Syphilis And Local Contagious Disorders - Softcover

Berkeley Hill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046192613X ISBN 13: 9780461926132

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Syphilis And Local Contagious Disorders by Berkeley Hill. This nineteenth-century clinical survey examines syphilis and its local contagious disorders, detailing late (gummy) changes, congenital and inherited forms, and manifestations across the nervous, ocular, genital, urinary, and abdominal systems. It discusses differential diagnosis, prognosis, and the history of treatment, including mercury and iodides, as well as public-health considerations for controlling contagion (notably Contagious Diseases Acts). The work emphasizes pathology such as gummy tissue and nodules in bone, joints, heart, meninges, and brain, with attention to gummy periostitis and related neurologic syndromes; ocular and auditory involvement; genital and placental lesions; infantile congenital syphilis and late sequelae like dental abnormalities. It situates these findings within a 19th-century framework that also covers conditions confounded with syphilis and the historical notion of inoculation or “syphilisation.” Set against post-mortem and clinical observations from authorities like Virchow, Ricord, and Galezowski, the book aims to classify lesions by organ and stage and to reflect on prognosis and historical treatments.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046192613X
• ISBN 13: 9780461926132
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 542