. Diseases of the mouth; for physicians, dentists, medical and dental students . erse fm-rows. This is the result of a condition existing beforehirth and continuing to tiie end of the first or part ofthe second year of hfe. The history of tliis case is very instructive. Thepatient, a hoy, twelve years old, had been treated ayear and a half for a parenchymatous keratitis. Thediagnosis of syphilis was not made, and antisyphilitictreatmentwas not energetically applied, because thekeratitis did not react well to mercury; tlie Wasser-maiin reaction was negative, there were no othersymptoms of hered
. Diseases of the mouth; for physicians, dentists, medical and dental students . erse fm-rows. This is the result of a condition existing beforehirth and continuing to tiie end of the first or part ofthe second year of hfe. The history of tliis case is very instructive. Thepatient, a hoy, twelve years old, had been treated ayear and a half for a parenchymatous keratitis. Thediagnosis of syphilis was not made, and antisyphilitictreatmentwas not energetically applied, because thekeratitis did not react well to mercury; tlie Wasser-maiin reaction was negative, there were no othersymptoms of heredosyphilis, and the condition of theteeth was attributed by me, at that time, to rachitis. A year later the boy returned with a severe syphi-litic perforation of the hard ])alate (compare ) and a positive IVassermaini reaction. If thehypoplasia of the right lower first molar had beenrecognized as a sign of heredosyphilis and energeticantisyphilitic treatment resorted to, the patient wouldhave been spared the severe disfigurement. 248 Plate XLIII. Figs. 63, 64, 65, 66, 67. PLATE XLIV Figure 68.—Treponema Pallidum (Spiro-chaeta Pallida). The Specimen was Ob-tained from a Mucous Patch of the Lip Figure 69.~Spirochaeta Buccalis and Spi-rochaeta Dentium (Treponema Micro-dentium). The Specimen was Obtainedfrom a Healthy Mouth Figure 68.~Treponema Pallidum (Spiro-cliaeta Pallida). The Specimen was Ob-tained from a Mucous Patch of the Lip Six trepoiieniata ijallida are seen in the dark aie sliown here as straiglit or shglitly curvedspirilla, with pointed ends, and having seven to eightturns. They move slowly by rotating about theiraxes. There are also flexion and extension move-ments. Figure 69.—Spirochaeta Buccalis and Spi-rochaeta Dentium (Treponema Micro-dentium). The Specimen was Obtainedfrom a Healthy Mouth The SpiroehfEta Buccalis is thicker than the pal-lida, and has irregidar turns and an active snakelikeor flagellating movement. The Spirocha?ta Dentium is f
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