Can speech present a sign of congenital syphilis? : first note, three cases / by Walter B. Swift, M.D., Boston, Instructor in Neuropathology, Tuft's College Medical School ; in charge Voice Clinic, Boston State Hospital, Psychopathic Deptartment.

  • Swift, Walter Babcock, 1868-
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[1915?]
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Credit: Can speech present a sign of congenital syphilis? : first note, three cases / by Walter B. Swift, M.D., Boston, Instructor in Neuropathology, Tuft's College Medical School ; in charge Voice Clinic, Boston State Hospital, Psychopathic Deptartment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    z<f° [Reprinted from the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. clxxiii, No. 17, pp. 619, 620, 623, 624, October 21, 1915.] *T' <v \ 4r 4 Af ■ . ss 't; $ / V CAN THE SPEECH PRESENT A SIGN OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS ?* First Note, Three Cases. By Walter B. Swift, M.D., Boston, Instructor in Neuropathology, Tufts College Medical School;f In Charge, Voice Clinic, Boston State Hospital, Psychopathic Department. I make no apology for presenting a paper be¬ fore a scientific society in the form of an interro¬ gation rather than in the usual form of a posi¬ tive statement. My reason for doing so is three¬ fold : First, I lack the clinical material to carry the investigation on to the final stages; secondly, 1 wish to inspire others to undertake the observa¬ tions themselves; and, thirdly, I may possibly be able by this form of presentation to divert a few cases to my own clinic for investigation. ’ Several of the many varied symptoms of con¬ genital syphilis show certain definite character¬ istics. One of these is “Hutchinson’s teeth.” This sign of congenital syphilis is one that we usually expect. It is a failure in complete bone development; that is, it is the result of a nu¬ tritional lack which stops the final outgrowth of bone. This symptom itself is usually looked upon as strongly indicative of the syphilitic les¬ ion. It is not pathognomonic. Most of us have heard of the malnutrition of bone and regard that also as another strong * Read April 30, 1915, before the New England Pediatric Society. t Resigned June 2, 1915.