A text-book on gonorrhea and its complications / by Georges Luys ; translated and edited by Arthur Forester.

  • Luys, Georges, 1870-1953.
Date:
1913
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Credit: A text-book on gonorrhea and its complications / by Georges Luys ; translated and edited by Arthur Forester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    think fit, in preference to a proper medical therapy, verges on barbarism, and is not in harmony with our times. In the case of gonorrhea in particular, our medico-surgical measures are excellent and practically guarantee a cure. They appear, however, to be inadequately known, and even amongst medical men a certain uncer- tainty appears to exist, as far as the treatment of gonorrhea is concerned. This state of affairs is not astonishing, considering that for a number of years no book has been published in the English language on this subject. It is true that several valuable works on urinary diseases have been written of late, and that they allude to gonorrhea. But these references are scanty, suitable, perhaps, for experts who do not require them. Those who are less familiar with this malady and seek detailed information will find little assistance in consulting these books. There is thus a gap in our literature, and J have attempted to fill it by this translation of a treatise which has already made its reputation and contains all the information one could desire. Its author, Dr. Georges Luys, is a recognized authority, and so well known by his numerous writings and inventions, that all his communications deserve attention. His ‘‘ Traité de la Blennorragie,” of which the present volume is a translation, deals exclusively with that malady, and is the most complete book so far published on this subject. The first edition appeared only in 1912. Within a year a second edition became necessary ; an abridged Spanish translation has already been published, and a Russian version 1s about to appear. The text of the present English edition embodies all the additions and corrections of the second French edition, although it differs here and there from the latter. We have also been able to insert all the important new figures, owing to the efforts of my publishers, Messrs. Bailliére, Tindall and Cox, to whom my thanks are due for the care which they have bestowed upon this work. On the other hand, we have omitted some of those figures which appear twice in the original, and a few of minor interest. Some of our readers will regret that the references to vaccine treatment are brief; but as neither Dr. Luys nor myself are greatly impressed by its achievements, we decided not to enlarge the paragraph relating to it. ‘It has been the aim to lay stress upon such methods only which are reliable, and which should be employed by those whose lot it is to cure gonorrhea and to alleviate the terrible martyrdom of the sexual organs. A. FOERSTER. Lonpon, W. July, 1913.