A. Diaphoresis, 3, 1: 278; 36, 1: 383.

C. Leprosy, Chrestien, 117, 7: 41; 1, 1127. Lupus (ibid.).

Syphilis, Chrestien and Niel;* Legrand;+ Cheesman;++ 1,1127; 4, 187, (H.G.P.)

"The happy results of gold in the treatment of venereal diseases is an uneontestible fact," 3, 1: 282. "The efficacy of the medicine has been tried year after year in the New York Hospital. My practice with it there has been witnessed all the attendants of the wards. It possesses admirable virtues against syphilis. Without presuming to affirm that it is capable of eradicating the distemper in every instance, my opinion, on the whole, is that the muriate of gold will effect all that is achieved by the muriate of quicksilver, with incomparably less inconvenience to the patient. He gets well under the operation of the former without the hazard of a sore mouth or a salivation, and with very little wear and tear of constitution. I consider the introduction of this preparation into common use as one of the greatest improvements in modern medicine, and I wish it was already as universal as the malady it is intended to remove." Mitchill.**

D. Lupus, Danzell (Aertztl. int. Blatt), 117, 66: 90.

Remarks

The preparations of gold most frequently employed are the chloride and the double chloride of gold and sodium. My personal experience is limited to the use of gold in the later stages of syphilis, in which I have found it unquestionably useful. Its best effects are obtained when given in doses very much smaller than those usually recommended. I rarely prescribe more than a milligram (gr. 1/65) at a dose, usually less, and rarely continue its use for more than one or two weeks at a time.