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III. CONJUGAL NEUROSYPHILIS (SECOND COMMUNICATION)

JOSEPH EARLE MOORE, M.D.; JAROLD E. KEMP, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1923;32(3):464-482.

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In the first paper of this series¹ we outlined the methods employed in and reported the results of the examinations of fifty-two marital partners of fifty neurosyphilitic persons, with the thought that the data thus obtained might be of value in the debate as to the existence of a neurotropic strain of Spirochaeta pallida. It was recognized that the family material employed in such a study must be as nearly as possible unselected and that the methods of examination must include not only the usual Wassermann survey, or physical and neurologic examination, but also, in view of our increasing knowledge of asymptomatic neurosyphilis, all these procedures plus routine examination of the cerebrospinal fluid of every available marital partner of a series of neurosyphilitic patients. The value of this method of approach was indicated by the discovery of asymptomatic neurosyphilis in seven marital partners, the abnormal spinal fluid findings being the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the Syphilis Department of the Medical Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Footnotes
This investigation has been aided by grants from the United States Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board and from the American Social Hygiene Association.

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