SYPHILIS AS A COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY IN THE NEGRO

19 July 1924

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA

Vol. 83 (3) , 172-174
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1924.02660030010003

Abstract

Analyses of the deaths of premature or full term babies, including both stillbirths and deaths during the first two weeks of life, have demonstrated the fact that syphilis is the cause of death in one third of all cases, and is responsible for almost as many fetal deaths as dystocia, toxemia and prematurity combined. This has been shown, notably, by Williams¹in an analysis of 302 fetal deaths. The same author has conclusively shown that antisyphilitic treatment just preceding or during pregnancy exerts a most beneficial effect in decreasing the number of premature births and stillbirths, as well as deaths during the early weeks of life. Couvelaire,²Boas and Gammeltoft³and Beck⁴also have reported excellent results from the treatment of infected patients during the prenatal period. This knowledge has greatly emphasized and stimulated attention to this phase of prenatal care. The organization of a prenatal

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