A new method of curing the venereal disease much safer and easier than any hitherto used. With a confutation of the old hypotheses concerning that distemper. To which is added, a relation of two extraordinary cures ... perform'd by the author ... Done out of the French / [Jacques Bouëz de Sigogne].

  • Bouëz de Sigogne, Jacques
Date:
1724
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Credit: A new method of curing the venereal disease much safer and easier than any hitherto used. With a confutation of the old hypotheses concerning that distemper. To which is added, a relation of two extraordinary cures ... perform'd by the author ... Done out of the French / [Jacques Bouëz de Sigogne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Warm. I own that I attributed all thele whimfical Symp¬ toms to an hyflerick Paflion. I made ufe of feveral Mede- cines recommended in Each Cafes by the mod famous Pra¬ ctitioners, but without any Succefs ; on the contrary fhe grew worfe and worfe, I advis’d the Lady to have a Con¬ futation, and to my great Satisfaction (lie nam’d M. De Chirac? whom Hie faid fhe was acquainted with. This gireat Man, having had an account of every thing, told me that I had been grofly midaken, as many other Phyficians had been through whole Hands the Lady had paft, and that her di¬ stemper was the Pox. I was ftruck with Amazement at fiich a Judgment, not knowing his Reafbns for paffing it. But he made me fenfible of it, and I no longer doubted either of the Nature of the Difeafe, or the fuperior knowledge of that great Phyfician, I had already too many Proofs of it. The Lady no lets fiirpriz’d than I, own’d fhe had had a Clap about twenty Years ago, and a Shanker, both which, fhe faid, had been cur’d. This Confeflion filenc’d me from oppofing any longer M. De Chiracs Opinion, and I was fully convinc’d of it by the fpeedy Cure of the Lady; for fhe us’d my Re* medy but one Month, and fhe is entirely free from even the lead degree of Pain. About the fame Time M. Boudin, Phyfician in Ordinary to the King, was confulted about a Girl of feven Years of Age* who had a virulent Running, almod as violent as any Woman could have at Twenty; fire had likewife Shankers. M. Boudin was pleas’d to call me; upon Examination we found that her Father had the Pox when fhe was begotten* I judged her incurable; M. Boudin was not of my Mind; I gave her my Remedy, and fhe is to all appearance perfectly Cur’d: Time will fhow it. Thefe Indances fhall fuffice; not but I could produce ma¬ ny more, but if this Number doth not convince the Pub* lick of the Ufefulnefs and Efficacy of my Remedy and Me¬ thod, a much greater would not do it; they will be fatis- faCtory to thofe who are capable of judging without Preju¬ dice or Padion; as for thole who buffer them (elves to be I carry’4