A treatise on syphilis in new-born children and infants at the breast / by P. Diday ; translated by G. Whitley.

  • Diday, Charles Joseph Paul Édouard, 1812-1894.
Date:
1859
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Credit: A treatise on syphilis in new-born children and infants at the breast / by P. Diday ; translated by G. Whitley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    CHAPTER II. Semeiological Prognosis I.—Abortion ...... IL—Death after birth ..... III.—Gradual diminution of the fceticidal action of the poison IV.—Transmission of syphilis from the fcetus to its mother V.—Transmission of syphilis from the suckling to its nurse YI.—Transmission of syphilis from the new-born child to indifferent persons ...... PAGE 135 135 139 140 146 154 183 PAET IV.—MEDICO-LEGAL BEARINGS. Elements of the Judgment of an Expert . 1S7 I.—Morality . . . . . . IS S II.—State of health, previous and present . . . 1S9 a. On the part of the parents .... 189 B. On the part of the nurse .... 190 III.—State of health of the persons exposed to contracting syphilis from the same source .... 191 IV.—Nature of the symptoms . . . .. 192 V.—Seat of the symptoms . ; . .193 VI.—Comparative date of the symptoms in the nurse and in the infant at the breast . . . . ] 94 VII.—Absence of primary symptoms . . . 195 VIII.—Presence of primary symptoms . . . 196 IX.—Absence of interested motives . . . 199 Conclusion ...... 200 PAET V.—TREATMENT. CHAPTER I. Preventive Treatment ..... 207 Section I.—To prevent a Child conceited, born, or reared LTNDER CONDITIONS WHICH EXPOSE IT TO SYPHILIS FROM BEING ATTACKED THEREBY ... . 207 I.—Conditions dependent upon conception . . 207 First case : before marriage .... 207 Second case : after marriage . . . .212 Third case : after conception .... 214