TY  - JOUR
T1  - SYphilis.
AU  - BATTEN JM
Y1  - 1899/02/04
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.92450320021001h
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 229
EP  - 231
VL  - XXXII
IS  - 5
N2  - Remembering the old maxim, that "art is long, experience deceptive, and judgment difficult." I herewith offer some questions which are not clear to my mind in the light of my present knowledge:1. Is syphilis a curable disease, or is it possible to eradicate all the syphilitic germs from a syphilitic? 2, Is not a person once a syphilitic always a syphilitic? 3. Is the germ of tertiary syphilis the same as the germ of secondary syphilis, and also the same germ that causes the chancre? or is their virulency modified by removal from the chancre? 4. Is it possible to inoculate a non-syphilitic by semen, or secretions from a tertiary syphilitic, and produce a syphilitic chancre? 5. Should syphilitics marry? and when?In the light of my present knowledge, I believe syphilis is not an entirely curable disease. While it may be modified by specific and timely treatment, I
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.92450320021001h
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.92450320021001h
ER  -