Personal Experiences in the Use of Salvarsan "606."
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During the year lately ended there have been treated in the Lock Wards of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 586 cases of venereal disease, and of these, 217 suffered from syphilis. When the occupations followed by those infected people, mainly in the secondary stage of the disease, include those of butchers, bakers, dairy workers, fishmongers, cooks, car conductors, waiters, chocolate packers, laundry maids, etc., it becomes necessary to the community
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