EPIDEMIC SYPHILIS, ITS RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT BY THE PHYSICIAN

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Article1 August 1939EPIDEMIC SYPHILIS, ITS RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT BY THE PHYSICIANE. GURNEY CLARK, M.D.E. GURNEY CLARK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-2-238 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONSyphilis exhibits many of the characteristics of epidemic disease. It has the capacity of producing a sharp increase in incidence in a short time.1 It often gives rise to localized outbreaks; and, in at least one historic instance, it appeared as a sudden outbreak over a wide area. This concept with regard to syphilis is not a new one. More than 100 reports of localized epidemics of syphilis can be found in the literature under titles which imply epidemicity.The mild character or total absence of the early manifestations; the "conspiracy of silence" with regard to the disease; and...Bibliography1. GILL AG: The genesis of epidemics, 1928, William Wood and Co., New York, Chapter I. Google Scholar2. CLARK EG: Results of contact investigation in a University Hospital syphilis clinic. To be published. Google Scholar3. PAUL JR: Clinical epidemiology. President's Address, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1938, xvii, 539. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. NELSON NA: Syphilis looks at the doctor, New England Jr. Med., 1937, ccxvii, 971. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. STOKES JH: Cutaneous and mucosal relapse in early syphilis and its differentiation from reinfection, Ven. Dis. Inform., 1931, xii, 55. Google Scholar6. HELLERSMITH JRDC: Proper epidemiological approach in early cases of syphilis decreases treatment delinquency, Indian Jr. Ven. Dis., 1937, iii, 155. Google Scholar7. EXNER MJ: The value of instructing the syphilis patient, Ven. Dis. Inform., 1935, xvi, 59. Google Scholar8. CLARK EG: Patient instruction in controlling infectiousness of patients with early syphilis. To be published. Google Scholar9. NELSON NA: The follow up of gonorrhea and syphilis in private practice, New England Jr. Med., 1933, ccviii, 1153. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. INGRAHAM NR: Contact tracing and case holding in New Jersey, Ven. Dis. Inform., 1938, xvix, 61. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Read at the New Orleans meeting of the American College of Physicians, March 29, 1939.From the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.The epidemiological investigations were made possible through funds granted by the United States Public Health Service. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySyphilisThe Importance of Contact Investigation in the Control of Syphilis 1 August 1939Volume 13, Issue 2Page: 238-247KeywordsMedical servicesSyphilis Issue Published: 1 August 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...