This loathsome Disease begins sometimes with a virulent _Gonorrhæa_, and a weariness or faintness at the same time seizeth on all the Members of the Body: It is usually accompany'd with Salivation and the Head-ach, which grows more violent at Night: Pricking Pains are also felt in the Arms and Legs, the Palate of the Mouth being sometimes ulcerated. If it be an inveterate Pox, the Bones are corrupted, and _Exostoses_ happen therein; divers Spots with dry, round and red Pustules appear in the Skin; and the Cartilages or Gristles of the Nose are sometimes eaten up. But when this Disease is come to its greatest height of Malignity, the Hair falls off; the Gums are ulcerated; the Teeth are loose, and drop out; the whole Body is dry'd up; the Eyes are livid; the Ears tingle; the Nose become stinking; the Almonds of the Ears swell; the _Uvula_ or Palate is down; Ulcers break out in the Privy-Parts; Bubo's arise in the Groin; as also Warts in the _Glans_ and _Præputium_; and _Condyloma's_ in the _Anus_. Indeed the Pox may be easily cur'd in the beginning; but when it hath taken deep Root {172} by a long Continuance, it is not extirpated without much difficulty, more especially if it be accompany'd with Ulcers, _Caries_, and _Exostoses_; the Person afflicted with it being of an ill Constitution, and his Voice grown hoarse. The Spring and Summer are the proper Seasons of the Year for undertaking the Cure of this Disease: In order to which, it is necessary that the Patient begin with a regular Diet, lodging in a warm place, and taking such Aliments as yield a good Juice; as Jelly-broath made with boil'd Fowl: Let him drink Sudorifick Decoctions, prepar'd with the Wood of _Guayacum_, _China_-Root, and _Sarsaparella_, and let him abstain from eating any thing that is high season'd: Let him take Clysters to keep his Body open; sometimes also he may be let Blood, and purg'd with half a Dram of Jalap, and fifteen Grains of _Mercurius Dulcis_. The Purgations may be re-iterated as often as it shall be judg'd convenient; and then the Patient may be bath'd for nine or ten Days, every Morning and Evening; during which time he may take volatile Salt of Vipers, the Dose being from six to sixteen Grains; or else Viper's-Grease from half a Dram to a whole Dram in Conserve of Roses.