The treatment of syphilis of the nervous system / by Julius Althus.

  • Julius Althaus
Date:
1890
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Credit: The treatment of syphilis of the nervous system / by Julius Althus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dine strongly in favour of exdsion—a proceeding which appears indicated, not only primd facie by a common-sense view of the question, but is also supported by a not inconsiderable body of direct practical evidence, which I trust may soon be much increased. There will, however, always be a number of cases in which excision cannot be practised, on account of the situation of the sore; nor would I recommend the sure:eon to trust in anv case to ex- cision alone. We cannot excise lymphatic glands which may be already affected when the patient comes under treatment, and some of which may be in inaccessible positions, as for instance in the iliac fossa. Probably all that can be claimed for ex- cision of the primary sore is, not that it will absolutely prevent blood-poisoning, but that it will greatly attenuate it. I would therefore under any circumstances add further specific treatment, even in cases where excision has been successfully practised, should only the slightest secondary symptoms make their appearance. That mercury possesses positive germicide virtues in the earlier stages of syphilis, when we have simply to do with blood-poisoning, and when the disease has not yet encroached on the substance of important organs—in other words, when it is only a blood-disease, and has not yet
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