SOME REMARKS UPON SYPHILIS, MORE ESPECIALLY INHERITED SYPHILIS

Congenital Syphilis

Two cases of congenital syphilis was presented and few aspect of the disease and its treatment was discussed.

some remarks about m. c. f. and other methods of complement fixation test for syphilis

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Some aspects of congenital syphilis.

Introduction In 1917 Sir William Osler, in his Oration to the Medical Society of London, referred to the 20,000 syphilitic stillbirths which Sir Arthur Newsholme estimated then occurred annually in this country, and the numerous cases of eye, ear, bone, and joint, and-above all-nervous and mental disease which are due to congenital syphilis. In 1928 and again in 1930 Colonel Harrison referred t...

Syphilis and Pseudo-Syphilis

Syphilis

Syphilis is a chronic bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum that is endemic in low-income countries and and occurs at lower rates in middle-income and high-income countries. The disease is of both individual and public health importance and, in addition to its direct morbidity, increases risk of HIV infection and can cause lifelong morbidity in children born to infected mothers. With...