The clinical pathology of syphilis & parasyphilis : and its value for diagnosis and controlling treatment / by Hugh Wansey Bayly.

  • Bayly, Hugh Wansey, 1873 or 1874-1946.
Date:
1912
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Credit: The clinical pathology of syphilis & parasyphilis : and its value for diagnosis and controlling treatment / by Hugh Wansey Bayly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and the great majority of these occurred between the ages of twenty-five and fifty-five years. It has been shown in the previous chapters that practically all causes of general paralysis and aneurism and 60 per cent, of tabes give a positive Wassermann reaction, and in all probability have given a positive Wassermann reaction for many years before the onset of symptoms. It therefore appears highly desirable, from the point of view of the insurance companies, that the possibihty of the occurrence of these diseases should be excluded if the life is to be returned as a first-class one. The death-rate per 1,000 from all causes was 14*5, while the combined death-rate from syphilis, general paralysis, tabes, and aneurism was 0*163 per 1,000. One death in every eighty-eight, therefore, was due to syphilis, parasyphiHs, or aneurism. Table XV. Deaths per Cause of Death. 1,000 Persons. Males. Females. All ages 968 717 Syphilis 0-047 ] Under 5 677 540 25 to 55 206 117 f All ages 1,817 546 General paralysis .. o-o66 < Under 5 I 0 [ 25 to 55 1,386 33S I All ages 496 123 Tabes ooi7 \ Under 5 0 0 I 25 to 55 250 59 f All ages 946 221 Aneurism 0-033 -I Under 5 I I 25 to 55 558 82