The problem of antenatal and postnatal syphilis is one of the largest in the entire field of medicine, not only because it concerns nearly every specialty, but also because of its wide social and economic importance. As is well-known, syphilis is the most frequent cause of abortions and stillbirths, statistics ranging from 20 to 50 per cent. Williams, in his series of 10,000 pregnancies, holds the disease respon
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