Treatment of Syphilis: Comparison of the Number of Days' Hospital Treatment Required for Patients Suffering with Syphilis, with and Without T PDF Download

Author: W. G. Stimpson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484564458
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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Excerpt from Treatment of Syphilis: Comparison of the Number of Days' Hospital Treatment Required for Patients Suffering With Syphilis, With and Without the Use of Salvarsan or Neosalvarsan J. B., readmitted September 27, 1913, with a diagnosis of phage denio ulcer of penis, Wassermann positive. He was given two injections Of neosalvarsan in the spring of the same year, but left to go to work before the ulcer healed. He has been given five more injections within the last six months, but no complete recovery is yet in sight. He is now receiving large doses Of potassium iodide and mercury; the ulcer is almost healed, but has been as nearly well before, only to break down again. It is difficult to estimate the time in days' hospital treatment saved by giving neosalvarsan in preference to mixed treatment. Some of the latter patients would remain for several months and receive mixed treatment, whereas others on same treatment would need to stay longer, but would leave the hospital against advice of attending physician at irregular times. Detroit, Mich - In a few of the cases in which salvarsan was given mercurial rubs were afterwards prescribed. Many Of the cases Of syphilis treated with neosalvarsan were kept in the hospital but one day, just sufficient time to note the reaction, if any. In fact, some of the cases were given the treatment and allowed to leave the hospital in an hour or two. There are cases that can be treated with neosalvarsan as out - patients, making a large saving In hospital treatment by the use of these remedies. Considering all forms of syphilis that are likely to apply for treatment at the hospital, I would estimate that the number of days' hospital treatment in such cases might be reduced by the use of neosalvarsan about one half. I believe that mercury in some form is essential to success in the treatment Of certain cases Of syphilis and should be used after the injection Of neosalvarsan in many, if not all, cases of syphilis, and that the combined treatment, arsenic and mercury, is more effectual in syphilis than the single treatment with either. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.