Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson.

  • Robson, H. N.
Date:
1911
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Credit: Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hereditafy Syphilis TNFANTS can inherit syphilis from their fathers only, the mothers being healthy ; or from their mothers, the fathers being free from the disease; or from both parents; or finally, the mother may acquire the disease after con- ception. Early death of the foetus may occur, leading to miscarriages, and these are always strong evidence of syphilis in the father or mother, as it is by far the commonest cause of still-born children. Infants brought into the world with hereditary disease rarely show any signs of it at birth ; in fact, they are usually fat, plump, and healthy- looking, the skin being quite free from any indi- cation of anything wrong. “ A lovely child when born, but began to fall off when four weeks old,” is a common remark on the part of the fond and anxious mother. At the end of three weeks or a month after