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SYPHILIS AND VENEREAL DISEASES.
GENERAL QUESTIONS IN SYPHILIS, THERAPEUTICS, ETC.
E. L. KEYES, M.D.
Blood-counting in early syphilis. — Schulgowsky made use of the apparatus of Hayem and Nachet in the Kalinkin Hospital to count the blood-corpuscles of patients suffering from syphilis in its earl-y eruptive forms, and to estimate the influence of mercurial treatment upon the blood.
No new results were arrived at, but old ones confirmed.
