A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease : To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck.

  • Plenck, Joseph Jacob, Ritter von, 1738-1807.
Date:
1772
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Credit: A new and easy method of giving mercury, to those affected with the venereal disease : To which is annexed a new theory of the action of this metal on the salivary glands / Translated from the Latin of Joseph James Plenck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Should be tried in the fame mait- ner with other mucilaginous bodies,, both animal and vegetable^, that it might appear whether there are not other gelatinous and vifcid fub* fiances with which Mercury can be likewife united i and if there are any fuch, whether they differ in their powers more or I’efs from that of fa- hva and animal mucus.——For this purpofe the following experiments , were made» Experiment I. Mercury with' Animal Mucus. I mixed one part of very pure Mercury with two parts of mucus difcharged from the throat, by ex- pedlorationI triturated them- to¬ gether in a marble mortar^ and B 5 exadly