The Third Great Plague eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 182 pages of information about The Third Great Plague.

The Third Great Plague eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 182 pages of information about The Third Great Plague.
  state provision for treatment of, in Denmark, Norway, Italy,
    England, Germany, West Australia, 168, 169
  tertiary, 45
  transmission and hygiene of, 109
    by kissing, 116
    to and by wet nurse, 100, 101
  treatment of, 60
    at Hot Springs, 140
    with salvarsan, 75
  unnoticed manifestations of, 41
  variations in course of, in different persons, 41
  Wassermann test for, 54
  world movement against, 164

Syphilitic, average type of, 148
  child, nursing of, by mother, 101
  ideal conscientious type of, 147
  irresponsible types of, 151
  morbid mental states, 153
  personal hygiene of, 136
  should tell physician he has disease, 140
  rule governing care of personal articles used by, 139
  rules governing kissing in, 138
  sexual relations in, 138
  well-regulated life for, 137

Syphilophobia, 153

TABES dorsalis, 48. See also locomotor ataxia

Taboparesis, 50

Teeth, effect of mercury on, 63, 67
  (Hutchinson’s), in hereditary syphilis, 102

Tertiary stage, 45

Test for syphilis in blood, 54. See also Wassermann test
  Noguchi, luetin, 79

Throat, contagious sores in, 38

Time treatment principle in relation to marriage, 124, 126, 129

Tobacco, effect of, in syphilis, 43, 112, 138

Toilet seats not means of transmitting syphilis, 114
  transmission of gonorrhea by, 114

Tongue and tonsils, contagious sores on, 42
  cancer of, following contagious mucous patches, 138

Towels, transmission of syphilis by, 113, 115

Transmission of syphilis by dishes, etc., effect of washing and
disinfection on, 114
  by infected articles, 113
  by kissing, 116
  by sexual contact, 117
  effect of treatment on risk of, 124
  from father to mother, 93
  from mother to child, 92
  increased risk of, in tobacco users, 138
  medical examination in prevention of, 123
  not by door-knobs, bath-tubs, or toilet seats, 114
  passive, by prostitutes, 135
  personal responsibility in, 124 to wife, 125
  under conditions of crowding and bad sanitation, 115
    of everyday life, 114
  unlikely in marriage of hereditary syphilitics, 105

Treatment, intraspinal, in syphilis of nervous system, 79
  lack of effect of, on deafness in hereditary syphilis, 104
  obstacles to control of contagiousness of syphilis, 123
  of chancre may prevent recognition, 32
  of syphilis, 60
    advertising in regard to, 176
    backwardness of this country in public provision for, 170
    by drug clerks, 175
    by quacks, 140
    compulsory, 180
    control of contagiousness, 122, 124, 126
    dispensary service necessary for, 171
    efficient, 88
    expense of, 76, 173
    expert advice in, 174

Copyrights
Project Gutenberg
The Third Great Plague from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.