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SyphilisReview of the Recent Literature
HERMAN BEERMAN, M.D.;
IRA L. SCHAMBERG, M.D.;
LESLIE NICHOLAS, M.D.;
MARVIN S. GREENBERG, M.D.
AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;99(5):791-813.
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The chief theme of the activities in the field of syphilology during the period covered by this 21st annual review of syphilis (July 1, 1955, to July 1, 1956) is retrospection—a looking back to syphilis of the past. This is attested to by the relatively large number of publications on the history of syphilis. These include a book chiefly for the layman on the story of that still "Secret Enemy" 1 and an entire issue of the A. M. A. Archives of Dermatology devoted to certain aspects of the disease whose name has only recently been dropped from its masthead. This does not mean that new developments have been neglected. In fact, the outstanding study by Magnuson and his group on the inoculation with Treponema pallidum of human volunteers and the Oslo study of untreated syphilis are great contributions to syphilology, whether the conclusions are valid or not. In serology,
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Author Affiliations
Philadelphia; With the Collaboration of T. Guthe, M.D., and C. J. Hackett, M.D., Geneva, Switzerland
From the University of Pennsylvania Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, (Dr. Pillsbury, Professor), and Graduate School of Medicine, (Dr. Beerman, Chairman), and from the Venereal Disease Control Section, Division of Preventive Medicine, Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Dr. Lentz, Chief).
Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 5, 1956.
Dr. Guthe and Dr. Hackett are with the World Health Organization.
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