TY  - JOUR
T1  - STudy in a foundling institution to determine the incidence of congenital syphilis
AU  - DeBUYS LR, LOEBER M
Y1  - 1919/10/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1919.02610400006002
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1028
EP  - 1031
VL  - 73
IS  - 14
N2  - This study consisted in examining all the infants and children in a foundling institution in an effort to determine the incidence of congenital syphilis. Their bloods were examined by means of the Wassermann reaction; luetin skin tests were made on them; and they were subjected to complete physical examinations, careful observations being made with regard to the growth and development and the usual symptoms attributable to congenital syphilis.The bloods were obtained from the infants with open anterior fontanels from the longitudinal sinus and, in those whose fontanels were closed, from the vein at the bend of the elbow, and in a few instances from the vein over the inner malleolus. The bloods were collected in accordance with the usual method and transmitted to the laboratory for examination. The original Wassermann test was made on each blood, and, in addition, a second test was made by modifying the original test
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1919.02610400006002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610400006002
ER  -