A System of syphilis v. 2, 1908, Volume 2Frowde, 1908 |
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Page 210 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake ; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 200 - I had laid upon the counter, and among these were several designs for little vases in a capricious style, which I had sketched for my amusement. These vases were in quite a different fashion from any which had been seen up to that date. He was anxious that I should finish one or two of them for him in silver ; and this I did with the fullest satisfaction , seeing they exactly suited my own fancy. The clever surgeon paid me very well, and yet the honour which the vases brought me was worth a hundred...
Page 200 - ... certain fumigations ; but he only undertook a cure after stipulating for his fees, which he reckoned not by tens, but by hundreds of crowns. He was a great connoisseur in the arts of design. Chancing to pass one day before my shop, he saw a lot of drawings which I had laid upon the counter, and among these were several designs for little vases in a capricious style, which I had sketched for my amusement.
Page 80 - When the other teeth are affected these very rarely escape, and very often they are malformed when all the others are of fairly good shape. The characteristic malformation of the upper central incisors consists in a dwarfing of the tooth, which is usually both narrow and short, and in the atrophy of its middle lobe. This atrophy leaves a single broad notch (vertical) in the edge of the tooth, and sometimes from this notch a shallow furrow passes upwards on both anterior and posterior surface nearly...
Page 80 - ... very often they are malformed when all the others are of fairly good shape. The characteristic malformation of the upper central incisors consists in a dwarfing of the tooth, which is usually both narrow and short, and in the atrophy of its middle lobe. This atrophy leaves a single broad notch (vertical) in the edge of the tooth ; and sometimes from this notch a shallow furrow passes upwards on both anterior and posterior surfaces nearly to the gum. This notching is usually symmetrical. It may...
Page 178 - Mercury in the lues venerea, as in the chancre, is the real specific and hardly anything else is to be depended upon. If there be such a thing as a specific, mercury is one for the venereal disease, in two of its forms ; yet mankind are in pursuit of other specifics for these diseases, as if specifics were more common than diseases.
Page 79 - A sunken bridge of the nose caused by the longcontinued swelling of the nasal mucous membrane when the bones were soft, a skin marked by little pits and linear scars especially near the angles of the mouth, the relics of an ulcerating eruption, and protuberant frontal eminences consequent upon infantile periostitis, are amongst the points which go to make up what we recognise as an heredito-syphilitic physiognomy.
Page 256 - ... ordinary violence. The Portuguese, through apathy, and at a dreadful price levied on the generations that are passed, and never in all probability to be redeemed by their descendants, appear to have gained a great exemption from both syphilis and variola ; but the price is too high for us ever to offer up our bodies to be the unresisting subjects of disease, the fatal consequences of which, though they might go far to extinguish one or two ills, would be felt in the deterioration of our race...
Page 120 - An ulcer is found just one inch from the anal margin ; it is about the size of a quarter of a dollar ; the base is indurated and the ulceration is very superficial ; sacral glands felt enlarged ; there is no evidence of any other lesion. " Operation. — September 20th ; F.
Page 340 - They are the Japanese of the Dark Continent, the most naturally civilized, charming, kindly, tactful and courteous of black peoples.