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EVOLUTION OF THE INITIAL SYPHILITIC LESION OR LESIONS IN SUCCESSIVE CROPS (Chancres Syphilitiques Successifs)

Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:1503.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXIII
DECEMBER, 1905.
NO. 12.

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It is well known that the existence of successive syphilitic chancres has been denied by several authors, and it has been claimed that in the various cases reported, there has been synchronous evolution of the lesions, but that mistakes have occurred from lack of care and acumen in observation. In answer to this claim Sabareanu shows conclusively that as the result of experimental inoculation made mostly in the days when syphilization was practiced. . . .

J Cutan Dis. December 1905;22;513-517.

Editor's Comment

It would be nice to report that the rise and fall of syphilisation was illustrative of objective inquiry and rational discourse in medical progress. Instead, it is a less sanguine story of how personality, politics, and prestige can warp the process of discovery.

Philippe Ricord and Joseph-Alexandre Auzias-Turenne were polar opposites of the French medical establishment. . . . [Full Text of this Article]