David Watson
Published: 2015-08-05
Total Pages: 422
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Excerpt from Gonorrh a: And Its Complications in the Male Female In English Medical Literature, the subject of Gonococcal disease has been treated with a quite unmerited neglect. The explanation is difficult to find. Gonorrh a is one of the common ailments; its immediate effects, in some cases, and its remote effects in many cases, arc of serious import. I refrain from quoting here any figures relative to the prevalence of gonorrh a, as no accurate data are available; but that the incidence of the disease is a high one few will dispute. What is insufficiently realised in this country is the real gravity of the infection; the many and serious troubles which the future has in store for a large proportion of those who contract gonorrh a. The treatment of gonorrh a is seldom adequate either in the male or female, and a frequent result is a chronic infective condition with its constant risks of exacerbations and complications, which, when they do occur, arc only too frequently misinterpreted. The author of a special treatise is open, with whatever measure of justification, to the charge of a perhaps involuntary tendency to exaggerate the importance of the subject which he has made his own. Quotations from the works of other specialists are equally liable to suspicion. More convincing will be the conclusions of such a careful writer as Professor Osier: "Gonorrh a, one of the most widespread and serious of infectious diseases, presents many features for consideration. 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."