Lanterna Rally

Author: Loyd Thompson

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 9781331950820

Excerpt from Syphilis The advance made in the knowledge of syphilis during the last seventeen years finds no equal in the entire history of medicine. It may well be maintained that since the epoch-making work of Metch-nikoff and Roux in transmitting syphilis to lower animals more information has been gained concerning this disease than was acquired during all the preceding centuries. Syphilis, no longer is to be considered a genito-urinary disease, nor a dermatological disease, nor a disease belonging exclusively to any specialty; but it is to be thought of as a disease requiring knowledge in all fields of medicine. As Osier so aptly remarked: "Know syphilis in all its manifestations and relations and all other things clinical will be added unto you." It is, however, the general practitioner or the genito-urinary specialist upon whom the burden of responsibility should rest, for one of these, as a rule, sees syphilis in the beginning, and if his work is well done there should be no need for that of others in the majority of cases. In preparing this volume for the profession it has been the aim of the author to present the subject of syphilis in as practical a manner as possible. For this reason a considerable portion of the work is devoted to diagnosis and treatment. The chapter on laboratory diagnosis is made especially full, as today the desirability, in fact the necessity, of laboratory aid is more evident for the successful treatment of syphilis than for any other disease. Matters of theoretical and historical interest, of course, are discussed, but usually only when they have some bearing upon the practical handling of the subject. The author has drawn freely from the literature of syphilis at his command for his material and has added his personal views and experiences. In all instances, when possible, he has given credit to those authors whose work he has cited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.