Penicillin in oil and beeswax in the treatment of syphilis in clinic patients

Non-venereally transmitted 'endemic' syphilis in Vienna.

“…Poor hygiene favoured the outbreaks of endemic infections after the second world war, as described by Kozlowski and Srokowska (1952) in Poland, by Fejer (1948) in Hungary, by Eisenberg, Plotke, and Baker (1949) in the slums of Chicago, and by Grin (1953Grin ( , 1960Grin ( , 1962 in the rural areas of Bosnia. Rajam and Rangiah (1952) found an endemic type of syphilis among infected children in the crowded slums of Madras.…”

The Evolutionary Cycle of the Treponematoses

“…2, opposite). This state of affairs has been noted in small outbreaks in post-war Budapest (Fejer, 1948), in Madras, India (Rajam and Rangiah, 1952), in a coloured community in South Africa (Taylor, 1954), and in slum conditions in Chicago (Eisenberg, Plotke, and Baker, 1949). Incidentally none of the children in the Chicago series, who came from homes with elementary hygienic conditions, shewed a primary lesion.…”

Involvement of the Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta in Congenital Syphilis: A REVIEW

“…Interesting figures relating to the incidence of asexually-acquired syphilis contracted from household and family contacts as well as sexuallycontracted syphilis in childhood have been collected by Rees (1954). The ratio of acquired syphilis in childhood to congenital syphilis seems to have ranged from as high as 1:7 (Fruhinsholz, 1903) to as low as 2 8:100 (asexually-acquired syphilis in children only: Eisenberg, Plotke, and Baker, 1949). About the same time, Nabarro (1954a) expressed the view that the ratio of congenital to acquired syphilis in childhood is about 20:1.…”