Abstract:The favorable implications of massive dose arsenotherapy of early syphilis in adults by the intravenous drip method focused our attention on the possibility of employing such a method in the treatment of congenital and acquired syphilis in infants and children.The following report is presented to record the results of treatment of 36 infants and children, 32 of whom had congenital syphilis and 4 acquired syphilis, the study extending from August 1940 to the present date. We have attempted to evaluate the effic… Show more
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