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Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)
Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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^ syphilis gives a positive reaction. An emulsion of pure culture of Treponema pallidum is prepared and0.057 cubic centimeter is injected under the skin by means of a veryfine needle. If a red, indurated papule forms after twenty-eight to forty-eight hours, surrounded by a diffuse zone of redness, then the reaction ispositive. This redness increases for three to four days, gradually subsides, anddisappears within a week. A slight rise of temperature may accompanythis reaction. The diagnosis between S3^philis and rachitic bone lesions may becomeof great importance. Epiphyseal swellings occurring under six months areapt to be syphilitic. In syphilis the epiphyseal swelling may be unilateral,but it is always symmetric in rachitis. In doubtful cases the swelling must SYPHILIS. 670
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