Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . 123.—Osteomyelitis of the Radius. Enlargement of thebone and three well-defined abscess-cavities. (Sciui. 398 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. SYPHILIS HEREDITARIA S. CONGENITA (Syphilis Embrycnalis or Foetalis, Syphilis Neonatorum, SyphilisHereditaria Tarda). Congenital syphilis is due to a specific micro-organism, thepipaiiida! spirochete pallida, which is transmitted to the embryo or fetus. Fig. 124.—Congenital Syphilis (3 weeks old). Xote peculiardeformity of feet, excor
Modern diagnosis and treatment of diseases of childern; a treatise on the medical and surgical diseases of infancy anf childhood . 123.—Osteomyelitis of the Radius. Enlargement of thebone and three well-defined abscess-cavities. (Sciui. 398 COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. SYPHILIS HEREDITARIA S. CONGENITA (Syphilis Embrycnalis or Foetalis, Syphilis Neonatorum, SyphilisHereditaria Tarda). Congenital syphilis is due to a specific micro-organism, thepipaiiida! spirochete pallida, which is transmitted to the embryo or fetus. Fig. 124.—Congenital Syphilis (3 weeks old). Xote peculiardeformity of feet, excoriation of upper lip, tumefaction on fore-head. (Sheffield.) I-Vwsurvive. either through the syphilitic semen (ex patre ), ovule (ex matre),or maternal blood (at any time during pregnane)). The great majority of syphilitic embryos or fetuses areaborted. The few that survive may pass through the syphiliticprocess in utero ( syphilis embryonalis or foetalis) and emerge intothe world either dead or in a shriveled, shrunken, emaciated ordisfigured (hydrocephalus, spina bifida, etc.) condition, and, as arule, succumb soon after birth; or the fetus mav maintain a SYPHILIS. 399 good state of health during intra-uterine life, be born in appar-ently perfect health, and develop the syphilitic manifestationssoon after birth (syphilis neonatorum), or not until several yearsafter (syphilis hereditaria tarda.) Having fully discussed syphilis embryonalis in connectionwith feeble vitality of the newly born (), we w
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