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The Virulent Gonorrhoea, Gonorrhea Virulcilta, arifes from fome impure Commerce, and is the firft Stage of the Venereal Difeafe ; being what we popularly call a Clap. See Venereal ^Difeafe, and Clap.

The Parts here primarily affected are the Proflatcs in Men, and f,acun<£ in Women, which being ulcerated by iome contagious Matter received in Coition, emit, firft, a whitiih, watery Liquor, with an acute Pain : This afterwards grows yellowifii, then fharper, and at length grcenifli, or blueifli, and frequently fcetid.

It is attended with a Tenfion and Inflammation of the Yard, and an Ardor Urwcc, or Sharpnefs of Urine, which gives a painful Scnfation in theEmiffion; the urinary Paflage being torn and excoriated by the Acrimony of the Humor.

Hence arife Tumors of the Prepuce, and Glands, with Ul- cers on the fame ; and fometimes Caruncles in the Urethra. The Caufeofthe Virulent Gonorrhea, according to M. JJttre, is fome acid Humor, heated, rarified, and rais'd at ' the time of Coition, from the internal Parts of the Puden- dum of a Woman infected, and lodg'd in the Urethra of the Man. It has different Scats in the Body : Sometimes it only fixes on Cooper's mucous Glands- fometimes on the Pro- bates; and fometimes on the Veficulae Seminaies : Some- times it poflfeffes two ; and fometimes all three of .the Places at once.

From this Divcrfiry of Scat of the Gonorrhea Virulenta, M. Littre makes two Sorts ; Simple, which only affects one of the three Parts 5 and Compound., or Complicated, where feveral are affected.

That feated in the mucous Glands, he obferves, may re- main Simple, thro' the whole CoutTe of the Difeafe, by rea- fon the Mouths of thole Glands open into the Urethra an Inch and half on this Side the Proltates, and alfo look down towards the Glans ; fo that thcirLiquor is eafily difcharged. The other two Sorts mutually produce each other ; by rea- fon the Duels of the Veficuke Seminaies terminate in the Urethra in the Middle of thofe of the Prottates : So that there is an eafy Communication between them.

That feated in the mucous Glands, is much the rareft Cafe; and the eafieit cured. The Cure is effected by emol- lient Cataplafms, and Fomentations upon the Part, and a Halt-bath. Mem. d-e Acad. An. 1711.

For the other Species, more powerful Means are to be ufed. — The principal Remedies are Mercurial 'Purges, an Emitlfion of green Hcmpfeed, Cuttlc-fifl^bone, 'Turpentine, Sacch. Satur?ii,Sic.\ } Jc have Hkewife great Commendations of Green Precipitate of Mercury, and Mercur. dulch. Balf. Saturni Terebinthinatum, prepared with a gentle Fire of Sacch. Saturni, and Oil of Turpentine, is much applauded where the Heat is great about the Reins and Genitals ; as alfo Camphor. An Infufion of ' Cantharides in "Wine, is the Nojlrum of a noted T)utch Phyfician. Rcfin of the Wood Guaiacum is alio recommended ; and Balfom of Cupaiba is held a fort of Specifick : To which mull be added Antimo- nium Tiiaphoreticimu Bezoardicmn Mincrale, Water where- in Mercury has been boiled ; Injections of Lime -water, Mer- etirius dutch, Saccharum Saturni, ckc.

Pitcaim's Method .of curing the Gonorrhea Virulcnta,\s as follows : In the Beginning of the Difeafe, he purges with a laxative Ptifan of Senna, Salt of Tartar, and Melilot Flowers ; and gives the Patient Whey for his Drink. After three, or four Days fpent in purging, if the Scalding of the Urine, and the Flux, be abated, and the Colour and Confi- dence of the Matter improved ^ he adminiliers Bolus's of Turpentine, and Rheum for fix or feven Days ; and if they keep the Body loofe, fo much the better. By all means, A- llringents to be avoided ; the Gonorrhea being fcarce ever known to degenerate into a Pox, unlefs too haftily ftop'd. Pitcairn in MS.

iDu Blegny directs the Cure of the Gonorrhea, to begin with a gentle Cathartic of CafTia, Senna, Cryftal Mineral, Tamarinds, Althaea, and Rhubarb, administer 'd every other Day: Then, Diureticks, particularly thole of Turpentine ; and laltly, gentle Avtringents ; as Mineral Waters, Crocus Martis nftringens, Tincture of Rofes, Tincture of Coral in Cochineel.

A Ptvalifm, or Salivation never cures a Gonorrhea. See Salivation.

GOOD or Goodness, in the general, is whatever tends, or conduces to prefcrve, or improve Nature, or Society ; in opposition to Evil, which tends to deltroy or impair the fame. See Evil.

Hence Good is divided by the Philo r ophers into i° Bo- nam fui, Private Go)d ; which is that whereby a thing tends toprelerve £?£. it felf ; under which comes that popular Di- vifion of Goods of Body, Mind, and Fortune : And z° Bo- mim Communionis, whatever promotes the Intereft, and Welfare of Society ; as all the Civil Offices £5?c.

Good, in Metaphyficks, or Metaphyseal Good, call'd al- fo Abfolute, or Real Good, and Goon per fe, is the effential Perfection or Integrity of a thing, whereby it has every thing that belongs to its Nature. See Perfection.

In this Senfe ail things that are, are Good ; in as much as they have the Perfections naturally belonging to things of their Kind. Thus, a thinking Subitance is good, or per- fect, as it has all the effential Attributes of Thought : So an extended Subitance is good, as is poflefles all the Parts neceffary to conftitute it fuch.

In effect, as it is abfurd to imagine a Being without its Effence ; fo is it, to imagine a Being without the Requi- sites of its Effence : So that it appears an Error in fome Phi- lofophers who divide Beings into Good, or Perfect; and Evil, or Imperfect. See Essence.

Others define Metaphyseal, or Tranfcen dental Goodnefs, by Congruency with the Divine Will; as making that the Meafure of all real Goodnefs.

Phyfical, or Natural Good, is that whereby a thing pof- feffes all things ncceffary to its Bene ef/e, i. e. to its well Well- being, or fecond Perfection ; and to the Performance of its Functions, and Ufes.

In this Senfe Phyfical Goodnefs coincides with Phyfical Perfection. See Perfection.

To this are required the feveral Powers, and Faculties in their proper Degree ; a due Situation, Figure, Proportion, i$c. of Parts.

Note, befide abfolute Phyfical Goodnefs, there may be a Relative one ; as in Foods, which to one Man are Salutary, to another Poifon,£J?c. To this Head alfo belong Things Good pro tempore, or according to Circumltanccs ; as the Ampu- tation of a mortified Limb, $$c.

Moral, or Ethical Good, is the Agreement of a Think- ing, reafonable Being, and of the Habits, Acts, and Inclina- tions thereof, with the Dictates of right Reafon, and the Will of the Creator, as dilcover'd by natural Light.

In order to this, it is not enough that a thing done, faid, thought, defir'd, be juft, and good ; but it muft be done thought, &c. well, i. e. from good Principles, and to gaod Ends.

Others define Moral Good more largely. Moral, which they alfo call Relative Good according to them, is fomething that is good to another, or that tends fomeway to the Per- fection thereof. In thisScnfe they divide it into three Kinds, Honeflum, Jucundum, and Utile.

The firft, Bonum honeflum, is what agrees with right Reafon ; and is defirable for it felf; as all things virtuous ; as to love God, refpect our Parents, ftfc. It is confidcr'd without any regard to Pleafure ; not but that there is a fin- cere Pleafure annex'd to it. Zeno, and the Stoicks allow of. no other Goods ; the Goods of Body, £?c. they call Commoda, Conveniences, not Goods. See Stoicks,

Bonum jucundum, is that which is good, as is tends to give us Pleafure, and is defired for that reafon ; but without any Repugnancy to Virtue, or right Reafon: As Mufic, to the Ears ; U 'Painting, to the Eyes, H$c.

Bonum utile, or commedum, is that which is good on ac- count of fomething elfe for which it is defired j as Money, Riches, &c.

Chief, or Supreme Good, Sttmmum Bonum; fee Sum - mum Bonum.

The Philofophers are divided as to what the Chief Goodo£ Man confifls in ; whether in the Goods of Fortune, of Body, or Mind. Some, hold Riches, and Honors, the Supreme Good 5 others, as Ariflippns, and the Cyrenaic School, bo- dily Pleafurcs ; and others, as Zeno, and the Stoicks, Virtue. See Cyrenaic, Stoicks, &c.

Good Works t r. f Merit, and Supererogation.

Good Will 5 1. Common Place.

Good Ahearing, Bonus Geflus, in a Law Senfe, is parti- cularly ufed for an exact Carriage, or Behaviour of a Sub- ject towards the King, and his liege People; to which fome Men, upon their Misbehaviour, are bound.

He that is bound to this, Lambard fays, is more ftrictlv bound than to the Peace ; becaufe whereas the Peace is not broken without an Affray, Battery, or fuch like, this Surety lie bono geflu may be forfeited by the Number of a Man's Company, or by his, or their Weapons, or Arms. See Peace.

Goon-Behaviour ; fee Good Abearwg.

Goods, Bona, in Law, and particularly the Civil Law, include all kinds of Effects, Riches, Poffeffions.

There are two Kinds of Goods ; Moveable, res moventes, mobiles-, and Immoveable, res non moventes. See Move- able, and Immoveable.

It is a Maxim in the Civil Jurifbrudence, that he who con- fifcates the Body, confifcates the Goods; meaning that all the Effects of a Perfon condemned to a capital Punifhmenr, or perpetual Banifliment, are forfeited to the King. See Con- fiscation.

A Man is faid to bind himfelf Body and Goods; mean- ing, that befide his Goods he obliges his Perfon, and fubmits to remain in Prifon, provided he don't execute his Promife,

Goods, again, are divided into Proper, Avita, P'atema, Hereditaria : Acquired, or Aequejis, Alio quam hcereditatis

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