Treatise on the Venereal Disease

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to continue further with my investigations, and also in the future to communicate the results of the same to the public, whenever I consider them important enough. From these letters I see that those physicians who treat the sick according to my instructions make use of a solution of caustic stoneÄzstein Likely silver nitrate (Lapis infernalis), a corrosive chemical used in the 18th century to "burn away" infection, though it often caused severe irritation. against gonorrheaTripper In Girtanner's time, there was significant debate as to whether gonorrhea and syphilis were different diseases or merely different symptoms of the same "venereal poison.". The use of this remedy requires, however, as I have already stated in the first volume, great caution and experience, and may only be used in the first days of the gonorrhea, and only when very diluted. I mention this here once more because I have received complaints from physicians and patients regarding the violent effects of this remedy. The best and safest injectionEinsprüzung In this context, an injection refers to a liquid medication introduced into the urethra using a small syringe to treat localized inflammation., which requires far less caution and provides excellent service in all stages of the disease, is the solution of Opium (No. IV). It need only be noted when using this injection that: the more violent the inflammation in the urethra is, the more diluted the injection must be, and as the inflammation decreases, the injection must be strengthened—that is, more opium must be dissolved in less water, and somewhat more extract of lead A solution of lead subacetate, commonly used at the time as a "cooling" agent to reduce inflammation and swelling. must be added.

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