The Problem of Syphilis in a Tuberculosis Clinic
Authors: Alvis E. Greer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 October 1930The Problem of Syphilis in a Tuberculosis ClinicALVIS E. GREER, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALVIS E. GREER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-4-387 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report of the incidence of syphilis in a tuberculosis clinic is intended to deal primarily with the problem of the presence of syphilis in any form and not with the problem of pulmonary syphilis per se. The position is taken herein that the evidence found as to the presence of pulmonary syphilis is insufficient to warrant the making of such a diagnosis in any of the cases in our series. However, some attention has been given in this paper to the subject of pulmonary syphilis as reflected in the present-day literature.Before the complement-fixation test for syphilis became generally...Bibliography1 BARLARO P: Pulmonary Syphilis, Prensa med. argent. 5: 8 (June) 1918; abstr., J.A.M.A. 71: 935 (Sept.) 1918. Google Scholar2 BELTING DL: The Wassermann Reaction in the Pregnant Woman, Am. J. Syph. 9: 762, 1925. Google Scholar3 BROCK BG: Inquiry into the Prevalence of Syphilis in the South African Native, and its Influence in Aiding the Spread of Tuberculosis, Minneapolis, Lancet Publ. Company 1: 1270, 1912. Google Scholar4 CONNER LA: Syphilis of the Trachea and Bronchi, Am. J. M. Sc. 125: July, 1903. Google Scholar5 FOWLER JK: Pulmonary Syphilis, Diseases of the Lungs. London, Longman Green & Company: 429-452, 1898. Google Scholar6 FUNK EH: Syphilis with Pulmonary Manifestations; the Problem of Diagnosis, M. Clin. North America 4: 883, 1923. Google Scholar7 FUNK EH: Pulmonary Syphilis, Pennsylvania Med. Jour. 33: 310 (March) 1920. Google Scholar8 GIBBS JH: Pulmonary Syphilis, South. Med. Jour. 12: 2, 778 (Nov.) 1920. Google Scholar9 HABLISTONMCLANE CCWO: The Coexistence of Syphilis and Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 16: 1 (July) 1927. Google Scholar10 HOWARD CP: Pulmonary Syphilis, Am. J. Syph. 8: 1, 1924. Google Scholar11 LETTULEBERGERONLEPINE : Quoted by HOLLANDER, L., and NARR, F. C. in Syphilis and Tuberculosis, Arch. Dermat. & Syph. 4: 153-161, 1921. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 LLOYD FJ: Pulmonary Syphilis. Diseases of the Bronchi, Lungs and Pleurae. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger Publ. Company: 364-370, 1915. Google Scholar13 NORRISLANDIS : Diseases of the Chest and Principles of Physical Diagnosis. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, Ed. 2: 451, 1920. Google Scholar14 OSLER W: Principles and Practice of Medicine, Ed. 8, New York, Appleton: 272-273, 1912. Google Scholar15 PUSEY WA: Quoted by Bramcoup, Calif. State Jour. Med. 21: 52, 1925. Google Scholar16 WATKINS WW: Lung Syphilis and Syphilitic Tuberculous Symbiosis in the Lungs, Am. J. Roentgenol. 8: 259, 1921. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Houston, Texas*Read before The Texas State Public Health Association, Houston, Texas, April 30, 1930.†From the Houston Anti-Tuberculosis League Clinic, Houston, Texas. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMorphologie und Biologie der Spirochäten. Experimentelle SyphilisAllgemeine Pathologie der SyphilisChronic Nontuberculous Pulmonary Infections and Their SequelaeTreatment of Syphilis Complicating TuberculosisDie Syphilis der Lunge und des Mediastinum 1 October 1930Volume 4, Issue 4Page: 387-395KeywordsPrevention, policy, and public healthSyphilis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...