Kent's cases 60: Gleety discharge Mercuryus Solubilis

A young man (twenty-eight) called on me for
treatment. I found a gleety discharge, entirely painless, gluing the meatus in
the morning.
He had contracted gonorrhoea several months
before, and it had nearly stopped discharging. Five years ago he had an
attack of gonorrhoea which resulted in producing a stricture for which he
had been operated on.
I could only pass a No. 8 bougie at this time.
The symptoms upon which to base a prescription
were:
Slight painless discharge, gluing the meatus;
sickly, sallow face; constipation, sour stomach, general debility.
He took Sepia cm, one dose, dry; then Sac. Lac.,
The next night he sent a note, saying he was very
sick; to please send him medicine; that the discharge had come back.
I sent him Sac. Lac., requesting him to come to
the office as soon as able.
He called in a few days, he said the medicine sent
him gave great relief. The discharge was profuse, thick and yellow.
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Sac- Lac. was given, and advised to call in a
week.
Next call; Discharge yellowish green; some pain
on micturition; night sweats, bone pains; worse during the perspirations;
had a chill during night.
Merc. sol. 6000 in water every three hours for
twenty four hours and Sac. Lac.
One week later; Symptoms all improved;
discharge diminished.
Merc. sol. 6000, one dose; then Sac. Lac.
One week later; Discharge nearly gone; feeling
well; Possesses as large a stream of urine as ever.
He took one dose a week of Merc. sol. 6000.
At the end of the three months passed a No. 14
bougie.
No discharge. He is in good health. The bougie
passed without effort. The two remedies had completely cured the stricture
and the treatment was painless. Could anything have been more
satisfactory?
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