SYPHILIS AND SKIN DISEASES IN THE AMERICAN NEGRO

1 March 1935

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology

Vol. 31 (3) , 316-323
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1935.01460210027002

Abstract

Since 1910 I have kept a record of the consecutive cases of skin diseases and of syphilis which I have personally observed in the Negro. Most of these cases were seen at Freedmen's Hospital. During the world war advisory boards¹were a prolific source of material. As an unusually high percentage of rare cases has been seen, the following figures should not be taken as indicating the type of cases ordinarily encountered in the dispensary. As to the type of Negro studied, the articles by Howard Fox²and me³have given information that need not be duplicated in this paper. A total of 17,878 patients were observed; 6,149 had syphilis, and 11,729 had other skin diseases. In this paper no attempt will be made to study the general subject of syphilis as it affects the Negro race. Zimmermann⁴has already studied this question, and in general

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