Of the GONORRHAEA.

THe first Degree of Infection appears in Men, with a Gentle Running or dropping from the Urinary Passage, pro­ducing a pleasant Sensation, and as it were glewing up the Orifice, the Extremity of the Urethra, grows hot, and gapes wider than usual. The Parts of Generation are affected with an uncommon Titula­tion, especially at the Time of making Water, without Pain, but with a Sense of Heat that daily increases.

If the Infection spreads, or is not so mild, the Tention and Induration of the Penis come on with Pain, thick Drops of the more fluid part of the Semen, or Seed, flow in greater Quan­tity, of a yellowish or greenish Colour, often with Heat, Redness, Tenderness, small pustles, Blisters and Ulcers both within and without the Urinary Pas­sage, with great Sharpness and Sense of Heat, through the whole Urethra after making Water.

The next Symptoms are more violent, the Perineum swells, grows painful, the Urine scalds, with frequent Provocations [Page 6]to make Water, and but a little at a Time, with a Distortion and Bending of the Penis, called a Cordee, with frequent and involuntary Erections, occasioning great Pain to the Patient, on every such Occasion, and when warm in Bed, a violent Running Phimosis, or Paraphi­mosis, that is when the Fore-skin is ei­ther so swell'd as it cannot be brought forward to cover the Nut of the Yard, or that it cannot be drawn backward, one or both of the Testicles, or Stones swelled and enraged with Pain, increa­sing as the Gleet or Running is ob­structed. Sometime causing cold Trem­bling and Fainting, but as they abate so the Running multiplies, and comes away more freely, of an Ash-colour, some­times marked with Specks, Streaks, or Threads of Blood; stinking, yellow, green, and corrupt, and these are the usual or common Claps.

WOMEN. The Case is almost the same in Women, but this is to be observed, That after the Infection is received, the Female Parts of Generation are wet with an unusual Moisture, and are troubled with frequent Itching and Heat, almost painful and daily advances.

The Heat, Burning, Redness and Pain of the Vagina, or Urinary-passage, being in­creased, the Admission of the Penis is scarcely to be indur'd: The Urine is sharp and scalding, but in general not so sharp as in Men, the Running plentiful, like Matter, bloody, yellow, green, and stink­ing, and by the Tention of the Pudendum and Vagina, bring on great Pain.

If the Running is of a clear white, or ash-colour, and any Thing ropy, shews the Infection slight.

If of a Saffron Colour, dark yellow, or brown, from being mixt and discoloured with Blood, is the second Degree of a Clap.

If a yellowish green, green, or very dark green, mixt with Matter plainly shews that the Inflamation is attended with Ulcers, and is the last Stage of a Clap.

All these different Symptoms appear, but vary according to the Temperament of Body, Habit and Constitution of the Patient, and the greater or lesser Degree of the Infection, and the Distance of Time since the Injury was receiv'd.

You are to observe, That the greater the Degree of the Venereal Poison is, the sooner it appears, but a slight Hurt will remain for sometime before it shews itself; but the sooner it appears the easier [Page 8]is the Cure perform'd. From what hath been said it plainly appears, That there are Three Distinct SPECIES of the Gonorrhaea, which only differ in Degree, the First will easily degenerate into the Second, the Second into the Third, if the Vehemence of the Symptoms be not quickly restrain'd.

These Three Degrees are divided into Four Stages, that is, the Beginning, Increase, Height, and Declintion.

Neither Man or Woman can indulge in the Use of Venery, whilst they are in this State of a Gonorrhaea, without violent Pain; and what is worse, without mani­festly increasing the Disease.

The first Thing to be consider'd is, to learn and understand your own Case, by observing the Nature of it; there­fore it is expedient to remark, what Effect the Venereal Poison hath on the Body, according to the several Symp­toms herein before discribed, whereby you will plainly discover the Degree of Infection, and by that Means be directed in the Method of Cure.

I proceed now to give proper Directi­ons to each Person to cure this Disease in its several Stages, and shall trace them all in a Regular Manner; but observe [Page 9]that every Gonorrhaea, if Medicines are timely administred, is free from Danger, and easily admits of a Cure, sooner or later, in Proportion to the Vehemence of the Symptoms, the Acrimony of the Infection, and the Constitution of the Blood; but if neglected, and come to a great Hight, is sometime before it will yield to any Medicine, therefore too early an Application cannot be made for Cure.

An Information therefore follows of such Antivenereal Remedies as are in­dued with all the Natural Qualities re­quisite to perform a speedy and safe Cure, in all the Cases herein described, and that the Patient may be directed, and readily know how to be furnished with all such Medicines, and be secure from all Bad Preparations, (sold at se­veral Shops in London) by Authors who conceal their Names, which they would have no Occasion to do, did their Pre­parations answer what they pretend for them.

1. The First Degree of this Distem­per being Exterior, and only in the Top of the Urinary-passage, may be cured by External Means, for as that part is [Page 10]of a Spongy Nature, it as easily imbibes any Liquid, as the Venereal Poison, for which the INCOMPARABE LOTION, or WASH is recommended as the most easy and private Method of Cure what­soever.

And this is performed by only pour­ing some of the Liquid into a Cup, washing the part with it, and soaking it therein two or three Times a Day, for two or three Minutes together or longer, as you have an Opportunity; but be sure to let the Water cover the Nut of the Yard, and to take fresh Liquor for every Washing. Surely no Person that is not in Love with Pills, Bolus, and Electuaries, will refuse so easy a Cure as this, and so soon performed.

This Remedy must be of singular Be­nefit to all Travellers, who cannot pos­sibly take Physick on their Journey, therefore this LOTION is advised to them, let the Degree of Infection be what it will, for if not to be cured by this Remedy alone, yet it will most cer­tainly prevent their growing worse, un­til they have an Opportunity of taking other Medicines, which must be of great Advantage to them.

Those who are taking physick, if they use this INCOMPARABLE LOTION will soon find it to forward the Cure to Ad­miration, by drawing out the Infecti­ous Venom, while the Internal Medi­cines by their anodine and detergent Qualities asswage the pain, and cleans the Ulcers of the Seminary Receptacles.

This LOTION is to be had only of the Author RIHARD ROCK, at his House in King's-Arms-Court, Ludgate-Hill, and ready to be deliver'd to any Messenger, by asking for a Bottle of Wa­ter for the Scurvy, Price 4 s. 6 d. where you may have Advice and proper Re­medies (prepared by the Author) in all other Disorders.

As sometimes the Cure will not be performed perfectly by the LOTION only, by Reason of the Disposition of the parts of Generation; for some Ve­nom may lay hid in the Wrinkles of the Frenum or Prepnce, and the least Seeds of Morbifick Matter being introduced into a Sound Body, in the smallest Quantity, will by Degrees increase, in Bulk, Form and Efficacy, and sooner or later, infect and corrupt the whole Mass of Humours.

Therefore for Fear of such an Acci­dent, and to make the Cure certain and safe, the INFALLIBLE ANTIVE­NEREAL BOLUS is recommended, which is pleasant to take, and will most certainly eradicate any Lurking Poison, which the Water may not happen to reach, two or three of which will be suf­ficient to perform the Cure, without any Danger of Return. To be had as be­fore directed, by asking for the BOLUS for the RHEUMATISM, Price 1 s. each. Those who suspect they have received an Injury, or have any Relicts of a for­mer Disorder, may by taking a Dose or two, be perfectly freed from such Apprehensions.

This Medicine hath no unpleasant Taste, never causes any Sickness, Gripe­ings, or other Disorders of the Body, especially after the First Dose or two. But as the very Name of Physick is nau­seous to some Persons, they may wet a piece of Wafer in a Spoon by dipping it into Water, then put in the Bolus and cover it with the Wafer, and then there can be no Taste, but of the Water only in taking it. These Wafers are to be [Page 13]had at every Confectioner's, you may have a great many for 2 d.

Be sure to abstain from all Acts of Venery whilst under Cure, for one single Act will increase the Disorder more than three Doses of Physick can rectify.

The less Wine or Strong Liquor that you drink the better; but Spirituous Liquors must not be touched, yet you may in the Evening drink a Glass or two of Wine to support the Spirits, if you find Occasion, always remembring the less you drink of Strong Liquors the better: Neither should you eat any High-season'd Meats, Pepper, or other Spice, and the more spareing you are in Diet, much the sooner will the Cure be perfected, for the more Impure Bodies are nourished, the worse they grow al­ways. But to drink plentifully of Small-Beer, or Milk and Water a little warm, when the Physick is not working, is good, and Water-Gruel or Green Tea at all Times. Of any of these Liquors you cannot drink too much.

You may go Abroad while you take Physick, but be careful to guard against Wet, Windy, or very Cold Weather; at [Page 14]such Times it is best to confine yourself, if your Affairs permit.

2d. For the Second Degree of Infec­tion, the Person that hath this Disorder must take a Bolus every other Day, very early in the Morning until he finds the Heat of Urine gone, and the Running decreased, or but little in Quantity, neat, clear and white, and become somewhat Ropy, which will appear by touching some of it with your Finger and Thumb, and pulling them assunder gently; and if it draws out in Strings, or ropy, in such Case you may be assured the Cure is near perfected, and nothing then remains but to strengthen the Weakned parts; so then he must leave off taking any more Physick, and take of the Balsamick Restrictive ELIXIR, 50 Drops betimes every Morning, at Four in the After­noon, and at Night going to Rest, al­ways fasting an Hour before and after taking it, and this you must continue un­til the Running is wholly ceased.

It neither purges or gives any Man­ner of Disorder, but keeps the Body in a due Temperament, strengthning all Weakness of the Back, Genitals, and Reins, Seminal and Urinary Vessels, and [Page 15]thereby most certainly prevents a Gleet, which frequently happens after a Vene­real Injury, for want of taking such Re­strictive and Strengthning Medicines.

If the Heat of Urine should be vio­lent, during the Time you are taking Physick, or that you are troubled with a Stranguary or Difficulty in making Wa­ter, besides the Bolus, he must take of the following Diuretick Powder, drink­ing plentifully as often as you can, too much you cannot, of thin Water-Gruel, Green Tea, or Milk and Water a little warmed, sweetned to your Taste with Sugar, and this must be continued until such Uneasiness and Pain is gone.

This will occasion you to make Water in a considerable Quantity at each Time, and clear or of a pale Colour; if of a high Colour, it is for want of drinking so much of those Liquors as you ought

3d. Now if from the great Acrimony, or Quantity of the received Infection; from the Neglect of applying proper Re­medies, [Page 16]in Time, to check the Disorder; from great Irregularity in Drinking, or Diet; from the previous Acrimony of the Blood; or from the Weakness of the Parts the Symptoms increase, then arises the Hight or last Stage of a Clap,

For the Cure of which, the Patient must observe all the Rules and Direc­tions before given in the Slighter Cases of this Disorder, and ought to take the Quantity of a small Nut on the point of a Knife, every other Morning, of the Most Noble ANTIVENEREAL ELEC­TUARY, or so much as he finds will give him five or six Stools, until the Heat of Urine is gone, and the Run­ning appears clear, &c. as before, and then the BALSAMICK ELIXIR is to be taken as in other Cases; by taking of which (and observing all former Di­rections) in a very short Time the Heat of Urine, all Soreness and Pain, will be perfectly removed, and all other uneasy Symptoms.

In some Persons Six Doses of this most Excellent ELECTUARY, will carry off all the Malignant Disorder, in others 10, 12, or more are required, according to the Teperament of Body, or the [Page 17]Stubborness of the Disease, and as the Party shall be more or less abstinnous.

I would not have any think the Cure long, for nothing can be more perniti­ous to the Patient, than too short a Cure, (if it may be termed so) for by stopping the Running so suddenly, the Blood and Juices are infected, the Patient poxed, and probably he and his Posterity ruin'd; whereas when all the Degrees of this Disease are wholly taken off, not too sud­denly, but by a due Method and proper Remedies, which is the onle safe and sure Way, there can be no Danger of any ill Consequences following, which this Ele­ctuary, I aver, will perform.

One Thing more I have to offer, that is, whoever takes of this Electuary, will never be troubled with a Gleet, which most of the other common purging Me­dicines will do. The Price of this Ele­ctuary is 6 s. a Pot. Enquire for a Pot of Electuary for the Gout.

As we have given particular Instructi­ons for curing the Three Degrees of a Gonorrhaea, in order that the Party affli­cted might the better understand the dif­ferent Applications necessary for each Disorder, and shewn how easy the Cure [Page 18]may be made by the use of the before­mention'd Medicines, but because some few People amongst the other Symptoms of the Disease herein before discribed, are afflicted with Buboes, Chancres, Phimosis, Paraphimosis, and swell'd Testicles, some­thing shall be said on each of them in particular.

Of the Phimosis, and Paraphimosis.

WHen the Prepuce is swell'd, so that it embraces the Glans, that it can­not by no Means be drawn back, this in Greek is call'd Phimosis, that is to say, a Binding, sometimes it is so corrugated and lighten'd behind the Crown of the Glans, that it cannot be brought for­ward, this is call'd Paraphimosis, that is to say, a Ligature round about.

Where these Cases happen, there fre­quently springs up upon the Face of the Glans, which is laid bare in the Paraphi­mosis, or upon the Margin of the Prepuce, with which it is cover'd in the Phimosis, several Watery Bladders, filled with a thin or thick Limph, sometimes cccupy­ing the Crown, sometimes the extreme Point, and sometimes the Side of the Glan; nay, they sometimes arise upon the Prepuce, or Frenum, and is attended with Pain, Inflamation and Strangury.

WOMEN. In Women the Labia, Nymphae, Clitoris, Prepuce, and the Carunculae Myr­tiformes, which beset the Mouth of the Vagina, being afflicted with malignant Ulcers, are swell'd or inflated, in the same Manner as the Prepuce and Glans in Men.

TUMOUR of the TESTICLES.

IT frequently happens in a Gonorrhaea, that one or both of the Testicles swells, from the Restraining or Suppression of the Virulent Semen, that ought to flow from the Seminary Vesicles in the Gonorrhaea, from this an Inflamatory Tumour of the Testicles is produc'd.

If the Venereal Poison hath conceal'd itself in the Blood, the Semen will be frequently thickned, and stick to the Sides of the Spermatic Vessels, in an infinite Number of hard Knobs; from hence proceed the Distention and Swelling of those Vessels, and the Inflamatory Tu­mour of the Testicles: This Disorder is not accompany'd with a Gonorrhaea, and arises from a hidden Pox.

Of a DRY GONORRHAEA, or rather the DRY VENEREAL DYSURIA.

THese are Disorders that but rarely oc­cur, and therefore are but seldom treated of; yet I think with good Rea­son, that a particular Account of these Complaints ought to be set forth, that all Persons who are afflicted, with this Di­stemper, may be inform'd of it and the Method of Cure, which being neglected, will soon disperse it self thro' and cor­rupt the whole Mass of Blood, to the ut­ter Ruin of the Party, and perhaps De­struction [Page 28]of a whole Family, which may be hereby prevented.

In this Case the Patient is afflicted with a sharp burning difficulty in making Water, without making any discharge of Purulent Semen, or Seed, or at least with an exceeding small Matter, for at that Time the internal Parts of the Urethra, or Urinary-passage, suffering great Tention and Inflammation, occasi­ons very acute Pain from the Urine that flows over it, the very Urine in the Bladder contracts great Heat from the inflam'd Parts.

The Strangury comes on which is at­tended with heat, pain, redness, and swel­ling of the Perineum; sometimes of the whole Penis, at other Times you have only pain in making Water, without any other Symptoms, but without any Run­ning, and these are either the Forerun­ners of a very vehehement and virulent Gonorrhaea, or the Consequence of a Bad One, suddenly suppress'd by a Pretended Cure

A Third Sort of GONORRHAEA.

THis is frequently met with in MEN, and is call'd SPURIOUS, and in which a thickish purulent Matter flows, not [Page 29]from the Urethra or Urinary-passage, but from the Crown of the Glans, or ex­treme Part of the Penis or Yard, which is painful and inflam'd, but is not dis­charg'd in so great a Quantity, as in the Common Gonorrhaea, but yet plentiful enough.

WOMEN. Women are also obnoxious to this Species of Gonorrhaea, in which the Venereal Humour is discharg'd, not from the Vagina or Urinary-passage, as in the Common Cases, but only from the External Part of the Pudendum, or upper part of the Privities, with a Pain and Heat in the Parts.

Of the CONFIRM'D POX.

HAving given a Description of the Go­norrhaea, I come now to treat of the worst disorder of the Venereal Disease, call'd a Pox, in which not one or two parts of the Body are disorder'd, but almost every part of it is infected, and compre­hends such a Number of different Symp­toms, that it rather appears to be a World of Distempers than one, and therefore I shall attempt no farther than to discribe [Page 32]the Nature, Form, and Disposition of this Disease.

1st. The diseases of the parts of Ge­neration either increase, or break out again from neglect, ill, short, (or rather pretended) Cures, of the Gonorrhaea, by ignorant and unskilful persons; other­wise arising anew.

2d. If with the Confirm'd Pox, the patient hath a violent Gonorrhaea, the dis­charge increases Callosities, or Swellings arise in the Semenary Vessels and Urethra, from whence proceed Impostumations, and Ulcers.

3d. They break out again where they have been cured, the Parts of Genera­tion afflicted with Chancres, Ulcers, Warts, near the Anus arise F [...]ci, or Excrescencies about the Fundament; in the Groin Bu­boes, or Swellings in the Groin, Tumours or Swellings in the Testicles, of different Kinds.

4th. They arise anew where they have not been before.

5th. The Colour of the Skin is alter'd, with pain and spots, especially on the Breast, and between the Shoulders, of a rose, purple, yellow or livid Colour; sometimes spreading wide, Scabs, Ring­worms, [Page 33]Tetters, and many Sorts of Dry, or Running Pustles.

5th. Chops in the Hands and Soles of the Feet, itching, running with a thin Ichor, the Skin coming off in several pie­ces like Scales.

6th. It is troubled with hard Knobs, or pustles, not rising high, but ulcerated at the Top, for the most part dry, but sometimes moist, are common on the Corners of the Lips, the Sides of the Nose, about the Forehead, Eyes, and Temples, and behind the Ears; from whence they spread over the whole Head, and by degrees occupy other parts of the Body, but chiefly those that are furnish'd with Hair.

7th. The Nails become uneven, and being ulcerated drop off.

8th. The Internal Parts of the Mouth, Throat, and Nose are disorder'd; all Parts of the Mouth suffer Pain, Heat, and Inflammation, are eat into by Ulcers, and a Caries is communicated to the Bones of the Palate, by which they are in a short Time distroy'd, which pene­trates as far as the Nose, by which Means the spongious and triangular Bones there­of, [Page 34]with the Vomer, by which it is sup­ported, sink in.

9th. From hence arises a Hoarsness, loss of Speech, Gums eroded and ulcera­ted; from whence proceeds Pain, Loss of Teeth, and Stinking Breath.

10th. Frequent and violent Pains, espe­cially when warm in Bed, in the Bones, Joints, and Tendons, which swell out in greater or smaller Degrees; sometimes soft, sometimes hard, and truly bony, with violent pain; at an other Time easy to be borne, which destroys the Substance of the Bone.

WOMEN. Women are troubled with Complaints that are proper to themselves, as Cancers of the Breast, Suppression, or imoderate Flux of the Menstrua, Whites, Hysteric Fits, Inflammations, Impostu­mations, Gangreen, Ulcers, Cancer of the Womb, Barrenness, or frequent Abortion; and Child born, half rotten.

From some of which Disorders, Over­straining, or Weakness of the Back, and such like, a Running frequently appears, and is not so easily discover'd from that which proceeds from an impure Coition, or other Way of Venereal Contagion, which often misleads and deceives the [Page 35]truly Virtuous Fair, who have receiv'd such Injuries from the ill Conduct of their Husbands, (and at the same Time are ignorant of it) who to conceal their Wicked Practices, never inform their Wives of the Reality of their Disorders, by which Means they mistaking their Disease, it daily increases on them (and I fear) too often ends in their Distruc­tion, which if timely discover'd might have been cur'd with very little Trouble.

For prevention of all such sad Conse­quences, I advise all Females to duly con­sider their own Case, and examine it by all the Symptoms herein before discrib'd of a Gonorrhaea, and also to observe, if they have any White Flux continue, du­ring the Time of their Menstrual Dis­charge, in such Cases they may depend upon having receiv'd the Venereal Infec­tion: But if the White Flux wholly stops during the Time of Menstruation, and returns afterwards, it then proceeds from some other Disorder, and not from a Gonorrhaea.

Be sure not to use any Astringent Me­dicines before you are duly satisfy'd of your Ailment; for should your Case be Venereal, instead of a White Flux, the [Page 36] Gleeting Matter being stopt, you infal­libly bring on a Pox.

But don't imagin that all these Symp­toms ever occur at one Time, or in the same Person, neither do the worst of them rarely happen to any, yet I thought proper to collect them all together the more clearly to shew the several Degrees of this Deplorable Disease, and that all People afflicted with this Extreme Part of the Venereal Disorder, might at once view and understand their own Case.

Concerning GLEETS.

THey often proceed from former ill (or rather imperfect) Cures, some­times from a Seminal Weakness, and Im­becilities of the Genitals, &c.

These Disorders are generally the Di­stroyer of Virility in Men, and Fertility in Women, and in Length of Time cause a whole Decay of Nature, which are infal­libly cur'd by the Balsamick Restrictive ELIXIR, which is neither unpleasant to the Taste, nor occasions the least Disorder to the Patient. Price, 6 s. the Bottle.

This ELIXIR is of so strengthning and sanative a Quality, that it not only strengthens and comforts the Spermatick Vessels, but revives the Spirits, warms and restores the Genital Parts in both Sexes, not only prompting a Desire of Coition, but also furnishing Materials for the Performance of the Act.

WOMEN. Females may hereby most assuredly cure themselves of that trou­blesome Disorder the Whites, and all other Weaknesses of the Womb, Back, and Urinary Vessels; only observing, not [Page 42]to take it when their Monthly Visits happen, or a Day or two before they are expected.

We have nothing more to add to this Discourse, but that the Patient relying on the Operation of the Medicines re­commended in this Book, and the Ac­count and Character herein before given of them respectively, and will punctually observe the Directions given in the taking of them, and have a due Regard to his Regimen, will be absolutely cur'd of ei­ther Gonorrhaea, Confirm'd Pox, or Stub­born Gleet, and all other Imbecilities in the Genitals, with the greatest Privacy, as li [...]tle Trouble, Charge, or Hindrance of Business, and perhaps much better, cheaper, and sooner, than by any other Medicines now in Use, and prevent the sad, and dangerous Consequences of an ill or pretended Cure.

And by Reason neither these, nor any other Medicines whatsoever, will always have the same Operation, and Effect up­on [...]ll People, but will vary according to the different Temperament of the several Bodies they have to work upon, There­fore that all Persons who shall purchase my inestimable Remedies, for all or any [Page 43]of the herein before treated of Disorders, may surely meet with the Desir'd Effect, of a speedy, certain, and safe Cure, I desire they will from Time to Time, communicate to me by a Line, the Man­ner their Physick operates, and the Pro­gress of the Disease, describing the Man­ner and Colour of the Gleet, and all other Symptoms attending the Disorder, and they shall receive all proper and suitable Instructions and directions from me how to behave, and such Alterations made in their Medicines [if any are wanting] as the Exigency of the Case shall re­quire: Or, if they chuse rather to call upon me at my House, they shall receive such Instructions as are necessary for their Direction in the Method of Cure, and perhaps more satisfactory than can be done by Writing; and the rather since I may understand their Case the better on a Personal View, than they may happen to apprehend, or be able to discribe themselves.

This last Favour I request of all my Patients, for their private Good, That they may not be delay'd and hinder'd of a Cure, and then they will assuredly find that my Medicines will fully answer the [Page 44]Ends for which they are propos'd, and what I have promis'd for them, which I think will be Evidence enough to de­note their Real Worth, and Excellency, as well as the honest and sincere Mean­ing of the Author, as would be attested by some Hundreds that have been cur'd by them in my Two and Twenty Years Practice, were it proper, in such Cases, to send one Patient to another.

Those who send Letters from the Country, are desir'd to send them Post Paid, and they will be Answer'd.