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Syrup of Of gleets

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Documented in sourceAstringent PreparationSyrup RouteInternal use

Astringent

A traditional action term for substances described as tightening or drying tissues, often because of tannin-rich preparations.

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Historical use wording: it as a gleet, with astringent and agglutinating medicines

Source: Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399 (1824), narrative-offset-1269217.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Of Gleets: quicksilver one drachm, gum-arabic reduced to a mucilage two drachms ; let the quicksilver be rubbed with the mucilage, in a marble mortar, until the globules of mercury entirely disappear; afterwards add gradually, still continuing the trituration, half an ounce of balsamic syrup, and eight ounces of simple cinnamon-water

Method as extracted

  1. Mix according to the source passage: When the above treatment has removed the heat of urine and soreness of the genital parts; when the quantity of running is considerably lessened, without any pain or swelling in the groin or testicle supervening; when the patient is free from involuntary erections ; and, lastly, when the running becomes pale, whitish, thick, void of ill smell, and tenacious or ropy; when all or most of these symptoms appear, the gonorrhoea is arrived at its last stage, and we may gradually proceed to treat it as a gleet, with astringent and agglutinating medicines. A gonorrhoea4' frequently repeated, or improperly treated, often ends in a gleet, which may either proceed from a relax- *Take quicksilver one drachm, gum-arabic reduced to a mucilage two drachms ; let the quicksilver be rubbed with the mucilage, in a marble mortar, until the globules of mercury entirely disappear; afterwards add gradually, still continuing the trituration, half an ounce of balsamic syrup, and eight ounces of simple cinnamon-water.

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Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

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Sources & editorial standard

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Primary and supporting references

  1. Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners — Domestic medicine. A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines. With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at narrative-offset-1269217.
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