
the
volatil
Spirit
of
Sal
Armoniac
,
to
be
drank
every
Morning
,
for
three
or
four
days
together
;
Which
is
an
admirable
Remedy
for
procuring
Sweat
without
any
Trouble
,
in
a
manner
that
is
the
most
gentle
that
can
be
imagined
.
If
it
be
advisable
to
sweat
more
copiously
,
there
may
be
six
grains
of
the
volatile
Salt
of
Vipers
added
thereunto
.
This
Method
of
procuring
a
Salivation
by
Mercury
taken
at
the
Mouth
,
is
not
unknown
to
able
Men
.
It
is
also
practised
in
places
of
greatest
renown
.
Some
make
use
of
crude
Mercury
,
which
is
extreamly
dangerous
,
for
Reasons
mentioned
else
where
;
others
,
white
Precipitate
,
which
I
do
not
believe
to
be
without
danger
,
because
it
is
prepared
with
Aqua
Fortis
,
the
salt
Spirits
of
which
do
unite
themselves
so
strongly
to
the
Mercury
,
that
they
cannot
,
by
any
means
,
be
again
separated
,
though
it
may
be
sweetned
with
washing
,
and
the
Spirit
of
Wine
,
and
may
be
also
prepared
without
Aqua
Fortis
;
but
since
I
have
not
seen
these
Medicines
tryed
,
and
have
great
cause
to
suspect
them
,
I
will
not
determine
any
thing
concerning
them
.
I
only
know
,
that
Mercurius
Dulcis
sublimate
,
which
some
use
,
is
not
in
the
least
dangerous
,
by
reason
of
its
preparation
,
which
Experience
has
confirmed
to
be
very
good
:
But
seeing
it
is
necessary
that
a
great
quantity
thereof
be
given
to
each
Patient
,
there
having
been
one
Person
that
had
the
Venereal
Distemper
in
the
first
Degree
,
who
took
more
than
six
hundred
Grains
,
before
his
Cure
could
be
effected
;
I
shall
not
make
use
of
such
a
Remedy
so
long
as
I
can
make
a
Salivation
with
a
Mercury
that
is
more
sweet
than
that
,
and
in
so
small
a
quantity
,
that
the
Work
may
be
very
easily
compleated
,
by
taking
fifteen
or
twenty
Grains
,
and
at
the
most
thirty
,
for
the
most
robust
Persons
,
in
three
or
four
Doses
.
To
make
it
appear
that
the
thing
is
very
easie
,
we
must
make
the
following
Observations
,
which
shall
withal
,
most
clearly
contain
all
the
Process
that
I
use
in
my
way
of
preparing
Mercury
.
First
,
to
proceed
upon
sure
Grounds
,
we
must
banish
every
thing
that
is
sharp
,
for
the
Mercury
does
find
enough
of
that
in
the
Bodies
of
those
who
have
the
Venereal
Distemper
;
there
is
also
enough
in
all
Bodies
,
which
joyns
with
it
,
and
gives
it
force
enough
to
open
the
Salivary
Vessels
.
Secondly
,
Seeing
Mercury
is
a
great
Enemy
to
the
Brain
,
and
to
the
nervous
Parts
,
when
it
is
crude
or
ill
prepared
,
it
must
not
be
given
crude
,
nay
,
not
with
a
Purgative
,
which
sends
it
off
by
Stool
,
for
this
is
not
the
way
to
procure
a
Salivation
,
because
it
cannot
be
doubted
but
that
there
is
a
way
to
prepare
it
so
,
as
it
shall
not
be
dangerous
,
as
we
see
for
example
,
in
Mercurius
Dulcis
,
which
is
known
by
Experience
to
be
a
harmless
Remedy
.
Thirdly
,
That
in
what
manner
soever
Mercury
be
prepared
,
it
can
never
be
so
divested
of
its
own
Nature
,
but
that
it
will
always
keep
a
Character
of
its
first
Form
,
which
it
can
easily
resume
in
all
the
ordinary
Preparations
,
and
that
it
is
good
to
divest
it
as
much
as
is
possible
,
at
least
,
as
much
as
is
necessary
,
that
the
Mercury
may
not
be
revived
in
the
Body
.
Fourthly
,
That
for
this
reason
,
the
Mercury
must
be
given
in
as
small
a
quantity
as
posfible
;
and
it
is
to
be
observed
,
that
when
Friction
is
allowable
,
as
it
is
in
Persons
of
a
good
Constitution
,
there
does
very
little
Mercury
enter
into
the
Body
,
although
the
Ungu●●
does
contain
much
of
it
;
and
it
is
so
far
thus
to
be
presumed
,
that
there
are
some
judicious
Persons
who
have
maintained
an
Opinion
,
that
in
this
case
,
nothing
but
the
single
Vapor
of
the
Mercury
does
enter
into
the
Body
,
and
if
one
had
the
Curiosity
to
gather
the
Mercury
that
remains
in
the
Linnen
,
there
would
be
the
same
weight
found
,
that
was
put
in
the
Unguent
at
the
first
.
Fifthly
,
That
although
the
Mercury
be
made
fit
to
go
to
the
Head
,
and
raise
a
Salivation
;
yet
this
Salivation
shall
do
no
good
,
if
it
be
not
performed
by
such
a
motion
as
is
called
Critical
;
that
is
to
say
,
that
the
Venereal
Matter
must
be
separated
from
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
that
it
must
be
conveighed
out
of
the
Body
by
the
most
convenient
Passages
,
which
will
not
happen
,
if
the
Mercury
be
not
a
double
Mercury
,
which
may
exert
its
Activity
from
all
Quarters
,
and
be
distributed
through
the
whole
Body
,
in
conformity
to
the
motion
of
the
Blood
,
that
it
may
be
in
a
Capacity
to
seize
upon
the
Venereal
Ferment
in
all
the
parts
of
the
Body
;
and
therefore
we
must
think
it
to
be
much
better
,
if
we
could
joyn
it
inseparably
by
way
of
Fermentation
,
to
some
domestick
Spirit
,
that
is
well
acquainted
with
the
Affairs
of
the
House
,
to
conduct
it
through
all
those
Stages
.
Sixthly
,
When
this
is
once
effectually
performed
,
we
shall
only
have
a
Medicine
which
will
be
more
proper
for
Transpiration
than
for
Salvation
:
And
therefore
there
must
be
an
Assistant
that
is
no
Stranger
to
this
Kind
,
which
must
be
made
fit
to
produce
all
these
necessary
motions
.
Ignorant
Persons
may
imagine
that
I
talk
to
be
seen
,
and
not
to
be
understood
;
but
Men
of
reason
,
who
by
Study
and
Industry
,
do
in
some
measure
know
the
Nature
of
the
Subject
about
which
I
treat
,
will
understand
me
at
the
first
reading
,
and
do
me
the
Right
to
declare
in
my
Favour
,
that
it
is
not
possible
for
me
to
explain
more
clearly
and
faithfully
,
the
preparation
of
a
Medicine
of
this
importance
.
And
for
such
Persons
it
is
,
that
I
have
written
this
Treatise
;
't
is
just
,
that
they
receive
the
Benefit
of
it
,
and
that
,
in
the
mean
time
will
invite
others
,
by
their
Example
,
to
Industry
and
Study
.
Qui
nucleum
ex
nuce
vult
excorticat
nucem
.
i
.
e
.
He
that
would
have
the
Kernel
must
crack
the
Shell
.
I
further
declare
,
that
neither
Ambition
nor
Covetousness
moved
me
hereunto
.
What
I
offer
has
a
Foundation
in
reason
,
which
assisted
me
in
the
finding
of
it
,
and
this
reason
is
seconded
by
a
very
fortunate
Experience
.
By
this
means
we
may
cure
the
most
inveterate
Pox
,
I
have
already
excepted
that
Degree
of
it
,
where
there
is
a
Caries
of
the
Bones
of
the
Nose
or
the
Skull
.
Yet
we
may
reasonably
think
it
sufficient
.
Nevertheless
,
from
the
time
that
I
first
discovered
this
Anti-venereal
Medicine
,
although
I
have
cured
a
great
number
of
those
who
had
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
I
have
not
yet
had
enough
of
such
Persons
,
who
had
their
Bones
so
very
much
putrified
,
as
to
afford
me
an
Occasion
of
establishing
by
Experience
,
an
absolute
Assurance
of
the
thing
.
No
body
,
in
these
days
,
does
suffer
himself
to
be
eaten
to
the
Bones
by
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
they
look
to
it
,
in
some
reasonable
time
,
without
exposing
themselves
to
the
Fatality
of
the
last
Degree
,
but
because
I
have
formerly
seen
many
,
even
of
this
sort
,
who
could
not
be
cured
,
either
by
Mercurial
Pills
or
Friction
,
which
were
given
them
with
no
small
Rigour
;
I
have
,
with
good
success
,
used
on
the
like
Occasions
,
a
Fumigation
or
Vapour
,
with
Turpentine
or
Balsam
of
Peru
,
the
Crust
of
Bread
in
Powder
,
and
a
little
Mercury
,
and
thereby
raised
a
happy
Salivation
,
proceeding
gently
at
the
first
.
Yet
this
Method
is
not
absolutely
without
Danger
,
although
Mr.
Sylvius
de
Leboe
has
said
of
it
,
that
the
Fumigation
is
the
safest
way
;
it
is
easie
,
by
making
the
least
Observation
,
to
be
of
a
contrary
mind
,
and
I
shall
demonstratively
prove
,
that
this
Remedy
cannot
cure
all
sorts
of
Pox
,
and
if
another
way
can
be
found
for
curing
the
Caries
of
the
Bones
,
I
would
not
advise
any
one
to
use
this
;
but
seeing
this
Method
is
not
used
in
this
Country
,
and
there
are
very
few
who
knows
how
to
practise
it
,
I
shall
no
longer
insist
on
it
.
I
do
not
here
prescribe
any
particular
Method
for
Infants
,
because
I
know
they
may
be
very
well
cured
without
salivation
,
by
the
only
use
of
Sublimate
,
or
in
all
Cases
,
by
that
of
the
Golden
Precipitate
.
Neither
do
I
particularly
consider
as
yet
,
the
Case
of
Women
,
who
have
irregular
Courses
,
because
we
know
by
experience
,
that
the
Remedy
I
have
given
does
infallibly
provoke
the
Menstrua
,
and
that
it
does
not
in
the
least
divert
Salivation
:
We
have
also
observed
,
that
the
same
Remedy
does
provoke
the
Haemorrhoids
in
Men
who
are
subject
to
them
,
without
diverting
Salivation
.
And
upon
this
account
,
it
ought
not
to
be
given
to
Women
with
Child
,
for
fear
of
an
Abortion
;
but
the
Solar
Precipitate
is
to
be
used
,
and
that
with
great
moderation
and
prudence
,
and
in
Case
the
Cure
cannot
be
compleated
before
she
is
brought
to
Bed
,
by
reason
of
her
being
near
her
Time
,
which
will
hinder
the
Continuance
of
the
Remedy
,
it
may
be
conveniently
done
afterwards
,
and
in
giving
it
to
the
Mother
,
the
Child
will
be
cured
at
the
same
time
,
if
some
Grains
of
the
Volatile
Salt
of
Vipers
be
given
to
it
from
time
to
time
.
Or
the
Mother
may
be
salivated
in
that
Case
,
if
the
Physician
pleases
.
There
is
no
need
of
a
separate
Chapter
for
a
Description
of
the
Medicines
that
may
correct
the
ill
Accidents
that
frequently
follow
upon
Salivation
,
that
is
made
by
the
mercurial
Unguent
which
,
to
speak
the
truth
,
are
so
dreadful
,
that
they
are
enough
to
strike
us
with
Horror
,
when
we
read
them
in
Authors
.
You
may
judge
how
intolerable
they
are
to
the
Patients
,
and
what
a
Tragedy
they
are
to
the
Spectators
:
For
if
the
Medicine
be
well
ordered
,
there
will
no
ill
Accident
ensue
,
there
needs
only
a
common
Gargarism
to
qualifie
the
Ulcers
of
the
Mouth
,
yet
this
is
not
to
be
used
too
often
,
unless
there
be
an
Haemorrhagy
,
least
the
Ulcers
be
closed
up
too
soon
,
and
so
the
Salivation
have
not
a
due
time
for
its
Continuance
,
which
ordinarily
,
is
at
the
least
fifteen
,
sixteen
or
twenty
days
,
or
at
the
most
thirty
days
,
which
happens
very
seldom
,
unless
when
it
is
thought
necessary
to
be
entertained
so
long
.
CHAP.
X.
Of
the
Chancre
.
I
Speak
not
here
of
Chancres
that
are
the
Accidents
of
the
Venereal
Distemper
,
because
these
are
cured
by
the
same
Remedy
,
that
is
proper
for
the
Pox
,
but
only
of
those
that
are
the
particular
Pox
,
the
Ferment
of
which
has
not
been
carried
farther
than
the
part
which
at
first
received
it
;
and
whereof
we
have
spoken
sufficiently
in
the
preceding
Chapters
,
with
respect
to
the
Theory
;
so
that
it
is
needless
to
repeat
the
same
thing
.
As
for
the
Practice
,
I
differ
somewhat
from
some
Authors
whom
I
have
seen
,
not
from
a
Spirit
of
Contradiction
towards
any
Person
,
but
because
I
learned
by
Reason
and
Experience
,
that
this
sort
of
Chancres
may
be
more
succesfully
and
easily
cured
,
otherwise
than
by
the
ordinary
Methods
.
They
alledge
that
all
Chancres
of
the
right
Sort
,
ought
to
be
Cauterised
,
and
then
brought
to
Suppuration
;
and
for
this
purpose
,
they
make
use
of
Red
Precipitate
,
of
Lapis
Infernalis
,
or
the
common
Caustic
,
or
Sublimate
Corrosive
,
and
they
Cicatrize
the
Chancre
with
a
Suppurative
,
after
that
they
use
the
Ordinary
Remedies
,
and
in
the
mean
time
they
Purge
the
Patient
frequently
with
Mercury
,
for
the
depuration
of
his
Blood
,
because
they
suppose
,
that
it
would
be
very
extraordinary
for
the
Chancre
to
remain
in
a
Part
,
for
any
long
time
,
without
transmitting
insensibly
some
Particles
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
into
the
Mass
of
Blood
,
which
may
produce
the
Universal
Pox
,
if
it
be
neglected
,
and
besides
that
,
those
who
use
the
greatest
Precaution
,
give
Diaphoretics
to
the
Patient
,
after
those
Remedies
.
All
this
is
attended
with
an
insupportable
Pain
,
and
unspeakable
trouble
to
the
Person
,
besides
the
unreasonable
time
which
it
requires
.
I
am
confident
,
that
if
Vigo's
Plaister
,
with
a
little
Mercurius
Praecipitatus
dulcis
be
applyed
to
the
Patient
,
and
if
some
Doses
of
the
Solar
Precipitate
be
given
to
him
;
The
most
inveterate
Chancre
shall
be
safely
Cured
without
pain
,
without
trouble
,
and
in
a
little
time
.
If
there
be
a
Phymosis
or
a
Paraphymosis
(
that
is
to
say
,
the
former
,
when
the
Glans
is
so
enclosed
within
the
Prepuce
,
that
it
cannot
be
uncovered
,
or
the
latter
,
when
it
is
so
uncovered
that
it
cannot
be
again
covered
)
but
the
latter
especially
,
being
attended
with
an
Inflammation
and
a
Pain
;
the
same
Solar
Precipitate
,
after
once
Bleeding
,
is
an
Effectual
Remedy
.
CHAP.
XI
.
Of
the
Heat
of
Urine
and
the
Virulent
Gonorrhea
.
IT
would
require
a
Book
by
it self
to
treat
of
this
kind
of
Pox
exactly
;
yet
all
sorts
of
Persons
meddle
with
it
,
and
there
are
those
who
pretend
that
they
can
easily
Cure
it
with
Water
and
Sugar
,
others
with
a
bare
Royal
Ptisan
,
which
is
to
be
taken
every
day
,
till
the
Cure
be
Compleated
,
a
third
Sort
,
with
the
Salt
Polychrest
or
Chrystal
Mineral
;
in
a
Word
;
every
one
does
flatter
himself
with
the
Fancy
that
he
has
found
an
Excellent
and
easy
Method
for
Curing
this
Disease
.
Yet
they
who
are
most
Conversant
about
those
things
,
and
who
are
to
be
Credited
,
are
obliged
to
acknowledge
,
that
if
there
are
sometimes
Heats
of
Urine
that
may
be
easily
Cured
,
there
is
also
a
great
number
of
others
which
are
hard
enough
to
be
Cured
;
and
that
oftentimes
the
great
Disease
might
be
more
easily
Cured
then
any
Venereal
Heat
of
Urine
whatsoever
,
especially
,
if
it
be
not
well
lookt
to
at
the
beginning
,
and
if
the
specific
Remedies
be
neglected
,
or
ill
administred
.
I
have
seen
no
approved
Treatise
of
this
Subject
,
but
what
does
give
Rules
that
are
to
be
observed
,
for
a
good
Cure
.
And
therefore
,
I
shall
not
here
particularly
treat
of
them
.
Yet
I
hope
,
within
some
time
,
to
give
some
singular
Observations
upon
this
Subject
,
which
I
would
have
willingly
done
in
this
Impression
,
if
they
had
been
ready
for
a
publication
.
Yet
that
this
Treatise
may
not
be
altogether
Defective
,
I
shall
here
lay
down
a
Method
of
Practice
for
ordinary
occasions
.
I
do
not
repeat
what
I
have
said
in
the
fourth
Chapter
,
touching
the
Theory
of
this
particular
Pox
:
for
although
I
did
not
very
much
enlarge
upon
it
,
you
may
there
find
that
which
is
necessary
for
the
Knowledge
of
it
's
Nature
,
and
the
manner
of
it
's
Production
.
First
,
If
the
Person
be
of
a
very
hot
Temper
,
and
Plethoric
,
and
the
Pain
,
and
heat
of
Urine
considerable
,
there
is
no
danger
in
Bleeding
him
,
and
repeating
it
as
often
as
it
shall
be
thought
necessary
;
The
Blood
must
be
taken
in
the
Arm
,
to
make
a
true
revulsion
,
and
not
in
the
Foot
,
which
would
draw
the
Humours
more
upon
the
part
.
They
were
formerly
,
very
scrupulous
to
let
Blood
,
and
especially
,
in
the
Arm
,
because
they
believed
,
that
that
might
attract
the
virulency
into
the
mass
of
Blood
,
and
thereby
occasion
the
great
Pox
,
but
they
were
undeceived
,
after
they
saw
that
both
reason
and
experience
do
manifestly
justify
Phlebotomy
.
The
circulation
of
the
Blood
does
plainly
shew
,
that
if
there
were
any
danger
in
letting
of
Blood
,
the
practice
would
be
as
dangerous
in
the
Foot
as
in
the
Arm
;
and
experience
shews
,
that
bleeding
in
the
Arm
does
so
much
contribute
to
the
Cure
,
that
it
is
the
means
of
preventing
the
Pox
,
because
it
cools
and
suppresses
the
inflammation
,
and
thereby
hinders
the
progress
of
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
it
disburdens
the
Sanguinary
Vessels
,
and
so
makes
way
for
Purgatives
and
Diuretics
to
operate
with
the
greater
Efficacy
.
Yet
I
do
not
alledge
,
that
all
sorts
of
Patients
ought
to
bleed
,
but
only
those
who
are
hot
,
Sanguine
and
Plethoric
.
I
Advise
withal
that
the
Virulency
be
not
neglected
,
and
that
the
specific
Remedy
,
which
is
Mercurius
dulcis
,
be
not
forgotten
,
which
is
sufficient
for
this
Disease
,
if
it
be
given
with
convenient
Purgatives
,
as
Cassia
,
fine
Catholicon
,
or
Confection
of
Hamech
,
and
repeated
from
time
to
time
,
as
necessity
shall
require
.
Nevertheless
this
Remedy
will
be
ineffectual
,
or
very
slow
on
some
occasions
,
as
when
the
hot
Urine
is
roapy
,
which
happens
when
the
Inflammation
is
very
great
,
and
the
Patients
suffer
great
Pains
,
that
cause
a
Convulsion
in
the
Nerves
of
the
Yard
,
which
by
dilating
themselves
in
their
breadth
,
do
retire
toward
their
Original
,
and
so
make
the
Yard
crooked
or
twisted
;
In
this
Case
it
will
be
found
,
that
one
Dose
of
the
Solar
Precipitate
seasonably
given
,
will
be
a
very
safe
and
effectual
Expedient
.
In
the
mean
time
,
care
is
to
be
taken
,
that
the
Patient
may
be
Cooled
,
which
is
one
of
the
first
things
to
be
done
,
and
't
is
to
be
remembred
,
that
if
he
be
heated
from
the
beginning
,
by
a
Purgative
,
the
Malady
becomes
thereby
very
Rebellious
,
and
the
Symptoms
are
exceedingly
encreased
;
or
the
virulent
Matter
shall
be
thrown
upon
the
Stones
:
Emulsions
are
the
best
means
that
can
be
used
for
cooling
,
after
which
,
if
it
be
thought
convenient
,
there
may
be
given
some
very
cooling
Prisan
for
Example
,
of
whole
Barley
,
the
Roots
of
Water-lilly
,
Sorrel
,
Marsh
Mallows
,
and
of
Liquorice
,
Linseed
,
the
Cold
Seeds
,
white
Poppy
Seed
,
and
some
Lemmon
juyce
,
all
boyled
together
in
a
proportionable
quantity
of
Water
,
which
must
be
always
a
great
deal
,
because
the
Patient
must
drink
as
much
of
the
Ptisan
as
his
Stomach
can
bear
.
When
the
accidents
disappear
,
so
that
the
virulency
is
mitigated
by
the
means
of
Mercurious
Dulcis
,
that
the
running
is
not
so
great
,
and
becomes
prety
white
,
if
an
Ulcer
be
thought
to
be
in
those
Parts
that
are
the
Seat
of
the
Gonnorrhea
,
there
must
be
put
in
the
Prisan
a
little
of
the
Salt
Polychrest
,
or
Crystal
Mineral
,
or
which
is
much
better
,
the
fixed
Salt
Armoniac
,
which
is
a
gentle
and
powerful
Diuretic
for
cleansing
Ulcers
,
after
which
,
to
consolidate
the
Part
,
there
must
be
given
,
for
some
mornings
,
in
a
little
Wine
,
twelve
or
fifteen
drops
of
a
mixture
made
by
distillation
,
of
two
parts
of
the
Balsam
of
Peru
,
one
Part
of
the
Ethereal
Spirit
of
Turpentine
.
Or
,
this
following
preparation
of
Antimony
may
be
used
,
which
is
a
good
remedy
for
drying
an
Ulcer
;
it
stops
the
running
of
matter
,
gently
and
insensibly
,
and
also
expells
the
remainder
of
the
virulent
matter
,
by
sweat
,
when
it
has
not
been
sufficiently
taken
off
by
preceeding
Medecins
.
Take
equal
Parts
of
good
Antimony
,
and
of
Harts-horn
calcined
to
a
whitness
,
mix
these
two
substances
very
well
upon
Marble
,
put
the
mixture
in
an
open
Earthen
Vessel
,
set
it
in
a
Wind
Furnace
,
you
shall
calcine
them
,
by
stirring
the
matter
continually
with
an
Iron
Spatula
,
till
the
smoak
thereof
be
well
over
;
after
which
the
whole
is
to
be
put
into
a
Crucible
with
a
large
bottom
;
calcine
them
therein
over
a
great
fire
,
for
the
space
of
two
hours
;
you
shall
have
a
Powder
,
white
as
Snow
,
and
which
for
some
great
and
peculiar
advantages
,
is
preferable
to
the
vulgar
Diaphoretic
Antimony
;
which
will
be
manifest
by
experience
:
The
Dose
is
,
half
a
Drachm
with
the
Conserve
of
Roses
,
or
any
other
conserve
,
or
water
of
the
like
nature
,
as
you
please
.
No
injections
are
to
be
used
,
if
they
may
be
avoided
,
but
sometimes
we
are
at
last
obliged
to
use
them
,
and
that
we
may
have
one
that
is
proper
and
safe
,
this
is
to
be
made
use
of
.
Take
a
handful
of
Hors-tail
,
as
much
of
red
Roses
,
and
five
or
six
Flowers
of
a
Pomegranate
,
or
their
peeling
in
proportion
.
Let
all
be
boyled
in
three
pints
of
Claret
Wine
of
a
good
Body
,
to
the
diminution
of
the
half
,
then
strain
it
through
a
Linnen-cloath
to
free
it
from
the
grosser
Parts
,
and
make
an
injection
with
it
three
or
four
times
a
day
.
All
these
Remedies
will
be
unprofitable
,
if
the
Patient
does
not
observe
good
Rules
for
governing
himself
,
he
must
be
continent
,
use
no
violent
exercise
(
especially
what
may
prove
troublesome
to
the
Reins
,
such
as
much
walking
,
riding
)
avoid
drinking
of
Wine
,
Sauces
,
play
,
watching
,
and
the
like
.
CHAP.
XII
.
Of
a
Bubo
,
or
Poulain
.
THE
manner
how
a
Venereal
Bubo
or
Poulain
is
produced
has
been
spoken
of
in
the
fourth
Chapter
,
we
need
only
add
here
,
that
seeing
the
Poulain
is
produced
in
a
critical
manner
,
it
is
not
to
be
imagined
,
that
it
is
a
perfect
Crisis
;
and
when
such
a
tumour
does
appear
in
the
Groyn
,
which
makes
a
Poulain
,
although
the
Venereal
matter
of
that
Poulain
has
been
separated
from
the
mass
of
Blood
,
and
the
Blood
is
entirely
cleansed
from
it
,
yet
there
does
always
remain
a
great
deal
more
,
and
even
when
the
Poulain
does
suppurate
very
well
,
there
is
some
time
required
,
before
the
mass
of
Blood
can
be
freed
;
and
possibly
this
will
never
happen
,
unless
there
be
great
care
taken
,
both
to
draw
forth
the
matter
by
external
Remedies
,
as
by
Cupping
Glasses
,
and
Vesicatory
Plaisters
,
and
likewise
to
give
frequent
and
strong
Purges
by
Specifics
;
besides
a
Sudorific
diet
,
which
some
prescribe
,
the
better
to
consume
the
Venereal
Ferment
,
with
which
the
whole
Blood
is
infected
.
And
upon
this
account
,
we
ought
to
look
upon
this
sort
of
Pox
,
not
as
particular
,
but
Universal
,
because
the
virulency
thereof
does
reside
in
the
Blood
,
and
it
is
upon
this
ground
,
that
I
am
of
opinion
,
that
it
does
require
the
same
Remedy
.
I
further
affirm
,
that
by
that
means
,
it
shall
not
only
be
Cured
with
all
imaginable
assurance
,
but
likewise
in
a
much
less
time
,
then
according
to
the
ordinary
method
.
To
understand
this
well
,
we
need
only
observe
,
that
two
or
three
Month's
time
is
often
times
requisite
for
perfecting
the
Cure
of
a
Poulain
.
When
it
begins
to
appear
,
they
apply
Cupping-Glasses
to
it
,
to
draw
the
matter
outwards
,
and
stay
it
in
that
Part
,
which
puts
the
Patient
to
a
great
deal
of
Pain
;
after
which
,
they
apply
very
attractive
Plaisters
or
Cataplasms
,
and
very
frequently
it
is
a
Month
before
that
Bubo
come
to
a
state
of
suppuration
,
especially
in
those
who
are
of
a
cold
and
Melancholly
temper
;
for
in
those
that
are
Sanguin
it
does
suppurate
more
easily
:
when
the
Purulent
matter
is
of
some
maturity
,
they
open
the
Bubo
with
a
Launce
or
Cauter
,
and
dress
it
as
they
do
other
tumours
,
till
the
suppuration
be
over
,
which
is
of
a
very
long
continuance
:
in
the
mean
time
they
Purge
the
Patient
frequently
with
Mercurial
Pills
they
confine
him
to
a
Diet
Drink
and
after
all
,
there
are
some
who
make
him
sweat
a
little
,
or
empty
him
by
Diuretics
.
If
the
Solar
precipitate
be
used
every
third
day
,
and
Vigo's
Plaister
with
Mercury
,
be
applyed
to
the
Bubo
;
Poulains
shall
be
Cured
without
danger
,
if
what
we
said
in
the
Eight
Chapter
be
observed
,
where
we
spoke
of
the
Golden
Precipitate
.
By
this
method
you
will
find
that
Poulains
are
resolved
,
and
the
consequences
are
not
to
be
feared
,
because
,
according
to
the
Precautions
that
we
have
laid
down
,
the
Blood
is
so
well
depurated
,
that
there
remains
no
Venereal
Ferment
;
and
no
Man
can
upon
any
good
ground
oppose
this
method
,
because
,
it
may
be
often
observed
,
that
Poulains
do
disappear
,
(
what
ever
may
be
pretended
)
after
all
kinds
of
suppuratives
have
been
essay'd
,
and
the
Patient
has
endured
a
long
Fatigue
.
And
therefore
,
there
is
a
necessity
,
to
use
the
same
methods
as
in
the
great
Distemper
,
or
,
if
it
be
not
done
in
that
time
,
those
who
differ
from
me
,
are
constrained
to
use
this
way
,
when
they
see
the
ordinary
signs
of
the
Pox
appear
.
Those
who
have
practice
about
Poulains
,
know
very
well
that
what
I
say
,
is
true
,
and
if
they
would
be
at
the
Pains
to
reflect
on
their
own
method
,
if
they
would
take
a
view
of
the
sick
whom
they
have
not
recovered
,
or
have
cruelly
tortured
,
and
if
they
were
disposed
to
quit
the
prejudices
with
which
they
are
Blinded
,
they
would
quickly
embrace
what
I
propose
,
seeing
it
is
a
more
certain
,
gentle
and
short
way
.
But
if
a
Poulain
comes
to
suppurate
of
it self
;
it
would
,
in
this
Case
be
very
foolish
,
to
drive
the
Venereal
matter
into
the
Body
,
to
evacuate
it
by
stool
,
or
any
other
way
than
by
the
Part
it self
;
which
ought
to
be
cauterized
or
launced
,
without
expecting
any
thing
but
the
Maturation
of
the
abscess
it self
.
The
matter
must
be
let
alone
,
to
run
so
long
as
it
can
of
it self
,
by
keeping
in
the
passage
a
Tent
of
Lint
only
,
and
the
like
upon
the
Plaister
which
we
have
mentioned
,
and
in
the
mean
time
,
the
other
Remedies
of
which
we
have
spoken
are
to
be
given
,
as
if
the
Bubo
had
not
been
opened
.
I
declare
,
it
is
very
much
to
be
wished
that
Buboes
did
suppurate
of
themselves
,
and
also
,
that
if
instead
of
the
drawing
Plaister
,
the
matter
could
be
so
ordered
that
all
the
Venereal
matter
,
with
which
the
mass
of
Blood
is
infected
,
might
be
evacuated
through
the
passage
that
is
made
after
suppuration
;
the
sick
would
receive
some
comfort
,
under
the
extraordinary
pain
which
they
suffer
,
and
the
wearisom
time
that
is
taken
for
the
Cure
:
But
to
suffer
much
,
to
be
patient
beyond
patience
,
and
to
take
an
extraordinary
Number
of
troublesome
Medicins
,
all
this
,
I
say
,
is
sufficient
to
open
the
Eyes
of
those
who
are
most
stupid
,
and
oblige
them
to
consider
what
I
propose
to
them
.
I
know
very
well
,
that
it
is
a
matter
of
some
difficulty
,
for
those
who
have
been
prevented
with
a
contrary
method
,
to
accommodate
themselves
to
this
:
reason
,
how
Pregnant
soever
it
may
be
in
it self
,
has
ordinarily
no
power
over
those
who
are
not
in
a
condition
to
use
it
themselves
,
or
(
if
they
be
)
are
engaged
by
their
interest
,
not
to
change
;
the
continuance
of
the
Disease
,
a
great
Number
of
Cataplasms
,
Pills
,
Ptisans
maintain
the
Trade
of
not
a
few
in
the
World
,
and
are
valuable
enough
to
purchase
some
Lucre
,
which
is
fairly
advanced
by
the
Pains
that
the
sick
endure
,
who
being
ignorant
of
the
Nature
of
the
Disease
,
do
never
think
it
great
but
when
the
pain
is
great
,
and
when
the
Cure
takes
a
long
time
:
Nevertheless
,
because
there
are
some
able
Men
in
all
places
,
who
hearken
to
reason
,
and
who
are
so
laudably
disposed
,
that
they
suffer
themselves
to
be
convinced
,
I
hope
,
that
there
may
be
some
one
of
such
found
,
who
will
grant
me
one
thing
at
least
,
which
is
to
examin
impartially
what
I
offer
;
and
when
he
shall
find
that
what
I
affirm
is
not
contrary
to
reason
;
it
must
also
be
enquired
,
if
experience
does
agree
with
reason
;
by
this
means
he
will
judge
rightly
,
and
if
there
be
any
cause
for
it
,
he
may
give
me
the
lye
,
but
I
have
no
reason
to
be
affraid
of
the
charge
,
because
,
before
I
offered
any
thing
to
the
World
,
I
did
three
things
,
I
reason'd
,
I
practised
,
and
frequently
reflected
on
my
own
experience
.