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REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURE

CHARLES F. MOHR, M.D.; VIRGIL SCOTT, M.D.; RICHARD D. HAHN, M.D.; E. GURNEY CLARK, M.D.; JOSEPH EARLE MOORE, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1944;74(5):390-411.

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The material for this article has been selected from publications which have appeared from July 1943 to July 1944. As in previous reviews,¹ it has been necessary rigidly to select material, excluding comparative serologic studies and most case reports. The number of European journals available for review is negligible. Because the war has focused attention on the prevention of syphilis, especially among the armed forces, again this year there are many articles on control of venereal disease.

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM

Cultivation of Treponema Pallidum.

—Previous attempts have been made to grow Treponema pallidum on the chorioallantoic membrane of the hen's egg. The results of these experiments were not convincing. Wile and Johnson² report another such experiment.

Three dozen eggs were incubated at 38 to 39 C. for ten to thirteen days. After it was determined by candling that the eggs contained living embryos, they were inoculated with an emulsion . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BALTIMORE

From the United States Public Health Service and the Johns Hopkins University Venereal Disease Research and Post-Graduate Training Center.