Morbidness in syphilitics, 153 Mother, knowledge of, in adopting a child, 106 syphilitic, apparent good health of, 93 period of greatest danger to child, 94 treatment of syphilis in, 97 Mouth, administration of mercury by, 64 contagious sores in, 38, 42. _See also mucous patches_ effect of mercury on, 67 late syphilis in, 47 Mucous patches, 38, 42 cancer following, 138 effect of salvarsan on, 74 of tobacco in predisposing to, 43, 112 susceptibility of prostitutes to, 136 NATIONAL Board of Health, need for, 167 Neck, enlargement of glands in, 33, 34 Neosalvarsan, 75 Nervous strain, effect of, on syphilis, 137 system, complications, relation of, to mild secondary syphilis, 45, 46 examination of, in determining cure of syphilis, 90 relapses, 43 Spirochaeta pallida in, 39 New York City, clinics and dispensaries in, 170 reporting of syphilis in, 178 Noguchi, 48 test, luetin, 79 Non-genital syphilis, estimate of percentage of, 119 in lax individuals, 133, 134 Notification of venereal disease. _See reporting_ Nurse, accidental infection of, with syphilis, 116 wet, syphilis in, 100 Nursing mothers, syphilitic germs in milk of, 39 of syphilitic child by mother, 101 OHIO, law permitting physician to prevent marriage of contagious syphilitic person, 131 Overwork, effect of, on syphilitics, 137 PAPEE'S study of prostitution in Lemberg, 134 Paralysis, general, danger to others in, 49, 50 estimated frequency of, 51 mental symptoms in, 49 of insane, 48 syphilitic germs in brain in, 49 treatment and prevention of, 52 Paresis, 48. _See also paralysis, general_ Paris, increase of syphilis in, during war, 183 Physician, accidental infection of, with syphilis, 116 cooeperation of, in educating syphilitic, 148 importance of informing, in regard to syphilis, 105, 140 inability of, to prevent marriage of persons with syphilis, 131 Physician proper person to administer Metchnikoff prophylaxis, 163 Piles, contagious sores mistaken for, 43 Pills, ineffectiveness of, in treating syphilis, 65 mercury, 65 Pinkus' estimate of syphilis in Germany, 25 Pontopidan's estimate of number of hospitals needed for venereal diseases, 171 Population, civil, syphilis in, 183 general, prevention of venereal disease in, during war time, 184 Potash, iodid of, 69 Pregnancy, syphilis acquired during, 94 treatment of mother during, 97 Prevalence of gonorrhea, estimates of, 26 of syphilis, estimates of, 24, 25 Prevention of locomotor ataxia and general paralysis, 52 of syphilis. _See prophylaxis_ Primary lesion. _See chancre_ stage. _See also chancre_ contagiousness of syphilis in, 109 cure of syphilis in, 85 Prohibition, national, importance of, in controlling venereal disease, 184 Prophylaxis, educational, 157 state provision for, 168 Metchnikoff, 162 utilization of, in public campaign, 177 moral, of syphilis, 156