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HERMAN BEERMAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1958;78(2):174-180.

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It is fitting on this occasion to discuss a subject which was dear to the heart of Dr. Charles R. Rein, whose memory we are here to honor. For many years, Dr. Rein expressed concern that, in spite of great advances, syphilis would sooner or later recrudesce to a major problem. It is, however, becoming increasingly apparent that syphilis, in spite of these fears, is rapidly taking a place of less importance in medical practice; in fact, some investigators believe that the diminution of syphilis incidence is so great as to make it an uncommon or even rare disease, a situation which these persons feel will be permanent. It would now appear, as Moore¹ has stated, that the venereologist (syphilologist) finds himself in the position of having worked himself out of a job. This decreased incidence of syphilis has resulted in decreased appropriations for its control. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia

From the Departments of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Professor and Chairman, Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine, and Professor of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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Submitted for publication Feb. 26, 1958.

Read before the Bronx Dermatological Society, Dec. 19, 1957, in a symposium held in memory of Dr. Charles R. Rein and entitled "Syphilis and Related Treponematoses in the World Today."

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