The Treatment of Syphilis with Salvarsan
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Among the various books dealing with Salvarsan this will naturally take a prominent place as it has received the benediction of Professor Ehrlich and may thus be regarded as being almost an official document. A large part of the book is devoted to a description of individual cases showing the great value of Salvarsan, especially in refractory cases of syphilis. The occurrence of relapses in a fair proportion of cases is freely admitted, the explanation being that there are certain foci which are imperfectly reached by the drug owing to a defective vascular supply. It seems to be established that there is no danger of producing
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دوره 46 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014