66

Mercury, 62
and salvarsan, combination of, in controlling contagiousness, 124
comparative value of, 68
deceptive value of, 64
effect of, on syphilis, 63
inability of, to control contagiousness, 123
ineffectiveness of, by mouth, 65
injections of, 66
injurious effects of, 67
inunctions (rubs), 65
methods of administering, 64
of using in treatment, 62
misconception in regard to, 63

Metchnikoff and Roux, 14
prophylaxis in syphilis, 162

Michigan, legislative measures against syphilis in, 182

Military service, universal, and spread of venereal disease, 184

Miscarriage and abortion, syphilis as cause of, 95
repeated, 95

Misconceptions regarding cure of syphilis with salvarsan, 72
syphilis in children, 100

Moisture, effect of, on contagiousness of syphilis, 27, 38, 110
relation of, to infection with syphilis, 27, 38, 110

Moore, Noguchi and, 48

Moral problems in relation to syphilis, 18

Morality, sexual, in relation to syphilis, 18

Morals, syphilis and, 144

Morbidness in syphilitics, 153

Mother, knowledge of, in adopting a child, 106
syphilitic, apparent good health of, 93
period of greatest danger to child, 94
treatment of syphilis in, 97

Mouth, administration of mercury by, 64
contagious sores in, 38, 42. _See also mucous patches_
effect of mercury on, 67
late syphilis in, 47

Mucous patches, 38, 42
cancer following, 138
effect of salvarsan on, 74
of tobacco in predisposing to, 43, 112
susceptibility of prostitutes to, 136

NATIONAL Board of Health, need for, 167

Neck, enlargement of glands in, 33, 34

Neosalvarsan, 75

Nervous strain, effect of, on syphilis, 137
system, complications, relation of, to mild secondary syphilis, 45, 46
examination of, in determining cure of syphilis, 90
relapses, 43
Spirochaeta pallida in, 39

New York City, clinics and dispensaries in, 170
reporting of syphilis in, 178

Noguchi, 48
test, luetin, 79

Non-genital syphilis, estimate of percentage of, 119
in lax individuals, 133, 134

Notification of venereal disease. _See reporting_

Nurse, accidental infection of, with syphilis, 116
wet, syphilis in, 100

Nursing mothers, syphilitic germs in milk of, 39
of syphilitic child by mother, 101

OHIO, law permitting physician to prevent marriage of contagious
syphilitic person, 131

Overwork, effect of, on syphilitics, 137

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