VISCERAL SYPHILIS

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HISTORICAL SURVEY The various texts and monographs on syphilis agree in designating gastric syphilis as a rare condition. That gastric symptoms sometimes accompany generalized syphilis was noted occasionally by the earliest eminent syphilographers, and more particularly by the pathologists. A study of the literature up to date, and the ever increasing number of cases of gastric syphilis which are being reported by contemporary writers, make it more than probable that the condition is not as rare as it was first thought. A routine Wassermann reaction, such as is carried out in many hospitals on all entering patients, has revealed a surprisingly large number of cases of visceral syphilis which otherwise would have escaped correct diagnosis. Not a few among these are cases in which the stomach has been involved. The supposed rarity of the condition is without doubt accounted for not only by faulty observation, but also by the close

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