Blood, Spirochaeta pallida in, during secondary stage of syphilis, 35 test for syphilis, 54. _See also Wassermann test_ vessels, late syphilis in, 46 Board of Health, activities of, against syphilis, 165 national, need for, 167 Body, invasion of, by germs in secondary stage of syphilis, 35 Bones in hereditary syphilis, 102 late syphilis (gumma) in, 46 Spirochaeta pallida in, 39 supposed effect of mercury on, 63 Bordet and Wassermann, blood test for syphilis, 14 Brain, late syphilis of, 48 softening of, 48 Brawl chancre, 116 Breasts, contagious patches on, 38 Brooklyn Hospital Dispensary, 171 health exhibit by, 175 CABOT, Hugh, comment on reporting syphilis, 179 Cancer following smoker's patch, 138 Chafe, chancre resembling, 30 relation of, to infection with syphilis, 28 Chancre, 29 and cold sores, 30 appearance of, 30 brawl, 116 combined with chancroid, 30 concealment of, by gonorrhea, 30 contagiousness of, 109 contracted during engagement, 117 cure of syphilis in stage of, 85 developed from kissing game, 117 diagnosis of, prevented by improper treatment, 32 ease with which overlooked, 30 enlargement of glands near, 33 extra-genital, from lax relations, 134 importance of early recognition of, 31, 34 in women, 30 location of, 28 of the lip, 117, 119 on knuckle (brawl chancre), 116 painlessness of, 30 soft, 30. _See also chancroid_ tertiary symptoms following, 45 urethral, in men, 30 variations in, 30 Chancroid, 16 and syphilitic infection, 30 confusion of, with syphilitic chancre, 31 Child, death of, in syphilitic miscarriages or abortion, 95 early signs of hereditary syphilis in, 99 effect of syphilitic eye trouble on development of, 103 healthy, born of syphilitic mother, 94 infection of wet nurse by syphilitic, 100 necessity of teaching sexual self-control to, 160 older, effect of hereditary syphilis on, 102 transmission of syphilis from mother to, 92 treatment of syphilis in, before birth, 97 unborn, effect of syphilis on, 98 Child-bearing, effect of syphilis on, 95 Children, adopted, syphilis in, 106 syphilitic, mental condition of, 101 Clap, 16. _See also gonorrhea_ Clinics for pay patients to secure better treatment, 173 inadequate, for venereal disease, 170 night, necessity for, 171 Cold sores and chancres, 30 College students, syphilis in, 25 Commission, Baltimore Vice, 134 Sydenham Royal, 164 Complications, serious, of syphilis, 45 Compulsory treatment, state provision for, 169 Conception, influence of syphilis on, 95 treatment of syphilis occurring in mother after, 97 Coney Island Health Exhibit, 175