Liver Function and Blood Vitamin C in Secondary Syphilis

on variations in the virulence of the spirochete, and in the resistance of the tissues of the host as shown by the reaction of skin to the infection. Curiously enough, I found, in in-patients in the Patna Medical College Hospital, that over 50 per cent of syphilitic patients developing symptoms of arsenical intolerance were suffering from secondary syphilis. Irgang (1937) emphasizes that the tests for the hepatic function should be performed whenever a patient reacts abnormally to the arsphenamines. Lahiri (1942) has found that the blood vitamin C content is reduced in syphilis.