Porneiopathology / A Popular Treatise on Venereal and Other Diseases of the Male and Female Genital System; With Remarks on Impotence, Onanism, Sterility, Piles, and Gravel, and Prescriptions for Their Treatment

by Robert James Culverwell

[Form 2].

The following mixtures lessens the acrimony in making water, abdues the irritability, and tends to diminish the discharge:—
Take of—
	Carbonate of potass	1	drachm.
	Nitrate of ditto	1	drachm.
	Mucilage of acacia	5½	oz.
	Hydrocyanic acid	10	drops.
	Syrup of Tolu	2	drachms.
Mix. Take a tablespoonful in a wineglassful of water twice daily.

[Form 3].

Take of—
	Linseed tea	½	pint.
	Spirits of Sweet Nitre	2	drachms.
	Battley’s Sedative	60	drops.
Mix. Take three tablespoonfuls, twice or thrice daily.

[Form 4].

Where it is inconvenient for a patient to carry a bottle about his person, the following electuary, combining the essential ingredients of the former two, may be substituted:—
Take of—
	Lenitive electuary	2	oz.
	Conserve of roses	2	oz.
	Strong mucilage of acacia	2	oz.
	Nitrate of potass	2	drachms.
Mix. Dose—Two teaspoonfuls twice or thrice a day.

[Form 5].

A good combination, that may be taken even in the inflammatory stage.
Take of—
	Cubebs	2	oz.
	Carbonate of magnesia	1	drachm.
Mix. Dose—A dessert- or tablespoonful twice or thrice daily.

[Form 6].

Take of—
	Balsam of copaiba	1	oz.
	Powder of cubebs	½	oz.
	Mucilage of acacia	6½	oz.
	Spirits of sweet nitre	2	drachms.
	Battley’s sedative	30	drops.
Or—
	Hydrocyanic acid (Scheele’s strength)	8	drops.
	Syrup of orange-peel	2	drachms.
Mix. Dose—Two tablespoonfuls, once or twice daily, in water.

Turpentine Pills.

Take of Venice turpentine 1 drachm, form it into pills by adding as much rhubarb as is necessary, and take two, three times a day.

[Form 8].

Turpentine Mixture.
Take of—
	Venice turpentine	1	scruple.
	Mucilage of gum arabic	2	oz.
	Emulsion of bitter almonds	4	oz.
	Syrup of orange-peel	½	oz.
Mix. Dose—Two tablespoonfuls three times a day. Sedatives may be conjoined with the above preparations, if they produce too much action of the bowels. To the pills may be added one scruple of Dover’s powder to the drachm of turpentine. To the mixture, thirty drops of laudanum.

[Form 9].

Take of—
	Terebinthin chiœ	1	oz.
	Extract of rhubarb	1½	drachms.
	Camphor	1	drachm.
Mix and divide into pills of 5 grains each. Dose—Three, three times a day.

[Form 10].

Take of—
	Cahio turpentine		Of each, equal parts.
	Balsam of copaiba
	Oil of amber
Mix, according to art. The turpentine must be dissolved by warmth. The dose is 30 or 40 drops three or four times a day. This medicine is very nauseous, but very serviceable in long standing gleets and obstinate claps. The best way to remove the flavor left in the mouth after taking turpentine, copaiba, and other filthy medicines, is to chew a piece of gingerbread or cheese, or suck a lemon, or put some salt upon the tongue.