Excerpt from The American Journal of Syphilis, Vol. 4: January, April, July, October, 1920 Following this, the main publications upon pulmonary syphilis before 1900 were those of Bayle (1810-12), Munk (1841), Guitrac (1877), Negri (1868), Huchard (1873), Frey (1876), De Bonilla (1876); Poggio, Porter, Samid and Nogueire in 1877; Lancereaux (1878), Hanop, Sacharjiss, Seyler, Perry ("syphilitic fibrosis") before 1890, and Foulard in 1893. The diagnosis of syphilis of the lungs made by these writers, the older ones, as well as the most recent, will not survive any critical examination. Tuberculosis, brown induration of the lungs (once regarded as a syphilitic lesion), chronic lymphangitis (which Cornil considered to be syphilitic), gangrene and other conditions were confused with luetic lesions. The diagnosis rested either upon the macroscopic appearances alone, or upon the fact that the pulmonary condition occurred in a person affected with lues. In other eases gross mistakes of diagnosis were made, the conditions described were quite evidently other than syphilis. Among the cases of this class may be mentioned those of Hedenius, Wilks, Belin, Chvostek, Randohr, and four of the five cases reported by Tiffany. Of other writings upon pulmonary syphilis may be mentioned those of Lancereaux, Landria, Parrot, Schnitzler and Pancritius befor 1900, Marfan in 1901, Hansemann and Kokawa in 1905. The best collective articles upon the subject are those of Massia, Herxheimer, Brandenburg and Flockemann. An analysis of all the reported cases of pulmonary syphilis reveals the following in so far as frequency, type of lesion, inception and progress of the affection, occurrence of gumma of the lungs, etc., are concerned. 1. Frequency of Syphilis of the Lungs. - An examination of the collections and records of pathological laboratories and museums would seem to show that pulmonary syphilis is one of the rarest conditions. According to Claytor, in 1905 out of 13,000 specimens at the Army Medical Museum in Washington there was not a single example of pulmonary syphilis. In 1895 in the pathologic collections in London there were but ten cases placed under that label. Neither Ford from the Massachusetts General Hospital nor Otis in his practice found a single case of pulmonary syphilis. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.