Excerpt from Notes on the Medical Topography of the Interior of Ceylon, and on the Health of the Troops Employed in the Kandyan Provinces, During the Years 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820: With Brief Remarks on the Prevailing Diseases Curiosity may, however, be gratified by a specimen of the absurd notions they profess to believe on this subject. The opinions of the Kandyan doctors respecting the pathology and treatment of 'the ulcers, Sec. Which occasionally 'follow promiscuous sexual inter course, are interesting. They do not differ very materially from the sentiments entertained of the venereal disease by a number of medical men of the present day in Europe. 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.