The treatment of constitutional syphilis / by Oswald Ziemssen.

  • Ziemssen, Oswald.
Date:
1893
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Credit: The treatment of constitutional syphilis / by Oswald Ziemssen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    points of difference are seen to exist. These are shown in the subjoined table :— Tuberculosis. Micro-organism causing the disease known. Infection in man by con- tact (inhalation), first proved by Koch. Hereditary. Transmissible to animals. No remedy known before Koch’s discoveries. Cure by inoculation not at- tempted before Koch. In advanced cases the pos- sibility of cure is even now doubtful. Constitutional Syphilis. Micro-organism causing the disease unknown. Infection in man by con- tact, as has been known for centuries. Also hereditary. Transmissibility to animals doubtful. Remedy known for a long time. Cure by inoculation tried before Koch, but with very bad results. The possibility of cure, even in advanced cases, has long been known. To complete the analogy between tuberculosis and constitutional syphilis, it is necessary, in accordance with the principles laid dowm by Koch, first, to dis- cover the micro-organism which causes the disease, and, secondly, to find animals in which the disease can be inoculated. Whether, however, even if both these conditions should be fulfilled, a remedy analogous to Koch’s tuberculin would be capable of curing constitu- tional syphilis is at least doubtful, inasmuch as previous inoculations (Boeck), which may be looked upon as having the same effect, have proved useless. In contrast to what has been the case with regard to tuberculosis, remedies have been found for constitu- tional syphilis which are superior to Koch’s in