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LUES MALIGNA

1916; American Medical Association; Volume: LXVII; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/jama.1916.02590070032010

2376-8118

Perry A. Bly,

Medicine and Dermatology Studies History

In spite of the voluminous and often redundant literature on syphilis in our day, there is a significant lack of mention of that fulminant type of syphilis which we designate "lues maligna." During the past five months, two patients with lues maligna have been admitted to the wards of the Rochester Municipal Hospital. Through the courtesy of Dr. George W. Goler, attending physician, and health officer of Rochester, N. Y., I am able to report the following histories: Case 1. —Two years before the patient, M. G., girl, aged 9 years, was born, her father contracted syphilis. For the past year, he has been confined in a hospital for the insane, with a diagnosis of paresis. The mother admits a history of chronic sore throat and general alopecia, but denies any eruption, condylomas, etc. A Wassermann test, made on the mother in January, 1916, was 1 plus. The patient was