Syphilis and local contagious disorders / by Berkeley Hill.

  • Matthew Berkeley Hill
Date:
1881
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Credit: Syphilis and local contagious disorders / by Berkeley Hill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    DIVISION IL SYPHILIS. CHAPTER I. OUTLINE. PAGK Synonyms 18 Definition .18 General Sketch 18 Visceral Syphilis 20 Eeinfection 22 Duration 26 Mortality 27 CHAPTER II. CONTAGION. Predisposing Causes ... 29 Influence of climate and of race 29 Age and condition of the individual .30 Individual liability to contagion 31 Principle essential for communication . . . . . . .31 Modes of contagion 31 1. Direct contact 31 A breach of surface necessary . 32 Syphilis most frequently communicated during coitus . . . .32 Syphilis not necessarily a venereal disease 32 Examples of direct communication in other ways 32 2. Mediate communication 33 By spoons, glass-blowing, cigars, &c 33 By cupping, tatooing, shaving, and surgical operations . . . . 35 By vaccination 35 A very rare occurrence .......... 35 Sebastian's case 36 Outbreak at Eivalta 37 Hutchinson's cases . 38 Influence of vaccination in rousing latent syphilis into activity . . 38 Coste's cases 38 Vaccine lymph probably not contagious ^^e?- se 39 Conclusions 40 List of references to the literature of the subject . . . . . 41 ■3. Hereditary transmission . . 41 Descent from the father 42 Latent syphilis in the father 43 Infection by conception 44 Syphilis following conception '' choc en retour . . . . 44 ■ Alleged escape of the mother . 46 Protection of the mother 53 .Fraenkel's conclusions from changes in the placenta . . . . 66
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