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A REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURE

PAUL PADGET, M.D.; JOSEPH EARLE MOORE, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1937;60(5):887-942.

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This review covers publications which appeared during the last six months of 1936 and the first half of 1937. As before,¹ we have found it necessary to exercise a rigid selection of material and largely to exclude the literature on experimental syphilis and on serologic studies.

HISTORY OF SYPHILIS

As a part of the educational feature of the program for the control of venereal disease which is being developed, Winslow² and Moore³ present popular articles in which they briefly review the history of syphilis. Both emphasize that the means for the control of syphilis have been developed and need only to be applied. Moore and Manning⁴ studied the records of the Massachusetts Historical Society and discovered that many early settlements in New England were founded largely to secure sassafras for the London markets. It was in demand there as a remedy of many virtues, but chiefly . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
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From the Syphilis Division of the Medical Clinic, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and University.

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