. Glimpses of medical Europe. tiedup with a red sash. All are here, with per-haps the fear of the same dread disease staringat them from the purplish-red papules thatblotch their skin. For syphilis is not the leastfrequent of the lesions that come to thisclinic. This disease may be seen in almostany of its multiform manifes- I /tations, some of which are V *^^hideous to look upon. Yl But there is comedy here,too, for many of these skinlesions are comparatively in-significant, and the patientsseem disappointed that it isno worse. An amusing thingis the tattoo marks one fre-quently sees here. In
. Glimpses of medical Europe. tiedup with a red sash. All are here, with per-haps the fear of the same dread disease staringat them from the purplish-red papules thatblotch their skin. For syphilis is not the leastfrequent of the lesions that come to thisclinic. This disease may be seen in almostany of its multiform manifes- I /tations, some of which are V *^^hideous to look upon. Yl But there is comedy here,too, for many of these skinlesions are comparatively in-significant, and the patientsseem disappointed that it isno worse. An amusing thingis the tattoo marks one fre-quently sees here. In theecstasy of his first love a man often has tat-tooed on his arm a large heart pierced by anarrow and above the name of his adored one,as, for example, Marie pour la m^. Thecourse of true love, however, is evidently notalways life enduring, notwithstanding thetattooed sentiment, and so we may have theMarie eliminated by a tattooed line and**Louise worked in above. I have seen asmany as three names erased in this manner 149. MEDICAL EUROPE with a fourth flourishing in a quite elevatedmanner above the pour la vie. The most common disease one sees hereis la gale, the common, every-day itch, orscabies as we term it. A French dermatologistcan spot this lesion as far as he can see thepatient, and the quickness with which thesecases are glanced at, given their bath card, andhustled away, is remarkable. A hundredsuch cases will be disposed of in fifteen min-utes at this clinic. It is when a somewhatrare or obscure lesion appears that time isconsumed. Then there is something physician is called, every studentcrowds eagerly forward. The patient ispassed about from one to another and avoluble discussion arises. It is hours perhapsbefore the sufferer regains his shirt (or herchemise) as the case may be. All day longthe patients pour into this clinic. Not onlyin the morning, but after a brief respite forlunch there are as many more waiting as weredisposed of in the forenoon. I
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