The Third Great Plague: A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday PeopleStokes, John H. (John Hinchman)
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The Third Great Plague: A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People
Stokes, John H. (John Hinchman)
Syphilis
Education and character in the control of syphilis, 160
as means of controlling contagiousness of syphilis, 122
Ehrlich, Paul, 70
Engagements, syphilis contracted during, 117
to marry in syphilitics, precautions in connection with, 129
England, action of, against drug stores prescribing for syphilis, 176
provision for treatment of venereal disease in, 169
treatment not compulsory in, 180
English-speaking countries, attitude on Metchnikoff prophylaxis in, 177
Eruptions, absence of, in serious syphilis, 46
effect of mercury on syphilitic, 64
in hereditary syphilis, 100
non-syphilitic, 37
recurrent, 42, 43
secondary syphilitic, 36
syphilitic, effect of salvarsan on, 74
Estimate of damage caused by syphilitic eye trouble, 103
of frequency of relapse and recurrence in secondary syphilis, 125
of increase of syphilis during war, in Paris, 183
of percentage of marital syphilis, 119
of percentage of non-genital syphilis, 119
of prevalence of gonorrhea, 26
of syphilis, 24, 25
of risk of infecting wife, 125
of syphilis in prostitutes, 134
Examination, medical, before marriage, 130
limitations of, in detecting contagiousness, 123
Excesses, effect of, on the syphilitic, 137
Expense of treatment, effect of, 77, 84, 149
Expert advice, importance of, 32
in secondary stage of syphilis, 86
in pay patient clinics, 174
services, value of, in control and
treatment of syphilis, 173
Eye trouble in hereditary syphilis, 103
in later life, 105
in secondary syphilis, 36
Eyes, secondary syphilitic recurrences affecting, 43
FAMILY, economic forces working against, 158
transmission of syphilis in, 116
Fathers of families, encouragement of early marriages by, 159
syphilis in, 93, 126
Fiancee, non-genital chancre in, 129
First sore, 29. _See also chancre_
Fist chancre, 116
Five-year rule, 124, 126, 129
in relation to marriage, 126
Founder's estimate of prevalence of syphilis, 24
France, increase of syphilis in, during war, 183
GAUCHER'S estimates of increase in syphilis during war in France, 183
Genital syphilis in lax individuals, 133
Genitals, contagious sores on, 38, 112
fitness of, for harboring germs of syphilis, 118
Germ of syphilis, 40. _See also Spirochaeta pallida_
Germany, action of, against drug store prescribing for syphilis, 176
attitude on Metchnikoff prophylaxis in, 177
compulsory treatment of venereal disease in, 180
sentiment against reporting of venereal disease in, 179
society for preventing sexual disease in, 164
syphilis in, 25
Germs, behavior of, in various diseases, 40
Glands, enlargement of, in neighborhood of chancre, 33
in chancre of the lip, 33
Gonorrhea and syphilis, measures to prevent spread from army to general
population, 183
concealment of chancre by, 31
confusion of, with syphilis, 13, 16, 31
drug store treatment of, 175
estimated prevalence of, 26
in prostitutes in Baltimore, 134
Gonorrhea, transmission of, by toilet seats, 114
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