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Rh the discharge is the only symptom. In some instances, however, there may be a feeling of uneasiness in the organ or peritoneum, or an itching about the glands, which may either be constant or attendant only upon the passage of the urine. In some cases the discharge is constant, and sufficiently copious to stain the linen, but in the majority it is perceptible only in the morning on rising. It is a well-established fact, that persons infected with gleet will communicate gonorrhea to healthy subjects, and that by aggravation gleet is readily transformed into gonorrhea. A hearty meal, alcoholic stimulants, sexual indulgence, violent exercise, exposure to sudden changes of temperature, may bring on a copious purulent discharge, attended by tumefaction of the parts, scalding in urination, and all the symptoms of acute gonorrhea."—John Cowan, M. D.

"Gleet is to be managed on general principles; the system is to be purified and invigorated by baths, diet, etc., and the private member is to be kept constantly swathed in