On syphilitic eruptions, ulcerations, and other secondary symptoms : with especial reference to the use and abuse of mercury : illustrated by cases / by Thomas Hunt.

  • Hunt, Thomas, 1798-1879.
Date:
1854
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Credit: On syphilitic eruptions, ulcerations, and other secondary symptoms : with especial reference to the use and abuse of mercury : illustrated by cases / by Thomas Hunt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    PROGNOSIS OF SYPHILITIC ERUPTIONS. Syphilitic eruptions, like other forms of lues, generally discover, if left to themselves, a ten- dency to persist (with occasional intermission) through life; and they may be transmitted from either parent to the children. In a few cases, a spontaneous recovery appears to take place; and, in many, the eruption will dis- appear for a time under alterative treatment. But it will now be attempted to show that the spontaneous recoveries from syphilis are ap- parent only, not real. There is no disease, the destruction of which it is so important to ascertain with certainty, as syphilis. An error here may not only spread unhappiness and desolation over the prospects of married life, but it may aifect the health of the next generation. It is therefore impossible to exaggerate the value of well-considered and well-founded opinions on a subject which has been too much regarded as one of mere theory and speculation. The popular belief on the