Syphilis and marriage / by Alfred Fournier ; translated by Alfred Lingard.

  • Jean Alfred Fournier
Date:
1881
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Credit: Syphilis and marriage / by Alfred Fournier ; translated by Alfred Lingard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SYPHILIS AND MARRIAGE. Gentlemen—I propose to place before you, in a series of Addresses, an exceedingly serious and most important subject, whether we contemplate it from a medical or social point of view ; this subject is that of Syphilis, in connection with marriage. The subject is eminently complicated, as may be readily judged by its title. It embraces a number of diverse problems ; difficult, delicate, and perilous ; link- ing themselves with the deepest interests of families, and placing upon the shoulders of the physician the heaviest responsibility. My wish and my ambition will be, if not to solve all these problems, at least to place them before you, and to handle them in such a manner as will convince you of the importance of the duties resting upon you in your connection with society, and of the seriousness of the position which depends upon you as protectors of that society. A natural division of the subject here presents itself. 1st, A syphilitic subject desires to marry, and he comes to you for advice. What conditions of health should he exhibit, so that you may sanction the mar- B
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