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
in men who have only had gonorrhea, 31
in prostitutes, 134
in United States, estimates of, 26
in wet nurses, 100, 101
inability of physician to prevent marriage of persons with, 131
incomplete cure of, 82
influence of, on progress of mediaeval medicine, 13
innocent, in fiancee, 129
suffering of, caused by, 19
late, attributable to insufficient salvarsan treatment, 73
curability of, 86
destructive effect of, 47
in nervous system, 48
most serious forms of, 47
seriousness of, 45
tissue changes in (gumma), 46
measure to prevent spread of, from army to general population, 183
medical examination for, as means of detecting contagiousness, 123
of prostitutes for, 135
mental attitudes in relation to, 141
Metchnikoff prophylaxis of, 162
mild, dangers of, 41
relation to complications in nervous system, 45
mistaken conceptions of, 13
moral prophylaxis of, 156
morbid fear of, 154
non-genital, 28
or extra-genital, 119
obstacles to control of contagiousness of, 123
to social control of, 141
passive, transmission of, by prostitutes, 135
personal hygiene of, 136
prevalence of, 23
in lax individuals, 133
prevention of, by sexual self-control, 159
public attitude toward, 141
quacks and self-treatment in, 140
radical or complete cure, 80
reinfection with, 139
relation of mouth and tongue cancers to, 138
reporting of, to health officer, 178
risk of acquiring, from prostitutes, 136
of infecting wife with, 125
secondary, cure of, 86
time required for cure of, 86
sexual transmission of, 117
stages of, 26
state provision for treatment of, in Denmark, Norway, Italy,
England, Germany, West Australia, 168, 169
tertiary, 45
transmission and hygiene of, 109
by kissing, 116
to and by wet nurse, 100, 101
treatment of, 60
at Hot Springs, 140
with salvarsan, 75
unnoticed manifestations of, 41
variations in course of, in different persons, 41
Wassermann test for, 54
world movement against, 164
Syphilitic, average type of, 148
child, nursing of, by mother, 101
ideal conscientious type of, 147
irresponsible types of, 151
morbid mental states, 153
personal hygiene of, 136
should tell physician he has disease, 140
rule governing care of personal articles used by, 139
rules governing kissing in, 138
sexual relations in, 138
well-regulated life for, 137
Syphilophobia, 153
TABES dorsalis, 48. _See also locomotor ataxia_
Taboparesis, 50
Teeth, effect of mercury on, 63, 67
(Hutchinson's), in hereditary syphilis, 102
Tertiary stage, 45
Test for syphilis in blood, 54. _See also Wassermann test_
Noguchi, luetin, 79
Throat, contagious sores in, 38
Time treatment principle in relation to marriage, 124, 126, 129
Tobacco, effect of, in syphilis, 43, 112, 138
Toilet seats not means of transmitting syphilis, 114
transmission of gonorrhea by, 114
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