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Arch Dermatol. 2005;141:943.

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THE JOURNAL OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES
VOL. XXIII.
AUGUST, 1905.
NO. 8.

BY DOUGLASS W. MONTGOMERY, M.D.

Not long since a play was written by Brieux. There was nothing immoral in the play and nothing lewd, but it was a dramatization of the sinister effects of syphilis when it is introduced into a family. The Parisian drama is not dainty in sexual matters, but for a long time this play was not allowed to be put on the boards, because it dealt with syphilis.

J Cutan Dis. August 1905;23:342-355.

Editor's Comment

Eugène Brieux was the most famous French playwright since Molière, though the tone of his sermonizing, moralistic dramas could not have been more different than the great satirist’s comedies. Brieux constantly pushed the boundaries of bourgeois society, attacking the injustices of the French legal system, the corrosive effects of corruption on politicians, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]