Excerpt from An Essay on Venereal Diseases: And the Uses and Abuses of Mercury in Their Treatment; Illustrated by Drawings of the Different Forms of Venereal Eruptions T is now ten years since the first edition of this work was submitted to the public. The novelty ofthe Views, as well as the numeious host offacts adduced, perplexed the profession at that time not a little and were it not for the authenticity of the latter, the former, by then boldness and opposition to long established opinions, would have been totally disregarded. The iopinion of the profession, and of the public, has been since that peiiod materially altered, and in place of' the belief that no venereal complaint can be cured without mercury, it is now very generally acknow ledged that every form of venereal disease may be 'sucoessfnlly treated without that, remedy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.