A probationary essay on the use and effects of mercury in the treatment of syphilis : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ... / by David Johnston ... October 1823.

  • Johnston, David
Date:
1823
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Credit: A probationary essay on the use and effects of mercury in the treatment of syphilis : submitted ... to the examination of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh ... / by David Johnston ... October 1823. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mercurial action as one of the most effectual means of arresting the disorganising process of adhesive inflammation, whether of the iris, or any other ‘‘ texture of the body.” Thirdly, Iritis does not arise from a long exhibition of mercury for a disease not venereal; and lastly, and decisively, we know that this disease has been frequently observed in cases where no mercury had ever been used. ♦ )
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