Knowledge condensed on the physical and moral effect of our sexual desires and diseases
*0^ '^o' ^0* '^0i & ^ ^ ^ '<> bK ,•• Ao **%. 0 .c-^ci'. °- .*< v>^> ? V • ' • °- <-V V. ^0* ^^ f\- I ^ *Arn« ^qe«fl<$dg$ ^e ON THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL EFFECT — OF OUR SEXUAL DESIRES # DISEASES. \W w a |A PRIVATE LECTURE! THEIR INFALLIBLE TREATMENT BY — I. S. SHERWIN, M. D. If those who languish with disease, Because of passion's xinchecked fire, Shall seek for comfort, health and ease And would their deadly foe appease, Herein they'll find what they desire. GOUVERNEUR. N. Y 1879. jl^ofyi^dg^ fioqdf?qjm$d -ON THE- PHYSICAL AND MORAL EFFECT -OF OUR--- SEXUAL DESIRES & DISEASES. THEIR INFALLIBLE TREATMENT A PvT^(syFTTFRTsQ -BY- / I. S. SHERWIN, M. D. If those who languish with disease, Because of passion's unchecked fire, Shall seek for comfort, health and ease And would their deadly foe appease, Herein they'll find what they desire. }, 18*Z9.- « ^ GOUVERNEUR, K Y. 1879. ^ Cj All persons are. cautioned against writing., printing, or publishing anything contained in this book, as they will be dealt with according to law, and for any information of any person so doing, I will allow a liberal reward to the informant, E. S. SHEBWIN, Owner of Copyright. Entered according to Act of Congress* in the year 1879, by ISAAC S. SHERWIN, M. D., tn the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington- PREFACE. The author of this work, having, in common with others,felt the ivant ot a book which could truly be called a treatise on our sexual desires and our carnally minded or sexual diseases, has undertaken the task of supplying such a want ; and, as the re* suit of some little time, labor and expense, this volume is pre- sented to i he public. This work is designed for the million, and i*, therefore, written in such language as to be easily un- derstood by my many patients and friends, TO whom I dedi- cate this work, li is not a volume which may be taken up carelessly and on the account of its size or contents, laid down again with a careless indifference as to whether or not it is read or purchased. It is a book which is to be regarded as one of the chiefest household treasures ; a book which every well-regulated family must and will have, even at a great sacrifice, when once fully convinced of its value. This may be regarded as strong language in regard to any uninspired book, but the reasons I have to offer will, I think, convince any one that it is war- ranted. No matter what the subject is, knowledge acquired broadens our views of life and helps to make us better, for the greatest cause of our vices is our ignorance of their after results, wh:ch invariably leads to the death of both soul and body. No man or woman is as wise as they should be; who does not daily strive to become better posted about themselves and their relation to their Creator. People, no doubt, might know more about themselves than they do, and know better that which they already know* The author has always been partial to small, plain books tor domestic use, therefore peruse and study the matter herein contained, learning for yourselves to know a few things more, and learn to know them well. My chief aim has been to concentrate the largest possible amount of practical knowledge in the smallest possible compass; resting content with the conviction : hat the practical bearing of the "little book" will be its own best and most modest recommendation to public favor. The author does not claim to be the most "eminent physician," or the most "distinguished physiologist of the nineteenth century ;" he only claims to have given much time, practical study, and anxiov.s, conscientious forethought about the subjects therein contained — more, perhaps, than any other author of our time. It has been written for the infor- mation and benefit of the afflicted public generally, and not for the medical faculty, hence the omission of all unnecessary ver- biage or medical technicalities. It is adapted to the compre- hension of the uneducated, common reader, or ordinary men and women. Its use as a reference book in nearly all cases of our sexual desires and diseases will save an untold amont of sickness, suffering, pain and death. The entire list of ailments are treated in a plain, practical and cautious manner, so that any one can, by refering to the book, apply the remedies. It is a complete outfit to the mar- ried and those who contemplate marriage, and islhe only work of the kind fully up to the requirements of the times, in which we now live. If the author has succeded in telling these few plain facts in a manner pleasing or instructive to those whom they may concern, he has accomplished more than what was anticipated. Gouverneur, N. Y., 1879. I. S. S. CHAPTER I. CONTAINS PHILOSOPHY AND FACTS CONCERNING THE TRANS- MISSION OF LIFE J OR LOVE, MARRIAGE AND PARENTAGE. IT TELLS IT ALL. I will commence this chapter by quoting Josh Billings' essay on love : "Love iz one of the pashuns, and the most diffi- cult one ov all to deskribe. I never hav herd love well defiined. I hav read several deskripshuns ov it, but they were written b/ thoze who were in love (or thought, they waz), and 1 wouldn't believe such testimony not even under oath. Almoste every boddy, sum time in their life, hav bin in love, and if they think it iz an eazy sensashun tew deskribe, let them set down and deskribe it, and see if the person who listens to the deskripshun will be satisfied with it. 1 waz once in love miself for 7 long vears, and mi friends all said i had a consumpshun, but i knu all the time what ailed me, but couldn't deskribe it. Now all that 1 can rekolekt about this love sikness iz, that for thoze 7 long years i waz, if enny thing, rather more of a kondem phool than ordinary. Love iz an honorabel disease enuff tew have, bekauz it iz natral ; but any phello w who haz laid sik with it for seven long yerars, after he gins over it feels sum thing like the phellow who haz phell down on the ice wlieu it is very wet — he don't feel like talking about it before folks." Grirls must not look to that mystical step from girl to wife with a cold, secular gaze, and with frozen pulses calculate that their individual society and pecuniary advantage is the end and aim of married life. For marriage is the sacrament of love ; they who make it a mere cold convenience for purely selfish purposes dig the grave of their happiness on their wed- ding day. No woman can live with a noble, affectionate man as his wife, and not love him, unless her heart is already given to some one else. A man can win his wife's love if he only knows how to set about it. But men too generally grow care- less after the " honeymoon," and forget how they used to act in their courting days. In ihis case the hearts of both grow 16] cold for want of tender and affectionate words ; both parties perhaps, being too proud to openly manifest their inmost love towards the other. This is radically wrong, for all married people shoul earnestly study to make home their earthly heaven. They will do this, only, when all the conditions of their mar- ried life are fulfilled. " But fire and water do not occupy the same territory, they are in opposition and will be till the fire is quenched or the water evaporates." It is the nature of every man and woman to love something, constantly ; and he or she who does not love at home, will soon find an object of affection elsewhere. There is but one exception to this rule, and that is in the case of the man or woman who expends all their vital energies in mental labor ; such persons frequently lose their physical stamina, and in time have but little power to generate offspring. Small words carelessly spoked are often the key to great secrets. A wife who tells her friends that she and her husband are not happy, is in a polite way advertising for a lover. A hus- band who mentions among his friends that he and his wife do not quite agree, is very plainly publishing to the world that he now loves another woman, or at least is liable to do so upon a favorable opportunity. This is my candid opinion, formed by observation and experience in real life as it is, (not from what some one else thinks it is). With full knowledge then that a large majority of wedded couples are, or imagine themselves to be badly paired, and need more light, and to improve and thereby happify the married state, is, I do not hesitate to say, my design in writing this chapter. No subject is so worthy of careful attention as that of matrimony and parentage, the the latter of which is, or ought to be the end or natural result of marriage. In the first stage of our existence, we live as it were, in an embrio or egg state, which is in size from one three hundreth to one six hundreth of an inch in length, and only a hundiv.d and twentieth part of an inch in diameter. Vast mys- tery surrounds this egg period. Be it known at this time and in this condition the mother is forming the future character of her child. Every desire of love or hate, every thought, holy aspiration or angry emotion, is at this time telling on her expected offspring. Therefore months before the child draws its first breath, much responsibility rests on the mother. A kind, tender loving spirit with noble desires in the mother, if shown constantly from conception to birth, may and indeed is apt to, give to the world a philanthropist But a contentious passionate, quarrelsome mother will always produce a fretful, peevish child, and perhaps it may grow up to be a criminal, possibly a murderer. Almost every mother may trace the fret- fulness of her child to her own unpleasant surroundings before its birth, hence the extreme necessity tor extreme care to avoid over eating, over work, drunkeness, sexual and all other excesses, for a want of harmony between the parents may entail untold evils upon their ofispring, all of which, may, with proper care, be wholly avoided. If the latter is the trouble we may help you. Sexual desire is natural and common to all normal and healthy male and female life. The mutual object being to cop- ulate and the necessary result to perpetuate the species, the lat- ter of which is produced by the action of friction and heat- Women conceive more easily a short time after menstruation, when the mouth of the uterus is less closed than usual. Be it known the mouth of the uterus is so narow that the fecun- dating principle would not enter it, but for the fact that it seems to crave and inhale or draw it up by real and natural suction or attraction. Hence, as we have seen, the uterus is a most im- portant organ. Indeed, the uterus, womb and vagina of the female does really or to a large extent govern heF. FoTas soon as she reaches the age of puberty they have a place in all her thoughts, but more especially in those which are occupied with love, jealousy, vanity, and beauty ; hence, it may be truly said that the reproduction of the species is in her the most impor- tant object in life. Is the God of nature less propitious to the human family than to brutes ? Of the brute creation not one in a thousand lacks the mental and physical capacity for self perpetuation. There are important facts which should be learned, for barrenness, once considered a curse, can be over- come. No matter how much quicker in the fecundating acb or process one of the parties is by nature than the other, the too common practice of selfish gratification, which leads to dinsat- isfaction with both parties, can and should be wholly avoided. All the natural desires are or may be gratified when these sim- ple truths are learned and practiced, and sexual pleasure can be protracted far beyond the time which the uninitiated will easily credit. Much depends upon a perfect union and the un- selfish and unfeigned love which each one shows towards the other at this time. Both man and wife must be devoted, and truly affectionate, and totally devoid of any ill will towards each other in thought, word or action, for love and indifference can no more coalesce than oil and water. No ill-assorted cou- ple which have but little love and respect for each other are fit to have children. The important lesson to learn in having and constantly holding an unbroken love towards each other on all occasions has be. n the world's greatest lesson. I have known of the circumstance where a couple have made a heroic strug- gle during many years to this end, and then separate, their common friends fully agreeing and deciding that the separa- tion was by far best for both. -'Multiply," is a natural as well as a divine command, and when a married couple leaves the [8] world without having obeyed the injunction, it can scarcely be said of them that they have fulfilled this one great end, at least, ol their existence. According to Bible and profane his- tory this act alone has caused as little pleasure, and more trou- ble than all else combined, yet so imperative is the voice of nature in this matter, that the mind of the entire human race is more concentrated upon the feelings that leads to the con- summation of the sexual act, than all other attributes of our being put together. No two persons exactly agree upon any other subject, and no two differ on this. f: | The fecundating act, through lustful passion, among all classes, (the ambitious, the humble, the fierce, the gentle, the high, the low, the barbarous and the cultivated,) has ever been and now is, practiced at least 75 per cent, too frequently. Amorous intercourse should be but sparingly indulged in, then the ecstacv of mutual feelings, with both parties, will not cause pain, trouble or partings, but will prove an ever-increas- ing bond of union. Physiologists term woman the passive party, and he who understands where to find and how to touch the natural key of sexual harmony, either" mentally or physically, gives, while he receives, pleasure of the highest order. The eminent Dr. Cul- verwell has truly said : "Love is not the parent, but the mutual offspring of sexual desire ; and if that instinctive passion be frustrated or deprived of its just entitlement, love soon loses its name and goes, no one knows whither." In concluding this chapter, let me freely say : How delight- ful must De the mutual feelings, how deep-rooted and genuine the enjoyment of the happily married couple who have an un- doubted confidence of virtue in themselves and in each other. Thus do we see that love, marriage and parentage, with all their results, should be guided by reason and governed by the immutable laws of our natures, all of which were wisely estab- lished by an all-wise Creator. CHAPTER II. ON THE PREVENTION OF CONCEPTION, OR HOW EVERY MOTHER CAN REGULATE HER OWN OFFSPRING. THIS KNOWLEDGE IS AN ENTIRELY NEW DISCOVERY, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. WORTH $IOOO, TO ANY MOTHER. For myself I love children, but would certainly rather not have them born at all than see them crowding into the world to contend with incurable diseases, struggle against the horrors of poverty or run the gauntlet of starvation and famine, which is the fate of so many in this our day. In this chapter I shall speak plain language which can be easily understood and not inferred. It may be urged by some that to prevent pregnancy, would be an inventive act and an improvement on nature, in opposition to the natural laws of our Creator. This argument or theory would be nonsense ; for carrying this principle out, would upset all the artificial machinery in the world. It would in this case as in the past give instinct and passion preference over education and reason ; it would drive the whole human family to the woods for roots and herbs and wild game as food and to the natural caves for protection and shelter. The Crea- tor made man and left him in a slate of nature without any earthly possession above the brute, except the organs of speech and the God-like gift of reason. If, therefore, any should cen- sure me for using my reason, (and if they be correct), then the building of a house would be considered a crime. Carrying this principle backwards it would prove the same, thus leaving man a condemned criminal for his learning and advancement and with a natural right to less than a covering of the original fig leaves. " Let us reason together " for a moment. A woman with a narrow spine and crooked pelvis is unfit to bear children. A woman who is scrofulous or whose blood is tainted with hered- itary disease, should not have children ; either the poison would take active form in her or in her child, often causing the death of one, sometimes both. What mother desires to be haunted with the thought that she, though innocently,has pois- oned the blood of her child mouths before it was born. There [10] should be at least three years between the birth of children ; the fashion of bearing children every year or once in two years is heathenish and truly marks a great want of judgement in parents. She must find nutrition for herself not only, but two children during the whole time ; one at her breast, and for the one which she carries under her bosoms. Now my friend this Is worse than brutish, for no husband has a moral or natural right to marry a blooming girl, full of love, life, grace and beauty, and in a few years by his ungovernable lust transform her into a sallow, sunken-eyed, toothless old woman. There- fore, whatever may be the views of the rigid moralist in regard to controling conception, the necessity of such simple knowl- edge and means of prevention can be clearly shown and justi- fied by every principal of humanity, reason and virtue. Remember I am no friend to any abortive plan, indeed my plan does away with this evil entirely, as it only pre- vents, not destroying conception. I mav say that I abolish the crime of infanticide altogether, and thus check an- other crying evil, namely : the increase of illegitimate chil- dren. Political economists, mighty men, great men, smart men, physicians, in fact every married man and woman, for six thousand years at least, have thought of and greatly desired to have in their immediate possession an easily under- stood and effective means whereby they could regulate their own offspring. And while so many who have heretofore writ- ten so much to prove they knew so little about this important subject, it was left to an ordinary mind to enlighten the world, thus leaving this discovery in your possession, as it were, without money and without price. I feel that I am doing good to those whom it may concern, in showing them how nature may be allowed the full and free exercise of her right, without being productive of the result complained of. I will tii>t give you the expensive, unreason- able, ungodly and life-destroying preventatives which have heretofore been practiced, thus showing the foolishness of other inventors, who never seem to have intelligently examined the most simple and easily understood facts concerning our human nature. A great, physician of Paris recommends *• horseback riding over a very rough road the following day, trotting the horse briskly." What wisdom for a Doctor! Another Doctor says "to arise and dance about the room a few minutes before repose will have the desired effect." Indeed that would effect nothing unless the taking of a severe cold — what nonsense ! The third Doctor "recommends a baih in cold sea water soon atter coition." Isn't lie wise ? The fourth says " a fine sponge cut the right size witu a silk cord attached by which to withdraw it alter absorbing the generating fluid, would accomplish the desired result, and he only charged each individual for his discovery, ten dollars. Another recom- mends " the male to wear an oil silk 01 rubber condum, costing him (the Doctor) three cents each, bat which he retails to his special confidential customers for $1,00." Another "rec- ommends the female to constantly eat highly stimulating food." Another says "and a few drops of oil of vitriol to a little warm ["I water will make a desirable wash to be used with a syringe soon after the act, say three or four syringes-full used energet- ically will do the business." Among the latest inventions is a rubber ring, (to be inserted well up the vagina), the center containing a thin sack or bag. This was invented and patented in 1864 by a surgeon in France and they retail for ten dollars in gold in that country and in the Uuited States the retail price in greenbacks is $20.00. The above and many other preventatives are all equally bad. The practice of withdrawing is still worse, as it will in time ruin the health of both husband and wife. It is no better than self-pollution, causing the husband in many cases to become incapable of performing the sexual act. Compare the foregoing with the following : FULL DIRECTIONS TO PREVENT CONCEPTION. After sexual intercourse, the female is to arise immediately (i , or out of bed,) and squat over a chamber vessel containing urine, then wash the vagina, using only the urine with the fore finger. If it so happens that there is no urine in the vessel, then squat over it, holding the lips ot the vagina securely closed with the hand, then urinate, and retain the urine a minute, or until it forces its u ay up to the fallopian tubes and mouth of the uterus, when it must come in contact with the seed, and is in- stantly destroyed by dissolving, and will pass off with the urine. Generally there is a desire to urinate at once after hav- ing had connection ; but when it is convenient, (and a previous forethought will make it so,) see that the vessel contains pure urine, if fresh and warm it is all the better. Some prefer using the uriuu with a syringe ; orhei*3 apply it, using a swab. But with a little practice >rou will prefer washing with urine, using nothing but your fingers, needing only a wiping towel there- after. You ask : Why does washing out with urine prevent conception ? We answer : Urine is composed of hippurie acid, muriate of ammonia, and sulphate of ammonia, each of which is life-destroying to any form of animal life with which it comes it contact. The seed ot man is a fully organized form of life, and when brought in contact, with urine it is instantly killed. Therefore, the germination of the seed cannot go on, and im- pregnate the ovary of the female, which, if allowed, would be- come a, living br-iug. In conclusion, the reader, I trust, will do me the justice to say that 1 have treated the subject matter of this chapter as delicately as ir. could be handled, yet without in any way mystifying the true meaning intended to be conveyed. Experimental knowledge of my own for fifteen years past, and twenty or more families who have known and practiced this discovery the past ten years, can fully attest its merits, not one single failure having occurred. This discovery was made by myself, and this is the first time I have allowed its publica- tion, or permitted these secrets to go to press. Not that I was selfish in the matter, but I wished an extension of farther and more scientific tests of the virtue of uriue before I made this chapter public. The following illustrative cut and its figures will explain this chapter at a glance : 1— Clitoris, corresponds to the penis in the male. 2 2— T,abia Majora and Minora, or lips of the Vagina. 3 3— Urethra, or bladder passage. 4 4— Vagina, or canal from the womb to the outside world. 5 5 — Os Uteri, or opening of the Uterus. f5 6 6— Uterus, or the Womb. 7— Rectum, or lower extremity of the Intestines. 8— Pladder, or reservoir containing Urine. 9— Symphysis Pubis, or front part of Pelvis bone. 10— Ovary, corresponds to the male Testicles, and when deposited in it contains the egg of life. Note— The half-moon shaped body below the opening of the Uterus, indicates the position of the seed of man when deposited by him, showing conclusively that it can be easilv dissolved and washed away by the urine and prevented from passing up to No. 10 and becoming a living being. CHAPTER III. SOLITARY PRACTICES ', CALLED ONANISM, OR SELF-POLLU- TION, MASTERBATION, AND VENEREAL DEBEAUCHMENT. A SHORT, POINTED, PLAIN CHAPTER, CONTAINING RE- DEEMING KNOWLEDGE WHICH EVERY MAN AND WOMAN SHOULD UNDERSTAND. The majority of physicians of high authority have main- tained that two-thirds of all diseases which to-day afflict the human family, originated by these habits. As regards myself I do not believe it ; but I am convinced that those evil practices have entailed great calamities on all who indulge in them to excess, and that their fearful effects do produce consumption, impotence, lunacy, and oftimes premature death. Need I say that these haibts are wrong, and should be corrected alto- gether ? Need I say that it is better to kindly warn a child against these practices, when we know it is demoralizing them, and undermining their health and reason? Can parents of children or friends of humanity, remain silent from motives of most absurd and false modesty, and allow any child to go to ruin when they are unconscious that they are doing anything wrong? I do not hesitate to say that the parent, or any other person who, knowing these facts, have done their whole chris- tian duty without endeavoring to give an effective warning. My advice to parents is this : Pleasantly and carefully reason with the party suspected, in confidence ; tell them that they cannot offend God or themselves without being dis- covered, as its persistence will mark them all over with sus- picion and evidences of guilt. Warn them ot the dreadf.il consequences that must inevitably folio w evil practices it per- sisted in ; inform them that it will impair their beauty, stop their giowth, (and in females) it causes blotches on their skin generally, and the forehead especially breaks out in disgusting eruptions or pimples. Tell them they will become idle, slug- gish and listless ; their breath will be offensive ; their eyes dull, and their appetite lost. In fact any person long addicted to these habits will become cowardly, timid, depressed in mind and spirits, going about, as it were, dragging their legs behind [14| them, instead of walking upright, body erect, with a manly, self-reliant look. Recommend to all such, their best (and only lasting) medicine, namely : a steady, healthful occupation, nour- ishing food, airy bedrooms, early retiring and rising, warm bath at least once a week ; avoidance of all stimulants, even tea, coffee and tobacco ; read no pernicious novels or silly love stories, throw away and avoid all obscene, ungodly literature, and have but little or nothing to do with those who keep and read them. This advice will apply to all — old or young — and should be effectual to all whom it may concern. For, it is scarcely to be supposed that any one, young or old, of either sex, would persist in a practice, which, apart from its other attendant evils, would not only mai their beauty but render them unfit subjects for genuine matrimony. In conclusion, dear reader, let me exhort you to live pure, examine the Word of God on this subject, and forget not Solomon's last words, found in Ecclesiastes, last chapter, last two verses : " Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil." CHAPTER IV. GONORRHEA (CLAPP). — ITS CAUSE, SYMPTOMS AND PERMA- NENT CURE. IMPROVED TREATMENT, INFORMING EVERY PATIENT WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE, REQUIRING NO PHYSI- CIAN, SAVING TIME, PAIN AND MONEY. THIS CHAPTER ALONE IS WORTH TEN TIMES THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK. Gonorrhea is an inflamation of the mucus membrane lin- ing the urethra in men and the vagina in women ; seated, in the male, in the head of the penis, and in the female, a short distance up the vagina. In its progress it communicates its poison to all the surrounding parts, and produces a variety of painful sensations. This disease is usually developed in from three to seven days after exposure (generally caused by break- ing the 7th Commandment). There is usually first telt an un- easy sensation, and scalding pain in making water; a whitish discharge at first takes place, subsequently turning to a thick yellow matter. At times there will" be great desire for sexual intercourse, having many erections, which must not be in- dulged in, for it will the sooner and more rapidly develop the disease. At times the inflamation will spread to other parts, occasioning swelled testicles, swelling in the groin ; sometimes when the inflamation is considerable, there will be observed a slight quantity of blood in the discharges. When it exists in a high degree it produces what is called Chordee ; this is very apt to occur when the patient is warm in bed. The first time (and once is sufficient) a patient has this disease it is accom- panied with a greater degree of inflamation than in any subse- quent attack, requiring care, patience, and total abstinance 'till cured. Proper attention must be observed in what you eat and drink ; your diet should be light, but nutritious and easy of digestion. Avoid all kinds ot acid food or drinks, fat or greasy articles, salt, salted meats, and all intoxicating drinks, espe- cially ale and beer. Be very careful night and day that not a particle of the virus comes in contact with the eyes, as it would produce that terrible disease, Gonorrhea Opthalma. Never squeeze the penis — many patients have this fault. Nothing can be more injurious as it prevents a prompt cure. Cleanliness [16] is absolutely necessary, therefore wash the parts three or four times daily, using clean warm water, and any good cleansing soap. Treatment : — The following injection should be used (im- mediately after urinating or cleansing), three or tour times each day, using only a small glass or gutta percha syringe — one that works easily. The medicine should be thrown up the penis and retained for at least one or two minutes. R. — Sulphate Zinc, forty grains; Calomel, forty grains; Laudanum, two drachms; Rose Water, eight ounces. Mix, and label^the bottle "injection only." For internal treatment use "Blood and Liver Syrup No. 1." Formula an another page. Dose : — One to two tablespoonsfull three times daily, half an hour before meals— the last and larg- est dose at bed time — using enough to keep the bowels freely open. Continue this treatment until entirely well. These di- rections are to' be followed also in case of GJeet — nothing better. Generally this treatment will accomplish a cure in from 'our to ten days ; some persons, however, will require as many weeks, for the simple reason that they will not control their passions, throw away their smoking, chewing and drinking, and keep clean — all of which every patient should do. Gon- orrhea and Gleet, in females is about the same as in the male, allowing for the difference of the parts. They are, however, more subject to greater pain. Follow the same directions that are laid down for males, usi.g a female syringe, (glass or gutta percha,) and. with this throw the injection well up the vagina. The patient must be on her back, with hips and lower limbs elevated. The injec- tion must positively be retained each time at least three to five minutes. No other medicine is generally required, bnt every patient, male or female, had better use the following injection morning and evening, for two weeks after they think they are well. R.— Tincture of Golden Seal, one ounce; mix with ten ounces soft water. By following these directions, the patients can cure them- selves in a few days or weeks. It is of great consequence, and will hasten the cure if the patient can have quietness and rest, being caretul not to heat their blood. CHAPTER V. SYPHILIS* (POX). ITS FULL HISTORY J ORIGIN, NATURE, SYMPTOMS AND PERMANENT TREATMENT. TO ANY PER- SON THAT NOW HAS, LIABLE TO HAVE, OR EVER HAD, THIS DREADFUL DISEASE, THEY CANNOT IN DOLLARS AND CENTS VALUE THE INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION CONTAINED IN THIS CHAPTER. *Notb.— The term Syphilis is from a Greek word signifying filthy. Syphilis. — This affliction to the children of men is a pun- ishment given by the Creator of Heaven and Earth, in conse- quence of man's physical sins, more particularly for excessive adultery, confined mostly among the individuals and nations who do not control their sexual passions. Sometimes God uses this disease as a pleague, destroying wicked nations by the thousands. The first account given as an individual judgment was the case of King David. A full history of his adultery and murder will be found by reading the eleventh chapter of Sec- ond Samuel. Take particular notice of the second, third, fourth and fifth verses. Now turn to the Psalms ot David and carefully read the thirty-eighth chapter. David wrote this Psalm not quite a year after he had illicit intercourse with Bethsheba, the wife of Uriah — just about the right time for the terrible secondary symptoms to make their appearance upon the king. Notice the whole chapter, more particularly the first .seven verses. Whether David was cured by God in answer to prayer, or by medicine, I cannot say, but one thing is sure, he was healed, and had healthy offspring after the death of the bastard child, the fruit of his adultery. Also read carefully the fifteenth chapter of Leviticus. See comments on this chap- ter oy Dr. Adam Clark. In the form of a plague, this disease made its last appear- ance in the year 1450, commencing in Naples, Italy. It mani- fested itself in blotches, boils and scabs, covering nearly the entire body, making a horrid appearance ; in a few days the hair would fall off; the flesh become rotten, causing death in about three weeks. It soon spread from city to city, (very [18] much as the cholera has done in our day,) until nearly every country in Europe had received it. No known remedy could then cure it, and for twenty years this plague ran, at times, causing tens of thousands of deaths per year. At last, about the year 1470, Dr. Beranger of Strasburg, Germany, tried the effect of mercury, (which was practiced thereafter,) and it en- tirely changed the nature of the disease, and it became gonor- rhoea!, communicated since that time only by sexual inter- course. The effect of this disease is pitiable to contemplate ; the bones feel sore ; the pores are open, and every change of weath- er is felt, even to the marrow ; a cold shivering uneasiness of the entire body is felt, leaving the sufferer a perfect barometer. Its effect on the mind is worse than on the body ; it becomes peevish, fretful, gloom,,, suspicious, full of anxiety, borrowing trouble ; dejection seizes the mind, which it cannot throw off*. This is the condition of every one who has this disease, and will be, until it is expelled from the system. This is a chronic disease, and its cure very slow, requiring time not only, but a patience like that of Job. With the exception of Cancer, this is the worst of all diseases. But few persons have any idea of the extent to which this disease now prevails. It may again be allowed to spread throughout the universal world, and constitute the first one of the seven last plagues described in the sixteenth chapter of Revelations, the r«cond verse. WHO KNOWS? Symptoms: — The disease (now-a-days) generally makes its first appearance in from one to eight days after cohabitation. At first there is a little redness, then a postule is formed upon the head of the penis, which soon breaks, leaving an open sore, the infecting chancre is single, and surrounded by a hard bor- der ; sometimes two or more will appear at the same time, causing considerable destruction of the tissues, and at times are not surrounded by the hard border ; these are called soft chancres. After the local sores have existed for some time, little lumps will appear in the groin, which sometimes enlarge and merge into one blue tumor, called bubo, sometimes becom- ing as large as a goose egg, disappearing in a few weeks; at other times it will break and discharge, forming an open sore which is difficult to heal. Copper-colored spots will appear upon the face and body ; the hair falls out; the glands in the back of the neck become very painful. In about six or eight months ulcers appear in the mouth and throat, which often de- stroys the soft parts, or the membrane lining ; the eyes are lia- ble to become affected by inflamation. Syphilitic ulceration of the bones will appear, first by lumps called nodes. They form on the bones and finally ulcer- ate, causing decay, an offensive scent, and much pain ; the bones of the shin, elbows and forehead, are most frequently affected. Syphilitic catarrh will often appear in the nose, and surrounding parts, so that the nasal passages will become de- stroyed, presenting a hideous appearance. In many cases there will appear eruptions on many parts of the oodv ; they will fester and break, and hard thickened crusts are formed, at- tended by itching. [19 1 Treatment : — Now, my friend, you and I must go to work in real earnest — we must work side by side. I cannot be with you in person, but we will be together in mind and spirit, for you have been overtaken with a severe penalty, but help you can, and must have, and not one word of fancy about this, it is as correct as black and white can make it. Under no circum- stances can you experience a gi eater necessity for skilled treat- ment than in this disease. The first thing necessary is a supply of the following drugs : A vial of Nitric, Acid ; a vial of pure Calomel ; two ounces Glycerine, with one drachm Carbolic Acid added — these for external treatment. One ounce of Sugar of Milk, with one tenth of an ounce of Calomel added, and thoroughly mixed by trituration ; one ounce of Iodide of Po- tassium made line in mortar — for internal use. Number and label each bottle plainly to avoid all chances for a mistake. With the first appearance of chancres commence your local treatment by dipping a snjall pine stick into the Nitric Acid, and (after wiping off the superabundant liquid,) apply it to every part of the chancre or sore ; then saturate a little cotton wool with the Glycerine mixture, applying this pack to the penis, bringing back the foreskin to cover the cotton pack and keep it in place. [In case of swelled penis, and when difficult to cover and uncover with the foreskin, then use the following wash to inject under the foreskin to reduce the swelling : R. — Corrosive Sublimate five grains, dissolved in two ounces soft water. Use this three times a day as a wash 'til swelling dis- appears.] Do not be afraid, but endure the pain, and in a few hours, or the next day, wash and cleanse the parts, using warm soap suds ; then sprinkle the sores with a little pure Calomel, smooth down aud cover with cotton to hold it in place, bring- ing forward the foreskin, il possible, for this purpose. Con- tinue this local treatment for four days using first the Glyce- rine, then the Calomel packed in cotton ; then wash and exam- ine, and if the sore has not commenced to heal, then the caute- rization should be repeated, using the acid stick as at first, following up with the Calomel and lint and Glycerine and lint as before specified, until all soreness is gone, which usually takes from ten days to three weeks. No matter in what form this disease manifests itself, the cure will mainly depend on the internal, or constitutional treat- ment ; therefore commence using the internal at once, in con- nection with the local treatment, by taking the Sugar of Milk mixture in small doses — about what will lie on point of pen knife blade — every 4 hours dry on the tongue; continue this for 3 weeks. Then change by taking the following for three weeks in teaspoon doses three times a day, before meals : R. -Dissolve what Iodide Potassium will lie on a silver quarter in two ounces water, not too strong. If attended with sore throat, use the above also as a gargle 'two or three times a day. If testicles swell, wear a supporter, (for sale at drug stores). If the glands of the groin swell, paint them every other day with Tincture of Iodine. This will prevent bubo. Continue the internal treatment for three months or even six months, changing from the Sugar and Calomel to the Potassium mixture, alternately every three or four weeks. Continue the penis or sore throat 120] treatment as long as pain and soreness exists, using the gargle freely, and if nose feels inflamed or sore use the same by inject- ing into each nostril, twice a day 'till well. If, from constitu- tional peculiarities or extraordinary complications, and the case demands it, consult a skillful physician, in connection with this treatment, for some cases may require special attention. Female patients are to follow the same directions (allowing for the difference of the parts), applying the acid stick to the chancres through a womb speculum, also the Calomel and cot- ton pack and the Glycerine and cotton pack, must be carefully adjusted through the speculum. This treatment must be given by an experienced nurse or physician, and the cotto . pack must not be neglected, as this will prevent the affected parts from coming in contact with the surrounding flesh. Your diet must be nutrititious, using ripe fruit, vegetables, bean soup with but little salt, and pure milk, whole boiled wheat looked over and prepared and used in the manner as you would rice, but eaten in milk will be preferable. Frequent bathing, and perfect cleanliness must be observed ; when con- venient take Turkish bath once a week. Do not, for one mo- ment, allow yourself to be tempted, or have sexual intercourse, but abstain entirely from it and all stimulating drinks — coffee, tobacco and very strong tea. In case of secondary or old cases of Syphilitic Catarrh, inject into each nostril, twice a day, the following : R. — Benzoic Acid, five grains, dissolved in one pint soft water; use a small glass syringe, holding head back to allow the liquid to pass to all parts of the nasal passages ; con- tinue this simple treatment for three, or even six months, 'til well. In advanced cases where ulcers already appear, (which occur over the superficial bones,) they can only be cured by protracted use of a good blood purifier and local applications. 