A STUDY OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWO CASES OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS

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I have had 202 cases of congenital syphilis under my care, and in making a more or less intensive study of these patients collectively as well as individually I have noted a few interesting details which I hope may be of benefit to physicians in their continued attempt to overcome the infection. For my records I endeavored to secure an accurate parental history with especial attention to the duration of the mother's infection, the amount and character of the treatment she had received, the number and order of pregnancies and the outcome of each, as well as the notation of symptoms in the syphilitic infant, and the tabulation of the character, frequency and diagnostic value of the various stigmas found in the late syphilitic patient and their influence on prognosis, serologic observations and the luetin test. INCIDENCE In 80 per cent of the mothers it was impossible to determine the

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