Now that the subject of venereal disease has attracted more general interest among the lay people than ever before, and now that the suppression of unqualified practice in venereal disease has obtained a more stringent legal sanction, it is reasonable for the public to look to the general practitioner for a thorough knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases. In order to assist ...

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This clear exposition of the subject is a pleasure to read and'the pleasure is enhanced by the clear print, wide margins, > and fine paper. There is muchfor praise and little for criticism beyond half a dozen errors in spelling the names of drugs, which no doubt will be corrected in the next edition. We don't like ' ampoule' used as a verb as it is onpage 13. The value of T.A.B. vaccine and of ...

VENEREAL diseases are not notifiable in the Netherlands, but the following data have been obtained from the annual reports of the V.D. clinics, from retrospective enquiries into the incidence of primary and secondary syphilis in general practice for the years 1959, 1963, and 1967, and from a prospective enquiry in dermatological practice for 1967 only. Until 1959-60 there were many V.D. clinics...

This cannot be computed readily, as it varies so greatly in different areas. For example, gonorrhoea is exceedingly common in the coastal region, especially in the cities such as Lagos and Accra, but in the rural areas, it is much less common, though in the arid northern territories, especially in such areas as Kano, its incidence is relatively high. Trade routes, both the old caravan routes an...

known American surgeons. Indeed, Professor White is perhaps as well known in this country in connection with the treatment of hypertrophied prostate by castration as any American surgeon. The anatomy of the various genito-urinary organs is given before their injuries and diseases are described ; and this we are inclined to think a very useful and convenient arrangement. As an illustration of ho...

Total serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) concentrations were determined by a competitive solid phase radioimmunoassay technique in serum samples from patients with a variety of venereal diseases. The mean IgE concentrations for groups of normal persons without venereal diseases was significantly lower then the means for groups of appropriately matched patients with primary syphilis and gonorrhoea. Th...

Venereal diseases are becoming a major health problem in many developing countries where the greater part of primary medical care is undertaken by medical auxiliaries. Under these circumstances, the medical auxiliary has an important role to play in the control of these diseases but he can only do this with adequate training, support, and supervision from the professional doctors and specialist...

Over the years several investigations have been made into the nationality of patients attending the venereal diseases clinics of Great Britain by the British Cooperative Clinical Group (1956, 1963a, b). The results of these surveys are of special interest in inland areas where promiscuity is found especially in migrant immigrants, but at seaports peripatetic native and foreign mariners are equa...

The development of the legislation to combat veneral diseases in Denmark and Norway since the end of the 19th century has been a process with discussions on the balance between medicine and aspects of morality. Medicine aims at the prevention and cure of diseases, and thus wants to eradicate venereal diseases as part of the public health efforts. Morality considerations have partly been on sexu...