"INTENSIVE" ANTISYPHILITIC TREATMENT

The Trend of Antisyphilitic Treatment.

sequence, the disease in the infants took on such a mild form that it did not manifest itself until many years later. Col. Harrison had spoken about the number of men who would be needed to do all the Wassermann tests required, but provision should have been made for this. The suggestion had not been sprung upon the country. In 1928, this Society had made the suggestion that routine antenatal t...

Mercury as an Antisyphilitic in Ayurvedic Medicine

In the sixteenth century, a new disease appeared in India. Described for the first time in the ayurvedic classic Bhāvaprakāśa by Bhāvamiśra, it was called phiraṅgaroga, “disease of the Franks”. Given the name and what we know from contemporary reports of European observers in India, this was very likely the correlate to the so-called “French disease” or “Morbus Gallicus”, i.e., syphilis. The Bh...

Progressive blindness due to posterior uveitis following antisyphilitic treatment for interstitial keratitis.

Case B14682 a married man, aged 44 years, reported initially to the Venereology Department in 1952, having been referred by the ophthalmologist with right interstitial keratitis of 6 weeks' duration and a positive blood Wassermann reaction (WR). Investigations revealed no clinical abnormalities other than right interstitial keratitis and a strongly positive Wassermann reaction. The cerebrospina...

Intensive Treatment of Syphilis

Intensive voice treatment in Parkinson's disease: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment.

Advances in neuroscience have led to an expanded and improved understanding of neurobiological changes associated with rehabilitation and exercise in Parkinson's disease (PD). This knowledge has led to a direct clinical impact of increased referral for early and continuous exercise programs for individuals with PD (physical, occupational, speech therapy and general exercise programs) and an inc...