Of Shankers.
These are little ulcers coming upon the glans, the frænum, and the præpuce of the yard. They are not only troublesome, but sometimes tedious in the cure; the antacrid injection No. [XXI]. if timely applied, will generally prevent them.
But sometimes these very unwelcome visitors will appear even without a clap; and then they generally gain great ground, before timely remedies can be applied.
The injection No. [XXI]. should in this case be injected betwixt the præpuce and glans; but if this is not sufficient, apply the following.
No. XXII
Take mercurial ointment, two drachmes; calomel (N), two scruples; precipitate (O), ten grains. Mix it into an ointment.
By the dressing with this, all the shankers will speedily heal up.
If warts sprout out, they should immediately be cut off, with a pair of good sharp scissars, and then dressed with the above ointment.
Shankers, when they appear, without a previous gonorrhœa or clap, ought always to be taken as a forerunner of the pox itself; and the patient must have immediately recourse to the mercurial pills, No. [X]. one to be taken night and morning, in order to prevent the threatening evil consequences.