Some Fallacies Concerning Syphilis (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Edward L. Keyes

9780365365150: Some Fallacies Concerning Syphilis (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0365365157 ISBN 13: 9780365365150

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Excerpt from Some Fallacies Concerning Syphilis

There is an Eastern saying that runs somewhat in this wise Whenever you mount your horse, do so with a prayer upon your lips, for the grave lies open before you. Yet who would venture, out of this sententious crystallization of an obvious truth, to evolve the broad generalization that equestrian is a fatal exercise.

It is from generalizations like this that syphilis has suffered. Syphilis is indeed a picturesque malady, full of surprises; occasionally startling as by the severity of its developments, and often doing some thing that is unexpected. Yet on the who e, in the whole, in the present day and generation, in this country, it is far from being the severe malady which it is reputed to be generally, among the laity, and largely by the profession.

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