Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . olored patches, abruptlymargined, crescentic patches of salmon tint are often present onthe corneal surface, this sign of vascularity not rarely spreadingover the whole cornea and giving rise to a deep plum tint ofpurple redness. Excessive lacrimation and photophobia prevailfrom the start, in marked cases reducing the patient to a stateof practical blindness. The disease runs a very slow course,from about three months to a year or longer, and when it sub-sides leav
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . olored patches, abruptlymargined, crescentic patches of salmon tint are often present onthe corneal surface, this sign of vascularity not rarely spreadingover the whole cornea and giving rise to a deep plum tint ofpurple redness. Excessive lacrimation and photophobia prevailfrom the start, in marked cases reducing the patient to a stateof practical blindness. The disease runs a very slow course,from about three months to a year or longer, and when it sub-sides leaves behind more or less marked corneal opacity andvisual impairment. 3. Deafness. This condition is not accompanied by any Deafnessinflammatory symptoms. It is caused by syphilitic involvement of the labyrinth (often of both ears). The deafness very rarely 406 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. clears up spontaneously and entirely. On the contrary, evenPermanent under active treatment permanent defective hearing is the rule. This peculiar form of deafness often precedes or follows theattack of keratitis and is gradual in its Fig. 129.—Syphilitic Osteoperiostitis of the Tibia?. Saber-shapedDeformity. Note also deformed bridge of nose. (Sheffield.) • °t*ti°~ ^ie uone lesions of syphilis consist of an osteoperiostitis, or soft gummatous periostitis, especially of the tubular andcranial bones. The most frequent seat of the disease is the tibia;then follow the ulna and radius, the humerus, femur, clavicle,the bones of the skull, the phalanges and sternum. Syphilis ofthe shaft of the tibia usually gives rise to a characteristic saber- SYPHILIS. 407 shaped sabre. It differs from the rachitic deformity of the tibia by its deformity,crest being rounded (in rickets it is sharpened) and its internaland external surfaces convex (in rickets they are flat or concave).The cranial bones are affected in a manner similar to that ofsyphilis neonatorum (see page 402). Ulceration of the soft
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