On pulmonary syphilis and its combination with tbc

Abstract

Not so long ago pulmonary syphilis was a rare finding on the sectional table, nor was it often diagnosed by clinicians. In 1896 Stolper (1896) had 61 cases of visceral lues per 3,000 sections, of which 4 were due to pulmonary syphilis. Сlaytor (1905) did not encounter a single case of pulmonary syphilis in 13,000 autopsies. Symmers (1916) had 0.24% pulmonary syphilis per 4,880 autopsies. Саrraro (1920) found 7.8% pulmonary syphilis in 152 syphilitics (his cases checked microscopically). Finally, Osler (1920) found 12 cases of pulmonary syphilis per 2,800 autopsies.

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