A dissertation on the venereal disease [electronic resource] : Wherein the safety, and surprising good effects of our method (when managed with judgment) not only in all the stages of this distemper, but also in the Gout, Leprosy, Scald Heads, Stiff Joints, &c. &c. will be farther confirm'd by many rare and remarkable cases; the constant Danger, and frequent bad Consequences of strong mercurial Purges, racking Vomits, &c. will be yet more fully explain'd; and the too frequent practice of hurrying People into a Salivation for trifles exposed, &c. in answer to The bitter Invectives, false Insinuations, and gross Misrepresentations of our Salutary Process, &c. contain'd in a late virulent Pamphlet sign'd by Dr. T-r, for Self and Company. Part III. By John Douglas, Surgeon, F.R.S.