»' J*' Ple- xor CORNELL UNIVERSITY THE 3iamev Uplprmary iCtbrary FOUNDED BY ROSWELL p. FLOWER for the use of the N. Y. STATE Veterinary College 1897 4675 .'i.\4i ":1 l¥ Digitized by Microsoft® Cornell University Library RC 201.H41 A manual of venereal diseases. 3 1924 000 250 518 DATE DUE m- -i^98G CAVLORD raiNTCO IN U.S.A. Digitized by Microsoft® This book was digitized by Microsoft Corporation in cooperation witli Cornell University Libraries, 2007. You may use and print this copy in limited quantity for your personal purposes, but may not distribute or provide access to it (or modified or partial versions of it) for revenue-generating or other commercial purposes. Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® MANUAL OF VENEREAL DISEASES. BY JAMES E. HAYDEN, M.D., CHIEF OF VENEREAL CLINIC AT THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY), NEW YORK; PROFESSOR OF GENITO-URINARY AND VENEREAL DISEASES IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE -UHIVERSITY OF VERMONT ; VISITING SURGEON TO THE NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL. With Forty-seven Illustrations. LEA BEOTHERS & CO., Ul NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. <' ' 1.896: ^ Digitized by Microsoft® VU ,/^?-?7 Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1896, by LEA BROTHERS & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress. All rights reserved. 1^^ Digitized by Microsoft® PREFACE, In this little volume, which is designed for the use of students as well as practitioners, the author has tried to give, in a clear and compact form, a practical working knowledge of the three Venereal Diseases, Gonorrhoea, Chancroid, and Syphilis, together with their complications and sequelae. The history and statistics of these diseases have been purposely omitted, as not belonging to an epitome such as this book is intended to be. The general line of treatment, with the formulae herein given, is that advocated by Professor E. W. Taylor in his latest work on Venereal Diseases, and employed in his clinic at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York. JAMES E. HAYDEN. 107 WEST 55th steeet, new yOKK, May, 1896. Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® PAET I. GONORIlH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. PAGE CHAPTER I. GONORRHCBA 13-17 OHAPTEE ir. Acute Anteeioe Gonokbh(ea or Ukbtheitis . 18-21 CHAPTER III. Acute Postekioe Gonoeiih(ea oe Ueetheitis 22-23 CHAPTER IV. Treatment of Acute Anteeioe Gonoeehcba oe Ueetheitis 24-31 CHAPTER V. Teeatment of Acute Posteeioe Gonoeehcea OE Ueetheitis . .... 32 CHAPTER VI. Complications of Acute Anteeioe Gonoe- ehcea oe Ueetheitis, and their Treat- ment 33-38 CHAPTER VII. Complications of Acute Posteeioe Gonor- RHCEA or Urethritis, and their Treat- ment 39-44 Digitized by Microsoft® viii CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTEE VIII. Chronic Gonoerhcea oe Ueethkitis . • 45 CHAPTER IX. Chronic Anteeioe Gonoerhcea oe Ueetheitis 46-47 CHAPTER X. Cheonic Postbeioe Gonoeeh(ea or Ueetheitis 48-49 CHAPTER XI. Teeatment of Cheonio Gonoeehcba or Ure- thritis 50-51 CHAPTER XII. Treatment of Chronic Anterior Gonorrhcea or Urethritis 52-55 CHAPTER XIII. Treatment of Chronic Posteeioe Gonoeehcba OE Ueetheitis . . ... 56-63 CHAPTER XIV. GONOEEHCEAIi OPHTHALMIA 64r-66 CHAPTER XV. GONOERHCEAL RHEUMATISM . ... 67-70 CHAPTER XVI. STEICTUEE of THE Urethra . . . 71-82 CHAPTER XVII. Diagnosis of Strict uee 83-94 Digitized by Microsoft® CONTENTS. ix PAGE CHAPTEE XVIII. Tebatment op Steictdre 95-120 PART II. THE CHANCROID. CHAPTEE XIX. The Chancroid 121-128 CHAPTEE XX. Treatment of the Chancroid and its Com- plications 129-135 PART III. SYPHILIS. CHAPTEE XXI. Introduction 137-141 CHAPTEE XXII. The Initial Lesion of Syphilis . . 142-147 CHAPTEE XXIir. The Secondary Period 148-149 CHAPTEE XXIV. The Syphilides 150-170 Digitized by Microsoft® X CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTEK XXV. Syphilis of the Appendages of the Skin . 171-173 CHAPTER XXVI. Syphilis of the Mucous Membranes . 174r-176 CHAPTER XXV H. Syphilis of the Digestive Organs . . . 177-184 CHAPTER XXVIII. Syphilis of the Respiratory Organs. . . 185-188 CHAPTER XXIX. Syphilis of the Organs of Circulation . 189-190 CHAPTER XXX. Syphilis of the Genito-urinaey Organs . 191-193 CHAPTER XXXI. Syphilis of the Nervous System CHAPTER XXXII. Syphilis of the Muscles 194-198 199-201 CHAPTER XXXIII. Syphilis of the Fingers and Toes . . 202-203 CHAPTER XXXIV. Syphilis of the Bones, Cartilages, and Joints 204-208 CHAPTER XXXV. Syphilis of the Eye 209-217 Digitized by Microsoft® CONTENTS. xi PAQU CHAPTEE XXXVI. Syphilis of the Eae 218-219 CHAPTER XXXVII. Pbognosib of Syphilis 220 CHAPTER XXXVIII. .Treatment op Syphilitic Lesions . . . 221-229 CHAPTER XXXIX. Constitutional Treatment of Syphilis . . 230-240 CHAPTER XL. Hereditary Syphilis 241-243 CHAPTER XLI. Lesions of Hereditary Syphilis . . . 244-258 CHAPTER XLII. Treatment of Hereditary Syphilis . . 259-261 Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® PART I. GONORRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. C]&[APTER I. GONOERHCEA. Gonorrhoea, also called urethritis, clap, blennor- rhcea, and blennorrhagia, is an acute, infectious, and virulent process, attacking most frequently the mucous membrane of the urethra and the structures in anatom- ical relation with it. The mucous membrane of the eye, the anus, and the rectum may also be the seat of the blenorrhagic process. It is the most common and most venereal of all of the venereal diseases, and occurs with the greatest fre- quency between the twentieth and thirtieth years. DIAGNOSIS. The diagnosis of acute gonorrhoea or urethritis is, as a rule, readily made from the purulent urethral dis- charge, the redness and swelling of the meatus, painful urination, and the period of incubation. There are cases, however, which must be differen- tiated from balanitis, balano posthitis, chancre of the meatus or urethra, and chancroids of the meatus. 2 Digitized by Microsoft® 14 GONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. In balanitis or balano-posthitis, if the prepuce be retracted far enough to expose the meatus, the parts can be carefully wiped off and examined, and a correct diagnosis made. Chancre of the meatus or within the urethra gives rise to a slight mucous or mucopurulent discharge, and the induration about the sore can usually be detected by careful manipulation. Chancroids of the meatus cause a purulent discharge, which is rusty-brown in color and auto-inoculable. PEOGNOSIS. The prognosis of gonorrhoea or urethritis is, as a rule, good, provided the patient is otherwise healthy and willing to carry'out minutely all of the details of treatment. There are cases, of course, in which serious and sometimes even fatal complications occur; so that we must always remember, and so inform our patients, that gonorrhoea is at best a grave and far-reaching disorder. Provided everything goes smoothly, we can usually promise a cure in from four to eight weeks. INFECTION. Gonorrhceal infection may be either direct or mediate. By direct infection is meant the transferrence of gonorrhceal pus from the genitals of one person to those of another during coitus. This is the usual and most common mode of infection, although it may also result from unnatural practices (gonorrhoea of the anus and rectum). Digitized by Microsoft® GONOBRHCEA. 15 Mediate infection may and does sometimes occur, as when instruments, syringes, towels, dressings, or the fingers have been contaminated with gonorrhoea! pus and then brought in contact with the meatus or urethral mucous membrane. ETIOLOGY OF GONOEEHCEA. In spite of the vast amount of scientific work done in this field since the discovery of the gonococcus by Neisser, in 1879, the etiology of gonorrhoea is not as yet an absolutely settled question, and the physician should therefore exercise the greatest care and precau- tion before giving his opinion as to its origin, for on his decision may rest the honor and happiness of wife, husband, or family. Although the majority of cases of gonorrhoea are due to the gonococcus Neisser, yet there are some in which this pathogenic agent cannot be found, and we must therefore attribute the disease to other micro organisms. Clinically, these cases are sometimes just as severe and have as many complications as those in which the gonococcus is found. Many men contract typical gonorrhoea from women either during or immediately after the menstrual epoch, the women being free from gonorrhoea. These cases are usually severe in character, and may be accompanied by any of the various complications. It is also possible for a man to contract gonorrhoea from the secretions of the uterus, a lacerated cervix and perineum, and vulvo-vaginal secretions due to uncleanliness. Bearing in mind the foregoing facts, which have been Digitized by Microsoft® 16 OONORRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. demonstrated by the most competent observers, the physician will do well to remember that gonorrhoea in the male does not necessarily mean gonorrhoea in the female, and that a man can contract gonorrhoea from a woman who is true and virtuous, but who is suffering from disease of the uterus, cervix, or vulvo-vaginal tract, which gives rise to an irritating discharge ; it is also well to bear in mind that the menstrual secretion is very acrid in character, and can and does produce severe urethral inflammation in the male. THE GONOCOCCUS. The gonococcus, discovered by Neisser in 1879, is a diplococcus, measuring from 0.8 to 1.6 micromillimetres in length, and from 0.6 to 0.8 micromillimetre in breadth. The gonococci are arranged in pairs, each half being kidney-shaped in appearance, with their flat or inner borders in apposition, which gives the entire coccus the appearance of a coffee-bean. They grow and multiply very rapidly, each pair splitting into four by means of a cleavage at right angles to the median fissure. The gonococci are always grouped in twos, fours, eights, etc., and never arranged in chains ; they are found within the pus-cells, upon the epithelial cells, and among and between these cells. STAINING. The entire glans penis should be thoroughly cleansed, and the pus at the meatus wiped off. A sterilized platinum loop is then passed into the urethra to obtain Digitized by Microsoft® O0N0BBH(EA. 17 the secretion for examination ; this is spread in a thin film on a clean glass slide, allowed to dry in the air, and then passed through the flame of an alcohol lamp two or three times, being careful to have the pus side turned up. A drop of a dilute watery solution of methyl-blue is then applied with a glass rod, and left on for from two to three minutes, when it is washed off with distilled water. The specimen can now be exam- ined in water, or carefully dried, mounted in Canada balsam, and studied with a high-power oil-immersion lens. PKOGEESS OF THE GONOCOCCUS. The gonococci, having been deposited on the super- ficial epithelial layer of the urethra, increase rapidly in numbers, and give rise to a scant serous discharge, which appears at the meatus, and which consists of serum and epithelial cells, upon and between which are seen gono- cocci in varying numbers. At the end of a few hours, or a day or so, the gonococci penetrate the cement-sub- stance between the epithelial cells and pass downward toward the sub-epithelial connective-tissue layer; this stage of the invasion being marked by the onset of a purulent discharge, which destroys and throws off the urethral epithelium, thus giving free access to further gonococcus invasion. The purulent discharge is made up of pus-cells and serum, the gonococci being found principally in the pus-cells, although some free groups may be seen. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER II. ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORRHCEA OR URETHRITIS. Acute gonorrhoea or urethritis is spoken of as being either anterior or posterior, according to the portion of the urethra involved. If the disease be situated in the anterior urethra — that is, between the meatus urinarius and the anterior layer of the triangular ligament — it is called anterior gonor- rhoea, or urethritis ; but, if in the posterior urethra, which includes that portion of the canal situated be- tween the anterior layer of the triangular ligament and the bladder (membranous and prostatic urethras), it is called posterior gonorrhoea, or urethritis. When the entire length of the urethra is involved we speak of it as an antero-posterior gonorrhoea, or ureth- ritis, and if the disease has extended into the bladder, as a urethro-cystitis. SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORRHOEA OR URETHRITIS. After a period of incubation varying in the majority of eases from two to seven days the symptoms of acute gonorrhoea, or urethritis, make themselves manifest, although in some subjects they may be delayed for ten, fourteen, or twenty days, but such long periods of incu- bation are, as a rule, rare. Digitized by Microsoft® ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORRHCEA. 19 The prodromal stage. This stage is marked by prick- ling or tickling sensations in the meatus, which becomes reddened, slightly swollen, and glued together, or filled with a grayish-white secretion. Sometimes decided pain is felt in the glans, but in other cases pain is only expe- rienced during and after urination. This local irritation of the fossa navicularis causes in some individuals a very marked increase in sexual desire, which, if indulged in, greatly aggravates the already existing inflammation. At the end of the second or third day all of the above symptoms are more marked. The meatus is pouting in appearance and surrounded by an area of redness, the secretion is increased in amount and assumes a de- cidedly purulent character, the pain is sharper and during urination gives rise to a decided burning sensa- tion in the urethra, which is spoken of as ardor urinse ; this may be continuous, or only felt during the act. The acute stage. In this stage, which usually begins at about the end of the first week, the discharge is pro- fuse, greenish-yellow in color, creamy in consistence, and sometimes tinged with blood; the lips of the meatus and entire glans penis are bright red in color, hot, and swollen; the oedema extends from the lower angle of the meatus into the frsenum, and thence into the prepuce, in this way causing either a phimosis or paraphimosis, according to the conformation of the parts. The lymphatics on the dorsum of the penis may become swollen and painful, and as they communicate with the ganglia in the groins may cause them to be- come enlarged and tender. As the gonorrhceal process extends down the urethra, it sometimes causes an inflam- mation of the periurethral follicles, which can be felt beneath the skin as small, hard bodies. In severe cases Digitized by Microsoft® 20 GONOBBH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS the corpus spongiosum becomes hard and painful, and if this condition extends to the bulbous portion, patients experience great pain in sitting down, as pressure is brought directly on this swollen and inflamed mass of erectile tissue. Every act of urination is now accom- panied by intense suffering as the acid urine forces its way through the urethra, whose calibre has been greatly lessened by the oedema of its mucous membrane. The stream assumes various shapes and sizes, and in severe cases comes only in drops. Chordee and painful erections now come on, especially at night, which rob the patient of his rest, and in this way cause debility and general malaise from loss of sleep. The deGlining stage. This stage usually begins at about the end of the second or beginning of the third week, and is marked by a general improvement in the patient's condition. Urination becomes less painful, the erections at night disappear, as do also the swell- ing and soreness along the corpus spongiosum. The meatus and glans penis begin to assume their normal appearance, and the discharge becomes muco-purulent and thinner in character, until it is so slight in amount as to cause only a gluing of the lips of the meatus in the morning, from which, when separated, a few drops of secretion may be pressed. Relapses are common at this time, as the patient, thinking himself about cured, is apt to indulge in over- exercise, alcoholics, or venery, which indulgence is rap- idly followed by a return of all of the acute inflamma- tory symptoms above described. If in acute anterior gonorrhoea or urethritis the patient passes the first half of his urine in one glass Digitized by Microsoft® ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORRH(EA. 21 cylinder and the second half in another cylinder, the urine voided in the first cylinder will be cloudy from the pus washed out of the anterior urethra, while that passed in the second cylinder will be perfectly trans- parent, as it consists of clear urine from the bladder passed over a now clean urethra. This test, which is known as Thompson's two-glass test, is of great value in differentiating acute anterior from acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, and for its proper performance the patient should have a con- siderable amount of urine in the bladder, and pass an equal amount in each glass. As the opacity in a given urine is not always due to the presence of pus {"pyuria), the following table of the late Professor Ultzmann is inserted, which renders this subject clear in a very concise manner. By grad- ually heating the upper half of the urine (in a test-tube) to boiling, the opacity — Vanishes Increases Remains unchanged even after addition of acetic acid. If due to acid urates If due to earthy phosphates, carbonates, or pus-corpuscles. Add one or two drops of acetic acid. The dimming is caused by catarrhal secretion, or by bacteria. Dimness vanishes with evolu- tion of gas. Carbonates. Dimness vanishes without evo- lution of gas. Phosphates. Dimness remains unchanged Fus. 2* Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER III. ACUTE POSTERIOK GONOERHCEA OR URETHRITIS. When the gonorrhoeal process passes beyond the anterior layer of the triangular ligament and involves the posterior urethra, we speak of it as posterior gonor- rhoea or urethritis, either acute or chronic. In from 80 to 90 per cent, of all cases of acute anterior gonor- rhoea the disease passes rapidly down the urethra to the bulb, and thence into the posterior portion, so that posterior urethritis, instead of being a complication, as was formerly thought, is in reality the usual course of the disease. Symptoms. The typical symptoms of acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis are as follows : A sudden and very marked decrease in the amount of discharge at the meatus, accompanied by an increased frequency in urination, which is followed by vesical tenesmus, and in severe cases by blood, which comes from the con- gested vessels of the prostatic urethra, which are rup- tured by the spasmodic contractions of the prostatic muscular fibres at the close of urination. The pus from the posterior urethra passes upward into the bladder, thus rendering all the urine uniformly cloudy ; so that if these patients urinate in two glasses, both glasses will be cloudy, the first a trifle more so than the second, as it consists of turbid urine from the bladder plus the urethral secretion which it washes out. Digitized by Microsoft® ACUTE POSTERIOR QONORRHOSA. 23 In some cases the patient has to urinate every few minutes, each act being followed by a few drops of blood and intense pain in the glans penis, prostate, and rectum ; in others there is temporary incontinence of urine, due to the extreme irritability of the prostatic mucous membrane, which, when the patient goes to sleep at night, causes painful pollutions that are some- times blood-stained. Retention of urine may occur at any time from spasm of the compressor urethrse muscle, brought on by the intense local irritation, therefore the physician should always be prepared for this compli- cation. Vesical tenesmus, if severe, is accompanied by a temporary albuminuria, which disappears as the tenes- mus subsides. The above symptoms vary greatly in different in- dividuals, being very marked in some and mild in others. The duration of the attack depends largely on the treatment, aud the habits of the patient, lasting anywhere from a few days to several weeks. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER IV. TEEATMENT OF ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORBHCEA OB URETHRITIS. ABORTIVE TREATMENT. The abortive treatment of acute anterior gonorrhoea or urethritis should only be employed during the first day or so of the disease, while the discharge is still mucoid in character, and shows under the microscope only epithelial cells and gonococci, but no ptts-cells. Unfortunately, patients do not present themselves, as a rule, until the discharge has become purulent in character, when it is then too late to try any form of abortive treatment, as by that time the gonococci have penetrated the epithelial' layer of the urethral mucous membrane, and are therefore beyond our reach. If the abortive treatment has been decided on, the patient should always be informed that it is painful, apt to fail, and may lead to such complications as peri- urethral abscess, epididymitis, prostatitis, and cystitis. The steps in the procedure are as follows : the patient first urinates, then a thoroughly clean No. 12 French soft-rubber catheter lubricated with glycerin is passed into the urethra for about four inches; through this catheter the anterior portion of the canal is irrigated with a hot boric acid solution, thrown in by means of an Ultzmann hand-syringe, the solution running from Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF ACUTE OONORBHCEA. 25 behind forward and escaping at the meatus. The patient then lies down and a Weir's meatoscope (see Fig. 1) is passed into the urethra, the obturator re- moved, and a cotton applicator, dipped in silver-nitrate solution of 15 grains to the ounce is applied to the urethral walls as the meatoscope is slowly and gently- withdrawn. In this manner the whole fossa navicularis, which is the seat of the disease at this period, is thor- oughly medicated with the silver solution, and the gonococci are destroyed. Fig. 1. Weir's meatoscope. This application is usually followed in a few hours by a profuse purulent urethral discharge, sometimes blood-stained, which, if the treatment be successful, subsides in a few days, leaving the patient with a slight muco-purulent discharge, which is readily controlled by a simple astringent hand-injection. The patient in the meantime is kept in bed, on a milk-diet, with cold lead and opium wash around the penis, and given an alkaline mixture internally. The bowels should be moved freely every day by means of cathartic pills, and the patient allowed to drink liberally of the alkaline mineral waters. TREATMENT OF THE ACUTE STAGE. Before beginning methodical treatment we should make a thorough examination of the penis, in order to Digitized by Microsoft® 26 GONOBBH(EA AND IIS COMPLICATIONS. ascertain the condition of the meatus, the glans, and the prepuce, as by so doing we are often enabled to prevent certain complications aud to hasten recovery. Patients must be kept as quiet as possible, rest in the recumbent position being preferable; the diet should be light, easily digested, and contain no highly spiced or seasoned dishes, red meats, or green vegetables ; alco- hol in all forms, as well as coffee and cocoa, are to be forbidden. The testicles must be supported in a snug suspensory bandage, and the penis kept scrupulously clean by means of the frequent use of hot water. The bowels should be kept freely open, preferably by cathartic pills, as saline purgatives are apt to pro- duce more or less urethral irritation. It is extremely important to warn patients of the danger of infecting the eyes, and impress upon them the gravity of such an accident. The best dressing for the penis is a piece of plain absorbent gauze about four inches square, with a slit cut in the centre, through which the glans is passed until the gauze is well behind the corona, when the foreskin is drawn forward carrying the free end of the gauze before it, thus causing it to protrude beyond the preputial orifice. This dressing allows the pus to drain freely from the meatus, at the same time preventing it from coming in contact with prepuce and glans, or soiling the clothing. If the prepuce is too short to hold this dressing in place, the glans can be lightly wrapped in absorbent gauze. As soon as the dressing is removed it should be care- fully destroyed, and the hands washed, as by so doing we prevent the infection of others and the transferrence Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF ACUTE GONOBRIKEA. 27 of the pus to the eyes. Soaking the penis in very hot water three or four times daily allays, to a great extent, the pain and inflammation in the parts. To render the urine alkaline the patient should drink freely of the alkaline waters and take one of the following alkaline mixtures : R. Potass, bioarbonat. ,^j. Tinct. hyoscyam. _^ss. Aq. ad |viij.— M. Sig. ^ss in water two hours after each meal. K. Potass acetat. gj. Syr. aurant. cort. ^ ij. Aq. ad §viij. — M. Sig. §ss in water two hours after each meal. In the last formula we may substitute the bicarbon- ate or the citrate of potash for the acetate, if so desired. For ohordee and painful erections the patient should be told to empty his bladder just before retiring, and to sleep on his side on a hard mattress with as light covering as possible. When awakened by an erection it is well to lay some cold object gently on the penis, unless, as is sometimes the case, hot applications are more beneficial, when they should be advised. Painful erections and chordee can sometimes be prevented by injecting a drachm or two of the following formula into the urethra just before retiring and retaining it for several minutes : ^■ Liq. morph. Magendi. .^ij. Cocaine muriat. gr. vj. Aq. ad gij.— M. Sig. Inject a drachm or two at bedtime. Digitized by Microsoft® 28 OONOBBH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. i In very severe cases we may give the monobromide of camphor, or a few drops of laadanUm in water three or four times daily. If these drugs do not act satisfac- torily, we must then resort to suppositories of opium or morphine, but these should never be used unless abso- lutely necessary. When the very acute inflammatory symptoms begin to subside, as is indicated by a diminution and thinning of the urethral discharge, less pain on urination, and a decrease in the redness and swelling of the meatus, then it is time to begin the careful and judicious use of bland and non-irritating injections, administered by the ])atient or the physician. In all cases, when a hand-injection is ordered, the patient should be told what kind of a syringe to purchase, and how to use it. Fia. 2. Urethral syringe. A good syringe is made of smooth, highly polished hard rubber, with a bluntly conical tip^ holds from two to four drachms, and works smoothly and easily. (See Fig. 2.) Fig. 3. Urethral syringe for small meatus For a patient with a small meatus it is well to order a syringe with a more or less pointed extremity, as is shown in Fig. 3. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF ACUTE GONOBBHCEA. 29 Injecting. The patient urinates, and gently inserts the nozzle of the completely filled syringe into the meatus, the lips of which are pressed together from side to side against the syringe ; the solution is then thrown in slowly until there is a feeling of distention or dis- comfort when it may be allowed to escape, or, if not too uncomfortable, kept in for a few minutes. These injections should be taken about three times daily. It is well to begin injecting with plain hot water, later hot boric acid solution, or a weak solution of lead- water ; if these injections work satisfactorily, then any of the following formulae may be used in the order given below : m- Zinc, sulphat. Liq. Magendie Aq. ad gr. vj ad viij. giv.-M. Ji. Zinc, sulphat. Plumb, acetat. Ext. op. aq. Aq. aa ad gr. vj ad xij. 3JJ- 3vj.-M R. Zinc, sulphat. Plumb, acetat. Ext. Kramer, fld. gr. XV. gr. XXX. Tr. op. Aq. aa ad Jviij.-M. B. Potass, permanganat. Aq. ad gr- \- gvj.-M. In the last formula the permanganate may be in- creased up to one-fourth of a grain to each ounce of water, if indicated. Digitized by Microsoft® 30 GONOBBSCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. If at about this time the patient can come to the surgeon every day, great benefit will be derived from the use of injections thrown into the bulb, instead of the hand-injections above alluded to. These deep injections are given daily in the following manner : The patient having urinated, stands before the surgeon, who passes a No. 12 French soft-rubber catheter, lubricated with pure glycerin, into the bulb, and injects from four to eight ounces of the warm medicated fluid, slowly and gently by means of an Ultzmann hard-rubber hand-syringe and coupler. (See Figs. 6 and 7.) In this manner the fluid washes ont the entire anterior urethra and escapes at the meatus, where it is caught in a basin. We may use for this purpose plain hot water, or hot solutions of boric acid, or lead water to which has been added a little laudanum. ■ In the declining part of the acute stage great benefit is derived from the use of the antiblennorrhagics, which now take the place of the alkaline mixtures. In private practice we may prescribe Eaquin's cap- sules of copaiba, or the Mathey-Gaylus capsules of copaiba and cubebs, ordering three after each meal, or the pure yellow santal oil, put up in five- and ten-drop capsules, one or two of which are to be given an hour and a half after meals. In ordering these capsules be sure to see that your patient gets the pure yellow santal oil, as there are so many impure and adulterated oils in the market. In hospital and dispensary practice we are obliged to substitute the Lafayette mixture for the capsules, as the latter are too expensive for this class of patients. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF ACUTE GONOSBHCEA. SI Lafayette Mixture. R. Sig. Bals. copaib. gj- Liq. potass. 3ij- Ext. glycyrrhiz. |ss. Spts. sether. nitros. iJ- Syrup, acac. ivj. 01. gaulth. gtt. xvj 3j to ij in water after each meal. -M. When the discharge becomes sticky and mucoid in character it is well to discontinue the use of these reme- dies, as they are apt, if continued for too long a period, to delay the cure by overstimulation of the urethral mucous membrane. If the foregoing treatment has been successful, the patient now has but a trifling urethral discharge, some- times only seeu in the morning, with gonorrhoeal shreds and perhaps a little pus in the urine. The treatment for this condition is so similar to that for chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis, that the reader is referred to page 50, where all of the details will be found fully described. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER V. TREATMENT OF ACUTE POSTERIOR GONORRHCEA OR URETHRITIS. Injections and all instrumental treatment of the urethra must be suspended at once; the patient is put to bed, on a milk-diet, the testicles suspended, and the bowels kept freely open. Antiblennorrhagics are stopped, and in their place the following formula is given : Potass, bicarb. §j. Tinct. hyoscyam. Fl. ext. kav. kav. aa g ss. Aq. ad §viij. — M. Sig. § ss in water two hours after each meal, and before sleeping. Alkaline mineral waters may be taken in moderation. Hot-water bags over the bladder and on the perineum give relief, as do rectal injections of hot water or the hot sitz bath ; if these means do not control the vesical and rectal tenesmus, we can then resort to morphine suppositories. If retention of urine occurs, it should be relieved by passing very gently a small soft-rubber or woven catheter previously sterilized. Some patients are so sensitive that it is well to throw into the urethra a few drops of a 4 per cent, cocaine solution before making any attempt at catheterization. When the frequency in urination, vesical tenesmus, and other acute symptoms subside, we may then resume local urethral treatment and allow the patient to be up and about. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE VI. COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORRHOEA OR URETHRITIS,. AND THEIR TREATMENT. BALANITIS. Balanitis is an acute or chronic inflammatory pro- cess, attacking the mucous membrane of the glans penis, and if accompanied by inflammation of the mucous membrane lining of the prepuce is called balano- posthitis. It is caused by uncleanliuess and by allowing the gonorrhoeal pus to collect beneath the foreskin, where it sets up more or less inflammation. It usually occurs in persons with a long, tight prepuce, which condition prevents retraction and proper cleansing of the parts. The mucous membrane becomes red, thickened, and covered with a thin, purulent, and very offensive secre- tion ; this is followed by swelling of the glans, which is covered with irregular patches of excoriation ; these, if untreated, may go on to superficial ulceration. Treatment. The parts must be kept absolutely clean by washing and soaking in hot water, and separated by means of absorbent gauze wet in a weak solution of lead water, or a 4 per cent, solution of boracic acid ; the following formula for red wash is also found very serviceable in this condition : Digitized by Microsoft® 34 GONORRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Bed Wash. R. Zinc, sulphat. gr- xx. Tinot. lavand. co. 3ss. Aq. ad gviij.— M. Sig. External use. If the prepuce cannot be retracted, it may be washed out with any of the above solutions, or plain hqt water, these being -injected with Taylor's subpreputial syringe. (See Fig. 4.) If there is considerable swelling of the prepuce and glans, the patient must be kept on his back, and the penis enveloped in gauze wet in cold lead and Fig. 4. ,C.TIEMANM*CO Taylor's subpreputial syringe. opium wash. When the balanitis or balano-posthitis is complicated by a tight phimosis, and a sore can be felt beneath the prepuce, the glans should always be thoroughly exposed by two lateral incisions through the foreskin, the details for which will be given later. PHIMOSIS. Gonorrhceal phimosis is that condition of the prepuce which renders its retraction behind the glans penis im- possible. It is usually due to a balanitis, which by its irritation causes oedema and redness of the foreskin ; the oedema may be so great as to cause various deformi- ties of the preputial orifice. Digitized by Microsoft® COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE OONOBBHCEA. 35 Treatment. The patient should be put on his back and the cavity of the prepuce thoroughly washed out several times daily with hot water, Taylor's subprepu- tial syringe being very useful for this purpose. It is well to keep the penis enveloped in absorbent gauze, which is constantly wet with cold lead and opium wash. Hot bichloride of mercury solution, 1 to 5000, may also be nsed for subpreputial irrigation, as well as hot boric acid solution, or hot solutions of lead-water. PARAPHIMOSIS. Gonorrhceal paraphimosis is that condition in which the prepuce has been retracted behind the corona glandis, and cannot be brought forward. The small preputial orifice, which is now pushed back behind the corona, forms the band of constriction on the dorsal surface of the penis, which, preventing return circulation, causes more or less deformity of the organ from cedema. This condition comes on gradually, the patient neg- lecting, either from ignorance, fear, or shame, to take proper care of it when first discovered. Treatment. The deformity should be reduced imme- diately, in the following manner : The organ is thor- oughly washed and dried, then with the two thumbs pressing on the ends of the glans, and the index and ring fingers behind the constriction and corona, the blood is entirely pressed out of the glans, which being reduced in size and softened, is pushed back through the con- stricting ring, and the prepuce drawn forward. If the foregoing procedure is impossible, then a small incision must be made completely through the dorsal surface of the constricting band, after which the glans can be Digitized by Microsoft® 36 GONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. readily reduced and the prepuce brought forward, the little wound being dressed antiseptically. As both of these procedures are liable to be more or less painful it is well to give the patient an anaesthetic, a -few whiffs of ether answering the purpose. PEEI-UEETHRAL ABSCESS. Peri-urethral abscess, or phlegmon, is situated on the under surface or sides of the penis, anywhere between the frajnum and the peno-scrotal angle, the region of the frsenum being the favorite location. It may occur as a complication of both acute and chronic gonorrhoea, and is probably caused by infection of a peri urethral follicle, which goes on rapidly to abscess-formation. The abscess may be either unilateral or bilateral, especially when situated near the frsenum. It presents, when ' fully developed, all the characteristics of an ordinary acute abscess ; and, if very large, may impinge on the calibre of the urethra and cause more or less obstruc- tion to urination. Treatment. Injections and all instrumental treatment of the urethra must be stopped, and the inflamed parts kept at rest and covered with cold lead and opium wash, which, in some eases, may lead to a disappearance of the swelling. If, however, suppuration occurs, the abscess should be laid freely open, irrigated with peroxide of hydrogen and bichloride of mercury solution, J to 3000, and packed with iodoform gauze. It is important to remember that these abscesses should not be opened until suppuration is well advanced, as by that time the urethral orifice of the follicle is closed by a plug of inflammatory material, which prevents the urine from Digitized by Microsoft® COMPLICATIONS OF AGUTE GONORBHCEA. 37 leaking into the abscess-cavity, thus causing a urinary fistula, which is very difficult to cure in this region. COWPEEITIS. Cowper's glands, like the urethral follicles, may be the seat of abscess-formation, the infection travelling down their ducts, which open on the floor of the bulb. As a rule, but one gland is affected at a time. The abscess is situated in the perineum on either side of the median line, and, if large, may interfere with urination. Treatment. The patient is kept in bed, and all urethral instrumentation suspended. Cold lead and opium wash is applied locally, which in some cases may cause resolution ; if, on the other hand, suppuration can be plainly felt, the pus must be evacuated by means of a free perineal incision, with the patient in the lith- otomy position, and the operative field tlioroughly pre- pared in the usual manner. The abscess-cavity is then irrigated with bichloride of mercury solution, packed with iodoform gauze, and covered with a large pad of sterilized gauze held in place by a T-bandage. EYMPHANGITIS. Inflammation of the lymphatics of the penis may occur during the acute stage of gonorrhoea or urethritis. The vessels can be felt as hard and painful cords run- ning along the dorsum of the organ up into the groins, where they empty into the inguinal glands. The penis becomes oedematous and enlarged, and the course of the lymphatics is marked by red lines beneath the skin, which are hot and tender to the touch. Suppuration occurs very rarely. Digitized by Microsoft® 38 GONOBSHGEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Treatment. The patient should be put to bed, and the penis kept in the horizontal position and surrounded by cold or, if preferable, hot applications. ADENITIS. The inguinal glands frequently become enlarged and tender during an acute gonorrhoea or urethritis ; but, fortunately for the patient, they very rarely suppurate. Treatment. The patient should be kept as quiet as possible, and the groins painted with tincture of iodine, or, better still, covered with compound iodine ointment laid on a piece of gauze, and held in place by a spica bandage. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER yil. COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE POSTERIOR GONORRHCEA OR URETHRITIS, AND THEIR TREATMENT. PROSTATITIS. Congestion of the prostate to a greater or less degree usually occurs in all cases of acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis. The gland becomes hyper- semic and swollen, which gives rise to a sense of fulness in the perineum and rectum, accompanied by severe vesical and rectal tenesmus, with local pain in the prostate as the fecal masses pass over it. In some cases great difficulty in urination is experienced. Fre- quently there are painful nocturnal pollutions which are sometimes bloody. Rectal examination shows the gland to be enlarged, hot, and painful. As a rule, the congestion subsides as the urethritis improves, although there are rare cases in which it goes on to the formation of abscess, which, if not treated, may rupture into either the bladder, rectum, peritoneal cavity, or perineum. Suppuration is ushered in by a throbbing pain in the prostate, rigors, rise of temperature, and dribbling of the urine, which may even go on to complete retention from the occlusion of the prostatic urethra, with com- pressor spasm. Treatment. The patient should be put to bed and ordered a milk-diet. Antiblennorrhagics and injections Digitized by Microsoft® 40 GONORBH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. must be stopped, and the urine rendered alkaline by the following formula : H. Potass, bicarb. 3J- Tr. hyoscyam. Fid. ext. kav. kav. aa gss. Aq. ad .^viij — M. Sig. §ss in water two hours after meals and at night The bowels should be moved freely every day. Hot- water bags over the bladder and on the perineum, or hot rectal injections, afford great relief, as does also the hot sitz bath. Morphine suppositories must be given for the vesical and rectal tenesmus when indicated. If an abscess forms, it must be promptly opened through the perineum, and thoroughly drained, the dressings consisting of iodoform and sterilized gauze. EPIDIDYMITIS AND EPIDIDYMO-OECHITIS. Epididymitis is one of the most frequent complica- tions of gonorrhoea or urethritis, and consists of an acute inflammation of the epididymis, which, if it extends to the testicle, is called epididymo-orchitis. In severe cases the vas deferens is also involved in the inflammatory process, and the tunica vaginalis may be the seat of an acute hydrocele. Swelled testicle (epididymitis or epididymo-orchitis) usually occurs during the first three weeks of gonor- rhoea, and is caused by an extension of the inflamma- tory process from the floor of the posterior urethra into the ejaculatory duct, and thence to the epididymis and testicle. It is unilateral in the majority of cases, although both glands may be attacked at the same time, or successively. Digitized by Microsoft® COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE GONOBBHCEA. 41 The symptoms of epididymitis and epididymo-or- chitis will be described together, as they are practically the same. The patient usually has all the symptoms of an acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, when suddenly or gradually he complains of pain in the testicle, and a dragging, aching sensation extending up the cord, groin, and even to the kidney. There is a rise in temperature, accompanied by chilly sensations or a well-marked chill, which is followed by a feeling of general malaise. As the inflammation in the epididymis and testicle increases all of the above symptoms become more marked, the temperature some- times going to 1 05° F. ; the pain in the testicle, groin, and lumbar region becoming so great that the patient has to lie down, supporting the scrotum with his hand. The intensity of these symptoms varies greatly in dif- ferent individuals, some being compelled to go to bed, while others are up and about attending to their ordi- nary duties. Examination. The scrotum is hot, red, and cedema- tous. The epididymis, either in part or in whole, is enlarged, hard, and exquisitely tender ; if the testicle be involved, it also is very painful, iirm, and enlarged, becoming in severe cases as large as an ordinary orange. There is also an accumulation of hydrocele fluid in the cavity of the tunica vaginalis. The entire cord is painful and thickened as far up as the ring. The duration of the attack depends greatly on the treatment, and whether the epididymis or epididymis and testicle be involved. Treatment. The patient should be put to bed, and given the general treatment for acute posterior gonor- rhoea. (See page 32.) The scrotum is supported by Digitized by Microsoft® 42 GONOBBRCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. a pillow placed between the thighs and well up in the perineum, or, better still, by a band of rubber plaster three to four inches wide, which passes beneath the scrotum to each thigh, care being taken to have the thighs close together before applying the plaster. If there is much hair on the thighs, it should be shaved to prevent pain when the plaster is removed. The best local applications in the acute stage are in some cases cold lead and opium wash, in others hot flaxseed poul- tices on which a little laudanum is sprinkled. In the subaaale stage the scrotum can be painted with a solution of nitrate of silver, 40 grains to the ounce of water, or lightly touched with the curved tip of the Paquelin cautery ; after either of these procedures spread an ointment of lead and opium over the scrotum, which is then surrounded by a layer of cotton-wool over which is placed a piece of oiled silk, the whole dressing being kept in place by a snug suspensory ban- dage. The patient is allowed to get up when local pain and tenderness have disappeared. If there is very marked hydrocele, great relief can often be afforded by aspiration of the fluid, thus relieving the local pain and tension. Chronic or relapsing epididymitis is only cured by treating the lesions in the posterior urethra ; in other words, by treating the chronic posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, which is the cause of the testicular trouble. For this treatment the reader is referred to page 56. The little hard mass in the epididymis, which is the result of the inflammatory process, should be gently rubbed with mercurial ointment or plain vaseline, covered with cotton and oiled silk, and properly sup- ported in a bandage. Iodide of potash combined with Digitized by Microsoft® COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE GONOBRHCEA. 43 the local treatment will sometimes aid in the absorption of the chronically enlarged epididymis. SEMINAL VESICULITIS. By seminal vesiculitis or spermato-cystitis is meant an inflammation of the seminal vesicles, which may be either acute or chronic. When gonorrhceal in origin it occurs about the same time as epididymitis — that is, during the first three weeks of the disease. The inflam- mation passes directly from the floor of the posterior urethra through the common ejaculatory duct to the vesicle. The symptoms of acute seminal vesiculitis are prac- tically the same as those of acute posterior urethritis or acute prostatilis, the patient having frequent and pain- ful urination with vesical and even rectal tenesmus. There may be painful nocturnal pollutions stained with blood. These patients usually complain of a feeling of fulness just within the anus or in the perineum. In severe cases there is more or less fever, accompanied by a feeling of general malaise. The diagnosis is arrived at by making a rectal examination, when the vesicle or vesicles can be felt as hot, swollen, tender bodies situated just beyond the base of the prostate and running upward and outward. Treatment. The treatment is the same as that for acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, except that cold water may be injected into the rectum instead of hot water, if it gives more. relief. Should the inflammation go on to abscess-formation, the pus must be immediately let out by an incision through the perineum just in front of the anus, great Digitized by Microsoft® 44 GONOBRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. care being taken not to wound the urethra or rectum. The abscess-cavity is irrigated, packed, and dressed in the ordinary manner. UEETHEO-CYSTITIS. Urethro-eystitis is not an uncommon complication of acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, and is caused by an extension backward of the inflammatory process from the posterior urethra into the bladder. As a rule, the inflammation is limited to the mucous membrane surrounding the urethral orifice, but may extend and involve the entire bladder surface. The symptoms of acute urethro-eystitis are practically the same as those of acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, except perhaps that they are more severe in character, the patient also complaining of a constant deep-seated pain over the bladder. Treatment. As in acute posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis, these patients should be kept in bed, with hot applications over the bladder and on the perineum; hot rectal enemata and sitz baths may be given, if they aiford relief. All instrumentation of the urethra must be suspended, the patient put on a milk-diet, and the urine kept neutral or slightly alkaline by means of the prescription already given for acute posterior gonor- rhoea or urethritis. Tenesmus must be controlled by morphine, either in suppository or by hypodermic. The patient may drink Poland, Vichy, or Bethesda water, but not in too great quantity. It is very impor- tant to keep the bowels moving freely, and for this purpose we may employ any good cathartic pill. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER VIII. CHRONIC GONOERHCEA OR URETHRITIS. Chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis, also known as ghet, is spoken of as chronic anterior gonorrhoea or urethritis when the lesion is situated somewhere in the anterior urethra, as chronic posterior gonorrhoea or urethritis when in the posterior urethra, as chronic antero-posierior gonorrhoea or urethritis when the entire urethra is involved, and as chronic urethro-cyslitis when the disease has invaded the bladder. A gonorrhoea or urethritis becomes chronic when it has existed for more than eight or ten weeks. The causes of chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis are many, the most prominent among them being sexual and alcoholic indulgences during the declining stage, patients thinking themselves cured at that time as they see no discharge at the meatus, and therefore stopping treatment at this the most important period in their disease. Gonorrhoea is apt to run a chronic course in debilitated, run-down, and anaemic subjects, also in those who will not, or cannot, take sufficient rest or proper treatment in the acute inflammatory stage of the disease. The numerous so-called abortive methods, with strong injections, retrojections, and endoscopic appli- cations during the acute inflammatory stage, are very liable to leave the patient with a thickened urethra and chronic watery discharge that is most rebellious to any and every form of treatment. 3* Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER IX. CHRONIC ANTEEIOE GONORRHCEA OR URETHRITIS. The symptoms of chronic anterior gonorrhoea or urethritis are as follows : In some cases the lips of the meatus are glued together in the morning by the dis- charge which has accumulated in the urethra during the night; in others there is a variable amount of muco- purulent, mucoid, or serous discharge at the meatus, which is commonly known as the " morning drop ;" in still other cases there is neither gluing of the meatus nor " morning drop," the only symptom of the chronic inflammation being gonorrhoeal flakes and shreds in the first gush of urine. In the majority of cases there is no visible discharge at the meatus during the day, as the urethra is so frequently flushed out by the stream of urine. Patients usually complain of a dribbling of urine (a few drops up to a drachm) after each act of urination ; this is due to a loss of elasticity of the urethral walls as a result of the chronic inflammation, which leaves them in a more or less rigid condition, and unable to empty themselves completely. If with these patients we employ the two-glass test, the urine in the jirst glass will be more or less turbid and contain the gonorrhoeal shreds, while that passed in the second glass will be perfectly clear, thus showing the disease to be situated in the anterior urethra. Gfonorrhceal shreds, threads, or flooculi consist of moist scales made up of pus and epithelial cells, and held together by fibrin or mucus; they are situated upon Digitized by Microsoft® CHBONIG ANTERIOR GONORBHCEA. 47 spots of congestion, erosion, and superficial ulceration along the urethral walls, which mark the localities where the gonorrhoeal process has been most severe. These congested, eroded, or ulcerated patches form the lesions of chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis. When the stream of urine strikes the edges of these moist scales it rolls them up, and they therefore appear as threads or shreds floating in the glass of urine. As the healing process advances the pus-cells disap- pear, the flocculi being made up entirely of epithelial cells, which, when the case is cured, also vanish, leaving a clear, transparent urine. The threads or shreds from the anterior urethra are usually long, thread-like in character, and float about for some time in the urine, while those from the pos- terior urethra are lumpy and ragged in appearance, and sink rapidly to the bottom of the glass. Microscopically they are both found to be composed of the same ele- ments. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER X. CHEONIC POSTERIOR GONGEEHCEA OE URETHRITIS. Although chronic posterior gonorrhcea or urethritis may occur alone, it is accompanied in the vast majority of cases by a chronic anterior gonorrhcea or urethritis, as well as by some chronic urethro-cystitis, which con- ditions must not be forgotten in its treatment. The cause of chronic posterior gonorrhcea or ureth- ritis is simply an extension backward of an anterior gonorrhcea or urethritis, which, as before stated, occurs in from 80 to 90 per cent, of all acute cases. The typical symptoms of chronic posterior gonor- rhoea or urethritis are increased frequency of urination with a feeling of discomfort either at the beginning or termination of the act, and absence of, or a very slight discharge at the meatus. The urine is more or less turbid and contains thick, clumpy shreds from the pos- terior urethra which sink rapidly to the bottom of the glass. In some cases there are frequent nocturnal pollutions, sometimes bloody; in others premature ejaculation at intercourse, associated with dull, painful sensations in the region of the prostate. These sexual manifestations are due to the congested and inflamed condition of the prostatic urethra. The above symptoms vary widely in different indi- viduals, in some well marked and constant, in others very slight and only brought into activity by alcoholic Digitized by Microsoft® GHBONIG POSTERIOR OONORRHCEA. 49 and sexual indulgences, which cause a congestion of the posterior urethra, with a lighting up of the dormant inflammation. If, as is usually the case, the patient also has an anterior gonorrhoea, a more marked discharge will then be noticed at the meatus. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XI. TREATMENT OF CHEONIC GONORRHOEA OR URETHRITIS. In all cases of chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis, either anterior or posterior, the morning urine should be carefully examined in order to ascertain how much of the urethra is involved, and to what extent. The urine should be passed in two glass cylinders, the first half in one and the second half in the other, and from these two specimens, together with the objective and subjective symptoms, we can ordinarily arrive at a cor- rect diagnosis. If the urine contains pus as well as gonorrhceal threads, it is best to begin with the retrcgection treat- ment, which consists of throwing into either the ante- rior or posterior urethra several ounces of medicated fluid. When from this method the pus disappears, and nothing but threads remain in the clear urine, then it is time to stop retrojections and substitute for them instillations, which will be described further on. If urination is painful, the patient should take an alkaline mixture and drink freely of the alkaline waters. Coffee and alcohol are to be stopped until the case is well under control, when they may be re- sumed in moderation. All sexual excitement must be guarded against, as it congests the urethral vessels and thus retards a cure. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF CHBONIC QONOBBH(EA. gl If chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis is complicated by stricture of the urethra it should receive appropriate treatment. In this manner the urethral inflammation and the stricture can be treated at the same time. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XII. TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ANTERIOR GONORRHOEA OR URETHRITIS. The patient passes his urine in order to wash out the anterior urethra; then a thoroughly clean No. 12 French soft-rubber catheter (see Fig. 5) is lubricated with Fia. 5. Soft-rubber catheter. glycerin and passed very gently into the bulb of the urethra. An Ultzmann four-ounce hard-rubber hand- syringe (see Fig. 6) is then attached to the end of the catheter by means of a conical hard-rubber coupler (see Fig. 7), and the medicated fluid injected slowly and gently into the bulb of the urethra, beyond which it does not pass on account of the compressor urethrse muscle, but flows forward and escapes at the meatus, where it is caught in a suitable vessel. In this manner all of the diseased areas in the ante- rior urethra are brought in direct contact with the medicated solution. The retrojections may be given every day or every Digitized by Microsoft® CHRONIC ANTERIOR GONORRHOEA. 53 Fig. 6. Ultzraann syringe. •second or third day, according to tlie results obtained and the kind and strength of the solution employed. Digitized by Microsoft® 54 aONOBBSCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. The amount of solution used at each sitting varies from two to eight ounces, and should always be warm, and thrown in with the utmost care and gentleness. Fig. 7. Hard-rubber coupler. For retrojection solutions we use the following for- mulae in the order given and manner described. Solution I. ». Alum. crud. Zinc, sulphat. aa 2.00 Aq. destillat. 500.00— M. Sig. — Add one part of this solution to three parts of warm boiled water, and inject. Increase strength from day to day until equal parts of solution and water are used. Solution II. R. Potass, permanganat. 1.00 ' I Aq. destillat. 500.00— M. ] Sig. — Dilute in same manner as first solution, and give a retrojec- | tion every other day, increasing the strength slowly up to 1 to 1000. Solution III. K. Argent, nitrat. 1.00 Aq. destillat. 500.00— M. Sig. — Use in precisely the same manner as the second solution, increasing the strength very slowly, as the silver is liable to cause severe pain if used too strong. If at about the end of the twelfth or fourteenth week of the disease the patient still complains of a dribbling j '1 Digitized by Microsoft® ' ! CHBONIG ANTERIOR GONORRH(EA. 55 of urine after urination, good results will be obtained by the judicious use of mediam- sized steel sounds passed every fifth to seventh day, and left iu the urethra for about a minute ; the pressure which the sound exerts helps to restore the lost elasticity of the urethral walls, and in that way cures this troublesome and disagreeable symptom. In the vast majority of cases of chronic anterior gonorrhoea or urethritis sounds should not be employed until at least three months after the acute stage, after which time they are of great service in certain seleded cases, but must not be used as a routine treatment. If, after using the above solutions in the manner described, the urine still contains gonorrhcEal shreds, it is advisable to give the patient instillations of silver nitrate in the anterior^urethra. This method is fully described on page 58. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XIII. TREATMENT OF CHRONIC POSTERIOR GONORRHCEA OR URETHRITIS. The patient, having urinated, lies down with head and shoulders elevated and muscles relaxed, and a No. 12 to 14 French soft-rubber catheter dipped in glycerin is gently passed into the prostatic urethra, so that its eye is just beyond the compressor urethrse muscle. In some exceptional cases it will be found impossible to pass a soft-rubber catheter beyond the compressor urethrse muscle. For these cases we can substitute a small woven-silk catheter (see Fig. 10), which, although more rigid than the rubber one, is flexible and less liable to cause irritation than the metal instruments, which are sometimes recommended for this purpose. The Ultzmann syringe is attached to the fre'e end of the catheter by means of a hard-rubber coupler with stopcock (see Fig. 8), and the fluid thrown sloviy and Hard-rabber coupler with stopcock. gently into the prostatic urethra, from which it passes to the bladder. When the syringe is empty the stop- cock is turned off", the syringe uncoupled, refilled, and Digitized by Microsoft® GHBONIG POSTERIOR GONORRHCEA. 57 the fluid again injected until the bladder feels full, or the patient complains of a desire to urinate, when the catheter is withdrawn. The patient now stands up and passes the medicated fluid, which, having already acted on the posterior urethra and bladder, washes out the posterior urethra a second time, and flowing through the anterior urethra distends it as it rushes out, and in this manner medicates all of the congested, eroded, or ulcerated spots and patches along the canal. The solutions to be used for these irrigations are the same as those given for chronic anterior gonorrhoea or urethritis on page 54. They must always be warm, and increased very slowly in strength, especially the nitrate of silver solution, which, if too strong, will set up intense vesical and rectal tenesmus, which may last for several hours. The fluid should always be injected with a four- or five-ounce hand-syringe, as with it we known the exact amount of solution thrown in, the resistance offered by the bladder, and the force used ; whereas if an irrigator were employed, none of the above information could be obtained, and more or less damage might be done. The amount of fluid used at each sitting varies, a good average being about eight ounces, although many bladders will not hold more than from four to six ounces at first ; this is probably due to the irritability of the posterior urethra and more or less contraction of the bladder, which has been produced by the frequent calls to expel the urine during the acute attack ; this irrita- bility subsides rapidly under the treatment, and patients frequently speak of the comfort they experience after the first few washings. If a patient have a chronic antero-posterior gonor- Digitized by Microsoft® 58 OONORBHCEA AND ITS GOMPLIOATldNS. rhcea or urethritis, the treatment is exactly the same in every detail as that just given. For chronic cystitis following a gonorrhoea or ureth- ritis we employ these same irrigations, j^Sing' the blad- der completely and distending all of its folds, so that every part of the inflamed bladder mucous membrane comes in direct contact with the solution and is thereby acted on. As the patient voids the solution it medi- cates the mucous membrane of his prostatic urethra, which was the starting-point and cause of the cystitis, so that in this manner we treat not only the bladder, but the entire length of the urethra. There are some cases, however, of chronic gonorrhoeal cystitis and urethro-cystitis which resist all forms of local and medicinal treatment, applied in the most skil- ful manner and for a sufficient length of time ; these cases must be subjected to bladder-drainage through the perineum, the tube being left in for a variable length of time, depending on the results obtained. In this manner the urethra and bladder have absolute rest, and at the same time can be treated and irrigated as the surgeon deems advisable. This operation will be found fully described further on. If, after having used the retrojections for a sufficient length of time, the urine still contains gonorrhoeal threads, then it will be advisable to change our plan of treatment by using small amounts of concentrated solu- tions ; these are called instillations, and are given in the following manner : After the patient urinates we pass a No. 12 French soft-rubber catheter, lubricated with glycerin, into the posterior urethra if posterior ureth- ritis exists, or into the bulb of the urethra if we have only an anterior urethritis to deal with, and by means Digitized by Microsoft® CHBONIC POSTERIOR GONORRHCEA. 59 of a Taylor's minim-syringe (see Fig. 9) we throw in several drops of a 1 : 2000 solution of nitrate of silver ; the catheter is then drawn slowly out of the urethra, while at the same time we may inject a few drops of the silver solution into the bulb and pendulous portion. Fig. 9. Taylor's minim-syringe and catheter. These instillations should be repeated every third, fourth, or fifth day, according to the results obtained. In some rebellious cases we may be compelled to in- crease the strength of the silver solution up to 1 : 250; this should be done very slowly and carefully, and the instillations given at longer intervals, our guide in these cases being the urine, which should be examined at each visit. If, as is sometimes, although rarely, the case, a soft- rubber catheter cannot be passed beyond the compressor urethrse muscle, we can then use a woven-silk one (see Fig. 10), or the drop-catheter of Ultzmann (see Fig. 11), which consists of a silver catheter 16 cm. long, with capillary bore and thick walls, holding exactly two drops; to the extra-vesical end of the catheter is attached a hard-rubber hypodermic syringe, by means of which the operator can deposit with accuracy a given number of drops into the prostatic or bulbous urethra. Digitized by Microsoft® 60 GONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Fib. U. Fig. 10. I & Woven-silk catheter. Ultzmann's drop-catheter. The Endoscope. The endoscope, in the treatment of chronic gonorrhoea or urethritis, is undoubtedly of great service in those cases which have resisted the dif- ferent forms of treatment already given for these con- ditions. It should only be employed in the chronic stages of the disease, and by one who is skilled in the Digitized by Microsoft® CHRONIC POSTERIOR OONORRH(EA. 61 use of urethral instruments and accustomed to the appearance of the urethral walls, both in their normal and diseased states. By its aid we can examine with the eye the entire length of the urethra, locate the areas of disease and treat them locally by topical applications of various drugs. For exaniination of the mucous membrane of the fossa navicularis, Taylor's meatus- speculum (see Fig. 12) will be found very useful, the fossa being illumi- FlG. 12. Taylor's meatus-speculum, nated by direct sunlight, or, if that is not sufficient, the rays can be reflected in by means of a head-mirror. For examining the urethra beyond the fossa navicu- laris I would strongly advise the use of the W. K. Otis "perfected" urethroscope. (See Fig. 13.) . It is very light, weighing less than an ounce, easily cleaned, adapted to the Klotz tube, and illuminates 4 Digitized by Microsoft® 62 OONORBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. the urethral field most brilliantly by means of a small electric lamp and lens. An electric-light battery of six cells gives all the required illumination. Pig. is. The W. K. Otis " perfected " urethroscope. The patient having urinated, lies down, the instru- ment is lubricated with glycerin and passed into the bulb (in rare cases into the prostatic urethra), the obtur- ator withdrawn, and the light turned on ; the urethral walls are then seen bulging into the lumen of the tube, which, being slowly withdrawn, gives a clear and distinct picture of the entire canal. As diseased areas are discovered they may be touched with strong solutions of silver nitrate or copper sulphate by means of wooden applicators wrapped with absorbent cotton, which has been dipped in the medicated solution. Having considered the treatment of gonorrhoea, the question now arises, When is it cured, or at what time does the discharge lose its infectiousness ? In order to answer these questions properly we must examine the patient's morning wine, passed in our presence, for Digitized by Microsoft® QHRONLG POSTERIOR QONORRHCEA 63 several successive mornings, and if it contain neither pus nor gonorrhceal shreds — that is, if it be perfectly normal on repeated examinations — we can with safety pronounce the case cured. If, on the other hand, there are shreds, which under the microscope are found to consist of pus and epithelial cells, whether they contain gonococci or not, we know that the urethral lesions are still uncured, and that the secretion may be infec- tious. If the shreds consist of epithelial cells alone, they, of course, may not be dangerous ; but even these patients must be warned not to have sexual relations, and advised to take a proper course of treatment. The physician cannot be too guarded in giving his opinion on this subject, and should therefore examine the morn- ing urine in a most thorough and careful manner and for a sufficient number of times. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XIV. GONOEEHCEAL OPHTHALMIA. GoNOEEHCEAL ophthalmia in the adult is caused by the transferrence of gonorrhoeal pus from the genitals to the eyes by means of the fingers, dressings, or towels. In the newly born the infection occurs during par- turition, from the gonorrhoeal pus in the mother's vaginal tract. Symptoms. The symptoms usually begin within a few hours after infection, and consist of redness and swelling of the conjunctiva, increased lachrymation, with a collection of mucus at the inner angle, which is accompanied by intense itching and a feeling as if foreign bodies were beneath the lids. The conjunctivitis soon involves both of the lids, as well as the ocular mucous membrane, and is associated with a profuse purulent secretion, which flows out from between the intensely red and greatly swollen lids. The patient is at this time unable to open the eye, or eyes, voluntarily. The foregoing manifestations are accompanied by intense pain in the eyeball, forehead, and temple, with rapid pulse, rise of temperature, and general malaise. Prognosis. The prognosis is always grave, and depends greatly upon the time the patient applies for treatment, whether one or both eyes are attacked, and the extent and situation of the ulceration. Treatment. The patient is put to bed in a well- Digitized by Microsoft® OONORRHCEAL OPHTHALMIA. 65 ventilated room and two competent nurses are em- ployed, one for day, the other for night. If only, one eye is affected, the sound one is covered with a shield to prevent its infection ; the shield is made of two pieces of rubber plaster, one four and the other four and one-half inches square, with their adhesive surfaces in contact, between which, in a hole made in the centre, a deeply concave watch-glass is fastened ; through this glass the patient can see and the eye be inspected by the physician ; the rubber plaster is fastened to the skin about the eye. The nurses must be warned of the danger of infection, and told how to avoid it by keeping their hands and nails clean, and by wearing large, plain-glass spectacles to protect their eyes. The eye must be washed out day and night with a 3 per cent, solution of cold boric acid (made with distilled water) as often as any secretion accumulates, and in the intervals between the washings it should be covered with cold cloths taken from a block of ice, and changed every two or three minutes ; these cloths must be burned as soon as removed, and never used again. The eye is flushed out by means of an irrigator, held high enough to allow the cold boric acid solution to flow out in a gentle stream. From the onset of the infection well up to the declining , stage two drops of a 2 per cent, solution of nitrate of silver should be dropped into the eye once or twice in twenty-four hours, according to the severity of the inflammation ; the silver nitrate solution being applied directly after a boric acid washing. If the cornea becomes involved, instillations of a sulphate of atropine solution (gr. ij-Sj) should be employed three times daily, and the nitrate of silver stopped. Digitized by Microsoft® 66 GONOBRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. The foregoing treatment is in a general way that employed in the eye wards of the New York City Hospital, where very favorable results in these cases are obtained. Unless the attending physician is very familiar with diseases of the eye, he should send immediately for a competent ophthalmic surgeon, as a faulty treatment may result in the loss of either one or both eyes. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XV. GONOERHOEAL RHEUMATISM. GoNOKEHCEAL or blennorrhojal rheumatism is an inflammatory process which may occur during the course of urethral gonorrhoea, gonorrhoea! vulvitis, vaginitis, and conjunctivitis. It attacks the joints, bursse, muscles, nerves, fibrous tissues, sheaths of ten- dons, and the eye. It complicates about 10 per cent, of all cases of gonorrhoea, and is observed more frequently in men than in women ; in some cases it accompanies every attack of urethral gonorrhoea, in other cases only one. From what has been learned in regard to the origin and nature of gonorrhoeal rheumatism, it may be said that the chief etiological factor is the gonococcus and its toxins, which may be associated with pyogenic microbes. It has been clearly demonstrated by compe- tent observers that the gonococcus is carried by the blood-current and deposited in the various tissues of the body. If the exudation in the joint be serous or sero-fibrinous in character, we find the gonococcus ; but if sero-purulent or purulent, we discover pyogenic mi- crobes. The rheumatism may appear at any time from the end of the first week to the fourtli month of the disease, the majority of cases occurring in the chronic stage; this has led to the theory that the septic material is only absorbed from the posterior urethra. Digitized by Microsoft® 68 GONORBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. In most cases several joints are attacked at the same time, although it is not uncommon to see patients with only one joint involved. The following table taken from Finger gives the situation of the rheumatism in 375 collected cases : Times. Knee-joint 136 Tibio-tarsal joint 59 Wrist-joint 43 Finger-joint ....... 3o Elbow-joint 25 Shoulder-joint 24 Hip-joint ........ 18 Maxillary joint 14 Metatarsus . 7 Sacro-iliac joint ..... .4 Sterno-clavicular joint 4 Chondro-costal joint .... .2 Intervertebral joint 2 Peroneo-tibial joint .... .1 Crico-arytenoid joint 1 375 The joint-lesions consist ordinarily of a serous, sero-fibrinous, or sero-purulent synovitis ; rarely of a purulent synovitis. > Gronorrhoeal synovitis usually begins with sudden pain and heat in the joint or joints, rise of temperature, chilly sensations, and a feeling of general malaise. The urethral discharge at this time is usually very slight or absent. Examination of the joint shows it to be distended with fluid, fluctuating, and painful, the integument over it being reddened and hot. The severity of these symp- toms varies according to the character of the exudation. If serous or sero-fibrinous, resolution usually occurs, Digitized by Microsoft® GONORRH(EAL RHEUMATISM. 69 leaving a good joint ; if sero-purulent or purulent in character, there is more or less destruction of the articu- lar surfaces, followed by ankylosis. Accompanying gonorrhceal inflammation of the joints we sometimes see involvement of the eye, heart, bursse, spinal cord, sheaths of tendons, fasciae, and muscles. Gonorrhceal bursitis is usually observed in the bursa beneath the os calcis, or in the one in front of the tendo- Achillis, the lesion being the same as in synovitis. The sheaths of the extensor tendons of the hand and fingers, the dorsal flexors of the toes, and the flexor pollicis are the ones usually attacked, although it is not uncommon to see the sheaths of the biceps brachii and tendo-Achillis involved. The palmar and plantar fasciae are sometimes, al- though rarely, attacked. The muscles generally, especially those of the neck, may be the seat of this gonorrhceal inflammation, which gives rise to pain and stifiriess. Diagnosis. The diagnosis may be readily made from the urethral discharge or threads in the urine, the time the rheumatism appeared, which is generally in the chronic stage of the disease, and the successive in- volvement of the large joints, snch as the knee, ankle, wrist, and shoulder. Prognosis. The prognosis depends upon the degree of inflammation, the number of joints involved, and the time the patient applies for treatment, the attack usually lasting from six to twelve weeks. Treatment. If the lower extremities are attacked, the patient should be put to bed ; otherwise they can be up and about with the part properly supported. The joint or joints are immobilized, and covered with compresses 4* Digitized by Microsoft® 70 GONOBRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. wet in cold lead and opium wash; when the acute symptoms subside the cold is stopped and replaced by inunctions of compound iodine ointment or the applica- tion of the Paquelin cautery, after which firm and uniform pressure is exerted by means of a cotton dress- ing. If the fluid does not disappear under this treat- ment, it must be withdrawn and the joint irrigated with 1 : 5000 bichloride of mercury solution in the usual manner. If the inflammation goes on to suppuration with erosion of the articular surfaces and great deformity, the joint will have to be resected to secure better posi- tion ; this, of course, is not necessary until the disease has passed into the chronic stage. The most important point in the treatment of gonor- rhoeal rheumatism is to cure the lesions situated in the urethra, as they are the points of entry of the infectious material. If the gonorrhoea is acute, subacute, or chronic, the patient should be put at once on the treatment already given for these conditions. For the local pain, which in the niajority of cases is very severe, we are sometimes compelled to resort to the use of opium or morphine in a very guarded and careful manner, as it may have to be employed for several weeks. In the chronic stage the splints are removed and the joints massaged and exercised daily, the patient taking large doses of iodide of potassium, which is often of benefit at this time. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XVI. STEICT0RE OF THE URETHRA. In order that the reader may clearly understand what stricture is, and how to detect and treat it properly, it is necessary to devote a few lines to the anatomy, calibre, length, and shape of the urethra. The male urethra is a collapsed canal, extending from the meatus urinarius externus to the bladder, which it joins at rightTangles. It is made up of three layers, an internal or mucous layer, a middle or submucous connective tissue layer, and an external or muscular layer, which consists of circular and longitudinal fibres running from the blad- der to the meatus, the circular or ring-shaped fibres being situated outside of the longitudinal ones. The mucous membrane of the urethra is shining in appearance, yellowish-pink in color, arranged in longi- tudinal and small transverse folds, and covered with flat pavement-epithelium for about the first quarter of an inch to one inch of its length, beyond which it is of the columnar variety as far as the bladder. On the roof or upper surface of the penile urethra about one-half to three-quarters of an inch from the meatus is the lacuna magna, consisting of a valve-like reduplication of the mucous membrane, into which small instruments are apt to pass during urethral examinations. Situated principally in the roof or upper surface, but also in the Digitized by Microsoft® 72 OONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. floor or lower surface of the canal for about the first three or four inches of its length are the mucous follicles or glands of the urethra, with their orifices opening directly toward the meatus ; these, if dilated, may also engage the tips of small examining instruments. Opening directly on the floor of the bulbous portion of the urethra are the two orifices of Cowper's ducts, the glands themselves being situated between the ante- rior and posterior layers of the triangular ligament, and in the substance of the compressor muscle. We next come to the membranous portion, which is surrounded by the compressor urethras muscle and limited in extent by the two layers of the triangular ligament. The prostatic portion situated, as it is, in the prostate gland, and extending from its apex to its base, presents the following structures upon its floor : running longi- tudinally in the median line is the verumontanum or caput gallinaginis, containing on its summit the uterus masculinus, in the walls of which are the openings of the common ejaculatory ducts. The prostatic ducts open into the prostatic sinuses, which are situated on each side of the verumontanum. It will therefore be seen that the seminal vesicles, testicles, and prostate gland are in direct communication with this portion of the urethra by means of their ducts. The length of the urethra varies in different indi- viduals and under different conditions, the average being from seven to eight and one-half (7 to 8 J) inches ; this is increased in hypertrophy of the prostate gland and during erection of the penis. The following table from Sir Henry Thompson gives the length of the different portions of the canal : Digitized by Microsoft® STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. 73 Inches. Spongy portion 6J Membranous portion f Prostatic portion IJ Total length ^ The calibre of the urethra is not uniform, but varies greatly in different individuals and in different por- tions of the same urethra, there being certain points of physiological contraction and dilatation, which points are well shown in Fig. 14. Fig. 14. Cast of urethra. {From Sir E. Home.) Therefore, in examining a patient for stricture of the urethra the surgeon must bear in mind the fact that the meatus urinarius, the middle of the pendulous portion, and the membranous portion, are normally narrower than the rest of the urethra, and also that the fossa navicularis, the bulb, and the middle of the prostatic portion are larger and more dilatable. The following table, taken from Taylor on Venereal Diseases, shows clearly how the calibre or capacity of the urethra varies in its different portions : Meatus urinarius . 21 to 28 French. Fossa navicularis . 30 to 33 " Middle of pendulous portion 27 to 30 « Bulbous portion 33 to 36 " Membranous portion 27 " Apex of prostatic portion 30 Middle" " 45 Base " " 33 Digitized by Microsoft® 74 QONOBRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. The shape of the urethra varies greatly in the dif- ferent regions of the canal, being vertical at the meatus and throughout the fossa navicularis, transverse in the penile or pendulous urethra, and like an inverted Y in the middle of the prostatic portion, thus A ; this for- mation is due to the jutting up of the verumontanum from the floor of the prostatic urethra. Definition of stricture. Various definitions of stric- ture have been given from time to time by different authors, the most prominent among them being that by Sir Henry Thompson, who says, " stricture may be de- fined as an abnormal organic contraction of some part of the urethral canal." Sir Charles Bell speaks of stricture as " any loss of dilatability of the urethra." Taylor, in his recent work on Venereal Diseases, de- fines stricture as " a condition of the canal attended by decidedly well-marked contraction or stenosis and an utter loss of normal dilatability, caused by an inflam- matory process which produces a sclerosis of greater or less density and contractile power." Seat of stricture. For conciseness and clearness of description we will follow the plan of Sir Henry Thomp- son, modified somewhat by Taylor, who divides the anterior urethra into three regions, as follows : Region I. begins at the bulbo-membranous junction, and includes one inch and one-half (IJ) of the canal in front of it. Region II. extends from the anterior limit of Region I. to within two and a half (2J) inches of the meatus. Region III. includes the first two and a half (2J) inches of the canal from the meatus down. In two hundi-ed and seventy specimens examined by Digitized by Microsoft® strictures. Per cent. . 215 67 . 51 16 . 54 17 STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. 75 Thompson, three hundred and twenty strictures were found, their situations being as follows : Eegion I. ... Eegion II Eegion III. . It will therefore be seen that the majority of stric- tures occur at the bulbo-membranous junction, or Eegion I. ; next in the region of the fossa navicularis, or Eegion III.; and least frequently in the middle of the pendulous urethra, or Eegion II. Primary gonorrhceal stricture of the membranous or prostatic urethra has never been found, the changes in these portions being due to submucous cell-infiltration, which does not go on to true stricture-formation. The reason for the so frequent occurrence of stricture in the fossa navicularis and bulb of the urethra is the fact that in these regions the mucous membrane is lax and surrounded by a large amount of erectile and vas- cular tissue, which arrangement tends to prolong a gonorrhceal inflammation which has settled there, and which naturally results in more or less cicatricial con- traction. Number of Strictures. In the majority of cases stric- ture is single, although there may be two, three, or even four in the same case ; this, however, is not at all com- mon. Out of the two hundred and seventy museum specimens of stricture, Thompson found the stricture to be single in two hundred and twenty-six cases. Time of Occurrence. Urethral stricture, as a rule, comes on slowly, and in the majority of cases does not give rise to symptoms until several years after the in- Digitized by Microsoft® 76 GONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. itial attack of gonorrhoea; this fact is borne out by statistics, which show that the great majority of men apply for treatment between their twenty fifth and fortieth years. There are cases, however, in which symptoms are observed as early as the sixth month after the urethral inflammation, which goes to show that stricture-formation is in some cases very rapid. The lesion in stricture of the urethra consists at first of a small, round-cell, exudative infiltration into the submucous connective-tissue layer; this is soft and yielding, and if sufficient in amount to cause any loss of urethral calibre, it is called " soft stricture." As the process advances, however, the small round-cells are replaced by connective-tissue cells, and we then have a fully formed dense "semifibrous" stricture, which causes more or less impairment of the urethral lumen, with loss of dilatability. These cell-changes may be sharply limited to the submucous, connective-tissue layer or involve the corpus spongiosum to a greater or less degree, giving rise to a peri-urethritis. The mucous membrane over the stric- ture becomes more or less thickened, and loses its smooth and shining appearance. VARIETIES AND FORMS OP STRICTURE. Linear Stricture. A linear stricture consists of one or more thread-like bands situated just beneath the mucous membrane and encircling the urethra to a greater or less degree. Annular Stricture. An annular stricture consists of a broader ring of stenosis than the linear variety. If the narrowing involves an inch or more of the canal. Digitized by Microsoft® STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. 77 we then speak of it as an irregular or tortuous stric- ture. Diaphragmatic stricture consists of a fold of mucous membrane, with the opening, either large or small, situated in its centre or side. Oreseentic or Bridle Stricture. In this form of stric- ture the mucous fold arises from either the roof, floor, or one of the urethral walls, and juts out into the canal. Inodular Stricture. In this variety the lumen of the urethra is greatly contracted, and the canal is converted into an irregular mass of fibrous tissue. The so-called inflammatory stricture is due to a tem- porary swelling of the mucous membrane covering any of the above forms of stricture, and is caused by alco- holic or sexual excesses, cold, bodily fatigue, and rough urethral instrumentation. It should therefore be looked upon as a complication, and not as a form or variety of true stricture. Resilient Stricture. Resilient strictures are elastic, and therefore cannot be cured by dilatation, as after instruments are passed they rapidly contract several sizes, leaving the patient with a greatly reduced urethral lumen. Spasmodic or Muscular Stricture. Spasmodic stric- ture is due to the sudden contraction of the compressor urethrse muscle, which surrounds the membranous urethra, or to the circular muscular fibres of the urethra itself. It occurs most frequently in nervous, irritable, and excitable subjects. The spasm may be caused by the passage of urethral instruments, opera- tions on or diseases of the rectum and anus, highly acid urine, the long retention of urine, sudden exposure to cold, or, in some cases, from a feeling of shame or Digitized by Microsoft® 78 OONOBBH(EA AND ITS COMPLICAIIONS. fear, as when patients are unable to pass water before a class or even in the presence of the examining surgeon. Causes of Stricture. The great majority of cases of urethral stricture are due to gonorrhoea or urethritis. In two hundred and twenty cases of stricture reported by Sir Henry Thompson, seventy-five per cent, were due to gonorrhoea. Traumatic stricture follows falls or blows upon the perineum, causing more or less laceration of the urethra, which is followed by cicatricial contraction. Congenital stricture is sometimes observed, especially at the meatus, or just beyond it in the anterior portion of the canal. Stricture may also result from the healing of sores situated within the urethra or at the meatus. Symptoms of Stricture. The symptoms of stricture vary greatly in different cases, their severity depending upon the degree of contraction of the strictured area. As a rule, there is more or less gleety discharge from the meatus, which may amount to a drop or so in the morning, or only to a gluing together of the meatus ; in other cases, however, there is no gleet, but if the urine be examined, it will be found to contain threads and flakes which are made up of pus and epithelial cells. The meatus is often quite blue in color from the congestion caused by the cicatricial tissue around the urethral walls, which interferes with the return circu- lation. In old cases of tight stricture the urine may be quite cloudy from the presence of pus which arises from the posterior urethra and bladder. As the stric- ture contracts there is more or less dilatation of the urethra behind it, caused by the damming back of the stream at each act of urination ; this mechanical irrita-. Digitized by Microsoft® STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. 79 tion in time causes congestion and inflammation of the urethral mucous membrane from the posterior surface of the stricture up to and, in some cases, into the blad- der, so that these patients really have posterior ureth- ritis with more or less urethro-cystitis, which gives rise to an increased frequency in urination, which may be preceded, accompanied, or followed by a varying amount of pain and uneasiness. As the stricture contracts the muscular walls of the bladder hypertrophy from the extra amount of pressure they are compelled to exert in order to empty the viscus through the stenosed canal. The urine now comes with less force, and cannot be thrown any distance from the meatus ; in severe cases it comes in scalding, blood-stained drops, which can only be expelled by severe and long-continued straining ; this may cause either hernia, hemorrhoids, or prolapse of the rectum, and be associated with evacuation of the bowel at each attempt at urination. From the inflammation in the prostatic urethra and around the verumontanum these patients may have either painful erections or nocturnal pollutions, or, if the inflammatory process in- volves the ejaculatory ducts, epididymitis or epididymo- orchitis. Some cases at this time have a constant dribbling of urine from the meatus, this incontinence being due to a loss of contractile power of the vesical sphincters. Eetention of urine may occur at any time during the course of stricture-formation ; in some cases it is the first symptom that calls the patient's attention to his real condition ; it is due to a sudden swelling of the mucous membrane covering the stricture, caused by irritating urine, over-zealous instrumentation, catching cold, sexual or alcoholic excesses, etc., some patients Digitized by Microsoft® 80 GONOBBH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. being more prone to this complication than others. If the cystitis is well marked, patients complain of con- stant and deep-seated pain over the bladder. The urine in some of these advanced cases becomes ammoniacal, bloody, and loaded with crystals and pus, which being coagulated in the bladder by the ammonia, causes a ropy and gelatinous condition of the urine, which is liable to obstruct the eye of the instrument during catheterization. If the above condition of the urine is not modified by proper treatment, it may result in stone-formation. Complications of Strietwre. That portion of the urethra situated behind the stricture, as already stated, becomes dilated to a greater or less extent and its mucous membrane and connective-tissue layer become much thickened ; the orifices of the prostatic sinuses and the ejaculatory ducts which are situated in the floor of the prostatic urethra are also dilated ; these changes are all produced by the back pressure of the urine, whose free outward passage is prevented by the stenosed and thickened canal. Abscesses and fistulse may form behind the stricture, originating in inflamed urethral follicles or ulcerated spots into which the urine escapes, and finally burrows in fistulous tracts, which may open in the perineum, on the buttocks, scrotum, or the ab- domen. In some severe cases abscess of the prostate occurs, which, if untreated, may rupture either into the ure- thra, perineum, or rectum. The bladder walls become greatly thickened from hypertrophy of the muscular layer, which causes trabeculse of muscular tissue to project into the viscus ; between these ridges the blad- der-wall becomes very thin and dilated, going on to Digitized by Microsoft® STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. gl the formation of sacculi, which may in time rupture and allow the contents of the bladder to escape into the peritoneal cavity. Following these changes in the bladder the ureters become dilated, as do the pelves of the kidneys, the secreting portions being pushed out and compressed by the accumulated urine. The inflam- mation ascending from the bladder through the ureters finally enters the pelves of the kidneys, causing pyelitis, with all of its concomitant symptoms. Extravasation of Urine. The urethra behind the stricture having become thin and weakened may, as the result of violent straining, give way, and allow the urine to escape into the surrounding tissues in greater or less amount. Rupture of the urethra may occur in any of the following regions, depending, of course, upon the site of the stricture : 1. Between the meatus and the peno scrotal junction. 2. Between the peno-scrotal junction and the anterior layer of the triangular ligament. 3. In the membranous urethra; that is, between the anterior and posterior layers of the triangular ligament. 4. Behind the posterior layer of the triangular liga- ment. It is, of course, possible for two of these regions to be included by the rupture of the urethral wall at the same time. . Symptoms. The local symptoms depend on the point of rupture, and will be described later. The constitu- tional symptoms are as follows : The patient usually experiences a sudden sensation as if something had given away in some part of the urethra ; this is followed by a feeling of momentary relief, accompanied by swelling of the penis, hypogastrium, scrotum, or perineum, ac- Digitized by Microsoft® 82 QONOBRRCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. cording to the locality of the rupture. The skin, which at first is very tense, bright red in color, and shining in appearance, soon becomes gangrenous, sloughing, and emphysematous from the presence of the gases situated beneath it, which are produced by the decomposing. urine exfcravasated through the tissues. It has been demonstrated by competent observers that normal urine does not cause gangrene or destruc- tion of the tissues even when injected beneath the integument in considerable quantities. The patient at this time has fever, with chilly sensations or well-marked chills, and a feeling of general malaise. The local symptoms, as already stated, vary according to the point of rupture, and are as follows : When the opening in the urethra occurs between the meatus and the peno-scrotal junction the extravasation takes place into the tissues of the corpus spongiosum, pushing forward into the glans penis and causing great swelling of the organ. When the rupture occurs between the peno-scrotal junction and the anterior layer of the triangular liga- ment the urine is extravasated into the scrotal tissues and upward on the hypogastrium, sometimes as far as the umbilicus. When the rupture takes place between the anterior and posterior layers of the triangular ligament (in the membranous urethra) the urine is at first confined be- tween these layers, but soon makes its way backward into the pelvic cavity, or, in exceptional cases, burrows forward into the perineum. When rupture takes place behind the posterior layer of the triangular ligament the urine passes either into the recto-vesical space, and thus works down to the perineum, or passes upward into the pelvic tissues. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XVII. DIAGNOSIS OF STRICTURE. In order to ascertain the presence of stricture, its situation, consistency, and calibre, the following instru- ments are necessary : Filiform and olivary bougies, bougies k bonle, steel sounds,. an Otis urethrameter, a scale plate and measure combined. The scale plate, as well as all of the urethral instru- ments, should be made and marked according, to the French scale, which runs as follows : No. 1 French ^ ^ of a millimetre in diameter. No. 2 French = f of a millimetre in diameter. No. 3 French = 1 millimetre in diameter. Thus it will be seen that each instrument increases in size by one-third of a millimetre in its diameter. The scale plate or gauge is made of nickel-plated steel, with numbers or sizes running from No. 1 to No. 35, or even 40 French, inclusive. One side is marked in inches like a rule, so that it can be used for measuring the distance from the meatus at which instruments are stopped by the stricture. Sounds. Sounds are made of smooth, highly polished nickel-plated steel, and should run from No. 20 to No. 35 French, inclusive. They should have the Thompson curve and conical point, which is three sizes smaller than the shaft. (See Fig. 15.) Digitized by Microsoft® 84 OONORBTKEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Olivary Bougies. The French olivary bougies are the most durable, although quite good ones are made in Fig. 15. Fig, 16. Curved steel sound (conical). French olivary bougie. this country ; they are black or yellow in color, with a very smooth and highly polished finish. (See Fig. 16.) Digitized by Microsoft® DIAGNOSIS OF STRICTURE. 85 The shaft tapers gradually into the neck, which termi- nates in the olivary end, this being about seven sizes smaller than the shaft. These bougies must be flexible, so as to adapt themselves to the curves of the urethra, and should run from No. 5 to No. 20 French, inclusive. Filiform Bougies. Gouley's whalebone filiform bou- gies are the best. (See Fig. 17.) They are twelve Fig. 17. ^ Gouley's whalelione filiform bougies. inches long and about Nos. 2 to 3 of the French scale in size ; the shaft must be smooth and polished, and terminate in a tiny bulb. The points of the instruments are turned and twisted in various ways, in order to Fig. 18. Flexible bougie h, boule. facilitate their entrance into irregular or tight contrac- tions. The surgeon should have a dozen at least. Bougies a Boule. These instruments should be soft and flexible, as is well shown in Fig. 18. Those made 5 Digitized by Microsoft® 86 GONOBBIKEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Pig. 19. of metal cause more pain, and do not give the examiner as good an idea of the condition of the urethral walls. The shoulder of the bulb should be well marked and smooth. It is best to have a set of these bougies from No., 10 to No. 32 French, inclusive. ■ In order to keep soft instruments from sticking together, and in this way being destroyed, they can be freely dusted with French chalk, which is washed off before use. This will keep them in good condi- tion during the hottest summer weather. The Urethrameier. The Otis urethra- meter, if skilfully used, is a very valuable instrument for detecting and locating strictures in cases with abnormally small meati. If, however, the little bulb is screwed up too high and then withdrawn, there is great danger of mistaking physi- ological contractions of the urethra for true strictures. The instrument (see Fig. 19) consists of a No. 8 French straight canula, ter- minating in a bulb made up of short arms, which can be dilated (A) and con- tracted (B) by means of a rod running through the canula and terminating in a screw at the handle of the instrument. A thin rubber shield ( C) is drawn over the metallic bulb to protect the urethra from injury. The index on the handle shows the size in millimetres to which the bulb has been dilated or contracted. The bulb Digitized by Microsoft® DIAGNOSIS OF STRICTURE. 87 when closed is about No. 18 French, but can be ex- panded up to No. 40 or 45 of that scale by turning the screw at the handle, which indicates at the same time the increase in size on the index. Method of Examination. Before exploring the ure- thra with instruments the surgeon should ascertain the| date of the gonorrhceal infection as well as its duration, severity, and complications, as these points will throw much light on the patient's present condition. If there is a muco-purulent or purulent urethral discharge, with swelling and redness of the meatus, the patient must be put on appropriate treatment, and instrumentation deferred until the acute symptoms have subsided. As a rule, examining-instruments ought not to be^passed into the urethra until at least three months after the last gonorrhceal attack. Inquire into the frequency of uri- nation during the day or night ; if it is painful or causes uneasiness in the region of the prostate ; also, if there is any morning discharge or sticking of the lips of the meatus. Ask if there is a dribbling of urine after uri- nation, or any change in the character, force, or size of the stream. Have the patient pass his water in two glass cylinders at the time of his visit : the first half in one glass and the second half in the other ; this is care- fully examined for gonorrhceal shreds, pus, or mucus, as these elements, by their presence in the urine, together , with the history of the case, will give a clear idea as to the extent and severity of the urethral or even bladder inflammation. Urethral Exploration. The following rules should be carefully carried out in making all urethral examinations or explorations, no matter what kind of instruments are being employed. Large instruments should always be Digitized by Microsoft® 88 OONORBSCEA AND ITS GOMPLIOATIONS. used first, as small ones are more apt to irritate the urethra, and thus cause spasm, which interferes greatly with further examination. If instrumentation causes bleeding, it should be stopped immediately, and not be repeated for a day or so ; appropriate treatment being employed in the meantime. The patient, having urinated in order to wash out any secretion that may have collected in the urethra, lies down on an operating-table, with head and shoulders slightly elevated on a pillow or cushion ; in this way relaxing the belly muscles, and the suspensory ligament, which runs from the symphysis pubis to the dorsum of the penis. The clothing should be drawn down as far as the knees and up to the umbilicus, as by so doing the instrument can be readily depressed between the thighs as it enters the bladder, and at the same time we can note the median line by the position of the um- bilicus and the linea alba. The glans penis and meatus should be carefully wiped off, or washed with warm water or a little bichloride solution, and the prepuce well retracted, so that the penis can be held in the sulcus, which will prevent its slipping from the exam- iner's fingers. For exploring the urethra the best instrument to use is the French olivary bougie, selecting one that will readily enter the meatus. It is washed in soap and warm water, dried on absorbent gauze, and lubricated with plain white vaseline. The penis is held at right- angles to the body by means of the thumb and index-finger of the left hand, which grasps it in the sulcus behind the corona. As the bougie, held lightly between the right thumb and forefinger, glides slowly and genlly down the canal it imparts to the examiner an accurate idea of Digitized by Microsoft® DIAGNOSIS OF STRICTURE. 89 the condition of the urethral walls : whether they are inelastic and rigid, soft and pliable, or the seat of con- traction. If preferable, the exploration may be made ^vith the steel sound ; a No. 20 to 22 French being used for the purpose, it is washed in soap and hot water, dried on absorbent gauze, lubricated with plain white vaseline, and passed sloioly and with the utmost care and gentleness in the following manner : The operator stands on the left side of the patient, holding the penis in the coronal sulcus, between the Fig. 20. Sound entering meatus. thumb and index-finger of the left hand ; in this way the penis is put on the stretch, at right-angles to and in the median line of the body ; thus eifaciug the first Digitized by Microsoft® 90 OONORRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. curve of the urethra. The sound is held lightly between the thumb and first two fingers of tlie right hand, which rests on the median line of the belly-wall, and the tip of the instrument is gently inserted into the meatus. (See Fig. 20.) The hand still resting on the belly pushes the sound gently downward into the urethra, the penis at the same time being drawn upward, so that the surgeon's hands approach each other. (See Fig. 21.) At this time the Fig. 21. Tip of sound entering bnlb. tip of the sound is just entering the bulb. The left hand now drops the penis, which is swept dowuAvard and at right-angles to the body by the sound, whose tip now rests against the opening in the triangular liga- Digitized by Microsoft® DIAGNOSIS OF STRICTURE. 91 ment, and its convexity in the bulb of the urethra. (See Fig. 22.) Fig. 22. Tip of sound at tlie opening iu triangular ligament. In order to reach tlie prostatic portion, the liandle of the instrument is gently depressed, it being now held in the left hand. (See Fig. 23.) The patient usually complains at this time of a desire to urinate, owing to the pressure of the instrument on the mucous membrane of the prostatic urethra. If the bladder is to be explored, the handle of the sound is depressed still further between the thighs and pushed gently upward. Digitized by Microsoft® 92 GONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. when it will be felt to glide easily into the bladder. (See Fig. 24.) Fig. 23. Sound in prostatic urethra. Fig. 24. Sound in bladder. Digitized by Microsoft® BIAQNOSIS OF STRICTURE. 93 In examining old men, the tip of the instrument will sometimes catch or hitch in the bulb, as in these cases it is often in a more or less relaxed and sacculated con- dition, and is easily carried on the tip of the sound for a short distance upward and beneath the membranous urethra. This complication can be easily obviated by keeping the end of the instrument in close contact with the roof of the canal. While the sound or bougie is still in the urethra, much information can often be obtained by palpating the canal against it, as in this manner thickened patches on the floor of the urethra or strictured areas can be felt. If the olivary bougie or sound detects a stricture, we should then employ a bougie k boule in order to ascer- tain its exact location and calibre. It is washed in soap and warm water, dried, lubricated with vaseline, and passed in the same manner as the olivary bougie down to the obstruction, the distance down being noted by holding the finger on the shaft of the instrument at the meatus ; it is then withdrawn, when the distance be- tween the finger and the bulb is measured, which gives the exact depth of the contraction in inches. Smaller bougies k boule are tried until one finally passes the ob- struction, which, of course, gives its calibre or size. If the stricture is so tight that it will not admit our smallest olivary bougie, or bougie k boule, we then employ whalebone filiform bougies. In passing fili- forms it is best to hug the floor of the urethra with the penis on the stretch and at right-angles to the body, so as to avoid the lacuna magna on its roof, in which these little instruments often catch. The tip of the instrument may be left straight, or turned and twisted in various ways and shapes, as already shown. 5* Digitized by Microsoft® 94 GONORBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. It is passed, well lubricated, down to the face of the contraction, and rotated slowly and carefully until it engages in the opening, when we make a diagnosis of filiform stricture ; or, if this is impossible, we speak of it as an impassable stricture ; that is, it may be impas- sible to instruments, and yet the urine can be voided in drops or even in a fair-sized stream. If the patient has such an abnormally small meatus that it will not admit bougies or sounds of a sufficient size to examine the urethra properly, and if it is not thought wise to enlarge the meatus at the time by meat- otomy, then we may employ for exploratory purposes the Otis urethrameter in the following manner : It is cleansed, lubricated with plain white vaseline, gently passed into the bulb, and screwed up to about No. 28 or 32 of the French scale. As the instrument is slowly withdrawn the stenosed areas or spots of thickening are noted, great care being taken not to diagnose physiologi- cal contractions as strictures of the urethra. Professor Otis advocates the use of the urethrameter in much larger sizes than those above given. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XVIII. TREATMENT OP STRICTURE. The treatment of urethral stricture depends greatly upon its situation, duration, and extent, and whether it be soft, semifibrous, or modular. As a broad, general rule, however, it may be stated that the best treatment is gradual dilatation with bougies and sounds ; if this method fails, or cannot be employed, we then resort to one of the cutting operations about to be described. The urine should be carefully examined in order to ascertain the condition of the kidneys, and at the same time the extent and severity of the urethral and blad- der inflammation, if these conditions exist. If the patient has urethritis or cystitis, it must be treated in the manner already given for these affections, to which the reader is referred. Kidney disorders are to be handled on general medical and surgical principles. The reaction of the urine must be modified either by the administration of acids or alkalies, as indicated, and the patient's diet carefully looked into and regu- lated, so that we may render the urine as bland and non-irritating as possible. Strictures at, or just within the Meatus. Strictures in this situation cannot be dilated on account of the abun- dance of fibrous tissue and must therefore be cut (meat- otomy). The normal meatus varies from No. 21 to 28 French, and should never be interfered with unless Digitized by Microsoft® 96 GONOnitH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. ahsolutdy necessary, as over-zealous cutting of this part of the canal leads to a spluttering stream that cannot be thrown any distance from the body. If the meatus is so small that normal urination is interfered with, or that proper treatment cannot be applied to the parts beyond, then it may be cut up to No. 28 or even 32 of the French scale, according to the case. Meatotomy. The patient urinates and lies on his back ; the parts are cleansed, as is also the urethra, by means of warm boric acid solution. Local anaesthesia may be caused by injecting a little 4 per cent, cocaine solution, which produces its full effect in about ten minutes. The prepuce is retracted and the penis grasped in the sulcus behind the corona ; then, with a Fig. 25. Otis meatotome. straight, blunt bistoury or Otis meatotome (see Fig. 25) the meatus is slowly incised downward on its floor and directly in the median line to the desired size. Con- tractions just beyond are dealt with in the same man- ner, except that a little cutting may have to be done in the median line of the roof of the urethra ; this fact having been ascertained at the examination. A steel . sound is then passed through the meatus to see that all is clear, and repeated daily to prevent contraction of the little wound. If bleeding occurs, it can be readily controlled by pressure and a light gauze dressing. Strictures of the penile urethra include all of those contractions which are situated between the meatus and Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENl OP STBIQTURE. 97 the junction of the penis with the scrotum (pendulous urethra). If these contractions are soft and yielding, gradual dilatation may be tried with the olivary bougie or the straight steel sound (see Fig. 26), if the stricture will admit a No. 20 French. If dilatation causes pain Pig. 26. straight steel sound (oonloal). or irritation, and it is found impracticable, it should be stopped and the stricture cut (internal urethrotomy) either with a straight blunt bistoury if near enough to the meatus, or with a urethrotome if further down the canal. For a description of internal urethrotomy the reader is referred to page 100. The incision with the bistoury is made directly in the median line and on the roof of the urethra. A No. 28 to 30 French steel sound is then passed, and the divided contraction kept open by passing sounds every few days until the wound is healed, when the intervals between instrumentation can be made longer and longer. The urethra should be cleansed and anaesthetized, as already described under meatotomy. Strictures beyond the Peno- scrotal Junction. For strictures situated in the bulbous portion of the ure- thra, or at the bulbo-membranous junction, if they are soft or even semifibrous, we should always try gradual dilatation before resorting to any cutting operation. Chadual dilatation consists in passing olivary bou- gies, if the stricture is under No. 20 French, or steel sounds, if No. 20 French or over, every fifth or seventh Digitized by Microsoft® 98 GONOBBHOSA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. day, depending on the reaction and results obtained; these can be noted by the patient's sensations and the appearance of the urine, which should be examined at each visit. The dilating instrument is passed slowly and gently and left in the urethra for about a minute, in this manner exerting pressure on the thickened and infiltrated urethral walls, which in many cases resume their normal consistency as the result of the absorption of the inflammatory material. If the stricture will only admit a filiform bougie, it may be left in place and used as a guide for a small Gouley's tunnelled sound (see Fig. 27), which consists of a grooved, conical steel sound, the groove terminat- ing in a canal or tunnel at its vesical extremity, through which the filiform guide passes. These sounds should run from about No. 6 to 18 French, inclusive, and must be well made, so that the tunnel will not cut the filiform bougie as it passes through it. The sound is passed over the filiform and through the stricture, which can in this manner be dilated through several sizes at one sitting, the subsequent dilatation being carried out with bougies and sounds. This method of rapid dilatation is attended with risk, even in the most skilful hands, and is not to be employed unless the patient can remain in bed, with proper constitutional and local treatment. The size of the bougies or sounds must be increased slowly and in the following manner : if a stricture takes a No. 20 French sound at the first visit, the sur- geon should pass a No. 20 and 21 French at the sec- ond visit, and so on until he has reached No. 28 or 32 French. If the contraction is tortuous or irregular, and in- Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 99 F[G 27. Fig. 28. 13 illflll Gouley's tunnelled sound and guide. Beneque steel sound. Digitized by Microsoft® 100 GONOBRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. volves a considerable portion of the bulb, very satis- factory results will be obtained from the use of the Benequg steel sound (see Fig. 28), as by its double curve it exerts more pressure on the stenosed and thick- ened urethral walls. By the careful employment of gradual dilatation many cases of even filiform stricture may be dilated up to No. 30 French and over, as the case requires, and kept so for the remainder of the patient's life, pro- vided he will have a sound passed once, twice, or three times during the year. If the surgeon is too hasty, rough, unskilful, or un- cleanly in his urethral manipulations, he may cause such complications as urethritis, urethro-cystitis, ure- thral chills and fever, or retention of urine from swell- ing of the urethral mucous membrane. If, after a fair trial, gradual dilatation fails, we will then have to resort to urethrotomy, either external, in- ternal, or a combination of both, depending on the seat and extent of the strictured area. Divulsion. The treatment of stricture of the urethra by rupture or divulsion is purposely omitted, as it is considered dangerous, inexact, and rough, as compared with gradual dilatation and the various forms of ure- throtomy. Internal Urethrotomy. This operation consists of the division of the stricture within the urethra, the incision being made on the roof of the canal and directly in the median line, thus producing a linear wound. When the operation is properly performed there will be no danger of wounding either of the corpora cavernosa, as the little cut is situated below and between them, in the base of the septum pectiniforme. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STBIOTUBE. 101 As a broad, general rule, internal urethrotomy should be limited to strictures situated in the pendulous ure- thra and not further down the canal than four to five inches from the meatus, unless it is combined with ex- ternal urethrotomy for the purposes of proper drainage. Instruments for Internal Urethrotomy. Instruments for this purpose are called urethrotomes, of which there are many forms and varieties. The surgeon should have two or three of these instruments, as no single one is adapted to all forms of stricture. Maisonneuve's v/rethrotome (see Fig. 29) is a very useful instrument for small strictures at and just be- yond the peno-scrotal angle. It consists of a small grooved shaft with a short curve. The groove car- ries the knife, and is situated on the upper surface of the staff, stopping at the point where the curve begins. - The distal end of the staff has a screw tip, to which may be attached a filiform guide, tunnelled, or solid tip. The knife, fastened to a long stylet, is tri- angular in shape, sharp in front and behind, but blunt at its apex, so as not to cut the healthy urethra. The instrument is used as follows : the staff, with its solid tip, is passed into the bladder and held firmly in the median line of the penis, which is pulled forward on the stretch ; the knife is then slipped into the groove and pushed down, cutting the contractions before it, when it is withdrawn, the penis and staff being held in exactly the same position. If the staff cannot be in- troduced alone, it can be screwed to the filiform, which it will follow, or passed over a Ibng whalebone filiform bougie through the eye in the tunnelled tip. The Maisonneuve-Fluhrer urethrotome (see Fig. 30) consists of a straight No. 12 French grooved staff, the Digitized by Microsoft® 102 GONOBRHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Fig. 29. Maisonneuve's urethrotome. Fig. 30. Maisonneuve-Fluhrer uretnrotoDie. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 103 Fig. 31. groove for the knife being situated on the upper sur- face of the instrument and terminating in a tunnelled tip, which is slightly curved upward. The knife is like the Maisonneuve and cuts to about No. 24 French. A long whalebone filiform bougie is passed into the bladder and its end slipped through the tunnelled urethro- tome, which is introduced over it through the stricture The penis is held on the stretch in the median line, the knife pushed down the groove, and the stricture cut from before back- ward. This instrument is especially useful for tight strictures in the penile urethra. The Otis urethrotome (see Fig. 31) is a dilating and cutting instrument combined. It consists of two steel shafts, which, when closed, are about No. 16 French ; these shafts are con- nected by short bars like a parallel riiler, which can be opened or closed by means of a screw at the handle ot the instrument, which at the same time indicates the calibre to which they are opened on a little index. The blade running in a groove in the upper bar becomes concealed in a slot when it reaches its extremity. The instrument, with blade con- cealed, is passed beyond the stricture and gently and slowly dilated until the stricture feels tense, when the Otis urethrotome. Digitized by Microsoft® 104 GONOBBH(EA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. blade is drawn out, cutting through the stricture on the roof of the canal in the median line, and from behind forward. The blade is then pushed back and concealed, the shafts approximated, and the instrument withdrawn. This urethrotome is serviceable for strictures of the pendulous urethra with a calibre of No. 16 French or over, provided that the urethra is not over-dilated and unnecessarily cut. Internal urethrotomy having been decided on, the urine must be examined in order to ascertain the con- dition of the kidneys and whether the bladder or urethra is the seat of inflammation. If diseased conditions exist, they must be treated on the lines already laid down. The patient is put to bed for twenty-four hours before the operation and his general condition carefully attended to in every detail. Coifee and alcohol in all forms must be stopped. There is no better tonic than the sulphate of strychnine and quinine given in quite full doses before and after these operations. Boric acid may be prescribed for its effect on the genito-urinary tract. The bowels should be freely opened. If the kidneys will not allow of ether, the urethra may be anaesthetized with a little four per cent, cocaine solution. Operation. The patient being etherized, the pubes and genitals are shaved and rendered surgically clean in the usual way. If possible, the urethra and bladder are thoroughly irrigated with warm boric-acid solution by means of a hard-rubber hand-syringe and catheter, and the cutting performed with one of the instruments already described, which has been scrubbed, sterilized, and placed in warm boiled water. After the urethro- tome has been taken out an olivary bougie, bougie a boule, or steel sound, properly cleaned and lubricated, Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 105 should be passed, to see that no bands or constriction, are left, after which the urethra and bladder are again irrigated with warm boric-acid solution, several ounces of which are left in the bladder \yith the idea of diluting the urine and rendering it less irritating as it is voided over the wound in the urethral wall. The stricture having been cut up to No. 25 or 30 French is kept open by dilatation, which is begun on about the second day after the operation, and continued as already described. If internal urethrotomy is performed in this conservative manner, we will not have such unnecessary complica- tions as severe hemorrhage, urethral chills and fever, and permanent curvature of the penis. In this opera- tion, no matter what instrument is used, it should always he held firmly in the median line, and the penis pulled out over it and well on the stretch. For strictures situated deeper than four to five inches from the meatus — that is, in the bulbous portion of the urethra and at the bulbo-membranous junction — we should perform either a combination of internal and external urethrotomy, or external urethrotomy alone ; the object of the external cut being to drain the bulb properly through the perineum, and in this manner prevent the accumulation and absorption of any irri- tating or infectious secretion that might occur. The following perineal operations are for bladder drainage and for the relief of strictures of the bulbous urethra and at the bulbo-membranous junction. The preparation of the patient and the instruments for all of these operations is the same, and to prevent repetition will be described here, and not with each special opera- tion. The condition of the kidneys is carefully looked into Digitized by Microsoft® 106 GONOBBECEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. and, if disease exists, it must be treated on the usual medical or surgical lines. The patient goes to bed for a day or so before the operation, and his general health is put in as good condition as possible hj a light, nour- ishing diet and tonics, such as the sulphate of strych- nine and quinine. Alcohol and coffee must be stopped, as they cause more or less urethral and bladder irritation. If possible, the bladder and urethra should be irri- gated with warm boric-acid solution for several days before the operation. The bowels are kept open. The patient, being etherized, is placed in the lith- otomy position on the extreme end of the table, and in a good light, and held there flat on his back and exactly in the median line by two assistants, or, if these are not to be had, by anklets and wristlets or a Clover crutch. The symphysis, scrotum, and perineum are shaved and rendered surgically clean in the usual manner, as are also the penis and preputial cavity. The urethra and, if possible, the bladder are flushed out with warm boric-acid solution by means of a cathe- ter and an Ultzmann hard-rubber hand-syringe; if the bladder can be entered, it should be left partially filled with the solution, which in difficult cases will greatly aid the surgeon in finding it. All metal instruments must be sterilized and placed in trays of hot boiled water ; the soft ones are carefully washed in soap and hot water, aud laid in sterilized gauze. The surgeon prepares himself as he would for any major operation, and sits on a stool facing the perineum and with his back to the light. External Urethrotomy for Drainage. This operation is performed for draining the bladder in cases of chronic Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 107 cystitis and urethritis that have resisted all forms of local treatment and that are not complicated by stricture. A Gouley's tunnelled sound or catheter staff (see Fig. 32) is passed to the bladder as a guide to cut upon, and Fig. 32. fv^ e. TIEMAIV/V XrCO. Gouley's catheter staff and guide. held exactly in the median line by an assistant, who also retracts the scrotum and bulges out the perineum by pressing. the convexity of the instrument downward and forward. An incision about two inches in length is then made in the median line down to the groove on the convex side of the guide, and the urethra opened for about an inch through which the index-finger, a gorget, or grooved director is passed to explore the blad- der, and, if so desired, to dilate the prostatic urethra. Fig. 33. Otis perineal tubfe. An Otis perineal tube of about No. 30 to 35 French (see Fig. 33) is piassed into the bladder and held there by means of a silk suture, which, being passed through both edges of the wound and the tube, is securely tied. The bladder is irrigated with warm boric-acid solution, which is thrown in by means of an Ultzmann hard- Digitized by Microsoft® 108 QONOBBBCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. rubber hand-syringe or irrigator-through the perineal drain. Bleeding points are caught and ligated, the wound packed with iodoform gauze, and the dressing held in place by a firm T-bandage. When the patient is put to bed the perineal tube is attached to a piece of rubber tubing by means of a glass coupler through which we can see whether the bladder is draining prop- erly or not. The tubing terminates in a bottle under the bed, which is one-quarter filled with a 1 : 20 car- bolic acid solution ; this keeps the urine sweet which runs into it and prevents the entrance of air into the bladder. The perineal tube is left in place for from one to two weeks, according to the results obtained, but must be taken out every few days and cleansed to pre- vent the deposit and accumulation of urinary salts upon and within its interior. External Urethrotomy (Gouley's operation). The patient being prepared for operation as already de- scribed, a long whalebone filiform bougie (about twenty- four inches) is passed through the stricture into the bladder. A good-sized Gouley tunnelled catheter is then passed over the filiform to the anterior face of the stricture and held there exactly in the median line by an assistant, who pressing the instrument downward renders the perineum tense. The operator then cuts dgwn on the groove on the convex surface of the cathe- ter, beiqg careful not to wound the bulb, which causes a troublesome oozing over the operative field, or to cut the filiform guide. The urethra is opened by a single incision about one inch in length, which thus exposes the catheter and the filiform bougie lying in its groove. A stout silk ligature is now passed through each edge of the urethral wound and the ends held by assistants, Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 109 thus keeping the urethra open for inspection and subse- quent instrumentation. The catheter is now withdrawn and Arnott's grooved probe (see Fig. 34) passed into the bladder by the side of the filiform. The probe being firmly held in the median line, Gouley's blunt bistoury is passed in its groove, and the stricture cut on Fig. 34. (T Arnott's grooved probe. the roof of the urethra; the bistoury is then withdrawn, the probe inverted so that its groove looks downward, and the stricture incised on the floor of the urethra in the same manner as on the roof. As soon as the stric- ture is divided the urine runs or gushes out through the wound along the knife, thus showing that the bladder has been reached. Teale's gorget (see Fig. 35) Fig. 35. Teale's gorget. is passed through the thoroughly divided stricture into the bladder and the filiform and probe removed. A full- ^ized, sound is then passed through the meatus into the bladder to see that all is clear, and the perineal tube is introduced over the gorget, which is then taken out ; the subsequent steps in regard to drainage, dressing, irrigation, etc., being precisely the same as those already 6 Digitized by Microsoft® 110 QONOBRHOEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. described on page 107, under external urethrotomy for bladder drainage. The bladder should be explored by the index-finger or a sound, as in these cases small cal- culi are sometimes found in the prostatic urethra or bladder. A sound should be passed on the second day after the operation, and every few days until the peri- neal wound is closed, after which it is passed at longer intervals. External Urethrotomy ( Wheelhouse's operation). This operation is employed in cases that will no't admit of the passage of even the smallest filiform through the stricture. The patient is prepared and placed on the operating-table as above described. A Wheelhouse staff (see Fig. 36) is passed down to the anterior face. Fig. 36. Wheelhouse staff. of the stricture, with its groove toward the perineum, and held there by an assistant, who at the same time retracts the scrotum. The operator cuts down on the staff through the perineum, opening the urethra on the groove of the instrument about a quarter of an inch in front of the stricture ; the cut edges of the urethral wound are retracted by long silk ligatures passed through them. The staff is now withdrawn until its extremity appears in the wound, it is then turned around so that the groove looks toward the pubes, and the bulbous point hooked under the upper angle of the. urethral wound, which it retracts upward. The oper- ator now has a clear view of the anterior face of the stricture ; this is carefully examined for its opening by Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRIGTUBE. m means of a fine-pointed, grooved director, which is passed through it into the bladder. The stricture is divided with a straight blunt bistoury on the director, as in Gouley's operation, and a sound passed from the meatus to the bladder to see that no contraction has been left. The drainage, dressing, irrigation, etc., are the same as in the perineal operations above detailed. If the opening in the stricture cannot be found, the surgeon will then have to complete the operation without a guide, cutting through the stricture slowly and care- fully in the median line with the index-finger of the left hand in the rectum, which, pressing up against the membranous urethra, keeps the operator informed as to the proximity of the rectum, and the position of the apex of the prostate gland, both of which are valuable landmarks. Perineal Section (Cock's operation). This operation, also known as external urethrotomy without a guide, is performed in those cases which will not admit of the passage of any instrument through the anterior urethra. It is, therefore, done without a guide, and should not be undertaken unless the surgeon is thoroughly ac- quainted with the anatomy of the perineum. The usual preparations for perineal operations hav- ing been made, the surgeon makes a last attempt to pass a filiform guide under ether, which, if accomplished, converts the perineal section into an external ure- throtomy with a guide ; this attempt having failed, the steps in the operation are as follows : the index-finger of the left hand is introduced into the rectum, and its tip kept in contact with the apex of the prostate gland. The knife is then thrust into the median line of the Digitized by Microsoft® 112 QONOBBRCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. perineum, about an inch above the anus, and carried toward the finger in the rectum, opening the urethra just at the apex of the prostate. A probe-pointed director or gorget is now passed through the perineal wound into the bladder, which should be explored by the right index-finger. The drainage and the subse- quent treatment are precisely the same as described in the other perineal operations. After the bladder has been drained for a few days the congestion and oedema in the anterior strictures subside, and they may then be cut or dilated as is deemed best. Retention of Urine. Retention of urine may occur during the course of a gonorrhoea from inflammatory swelling of the urethral mucous membrane, with spasm of the compressor urethrse muscle ; it is also a frequent complication of stricture of the urethra, the mucous membrane covering which becomes suddenly swollen and congested from alcoholic and sexual excesses, un- skilful and over-zealous instrumentation, catching cold, bodily fatigue, etc. In old men, with hypertrophied prostates, retention frequently follows mild excesses in eating and drinking, exposure to cold, or over-exertion, or, in fact, anything that tends to congest the mucous membrane of the prostatic urethra and the prostate itself. These cases may be associated with compressor spasm caused by the prostatic irritation. Treatment of Retention. If retention occurs during the course of an acute gonorrhoea, the patient should be put in a hot sitz bath for at least fifteen minutes, and given opium internally, or a hypodermic of morphine. Hot water may also be injected into the rectum while the patient is in the bath. If these means fail to relieve Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. II3 the spasm and congestion in the urethra, the patient must be catheterized with a medium-sized, soft-rubber, velvet-eyed catheter. Should a more rigid instrument be required, we may then use either a blunt or olivary pointed silk catheter (see Fig. 37), which, although firm, is very flexible, and readily adapts itself to the urethral curves. The catheter must be thoroughly cleansed, lubricated with pure white vaseline, and passed slowly and gently down to and beyond the obstruction. Fig. 37. Olivary pointed sUk catheter. When retention is caused by stricture of the urethra we may first try the hot bath and opium, which in some cases are successful ; if they fail, however, we then resort to catheterization, using any of the instruments above described for this purpose, or a small English gum catheter with stylet, about No. 6 of the French scale (see Fig. 38), which can be bent in any fash- ion. Bumstead's retention catheter (see Fig. 39) is sometimes very serviceable, provided the filiform guide to which it is screwed can be passed through the stric- ture. If we are still unsuccessful in reaching the bladder, the urethra is then injected full of warm olive oil, which is retained by compressing the meatus, and several filiform bougies are passed down to the face of the stricture, the penis being held on the stretch and at right-angles to the body. Each filiform is tried in turn, until one finally passes the stricture and enters the bladder ; this one is always left in, and the others removed. In a short time the urine may begin to Digitized by Microsoft® 114 GONORUHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Fig. 38. Fig. 39. I EngUsh gum catheter with stylet. Bumstead's retention catheter. Digitized by Microsoft® TBEA TMENT OF STRICTURE. 1 1 ft dribble out along the side of the retained filiform, but this is not always the case. Using this filiform as a guide, we may either pass a tunnelled catheter over it and draw the urine, or several sizes of tunnelled sounds, and in this manner dilate the stricture rapidly. If deemed advisable at' this thne, the surgeon should per- form external urethrotomy, using the filiform as a guide ; in this manner relieving the retention and cutting the stricture at one sitting. If it is impossible to pass any instrument through the stricture, we then resort to suprapubic aspiration of the bladder, passing the needle through the space of Retzius and anterior bladder-wall, which, fortunately, is not covered by peritoneum. Aspiration is performed as follows : the operative field is shaved and rendered surgically clean, and a few drops of a 4 per cent, solu- tion of cocaine are injected beneath the skin, directly in the median line, and just above the symphysis; the integument over this spot is incised for about a quarter of an inch, and a sterilized aspirating-needle thrust downward through the incision into the bladder and most of the urine drawn ; the needle is then removed, and the little puncture dusted with iodoform and covered with collodion or rubber plaster. Fig. 40 shows a very good and compact form of aspirator, which can be attached to any ordinary glass bottle. If the retention is due to prostatic hypertrophy, we may then use either curved, olivary pointed catheters (see Fig. 41), or the Mercier coud6 or bicoud^ catheter. (See Fig. 42.) The angle in these instruments enables them to ride over the bar or posterior median enlarge- ment of the prostate, which is situated at the vesical orifice of the urethra. The English catheter with Digitized by Microsoft® 116 GONOJRBIKEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Fig. 40. i^gfO Aspirator. Fig. 41. Curved olivary pointed catheter. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF STRICTURE. 117 stylet is sometimes serviceable in these cases, as is also the Otis prostatic guide, over which is drawn a small soft-rubber catheter. If catheterization is im- possible, the patient must, be aspirated as above de- scribed. Pia. 42. Meroier coud6 and McoudS catheters. It is always best in cases of retention, especially in old prostatics, never to draw all of the urine, or if by some mistake this has been done, a few ounces of a warm boric acid solution should be thrown into the bladder through the catheter or aspirating-needle. Treatment of Extravasation of Urine. No matter how great or small the amount of extravasated urine is, we must always bear in mind the clinical fact that it is due to a constant leakage of urine through a damaged urethra, and that in order to check it the bladder must be promptly drained through the perineum. This must be done without delay, as the longer it is put off the greater the extravasation becomes, which, if left un- controlled, means abscess-formation, or sloughing and gangrene of the soft parts, with more or less absorption of septic material. The patient, being etherized, is put in the lithotomy position, and the parts shaved and rendered as clean as 6* Digitized by Microsoft® 118 QONORBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. possible in the usual manner. The general condition should be ascertained, and strychnine, whiskey, digitalis, or ammonia administered if indicated. By free and deep incisions all of the extravasated urine must be liber- ated, the sloughy and gangrenous tissues removed, and bleeding points controlled. The incisions are thor- oughly irrigated with peroxide of hydrogen and hot bichloride of mercury solution, and then lightly packed with iodoform or sterilized gauze. External urethrotomy or perineal section is then per- formed, according to the manner already described under perineal operations for bladder drainage and stricture of the urethra. All of the stricture-tissue having been thoroughly divided a large perineal tube is passed into the bladder and secured in the usual manner. The incisions are kept scrupulously clean by frequent irrigation and dressing, and treated on general surgical principles. If urinary abscesses or fistulse exist, they must be freely opened, scraped, and drained at the time of the perineal operation. Urinary Fever, also known as catheter fever, urethral fever, urinary poisoning, and urinary infection, may follow any of the various operations or instrumental procedures on the urethra and bladder, especially in those cases in which the mucous membrane is lacerated, the urine septic, and the kidneys damaged. Patients are occasionally met with in whom the easy and gentle passage of clean urethral instruments is fol- lowed by pallor, faintness, and even complete loss of consciousness ; this is merely a reflex nervous phe- nomenon which is in no way connected with true ure- thral infection. Digitized by Microsoft® TBEA TMENT OF STBICTUBE. 119 There are two main varieties of urethral fever, as follows : In the first variety there is a slight rise in tempera- ture, coming on after urethral operation or instrumenta- tion, and preceded or accompanied by chilly sensations or a decided chill. These patients feel hot, uncom- fortable, and restless for a short time, after which they are perfectly well and cheerful. The second variety is more severe ; the chill is sudden, well marked, and prolonged, followed by a rise in tem- perature (sometimes as high as ] 05° F. or over), pro- fuse sweating, and general depression of the vital forces. This severe form may recur with each attempt at ure- thral instrumentation, and is usually accompanied by partial or total suppression of urine. These patients are in a critical condition, as their kidneys are, as a rule, more or less diseased. In regard to the etiology of urinary fever positive statements cannot be made, except that it is more apt to occur and to be more severe in patients with damaged kidneys, septic urine, and lesions of the bladder or ure- thral mucous membrane ; in the severer cases we find the bacterium coli commune, which seems to be the principal factor in this peculiar form of urinary infec- tion ; its origin is as yet uncertain, the theory being that it comes either from the tissues, the urine, or both. In order to guard against urethral fever we must be absolutely aseptic in all of our operative procedures and instrumental examinations on the genito-urinary tract, and endeavor not to produce lacerations or abra- sions of the bladder or urethral mucous membrane by over-zealous and rough instrumentatiou. Digitized by Microsoft® 120 OONOBBHCEA AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. Treatment of Urinary Fever. The patient is kept in bed and made as comfortable as possible by means of morphine, alcohol baths, and antipyretics ; cardiac stimu- lants are administered if indicated, and, should there be any sign of suppression of urine, we must immediately order cups over the kidneys and hot-air baths, with sweet spirits of nitre and copious and frequent draughts of water, or, in fact, any other means at our disposal to start the proper function of the kidneys. If there are any operative wounds of the urethra, they must be kept clean by irrigation, and the urine drawn with sterilized catheters. Boric acid, benzoate of soda, etc., given internally do have some effect on the urine, and may, therefore, be employed. Digitized by Microsoft® PART II. THE CHANCROID. CHAPTER XIX. THE CHANCROID. The chancroid, also called the soft chancre, the simple and non-infecting chancre, or the local contagious ulcer of the genitals, is an acute inflammatory and destruc- tive lesion, whose action is purely local in character and limited to the parts upon which it is situated, and to the lymphatic vessels and glands in anatomical rela- tion with those parts. MODES OP INFECTION. Chancroidal infection may be either direct or mediate. Direct infection is caused by the transferrence of the secretion from the genitals of one person to those of another during coitus, or unnatural practices. Mediate infection is that mode in which the pus is transferred upon any article to a healthy individual, the agents of transfer being surgical instruments, dress- ings, towels, or the fingers. Although this manner of chancroidal infection is quite rare, it does sometimes occur. Digitized by Microsoft® 122 THE CHANCROID. ETIOLOGY, The chancroid is in reality an "infected or septic ulcer" of the genitals and has no specific virus of its own. It is frequisntly caused by the secretion of a chancroid, a chancroidal adenitis, or lymphangitis. It also origi- nates from pus derived from the irritated lesions of syphilitics, and from irritated simple lesions in syphi- litic subjects ; or, in fact, any form of pus containing pyogenic microbes, as is well illustrated in those cases where men derive chancroids from women, who on careful examination reveal nothing but a purulent dis- charge, which, entering a hair follicle, chafe, or abra- sion on the male genitals, produces a chancroid. Chancroids also originate de novo in subjects who have not had sexual intercourse for many months previous to the appearance of the ulcer, and therefore in no way related to it; these cases are sometimes followed by suppurative adenitis in either one or both groins. The infecting agent or cause of these chancroids is some form of dirt, which gains access to the tissues through a ruptured herpetic vesicle, or, in fact, any lesion which leaves a raw and absorbing surface. Patients can, therefore, be positively informed that chancroids may and do sometimes develop de novo, their origin having no relation whatever with the sexual act. Such in- stances are frequently met with in patients with long foreskins who suffer from balanitis and herpetic vesi- cles, which if kept clean promptly heal, but if neglected may become infected and thus converted into typical chancroids, which are sometimes complicated by sup- purating buboes. Ducrey describes a rod- shaped bacillus with rounded Digitized by Microsoft® THE CHANCROID. 123 ends which he always finds in the chancroidal secre- tions, and claims, therefore, that it is the specific factor in all cases of chancroid. Up to the present time, how- ever, he has not been able to cultivate this bacillus, and, therefore, no positive conclusions or assertions in regard to its specific nature can be made, CHAEACTEEISTICS OF THE CHANCROID. The chancroid has no fixed period of incubation, and usually makes itself manifest in a day or so after infec- tion, its rapidity of development depending on the re- sistance of the tissues upon which it is situated ; thus chancroids develop much more rapidly on mucous membranes and raw surfaces than they do upon the integument, which ofiers more obstruction to the inva- sion of the pyogenic microbes. The chancroid usually begins as a small pustule, the mucous membrane or integument surrounding which is bright red in color ; the pustule soon ruptures, leav- ing a round or irregular ulcer, with sharply cut edges, undermined walls, worm-eaten, rough and yellow _^oor, which gives rise to a brownish, purulent, and auto- inoculable secretion. The surrounding integument or mucous membrane is bright red in color, due to the acute inflammatory nature of the lesion. There is an inflammatory oedema or thickening of the tissues around and beneath the sore, which shades off" gradually into the surrounding parts, thus differing from the indura- tion of the chancre, which is hard, firm, and sharply limited. Duration. The duration of the chancroid varies, and depends greatly upon its extent, situation, and the treat- Digitized by Microsoft® 124 THE CHANCBOID. ment employed. Chancroids of the meatus are usually followed by more or less contraction of the canal at this point, while those situated on the free edge of the prepuce lead to phimosis from cicatricial contraction of the preputial orifice. SEAT OF CHANCROID. Chancroids are most commonly found upon the gen- ital organs of either sex, but may occur on the head, face, and finger, usually from auto-inoculation. They may be situated either on the free border or inner sur- face of the. prepuce, upon the penis at or within the meatus, on the glans, corona glandis, or in the sulcus behind the glans. When occurring on the scrotum, pubes, thighs, or anus, they are ordinarily due to auto- inoculation. As the result of unnatural practices, we sometimes find chancroids situated at the anus and within the rectum. VARIETIES OF CHANCROID. Before considering the different varieties and forms that the chancroidal ulcer may assume, it will be well to describe again the salient features of the ordinary chancroid that is most commonly met with in practice. This lesion is rather small, with oval or irregular out- line, and usually multiple; the tissues about it are bright red in color and cedematous, but not indurated ; the edges are irrrgular and sharply cut; the waMs under- mined ; the floor yellow and worm-eaten in appearance ; and the secretion purulent, brownish-yellow in color, and autoinoculable. Digitized by Microsoft® THE CHANGBOID. 125 The folliGular or acneform chanoroid. This form of chancroid begins in hair or sebaceous follicles, and is situated at the junction of integument and mucous membrane, as upon the mucous membrane of the labia majora and the integument of the genital organs. It originates as a small pustule, which is soon converted into a deep, ragged ulcer, whose secretion is very de- structive in character. The eothymatous chancroid is usually found upon those parts of the integument of the genitals which are dry and are not in contact with opposing surfaces. It begins as a little red spot, which is finally converted into a pustule with an area of redness around it ; the pustule increases in size, and dries up into a blackish- green crust, beneath which is a typical chancroid. The ulcus elevatum is that form of chancroid in which the tissues around and beneath the sore are unusually oedematous ; thus raising the lesion above the level of " surrounding skin or mucous membrane. The serpiginous chancroid. This term is applied to any chancroidal ulcer which shows a tendency to extend at its periphery, and to invade and destroy the surround- ing tissues to a greater or less degree. The lesion generally begins as a chancroidal bubo, which, if un- checked, may extend over the groin, abdomen, thighs, genitals, and perineum ; it is, however, a rare form for the chancroid to assume. The phagedenic chancroid. Phagedena is fortunately a rare complication of chancroid, and occurs in persons who are insufficiently nourished, and in whom the original lesion was neglected and not kept in a cleanly condition. There are two forms of phagedenic chancroid : first, Digitized by Microsoft® 126 THE CHANCROID. the sloughing or gangrenous, and, second, the serpig- inous. The sloughing or gangrenous form has a foul puru- lent secretion, with sloughing and gangrenous floor, and is surrounded by cedematous tissues, which are purplish in color. It destroys the soft parts by extend- ing in depth and at its margins. The serpiginous form is similar to the above, except that its extension is more superficial in character. The phagedenic chancroid in either of its forms is associated with more or less pain and uneasiness in the lesion, and such constitutional disturbances as are caused by the absorption of the septic material from the sloughing and gangrenous sore. CHANCEOIDAL LYMPHANGITIS. In chancroid of the penis the lymphatic vessels may become enlarged, hot, red in color, and very painful from absorption of the chancroidal secretions. This inflammation may either subside or go on to suppu- rationj with the formation of abscesses and chancroidal ulcers along the course of the lymphatic vessels. CHANCROIDAL ADENITIS. Chancroidal adenitis, or " bubo," as it is commonly called, is caused by the passage of septic secretions from the sore to the glands in the groin, by means of the lymphatic vessels of the penis. The glands in either one or both groins become en- larged, matted together, and very painful, while at the same time the skin over them assumes a red and brawny Digitized by Microsoft® THE CHANCROID. 127 appearance. Suppuration of the glandular mass soon begins and converts it into a large abscess-cavity, which, if not incised, ruptures spontaneously, leaving a deep, sloughing pocket, with undermined and broken-down edges, thus constituting a typical chancroidal bubo. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. The chancroid may be mistaken for many lesions occurring on the penis, the most prominent among them being the hard chancre, ruptured herpetic vesicles, abra- sions, chafes, fissures, and exulcerated balanitis. The hard chancre has a definite period of incubation, usually from two to three weeks, and under proper treatment becomes typically indurated, as do the glands in anatomical relation with it ; its secretion is serous, and its floor smooth, red, and shining in appearance. Herpetic vedcles coalesce, and are not so deeply ulcerated as chancroids, unless they become infected with some form of dirt, when they are in this manner converted into typical chancroids. The previous history of the formation of the vesicles associated with local pain and itching is of great aid in making a diagnosis. In exulcerated balanitis the lesion is large and super- ficial, with smooth floor, and no undermining of the edges, as occurs in chancroid. Abrasions, chafes, and fissures, unless ulcerated, are readily recognized, as under appropriate treatment they heal rapidly, and leave no thickening or induration of the tissues upon which they were situated. In diagnosing any lesion of the penis the physician must always use the greatest care and precaution before giving a positive opinion, as in many cases it takes Digitized by Microsoft® 128 THE GHANCBOID. several days for the lesion to assume its typical appear- ances. In the meantime these patients are treated locally by bland applications, and told to refrain from sexual relations. PROGNOSIS. The prognosis of chancroid is as a rule good, pro- vided the sore can be kept scrupulously clean and the parts put at rest. Chancroids of the meatus or urethra, and those complicated by a long, tight prepuce, are more difficult to keep clean, and, therefore, the prognosis as to a speedy cure is not so favorable as when the sore is more readily accessible. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XX. TREATMENT OF THE CHANCROID AND ITS COMPLICATIONS. THE CHANCROID. Patients suffering from chancroid must be kept as quiet as possible, put on a light, nutritious diet, and told to abstain from alcohol in all forms. The treat- ment of the sore depends somewhat upon its situation, the important points being to keep it absolutely clean, free from all irritation, separated from healthy tissues, and not to cauterize it unless positively indicated. The sore and surrounding parts should be thoroughly washed in hot bichloride of mercury solution 1 : 2000 morning and evening, or more frequently if possible, and dried, the lesion itself being lightly dusted with a powder consisting of equal parts of iodoform and boric acid, or pure iodoform. lodol or aristol may be used in the same manner in cases where the chancroidal pro- cess is not extensive. If wet dressings are desired, we can employ red wash, the formula for which has been given on page 34, or solutions of boric acid, bichloride of mercury, or car- bolic acid, applying them on absorbent gauze, which is changed every few hours. All of the dressings used upon or about the sore must be destroyed as soon as removed, and the patient told Digitized by Microsoft® 130 THE CHANGBOID. to wash his hands very carefully immediately after the dressing is completed. Cauterizatioti. As a general rule cauterization is un- necessary and even harmful, provided the sore can be kept surgically clean in the manner above described. If, however, in spite of cleanliness and proper local treatment the lesion extends and threatens the destruc- tion of the surrounding parts, then we must resort to cauterization in the following manner, -using either liquid carbolic or strong nitric acid : the sore is care- fully washed with 1 : 2000 hot bichloride of mercury solution, dried with absorbent gauze, and lightly touched with liquid carbolic acid by means of absorbent cotton wrapped on a small wooden applicator, which is de- stroyed immediately after use. Care must be taken to apply the acid not only to the floor of the lesion, but also to its undermined waUs and edges. A cold lead and opium dressing is then applied for a few hours to allay the pain and inflammation following cauteriza- tion, and the patient told to keep very quiet. If carbolic acid is not strong enough, we may then resort to nitric add, cleaning and drying the sore as just described, and anaesthetizing it by means of an 8 per cent, cocaine solution dropped on absorbent gauze, which is laid over the sore for a few minutes before the acid is applied ; this should be done carefully and spar- ingly, the surrounding and healthy tissues being pro- tected by a little vaseline. The subsequent treatment is the same as when carbolic acid is used, although the inflammatory reaction is much more marked. Chancroids of the urethra require the following spe- cial treatment : the patient having urinated, the prepuce is retracted and the parts washed off with bichloride or Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF CHANGBOID. 131 Fig. 43. carbolic acid solution. A small, soft-rabber catheter lubricated with glycerin is then passed down the ure- thra beyond the lesions, and a pint or so of hot bichlo- ride of mercury solution injected by means of an Ultzmann hard- rubber hand-syringe or irrigator. In this manner the canal is washed out from behind forward, the solu- tion escaping at the meatus, where it is caught in a suitable vessel. Iodoform or equal parts of iodo- form and boric acid are then blown into the urethra, which is packed with sterilized or iodoform gauze. Chancroids situated beneath a long, tight prepuce, which cannot be retracted, require very careful and active treatment. Frequent subpreputial injections of hot bi- chloride of mercury solution may be employed, but the better plan is to make two lateral incisions through the foreskin and expose the parts for inspection and local treatment, thus preventing slough- ing, with more or less destruction of the glans a,nd surrounding tis- sues. Lateral Incidons (Taylor's op- eration). The patient having been etherized, the parts are shaved and rendered surgically clean in the usual manner, and with Taylor's phimosis scissors (see Fig. 43) a lateral cut is made through Taylor's phimosis scissors. Digitized by Microsoft® 132 THE CHANCROID. each side of the prepuce from its free edge, well down into the coronal sulcus, thus forming an upper and lower flap, which when retracted expose the entire glans penis and the inner surface of the foreskin, which is not the case when the dorsal incision is made. The chancroids are then treated as already described, and the raw edges of the wounds protected from infection by frequent dress- ings and irrigations with very hot bichloride solution. The hemorrhage, which is quite free, is readily con- trolled by the pressure of the dressing. When the edges of the flaps are completely healed they may be removed by a simple plastic operation, which, if nicely done, gives the patient a very sightly organ. If chancroids become serpiginous or phagedenic in character, we must build up the patient's general con- dition by the administration of strychnine, iron, or quinine, and plenty of good, nutritious food. The local treatment consists of frequent, copious, and very hot irrigations of 1 : 2000 bichloride of mercury solution and soaking the entire organ in this solution every few hours. A dressing of powdered iodoform, frequently changed, is about the best, the parts being kept dry and clean. If cauterization is required, it must be per- formed in the manner already described ; in severe cases, however, it is best to scrape off the sloughing floor and edges of the sore before applying the acid. In some cases the local pain is so great that we are obliged to resort to the use of opium or morphine, either internally or by hypodermic injection. CHANCROIDAL ADENITIS OE BUBO. If during the course of chancroids the inguinal glands become enlarged and painful, the overlying integument Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF CHANCBOW. 133 may be painted with tincture of iodine, or rubbed with compound iodine ointment, the latter being covered with absorbent gauze, which is held in place by a spica bandage. In spite of the counter-irritant treatment above given the glands usually fuse together, break down, and suppurate, thus forming an abscess, which must be treated either by aspiration of the pus and in- jection of iodoform ointment, or by free incision with removal of all of the infected glands. First Method. This method, which was advocated by Scott Helme in 1886, and which I have somewhat modified,' should be tried in all cases of suppurative adenitis or bubo, as it leaves no compromising scar in the groin, nor is it necessary for the patient to take an anaesthetic, remain in bed, or be subjected to a more or less painful and tedious convalescence. The steps in the procedure are as follows : 1. The operative field is shaved and rendered surgi- cally clean in the usual manner. 2. A few drops of a 4 per cent, solution of cocaine are injected beneath the skin where the puncture is to be made. 3. A straight, sharp-pointed bistoury is then thrust well into the most prominent part of the tumor until pus flows. 4. All of the pus is forced out through this opening by firm but gentle pressure, as this procedure is, as a rule, very painful. 5. The abscess-cavity is irrigated with, pure peroxide of hydrogen until it returns practically clear. 6. It is then irrigated with 1 : 6000 bichloride of 1 " lodoform-ointment Injections in the Treatment of Suppurative Adenltig of the Groin." Amer. Journ. of the Medical Sciences, Nov. 1895, 7 Digitized by Microsoft® 134 THE CHANCROID. mercury solution, all of which is carefully squeezed out. 7. The now thoroughly cleansed abscess-cavity is completely filled, but not painfully distended, with 10 per cent, iodoform ointment, by means of an ordinary conical glass syringe previously warmed in hot water. 8. A cold, wet bichloride dressing is applied with a fairly firm spica bandage, the cold congealing the oint- ment at the wound and thus preventing its escape into the dressing. The patient should be kept very quiet for the first twenty-four to forty-eight hours, rest in bed being pref- erable, although not absolutely necessary. The dressing is removed at the end of the third or fourth day and the parts examined. If pus has reac- cumulated or the ointment escaped into the dressing, a second injection may be made. If, on the other hand, all looks well, the first dressing is replaced by a gauze pad and spica bandage, and the patient told to report in two or three days for examination. In order to secure the most favorable results from this method, it should only be employed when the glands are quite 'thoroughly broken down, so that the iodoform may come in direct contact with all of the infected tissue. If after one, two, or even three injec- tions this method fails to produce the desired result, an incision may then be made and the contents of the bubo removed, the previous treatment not having in- terfered in any way with this operation. Second Method. The patient being etherized, the operative field is shaved and rendered aseptic in the ordinary manner. A long, clean incision is then made over the most prominent part of the mass and parallel Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF CHANGBOID. I35 with the inguinal fold, thus exposing the broken-down, suppurating, and infected glands, every one of which must be removed, great care being exercised not to wound the femoral vessels or their branches. Bleeding points are caught and ligated, and the abscess-cavity thoroughly scraped with a sharp spoon and irrigated with peroxide of hydrogen and hot bichloride of mer- cury solution 1 : 2000. The now clean and dry wound is lightly dusted with iodoform and packed with iodo- form gauze, over which is placed the usual sterilized gauze and cotton dressing, which is held in place by a firm spica bandage. In severe cases, where the pus has burrowed down toward the thigh and up on the belly, it is well to com- bine a vertical with the transverse incision for purposes of better and freer drainage. Digitized by Microsoft® Digitized by Microsoft® PART III. SYPHILIS. CHAPTER XXI. INTJSODUCTION. Syphilis is a chronic, infectious, and constitutional disease. Entering the system by means of the blood- vessels and lymphatics, it attacks primarily the con- nective tissue, and may in its course aifect every tissue and organ in the body. The disease is characterized by an increase of the connective-tissue cells and by the development of a new tissue, called granulation or gummatous tissue, which is composed of small round cells, resembling white cor- puscles. By some observers syphilis is thought to be caused by a micro-organism, but up to the present time no specific bacillus has been positively demonstrated in all syphil- itic lesions, and therefore no uniform results or positive conclusions have been obtained. Lustgarten, in the year 1884, discovered a bacillus in two cases of initial sclerosis and in a syphilitic gumma ; he describes the bacilli as slightly curved rods, situated Digitized by Microsoft® 138 SYPHILIS. in the interior of nucleated cells. Other investigators have found different microbes in syphilitic lesions, which they claim to be the cause of the disease. There are two form,s of syphilis — the acquired form and the hereditary form ; both are due to the same virus, but differ in their course, lesions, and symptoms. Acquired syphilis is communicated by a syphilitic person to one free from the disease ; the point of inocu- lation being always marked by the initial lesion. Hereditary syphilis is transmitted in utero from either one or both parents, and in this form there is no initial lesion. As a general rule, syphilis occurs but once in the same individual, although reinfection may take place both in the acquired and hereditary formsj as is shown by a few well-authenticated cases of second attacks. The course of syphilis may, according to Ricord, be divided into three stages — the primary, the secondary, and the tertiary; but it must not be forgotten that in*a large number of cases tertiary lesions may occur in the secondary stage, or vice versd, or that lesions of these different stages may be present at the same time, thus showing that the disease does not invariably follow these sharply defined periods. The primary stage consists of two periods of incuba- tion. The first period of incubation exists from the time of infection to the appearance of the initial lesion, and, as a rule, lasts from fourteen to twenty-one days ; but may be as short as ten or as long as seventy days. This is immediately followed by the second period of incubation, which dates from the formation of the initial lesion to the development of constitutional manifesta- tions, and usually occupies forty to forty-five days, but Digitized by Microsoft® INTBOBUOTION. 139 may be prolonged to sixty, seventy, or even ninety days. These two periods of incubation make up the primary stage of syphilis; the duration of which is from fifty to eighty days. The lesions of the primary stage are : the initial lesion, or chancre, and the glandular and lymphatic indurations, in relation with the sore. The lymphatic glands and vessels in anatomical relation with the initial lesion become indurated from about the tenth to the fourteenth day. The secondary stage of syphilis, or the stage of con- stitutional manifestations, now begins, and is character- ized by superficial lesions of the skin and mucous membranes, as well as their dependencies, and by affec- tions of- the eyes and the lymphatic glands. The dura- tion of this stage is variable, usually lasting from one to two years, and depending greatly upon the treatment, the habits, and constitution of the patient. The tertiary stage of syphilis begins at about the end of the second year, but is not so frequently observed now as formerly, owing to the improved methods of treatment during the first months of the disease. It manifests itself by gummous, tubercular, bullous, and ulcerative lesions ; also by affections of the nervous system, viscera, and bones. SOURCES OF CONTAGION. The secretion of the initial lesion is contagious. The secretions of the secondary lesions (mucous patches, condylomata, etc.), the blood, and the lymph, in the Digitized by Microsoft® 140 SYPHILIS. secondary stage, are contagious. The physiological secretions, such as the tears, milk, saliva, and sweat, are innocuous, unless mixed with the blood or secre- tions from primary and secondary lesions. The semen is innocuous upon a cutaneous or mucous surface, but may transmit syphilis to the ovum. The urine is in all probability also innocuous. It is doubtful if the secretions of the tertiary lesions are contagious. MODES OF INFECTION. Syphilitic infection may be either direct or mediate. Direct infection takes place most frequently from the genitals of one person to those of another during coitus ; also in unnatural practices between persons of the same or opposite sex. Mouth-to-mouth infection, as in kissing, is hot in- frequent. Surgeons, obstetricians, dentists, and midwives are very liable to infection on the fingers, and should there- fore exercise great care in handling or operating upon syphilitic subjects. Mediate infection is that form in which the syphilitic virus upon any article is transferred to a healthy per- son. The agents of transfer may be cigars, pipes, tooth-brushes, pencils, chewing-gum, handkerchiefs, whistles, drinking- and eating-utensils, razors, towels, toys, surgical operations — dressings, instruments, etc. Glassblowers are often infected, as a number of men use the same pipe. Vaccino-syphilis is rarely encountered at present, owing to the substitution of bovine for human virus. Digitized by Microsoft® INTRODUCTION. 141 When the disease ns contracted in any of the above ways, that is, without sexual contact, it is called syphilis of the innocents, or unmerited syphilis. Syphilis is pre- cisely the same disease and pursues essentially the same course whether derived from a primary or secondary lesion ; in both cases the point of entry of the syphilitic virus being marked by the initial lesion or chancre. 7* Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXII. THE INITIAL LESION OF SYPHILIS. The initial lesion of syphilis is also called the chancre ; the hard, indurated, infecting, or Hunterian chancre ; the initial sclerosis ; the primitive or initial neoplasm, and primary syphilitic ulcer. It originates in the secretions of primary or sec- ondary lesions, appears at the end of the first period of incubation (fourteen to twenty-one days), and is always situated at the point of entrance of the syph- ilitic virus. Usually there is but one initial lesion, although several may be present at the same time, infection having occurred simultaneously at several points. Chancres found upon the genital organs are called genital chancres; those situated elsewhere upon the body are designated as extra-genital chancres. Most frequently the initial lesion occurs upon the genitals, but may be situated upon any part of the body — as upon the lips, the tongue, the tonsils, the eye- lid or conjunctiva, the ear, the neck, the fingers, the pubes, the belly, the breasts, the arms, or within the rectum. In looking for the site of the initial lesion in obscure cases it is well to bear in mind the clinical fact, that the lymphatic glands in relation with the sore are always the largest and most indurated. Digitized by Microsoft® THE INITIAL LESION OF SYPHILIS. I43 There are six forms (Taylor) under which the initial lesion may appear at its heginning : First. The chancrous erosion. Second. The silvery spot. Third. The dry papule, or patch. Fowrth. The umbilicated papule, or follicular chancre. Fifth,. The purple necrotic nodule. Sixth. The ecthymatous chancre. The chancrous erosion is the most common form. It begins as a small spot of excoriation, dark-red in color at first, but finally becoming coppery red. The surface is smooth and polished and destitute of granulations. The secretion is serous and profuse. Usually there is but a single erosion ; exceptionally there may be several, in which case they are called multiple herpeti- form chancres. When, as the result of new cell-growth beneath it, the chancrous erosion becomes elevated above the level of the surrounding tissues, it is called the ulcus ele- vatum. The silvery spot is generally situated upon the glans and at the meatus ; it is pin-head in size and silvery- white in color, as if the mucous membrane had been touched with pure carbolic acid or nitrate of silver. The lesion increases slowly, and is finally replaced by a smooth, shining surface typical of chancre. The dry papule, or "papule seche of Lancereaux," is always in a dry condition, as its name implies. It is generally single and begins as a dull-red spot. The surface is flat or convex, brownish-red in color, and destitute of secretion. In some cases the papule sub- sides, while in others it becomes exulcerous. The umbilicated papule or follicular chancre is a rare Digitized by Microsoft® 144 SYPSILIS. form of the initial lesion; commencing as a small pinkish elevation with central depression, it increases in size and assumes a red color. The purple necrotie nodule. This is a very rare form of the initial lesion, and usually occurs on the glans and in the sulcus behind the corona. Beginning as a small, dark-red spot, it is finally converted into a purplish papule, which may either subside or go on to necrosis of the entire mass. ' The eothymatous chancre. By this form of initial lesion is simply meant a chancre that is covered with a brownish-black or greenish-brown crust, as the result of local irritation. Beginning in any of the above forms, the chancre finally develops into a superficial erosion, with purplish halo, sloping sides, smooth red floor, profuse serous secretion, and situated upon and surrounded by a cir- cumscribed mass of induration. Infecting balano -posthitis. This is a form under which the initial lesion sometimes appears, and may be mis- taken for simple balano-posthitis. The prepuce is infiltrated, its mucous membrane thickened, purplish- red in color, and slightly excoriated. The glans penis may or may not be eroded. In some cases the indura- tion is evenly distributed, in others it is localized. Induration. The induration of the chancre is a cartilaginous hardness of the tissues around and beneath the sore, and is not really typical until about the tenth or fourteenth day after the appearance of the chancre. It is due to a deposit of granulation tissue, which takes place without acute inflammation, and which is sharply defined at its circumference from the surrounding structures. The amount of induration Digitized by Microsoft® TBE INITIAL LESION OF SYPHILIS. 145 varies greatly, and depends a good deal upon the site of the chancre ; it is always well marked in the sulcus behind the corona glandis, at and within the meatus, or on the corona, but is absent or very slight on the glans itself. As a rule, the induration remains until the chancre has healed, although its duration is largely influenced by appropriate treatment. Parchment induration is that variety of induration in which the deposit is superficial and confined to the tissues directly beneath the sore. Relapsing induration. At any time during the course of syphilis indurated nodules may appear on the gen- itals ; they are either superficial or deep, and may be mistaken for primary lesions, especially when their surfaces become eroded and give rise to secretions. These nodules have been observed as early as the first, and as late as the tenth year bf the disease. Secretion. The secretion of the chancre is profuse, and serous in character unless the sore be irritated or infected, when it is rendered purulent. Duration,. The duration of the chancre varies in different cases and depends upon the treatment. It may remain until after the development of the secondary symptoms. Termination. As a rule, the site of the chancre is not marked by a cicatrix, but by a purplish-red spot, which in time fades to white. The lymphatic glands in the immediate neighborhood of the chancre become indurated on about the tenth or fourteenth day of its existence ; they are painless, freely movable upon and separate from each other, and do not suppurate unless the sore has been infected with pyo- Digitized by Microsoft® 146 SYPHILIS. genie microbes. The overlying skin remains normal in all respects. The lymphatic vessels become indurated about the same time as the chancre, and run from it toward the nearest group of glands. They are hiard and cord-like, and devoid of all acute inflammatory symptoms. The following table shows the situation of the en- larged glands in relation to the chancre : Inguiual glands. Chancres of the genital organs; of the integument in their immediate neighborhood, or of the anus. Chancres of the lips and chin. Submaxillary glands. Chancres of the tongue. Subhyoid glands. Chancres of the eyelids. Pre-auricular glands. Chancres of the fingers. Epitrochlearandaxillary glands. Chancres of the arm and breast. Axillary glands. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE CHANCRE AND CHANCROID. Chancre. Chancroid. Has a period of incubation ; gen- Has no period of incubation, erally two to three weeks. Looks like a superficial erosion. Is " punched out " and excavated in appearance. The edges are sloping. The edges are undermined. The floor is smooth, red or cop- The floor is uneven, " worm- per-colored. eaten," and yellow in color. The secretion is serous and pro- The secretion is purulent and fuse. auto-inoculable. Digitized by Microsoft® THE INITIAL LESION OF SYPHILIS. 147 Chancre. Chancroid The induration ia cartilaginous There is no induration, but the and sharply limited. sore may be surrounded by a zone of (Edematous infiltration, not sharply limited. The neighboring lymphatic If the neighboring lymphatic glands are indurated, pain- less, freely movable beneath the skin, not matted together, and rai-ely suppurate. The tissues around the sore are purplish in color. glands are involved, they form an inflamed, painful mass, which usually suppurates ; the overlying skin becomes red, tender, and hot. The tissues around the sore are bright red in color. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXIII. THE SBCONDAEY PERIOD, In some subjects the commencement of this period, which begins at about the end of the forty-fifth to the ninetieth day, is marked only by cutaneous lesions {syph- ilides), while in others there are various constitutional disturbances, such as fever, headache, neuralgia, pains in the bones, muscles or joints, insomnia, and anaemia. Syphilitic fever varies considerably in different cases. It is most marked in women and nervous subjects, and may be either intermittent, remittent, or continued in character ; as a rule, it is higher at night and just prior to the appearance of an eruption, after the development of which it usually subsides spontaneously. The fever may be accompanied by chilly sensations, or even a well- marked chill, and followed by mild or profuse sweating; there is a corresponding acceleration of the pulse and respiration. Syphilitic fever is uninfluenced by quinine, but yields readily to mercurial treatment. Neuralgic pains in different parts of the body, intense headache, and pains in the bones, joints, tendons, and muscles, which become worse at night, are very com- mon at this period of the disease. Insomnia, accompanied by various delusions, is some- times met with, especially in women and nervous sub- jects. Ancemia during this stage is frequently encountered, Digitized by Microsoft® THE SECONDARY PERIOD. 149 generally in run-down and debilitated subjects. There is a marked increase in the number of white blood- corpuscles, with a corresponding decrease in the number of red corpuscles. The skin and mucous membranes are very suscepti- ble to irritation and inflammation, as may frequently be observed in the slow healing of wounds and scratches in syphilitic subjects. Syphilitic analgesia consists in the loss of the sense of touch, of heat or cold, and of the perception of pain. It occurs in men and women, but most frequently in the latter sex. In some cases it extends over the entire body, while in others it is restricted to certain regions. Its favorite localities are the dorsal surfaces of the fore- arms, the hands, the ankles, and the feet. Beginning during the early secondary period, it may last for sev- eral months. Icterus is sometimes observed during the secondary stage, and is caused by a congestion of the mucous membrane of the ductus communis choledochus. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXIV. THE SYPHILIDES. The syphilides constitute the various lesions of the skin which may appear at any time during the course of syphilis; these syphilitic eruptions are caused by localized hyperemia and cell-infiltration. The hyper- semic or erythematous syphilides are peculiar to the early stages, while those due to cell-infiltration appear later. The infiltrating cells are small, round, granular, nucleated bodies, resembling white blood-corpuscles, and very similar to the cells found in the initial lesion and the later gummatous tumors. The course of the syphilides is chronic, and marked by the absence of acute inflammatory symptoms. As a rule, there is no pain or itching except when the lesions degenerate, or are situated on the scalp, when they may then cause more or less irritation. Very commonly several varieties of lesions are pres- ent at the same time; this occurrence is due to the chronicity of the syphilides, and their tendency to re- lapse. Their color, which is at first pinkish-red, finally fades to a brownish-red, copper, or "lean ham" color ; these pigmentary changes are probably due to a deposit of the coloring-matter of the blood in the affected spots. Relapses, particularly of the erythematous and pap- ular syphilides, are apt to assume a circular or ring- shaped form. Digitized by Microsoft® TBE SYPHILIDES. 161 THE ERYTHEMATOUS SYPHILIDE. Synonyms : Syphilitic erythema, syphilitic roseola, macular syphilide, syphilis cutanea maculosa, or syph- iloderma erythematosum. The erythematous syphilide is usually the first erup- tion to appear, and exists in all cases of syphilis, but may be so faint in some as to escape observation. The lesion consists of round, oval, or irregular spots of hypersemia with a diameter of from one line to half an inch. Their color varies fi'om a delicate pink to a de- cided red or even purple hue. In some cases there is only a mottling of the skin, or the eruption is so faint as to be invisible except on careful examination. Ex- posure to cold brings the spots into view, and this can be accomplished by applying alcohol to the surface, or having the patient undress in a cool room. At first the spots disappear on pressure, but at about the end of the first month they assume a permanent coppery color in cases that have not been treated. As a rule, the eruption appears first near the um- bilicus, then spreads over the trunk and extremities, especially on their flexor aspects; the dorsal surfaces of the hands and feet are rarely invaded, but the spots are very persistent on the palms and soles, where they may form scaling patches. On the back the eruption follows the obliquity of the ribs, from the median line outward. When it occurs on the scalp it is usually accompanied by alopecia. On the genitals of either sex, the macules may hypertrophy, and thus form condylomata lata; th'E same is true if they are situated about the anus, the umbilicus, the nose, the mouth, or in the folds beneath and between the breasts, or where surfaces of skin are Digitized by Microsoft® 152 SYPHILIS. in contact. If the face be involved, the eruption is most marked about the nose, mouth, chin, and espe- cially on the forehead at the border of the scalp, where the macules form the so-called " corona veneris." The eruption on the face is generally covered by fine scales of epidermis or yellowish-white crusts. With this eruption we may have condylomata lata, alopecia, affections of the nails, slight periostitis, or even osseous lesions, and scaling of the palms or soles. Iritis is rare, but may occur at this period. The course of the erythematous syphilide is slow, and its duration depends upon the degree of hypersemia and the treatment. Relapses are common during the first year, and when they occur the eruption is generally localized, and very apt to be circular or ring-shaped. This syphilide may be confounded with measles, scar- latina, or the erythema caused by cubebs, oil of sandal- wood, and copaiba, or the eruption occasioned by the internal or external use of mercury. THE PAPULAE SYPHILIDES. The lesion of the papular syphilides consists of cir- cumscribed cell-infiltration into the integument. It is sometimes the first eruption of the secondary stage, or may occur simultaneously with the erythematous syphi- lide, or even as late as the tertiary period. There are two varieties of the papular syphilide : the conical or miliary papular syphilide, and the lenticular or flat papular syphilide. THE -CONICAL OE MILIAEY PAPULAE SYPHILIDE. This syphilide has two varieties : the large conical or miliary papular syphilide, composed of- large papules, Digitized by Microsoft® TSE SYPSILIDES. 153 and the small eonieal or miliary papular syphilide, com- posed of ^mall papules. The large miliary papular syphilide is less common than the small variety, and is frequently associated with it. The papules are conical, red in color at first, but finally assume a coppery hue. They rarely appear in large numbers, and are generally scattered over the body. The papules are most profuse on the back and buttocks, the front of the thighs, the face, and the back of the neck. They are very prone to pustulate and degenerate into ulcers. In the small miliary papular syphilide the papules are about the size of a pin's head, round or conical, some- times umbilicated, and of a deep pinkish-red color. They are grouped either in the form of circles, segments of circles, or like the letter S or figure 8. The eruption begins about the face, and thence in- vades the entire body. Frequently some of the papules are converted irito vesicles or pustules-, by the formation of serum or pus on their apices. THE LENTICULAR OR FLAT PAPULAR SYPHILIDE. There are two varieties of this syphilide : the small lenticular or flat papular syphilide, composed of small papules, and the large lenticular or flai papular syphi- lide, composed of large papules. Small lenticular or flat papular syphilide. In this form the papules begin as little red spots, and rapidly increase in size to one-eighth or even one-quarter of an inch in diameter. They are round or oval, with flat surfaces and sharply limited margins. The papules first appear about the shoulders, the back of the neck, Digitized by Microsoft® 154 SYPHILIS. or the sides of the thorax, and are rapidly followed by others on the face and the front of the neck ; the trunk and body generally are then invaded, and on the back the eruption follows the course of the ribs. They are especially numerous on the flexor aspects of the extrem- ities and near joints. The supra- and infra-clavicular regions are not invaded. They are more numerous in the palmar than on the dorsal surfaces of the hands. If the papules extend below the knees, they are sparingly distributed on the inner surfaces of the legs, and sometimes on the soles. This syphilide frequently spares the face, although it may form the so-called " corona veneris." The color, which is at first a pinkish-red, soon be- comes coppery ; on the legs it may be purple, owing to blood-stasis or effusion. The amount of scaling varies greatly in different sub- jects and on the various parts of the body. The scales on the papules are small, adherent; and yellowish-white in color. Under mercurial treatment this eruption disappears rapidly, but leaves copper- colored spots of pigmentation. A relapse of this syphilide may occur at any time within two years after infection, and the papules then tend to form circles, or segments of circles, on the elbows and knees, and may be accompanied by papules on the shoulders and trunk. Large lenticular or flat papular syphilide. Com- mencing as small spots, the papules increase rapidly in size; they are elevated, sharply defined, and covered with small scales ; in diameter they vary from three- eighths of an inch to one inch. The color, which is at first red, soon becomes coppery. Their course is chronic. Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPHILIDES. 155 This syphilide really belongs to the middle and late periods of the secondary stage, is rarely seen as the first eruption, but- frequently appears as late as the second, and even the third year. The eruption consists of a large number of papules scattered irregularly over the body. Upon moist, warm, and unclean surfaces papules, either large or small, become excoriated and transformed into condylomata with a foul secretion, as between the toes, around the umbilicus, at the margin of the nostril, on the perineum, about the genitals, and between the thighs and scrotum. SCALING PAPULAR SYPHILIDE OF THE PALMS AND SOLES. Scaling papular syphilides of the palms and soles may occur at any time during the secondary period, or with tertiary lesions. Their course is chronic, painless, and unaccompanied by itching. The well-marked scaling syphilides of the palms and soles may appear as early as the third month, or much later. At first the papules are elevated, sharply defined, and of a deep-red color ; they increase in size, fuse to- gether, and form irregular spots and patches. There is a general thickening of the epidermis, with scaling and redness of the surface ; in severe cases the furrows of the hand may be converted into painful fis- sures, which are liable to last for months or for years. This affection may extend along the fingers to the nails, which become brittle and thickened. If the process continue, there may be a general cornification of the epidermis of the palm or sole, which becomes perforated Digitized by Microsoft® 156 SYPHILIS. with small holes, from which can be extracted chalk- like masses of epidermis ; this condition is known by some as " syphilis cutanea cornea." THE PUSTULAR SYPHILIDES. These syph Hides may appear at any time during the secondary stage, or even as late as the tertiary period. The pustules vary in size, from a pin's head to a ten- cent piece; are round or oval, and surrounded by a cop- pery zone. They may begin as papules or pustules. In some cases they cover the entire body, while in others they are limited to special regions. Relapses are very common. The crusts of the small pustules are green- ish-brown in color ; those of the larger and later ones being greenish-black, of firm consistence, and somewhat adherent. Beneath the small crusts there is little if any suppuration, but under the larger ones there are well-marked ulcers, secreting thick, brownish-yellow pus. THE SMALL PUSTULAR OR ACNE-FORM SYPHILIDB. This is a papulo-pustular syphilide, and attacks the sebaceous and hair follicles. It consists of small, con- ical, or slightly rounded pustules, which may form the entire eruption, or be accompanied by a papular or ery- matous syphilide. The appearance of this eruption is usually attended by fever, which may last days, or in some cases weeks, the temperature varying from 90° to 100° F., or over. The color of the bases of the pustules is at first bright red, but rapidly becomes brownish-red. The apices of Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPHILIDES. 167 the pustules are first yellow, but the pus is soon changed into a greenish-brown, somewhat adherent crust. In some cases the pustules are transformed into small ulcers ; in others they run together, forming complete or partial rings. The eruption usually begins about the face, the scalp, the back of the neck and the shoulders, and may then invade the entire body, but is most marked upon the scapular, sternal and gluteal regions, and on the outer aspects of the extremities. This syphilide generally appears from the third to the sixth month of the secondary period, and may run a very chronic course ; it relapses usually as a larger pustular or tubercular syphilide. The pustules leave small brown spots of pigmentation which disappear in a few months, or cicatrices which destroy the hair fol- licles, thus producing permanent alopecia. THE LA.EGE PUSTULAR OR IMPETIGO-FORM SYPHILIDE. This is a pustulo-crustaceous eruption, having a ten- dency to involve large areas of surface, and to become serpiginous in character. It usually appears about the middle or latter part of the first year of the disease, but may occur earlier or later. Most of the pustules are about the size of a pea or larger, and found upon the hairy parts, seldom on the hands and feet. The eruption commences as red spots, which are soon transformed into pustules; these are covered by dark- brown adherent crusts, which may run together, thus forming patches that attain a diameter of several inches ; 8 Digitized by Microsoft® 158 SYPHILIS. this is well seen on the face, at the margin of the scalp, in the scalp itself, about the alse nasi and commissures of the lips, upon the chin and in the beard. In some cases the eruption becomes serpiginous, gen- erally upon the upper extremities; it extends by a ring of ulceration, covered with a crust, and enclosing a healed area of skin. This serpiginous process may be either superficial or deep, according to the amount and depth of tissue it destroys. In neglected and untreated cases the ulceration may cause great destruction of tis- sue, especially upon the face and head ; this is rarely seen, however, if the patient receives early and proper treatment. Healing occurs under the crusts, which fall off, leaving smooth, red surfaces that remain pigmented for several months. This eruption is rarely present with the erythematous syphilide, but is not uncommon with the papular va- riety ; it generally occurs in debilitated and alcoholic subjects, or in those who have neglected early treatment. THE VARIOLA-FORM SYPHILIDE. This is a much less common eruption than the acne- form variety, and resembles variola and varicella. It is composed of round, superficial pustules, begin- ning as red spots, which in a day or so are converted into pustules. The pustules are surrounded by a deep- red areola ; when fully developed they become umbili- cated. In about a week greenish-brown, slightly adhe- rent crusts are formed, beneath which is an ulcerated They run a chronic course, do not increase in size, but in severe cases may merge together. Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPHILIDES. 159 They occur where the skin is soft and delicate, as upon the forehead, and at muco-cutaneous junctions, and are rarely found in the palms or on the soles. The eruption begins about the face, and spreads over the rest of the body. When the crusts fall oif their former sites are indi- cated by spots of pigmentation. THE ECTHYMA-FOKM SYPHILICB. There are two forms of this syphilide — the superficial and the de&p. The superficial form may appear at any time during the first year of syphilis, and consists of pustules; these begin as red elevations of the skin, which are soon transformed into pustules ; these increase in size, and are covered by round or conical crusts of a yellowish- brown color. Beneath the crust is an ulcerated surface, which secretes a thick pus. The pustules generally appear first about the scalp, particularly at its junction with the face and neck, and in a short time invade the various parts of the body, as the anterior surfaces of the legs and forearms, the trunk, and the inguinal and gluteal regions. The pustules may be disseminated, grouped in patches, or arranged in the form of. circles or segments of circles. In some cases they leave cicatrices, while in others they do not. The deep form of this syphilide is as a rule a late manifestation, but may be precocious, and is then very malignant. The eruption begins as round or oval elevations, upon which pus forms ; this dries into a blackish-brown crust, having beneath it a deep, sharply defined ulcer, which when healed leaves a white cicatrix. Digitized by Microsoft® 160 SYPHILIS. When the eruption is matured, it consists of an in- crusted papulo-tubercle, from one-quarter to one half an inch in diameter, and surrounded by a coppery- colored zone. It is most marked upon the anterior surfaces of the legs, the arms, about the face, and on the lower portions of the trunk. The eruption is developed very slowly and in suc- cessive crops. EUPIA. The eruption consists of ulcers covered by laminated crusts. It may appear during the first year of syphilis, but is usually a late manifestation of the disease. There are two varieties of rupia : one in which the crusts are small, numerous, and scattered ; another, in which they are larger, less numerous, and grouped together. The lesion begins as a red spot which is transformed into a flat pustule ; this soon dries into a small greenish- brown crust, having beneath it an ulcerated surface, the secretion from which forms- another and larger crust under the initial one ; this process continues, each crust being larger than the preceding one, until finally we have a conical, laminated, brownish-black, hard, adhe- rent crust, beneath which is an undermined ulcer, with a foul purulent secretion, and surrounded by an area of redness. The small variety begins about the face or the fore- arms, and may then invade the trunk and the lower extremities. The large variety is most common on the face and trunk, but may also appear on the extremities. Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPHILIDES. 161 The lesion is generally single, although several may be formed at the same time. The resulting cicatrices are shining white, depressed, and surrounded by a brownish line of pigment, which remains for several months. THE BULLOUS SYPHILIDB. This syphilide begins as an effusion of serum be- neath the epidermis, and becoming turbid is finally converted into pus. The pus gradually dries into an adherent greenish-black crust, beneath which is an ulcer. The bullae vary greatly in size, and are surrounded by a red areola. They generally occur on the forearms and legs, but may also invade the trunk, and are then most marked upon the chest. This is usually a late manifestation and runs a chronic course. THE TUBERCULAR SYPHILIDE. The tubercular syphilide consists of circumscribed or diffuse infiltrations involving the entire thickness of the skin. It really belongs to the tertiary period, but may be developed early in the secondary stage. The non-uloerative or resolutive tubercular syphilide occurs in two forms : first, as sharply defined, conical, or rounded tubercles, and second, as more or less ele- vated, flat, sharply circumscribed, and often scaly patches. As a rule, these lesions do not ulcerate. First form. The conical or rounded tubercles vary Digitized by Microsoft® 162 SYPHILIS. in size from one-third of an inch to an inch or more in diameter, and are deeply seated in the derma. They begin as pinkish or dark-red spots, and eventually become deep, circiimsoribed tubercles of a pinkish-red, coppery, or brownish-red color. On the face they have a smooth, shining surface, with little or no scaling, but upon other regions they are frequently covered with large adherent scales. If this syphilide appears in the secondary period, it usually invades the entire body ; but if it occurs later, it shows a tendency to attack the face, the forehead, the scalp, the back of the neck, the shoulders, and scapular regions, the thorax, and especially the back, the gluteal regions, the outer aspects of the. extremities near the joints, and the backs of the hands, very rarely the palms and soles. When developed upon certain regions this eruption occurs in groups, which may be either cir- cular or irregular in outline. On the forehead it may form the so-called " corona veneris." Sometimes upon the face one or more tubercles coalesce, forming a patch, which rapidly increases in size along its circumference, while atrophy and absorption take place at the centre ; in this way producing an ele- vated circle enclosing a central depressed patch of atro- phied tissue. On the body the course of this syphilide is practically the same as upon the face. Second form. This consists of flat, sharply circum- scribed, deeply seated patches, and is less frequent than the first form. It commences as small red spots, which increase in size from one to two inches in area. The tubercles are slightly elevated, and look like patches of thickened and reddened skin covered with scales, and Digitized by Microsoft® THE STPSILIDES. 163 surrounded by a narrow areola of redness. They have a marked tendency to relapse. Their course is chronic, lasting weeks, months, and even years. Exceptionally they form circles, or, if irritated, patches, which may increase at the periphery and atro- phy at the centre. On parts subject to friction or pressure the tubercles sometimes ulcerate. THE GUMMATOUS SYPHILIDES. There a,re two varieties of these syphilides — the early secondary or precocious gummata, and those occurring late in the disease, and called tertiary. Of the early secondary or precocious gummata there are three varieties : the generalized, the localized, and the neurotic. The generalized variety may appear as early as the eighth week or as late as the middle of the second year of the disease. It begins as small circumscribed swellings beneath the slcin, which soon adhere to it and form bright-red spots about the size of a bean. As they increase their color becomes coppery. When fully developed they are firm in consistence, and are then said to be in the stage of condensation ; as they mature they become softer and pass into the stage of softening. If the disease progresses favorably, these lesions do not ulcerate, but resolve, leaving spots of pigmenta- tion. This eruption may be general and involve the entire body. Its favorite sites are the arms, the forearms, the Digitized by Microsoft® 164 SYPHILIS. back, the chest, the gluteal regions, the thighs, and the legs. If ulceration takes place, the tumors become dark red in color and fluctuating, the integument is destroyed, and thus is revealed an unhealthy, undermined ulcer, secreting sanious pus. The localized vanety usually appears about the fifth month or within the first year, and in some instances even later. The tumors are the same as in the first variety, except that they are larger and more indolent. The eruption is generally found on the head, the face, the pharyngeal walls, the mouth, the forearms, and the legs, but may also be met with upon the trunk, the arms, and the thighs. These tumors, likewise, have the stages of, condensa- tion and softening ; they may either be absorbed or ulcerate. The generalized and localized varieties of gummata occur in elderly, debilitated, and alcoholic subjects. In the neurotic variety the syphilide appears during the very early months of the disease, is preceded or accompanied by severe neuralgic or rheumatic pains in the joints or muscles, and by general malaise and de- bility. There are flashing, burning pains, either inter- mittent or continuous, at the sites of the lesions. There are also some rise of temperature, loss of appetite, and emaciation. The tumors generally occur on the fore- arms and legs, but may be found upon the shoulders, the arms, the thighs, the chest, and the trunk. This eruption consists of two lesions : first, of oval or round tumors or irregular plaques, and, second, of tumors situated in the subcutaneous tissue and freely movable beneath the skin and upon the fascia. Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPBILIDE8. 165 The tumors begiu by infiltration into the skin and connective tissue ; at first they are bright-red, round or oval, circumscribed swellings, which soon become raised above the level of the surrounding integument. In some cases the bright-red color becomes darkened into a blackish-red, in others into a deep bright-red, and again in others the centre becomes white, and is surrounded by a deep-red border. Some cases resolve, others ulcerate, and, if the latter be the case, the resulting cicatrices are usually superficial. LATE OE TEETIAEY GUMMATA. These lesions belong to the late stages of the disease, and consist of circumscribed tumors. The eruption is composed of a small number of lesions whose course is slow and painless. It generally occurs on parts where the connective tissue is loose and abundant. When the lesions are subcutaneous they are gummous or gummatous tumors; but if they ulcerate, and involve the skin, they are called gummatous ulcers. This syphilide has three stages : the stage of tumefac- tion, the stage of ulceration, and the stage of repair. It commences as small, painless, movable nodules, about the size of a pea, and situated beneath the integu- ment. As they increase in size they form adhesions with the skin, periosteum, and fascia. The integument over the nodules is at first red, but finally becomes coppery-red and much thickened. The lesions are true gummy tumors, varying in size from that of a pea to several inches in diameter, more or less convex and surrounded by an area of inflamma- 8* Digitized by Microsoft® 166 SYPHILIS. tion. They are prone to develop in groups, and may either fuse together or remain isolated. The tumors may remain solid for weeks or months, and with proper treatment undergo resolution ; but, as a rule, they degen- erate in either of the following ways : by ulceration, which may occur on the skin and involve the entire lesion, or the new growth may soften and cause ulcera- tion in the skin. The resulting ulcer is similar in shape to the tumor; the floor is uneven, reddish-green or yel-. lowish-green in color, and secretes sanious, fetid pus. The edges are sharply cut, perpendicular, and surrounded by an inflammatory areola. The cicatrices, which are thin in some cases, but thick and rough in others, soon lose their coppery color, and become white. The course of the gummata is very chronic. This syphilide may occur on the scalp, the face, or the neck ; its favorite sites are on the extremities, near the joints, the back more frequently than the chest, very often upon the gluteal regions, rarely upon the lower part of the abdomen, never on the palms or soles. The ulcers may become serpiginous, phagedenic, or gangrenous. THE SEEPIGINOITS SYPHILIDE. There are two varieties of this syphilide — the super- ficial and the deep. The superfioial serpiginous syphilide belongs to the early period of syphilis, and begins as a piistule ; a crust forms upon it, beneath which is a superficial ulceration ; the crusts fall off except at the periphery, where they form a ring, the enclosed area being oval or Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPHILIDES. 167 round in shape and hypersemic. Beneath the ring of crusts is a corresponding ulcer, surrounded by an inflam- matory areola. The ulcerative process extends, being covered by the crusts, while the central portion cica- trizes. When ulceration ceases, it leaves slight atrophy of the skin and copper-colored pigmentation. The deep serpiginous syphilide originates in one of the late or tertiary lesions, such as a tubercle, an ecthy- maform pustule, or an ulcerating gumma. Changes similar to those in the superficial variety take place, until there is developed a red cicatrix sur- rounded by a wide ring of greenish-black crusts, be- neath which is an ulcerating, ring-shaped surface. This syphilide is rather rare and chronic in its course, sometimes occupying years. It causes little pain, and usually occurs on the inner surfaces of the arms and forearms, upon the breast and the legs. The resulting cicatrices may be thick or thin, and, if situated near joints, they are liable to cause permanent deformity from their contraction. The pigmentation finally fades, leaving white scars. THE PIGMENTAEY SYPHILIDE. This syphilide occurs in the early months of the dis- ease, and consists of brown or yellowish-brown spots or patches. There are three forms of the pigmentary syphilide : The first form consists of sharply defined or irregular spots or patches, of a yellowish-brown or brown color, which is unaffected by pressure. They vary in size from that of a pea to an inch or even more in diameter. Digitized by Microsoft® 168 SYPHILIS. are not elevated, do not scale, and may remain for weeks or months. The second form occurs as a diffuse pigmentation, and is more common than the first variety. It usually begins on the sides or the back of the neck, and thence invades the chest and back for a short distance. The color varies in different subjects, from a light cafS-au- lait to a light-brown or even brown hue. Upon the surface of a patch appear several small, round, oval, or irregular white spots ; these increase slowly, in some cases becoming whiter than the normal skin, while in others they are of the same color. This condition lasts for several months, then disap- pears, leaving the parts in a perfectly normal condition. The third form consists of an abnormal distribution of the pigment of the skin, and is the least common of all. The normal color of the integument becomes white, in spots of irregular size and shape ; the spots are sur- rounded by a dark border, which becomes deeper in color as the white spots increase. After a period of several months the skin resumes its normal color. The lesion may appear as early as the second or third month, but usually occurs at the sixth month, and during the second or even the third year. It is more common in females than in males, and usually appears before the thirty-fifth year ; it is also quite rare in older persons. This syphilide is generally situated upon the neck, and especially its sides, less frequently upon the fore- head and face, but may also appear upon the flexor surfaces of the extremities. Digitized by Microsoft® THE SYPHLLIDES. 169 MALIGNANT PEECOCIOUS SYPHILIDES. By malignant precocious syphilides are understood certain eruptions, which, having a malignant ulcerative tendency, appear early in the course of the disease, and are accompanied by general cachexia. Pustular eruptions, particularly the impetigo-form and the ecthyma- form syphilides, and less frequently the papular eruptions, are prone to assume these charac- ters. Such complications generally occur in debilitated subjects and those addicted to alcoholic stimulants. These syphilides are divided into three classes : the syphilide puro-erustaeSe uloireuse, the syphilide tuberoulo- crustaoie uloSreuse, and the syphilide tuheroulo-ulcerante gangr&neuse. The syphilide puro-erustaoee uleerSuse is a pustular eruption, accompanied by ulceration and crust-forma- tion. It commences as pustules, which ulcerate and form greenish-black crusts ; the ulcers are deep, and have a foul purulent secretion. Beginning upon the face or scalp, it extends to the arms, and may eventu- ally invade the entire body. The syphilide tuherculo-orustaoSe uloSreuse begins as small tubercles, which are rapidly transformed into ulcers, covered by thick crusts. Its course and situa- tion are similar to the preceding class. The syphilide tuberoulo-uleSrante gangreneuse, also called carbunculus veneris, is a very destructive — and, fortunately, quite uncommon— syphilide. It commences as dark -red, deeply seated tubercles, in the centre of which a black slough forms ; it increases in size, and is thrown off, exposing a deep undermined ulcer with foul ichorous secretion. Each tubercle is Digitized by Microsoft® 170 SYPHILIS. surrounded by a zone of redness. If healing occur, a depressed, copper-colored cicatrix is left, which in time becomes white. The eruption is situated upon the face, the extremities, the shoulders, and the buttocks. The invasion is rapid, but the course of the lesion is chronic. Preceding the appearance of these syphilides the patient has a rise of temperature, accompanied by gen- eral malaise, various neuralgic pains, loss of appetite, and an anaemic appearance. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXV. SYPHILIS OF THE APPENDAGES OP THE SKIN. THE HAIR. Alopecia is a very common manifestation of syphilis ; it may be either slight or quite extensive, is rarely per- manent, and runs a rapid course in some cases and a chronic one in others. It is unaccompanied by heat or itching. There may be no marked lesions of the scalp, or the hair-follicles may be attacked by macules, papules, pustules, or ulcers. The eyebrows, the beard and the moustache, the hair of the pubes, the axillae, and that on the body generally may be involved ; the eyelashes are seldom attacked, unless by an ulcerative lesion. There are two varieties of syphilitic alopecia : first, a general thinning of the hair ; and, second, loss of the hair in spots or patches of irregular size and outline. Alopecia generally occurs about the third month of the disease, but may appear at any time before the end of the second year. It is the result of impaired nutrition of the hair-folli- cles, due to the syphilitic virus. Permanent baldness results from ulcerative processes attacking the hair- folUcles. The prognosis, as a rule, is good, provided the loss of Digitized by Microsoft® 172 SYPHILIS. hair has not been too extensive and the patient has been properly treated. THE NAILS. Syphilitic lesions of the nails are of two varieties : first, onychia, in which the disease begins in the sub- stance of the nail ; and, second, perionyohia, in which the diseases commences around the nail, and finally involves it. The course of these lesions is chronic, and may be either mild or severe. They usually occur within the first two years of the disease, but may appear much later. In syphilitic onychia the process may be dry (^onychia sicca), and limited to the nail, or the nail may be sep- arated from its bed. In onychia sicca the nail loses its lustre and trans- parency, and becomes dull yellow in color. The disease may be limited by a line of demarcation, or involve the entire nail. The edge of the nail becomes thick, brittle, and cracks readily ; its surface is rough and marked by shallow longitudinal fissures and depressions ; the sur- rounding epidermis is generally thick and scaly. The diseased portion is gradually pushed forward, grows out, and is replaced by healthy nail-tissue. Separation of the nail may be partial or complete, and generally occurs in the early part of the secondary stage. It begins at the free border of the nail and gradu- ally creeps toward its base, the diseased area becoming greenish-brown in color. If only a portion of the nail has been destroyed, the healthy part pushes forward and Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE APPENDAGES OF THE SKIN. 173 covers the denuded space ; but if destruction has been complete, an entirely new nail is formed. One or several nails may be affected ; those of the fingers more frequently than the toes. There are two varieties of syphilitic perionychia : the non-ulcerative and the ulcerative forms. The non-uloerative form attacks a portion of or the entire attached border of the nail, which becomes infil- trated and thickened ; this condition may persist until the nail loses its lustre and is marked by transverse fur- rows. Ulceration sometimes occurs where the skin is reflected from the nail, and extending beneath it causes it to loosen and fall off. The ulcerative form occurs during the secondary stage of the disease. It may begin as a papule, pustule, ulceration, or fissure at some part of the nail-margin, and spread beneath it, secreting a foul pus. The whole nail may be destroyed, or only a portion of it ; but if the process be checked, a new nail forms and pushes the old one out in front of it. If the ulceration is severe the entire matrix becomes involved; the nail is thrown off, leaving a yellowish surface, surrounded by an ulcerated and inflamed border. In such cases the entire phalanx is swollen. Unless the ulcerative process has been too severe, a new nail is produced, which after a little time may be- come quite as good as the normal one. There is sometimes a local necrosis of the nails, which become white in spots about the size of a pin's head ; these are finally depressed and extend to the matrix, leaving sharply cut holes in the nail. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XXVI. SYPHILIS OF THE M0COUS MEMBRANES. ERYTHEMA. Erythema of the mucous membranes may occur at any time during the course of syphilis, particularly in the first months ; it is similar to that of the skin, but is modified by the moisture and irritation to which mucous membranes are subjected. It most frequently involves the fauces and pituitary membrane. There may be a simple redness of the mucous mem- brane without swelling, or redness with oedema of the parts. In the more advanced cases the mucous mem- brane has a milky appearance, its epithelium becomes detached in spots, thus causing erosions of the surface, which in some cases is dry, while in others it is covered by an abundant secretion. MUCOUS PATCHES. MuGous patches, also called mucous papules, consist of flat or slightly convex pearl- colored elevations, whose surface resembles mucous membrane, and whose secre- tion is highly contagious. They are situated on the inside of the cheeks, par- ticularly at the angles of the mouth, upon the lips, the tongue, the gums, the iivula, and the tonsils, at the Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES. 175 openings of the nares, on the pillars of the fauces, the hard and soft palate, and upon the conjunctiva and the umbilicus. They are one of the earliest and most frequent second- ary manifestations of syphilis. The lesion consists of a hyperplasia of the papillae, and a proliferation of cells in the mucous layer ; the epithelium on the surface of the patch may remain intact or become detached, the surface being depressed by ulceration or raised by further development of the papills3. Uncleanliness, irritation, heat, and moisture favor their development, as does also the use of alcohol and tobacco. Mucous patches readily ulcerate when exposed to fric- tion from the clothing or opposed surfaces of integu ment, and, unlike the other syphilitic eruptions, they are frequently attended by pruritus. Mucous patches within the mouth are of a grayish- white color, looking as if the mucous membrane had been touched with nitrate of silver or pure carbolic acid. They are irregular in outline, and, as a rule, not ele- vated; when situated upon the tonsils, they usually ulcerate, owing to the constant friction to which these organs are subjected. Their course is exceedingly chronic and they are very apt to recur, especially in those who use tobacco or alcohol. CONDYLOMATA. Condylomata are nothing more than exaggerated mucous patches, which from their situation upon the integument around the anus and genital organs are altered in appearance. They consist of round disks, Digitized by Microsoft® 176 SYPHILIS. either single or multiple, of a reddish or grayish color, with granular surface, and elevated above" the surround- ing parts. They begin as small red spots, whose epi- dermis, being removed by friction, leaves a moist gray- ish surface, which is finally converted into an elevated wart-like disk, with offensive and highly contagious secretion. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXVII. SYPHILIS OP THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. THE MOUTH. Erythema is usually limited to the neighborhood of the fauces, and associated with oedema, especially of the uvula and velum. Mucous patches are most frequently situated upon the tonsils, the uvula, the velum palati and its pillars, the sides of the tongue, the inner surfaces of the lips and cheeks, and at the angles of the mouth. Less fre- quently they are observed upon the gums, and the dorsum and sides of the tongue. Papules and Vesicles. Papules may occur in the mouth during a general papular eruption, but vesicles are very rare in this situation, owing to the constant moisture and friction, which prevent their formation. Near the angles of the mouth, especially in habitual smokers, are frequently seen patches called plaques des fumears ; they consist of an accumulation of epithelial cells, which become whitish in color, and in some in- stances fissured or eroded. THE TONGUE. Secondary lesions of the tongue consist of erythema of its mucous membrane, mucous patches, and fissures. Digitized by Microsoft® 178 SYPHILIS. They yield readily to appropriate treatment, but are very liable to recur, especially in smokers and drinkers. Erythema of the tongue may involve the entire organ, or be limited to patches, which are scattered over its surface. Mucous patches are usually situated upon the sides or tip of the tongue, and resemble similar lesions situated on other mucous membranes. Fissures of the tongue are the result of erythema or mucous patches, and are usually situated on its sides or dorsum. Sclerosis of the tongue usually develops about the fifth year of the disease. It occurs upon the dorsum, near the median line, and is either superficial or deep in character. Superficial sclerosis involves only the mucous mem- brane, and produces a "parchment" induration. It is either circumscribed or diffuse, and ulcerates only when injured by the teeth or irritated by alcohol and tobacco. Deep or parenchymatous sclerosis attacks the mucous and muscular tissues. The tongue may be greatly in- creased in size, but after a time the newly formed fibrous tissue retracts, and the organ becomes atrophied. The edges of the tongue receive the markings of the teeth, while the body is lobulated. The lobules are separated by furrows which cannot be effaced. Ulceration may ensue from irritation or injury. Chimmata are later lesions, and may be either super- ficial or parenchymatous. Superficial or mucous gummata commence as small nodules, which soon soften and ulcerate. The ulcer has perpendicular walls, infiltrated base, and its floor is covered with a yellowish-white film. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 179 Parenchymatous gummata begin as small nodules in the muscular tissue of the tongue ; they undergo de- generation, and finally the mucous membrane covering them ruptures, leaving a deep cavity, with sloughing undermined walls, and surrounded by an indurated areola. The differential diagnosis between syphilitic ulcers or tumors of the tongue and those of non-speciiic origin is very important and oftentimes difficult. The initial lesion is usually situated at or near the tip of the tongue, is single, surrounded by induration, and the lymphatic glands in anatomical connection are markedly enlarged, and as a rule do not suppurate. Gummatous tuntors are insidious in their origin, chronic in their course, and generally free from pain. They are situated upon the dorsum and posterior half of the tongue near the median line. The lymphatic glands are rarely affected and the functions of the tongue are not interfered with. Gummatous uloers are usually multiple and situated upon the dorsum. The floor is sloughy and slightly vascular, and the edges are undermined. Ganglionic enlargement is rare. They cause some pain. The above lesions are all benefited by anti-syphilitic treatment, and the previous history aids greatly in making a correct diagnosis. Tuberoular ulcers of the tongue are painful ; they are situated at or near its tip, or any part of the dorsal surface ; they are generally single, but may be multiple. The lymphatic glands may or may not be affected. The ulcer has bevelled edges, flabby granulations, and is not surrounded by induration. The microscope shows tubercle bacilli. Digitized by Microsoft® 180 SYPHILIS. Carcinoma. The ulcer is single, very painful, and situated on the borders and anterior half of the tongue ; its edges are raised and hard, and the surrounding tissues are thickened. The floor is very vascular, bleeds readily, and secretes an ichorous pus. The functions of the tongue are interfered with. The lymphatic glands are always enlarged. The microscope shows cancer cells. NECROSIS OF THE MAXILLARY BONES. This manifestation of the disease is most frequently seen in the hard palate and the alveolar process of the superior maxillary bones. When the bard palate is affected kn abscess forms on the roof of the mouth near the median line ; it finally ruptures, and reveals exposed bone. After separation of the sequestrum an opening is left between the nose and the mouth, which greatly interferes with articula- tion and deglutition. Necrosis of the alveolar process occurs in the upper jaw near the central incisors, and as the disease extends the teeth loosen and fall out. GUMMY TUMOR OF THE SOFT PALATE. In this affection premonitory symptoms are insignifi- cant or entirely absent. Suddenly the voice becomes transformed into a nasal whisper, and attempts at swal- lowing liquids or solids are followed by their regurgi- tation through the nose. The lesion commences in either of two ways : first, a circumscribed deposit of gummy material takes place between the buccal and nasal surfaces of the soft palate j Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 181 second, there is a diffuse infiltration of the entire velum, its mucous membrane becomes reddened, and its mo- bility impaired. Rupture of the abscess or ulceration of the infiltrated tissue may involve one or both mucous surfaces, thus causing partial or complete perforation of the soft palate with its concomitant symptoms, such as regurgitation of the food, and nasal articulation. As the process of repair commences, the opening gradually contracts until it is greatly diminished in size or com- pletely occluded. THE PHARYNX. Erythema, superficial ulcers, and deep ulcerations resulting from the degeneration of gummatous tumors may be observed ; mucous patches are extremely rare in this region. The posterior portion of the lateral walls is most frequently attacked. Gummy tumors have been seen upon the vault of the pharynx and on the upper part of its posterior wall. The lesions encountered in this region are similar to those observed in the mouth. THE CESOPHAGUS. Syphilitic ulceration of the mucous membrane of the walls of the oesophagus sometimes occurs, and as the ulcers heal their cicatrices contract, thus forming stric- ture of the tube, which, becoming narrowed, interferes with deglutition, and therefore with the proper nour- ishment of the patient, who becomes emaciated and feeble. True syphilitic gummata have also been found in the oesophageal walls. Digitized by Microsoft® 182 SYPHILIS. THE STOMACH AND INTESTINES. Accompanying the appearance of the early secondary manifestations is sometimes seen a functional disturb- ance of the digestive organs, such as loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. The existence of syphilitic erythema of the stomach and intestines has not been demonstrated, although ulcerations of the mucous mem- brane of these viscera, possibly due to degeneration of gummy deposits, have been observed at post-mortem examinations. THE RECTUM. For syphilitic affections of the rectum I quote liter- ally from Taylor on Venereal Diseases. " Syphilis attacks the rectum in three distinct forms : first, early or rather late in the course of the disease by the extension of indurating oedema, which may accom- pany infiltrating or ulcerating lesions, and which tends to the production of more or less complete rings of con- nective tissue ; second, by the formation of true gum- matous infiltration ; and, third, by the development of a form of inflammation, with the production of new connective tissue, in which congestion and exudative products are absent. This third form is a chronic pro- ductive or cellular inflammation of slow invasion and of persistent nature." Stricture of the rectum may follow any of these three forms, but is most liable to occur after the first' and third variety of the disease. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 183 THE LIVEE. The liver is invaded by syphilis more frequently than any other abdominal organ. Congestion of the liver sometimes occurs in the secondary stage of the disease, and is usually associated with a cutaneous eruption ; it generally lasts for from one to several weeks. The symptoms are icterus, gastric disturbances, and febrile reaction ; the organ being sensitive on pressure. This condition is probably due to the extension of a specific catarrh of the intestine to the. liver, by way of the ductus communis choledochus. The tertiary forms of syphilitic affections of the liver are : amyloid degeneration, peri-hepatitis, and hepatitis, of which there are two forms, the diffuse and the gum- matous. The symptoms are often obscure ; the organ may be increased in size and nodules felt upon its surface. Pain may be present or absent. The functions of the organ are not interfered with unless the tumors are numerous. In severe cases there are icterus, gastro- intestinal disturbance, and clay-colored stools. THE SPLEEN. In rare cases enlargement of the spleen occurs early in the course of syphilis. The swelling is quite rapid, usually painless, but may give rise to a feeling of weight. It generally subsides in three or four weeks, but may remain several months, and is liable to occur at any time during the secondary period. Gummata of the spleen are either single or multiple, and vary in size from that of a millet-seed to a walnut; Digitized by Microsoft® 184 SYPHILIS. they may be deeply seated or upon the periphery of the organ. THE PANCREAS. Specific affections of the pancreas are very rare, but it cannot be denied that like the other viscera it is subject to the diffnse and circumscribed lesions of syphilis. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XXVIII. SYPHILIS OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. THE NOSE. The mucous membrane lining the nose may be the seat of erythema, mucous patches, and ulcerations. The symptoms of these lesions resemble those of ordinary catarrh. In the later stage of syphilis, deeper ulcerations may occur, which originate in gummous infiltration of the submucous tissue, and may finally involve the adjacent cartilages and bones, thus leading to serious deformity of the organ from destruction of its framework. THE LARYNX. Laryngeal lesions are very variable as regards their time of appearance and the severity of their symptoms. The invasion is usually insidious, and the course chronic and painless. The secondary or superficial lesions consist of ery- thema, mucous patches, superficial ulcerations, chronic inflammations, and vegetations. The tertiary or deep lesions comprise deep ulcera- tions, gummaia, inflammation, and necrosis of the carti- lages. Erythema of the larynx causes some huskiness of the Digitized by Microsoft® 186 SYPHILIS. voice and slight catarrh. It occurs during the course of the early skin eruptions, and is either diffuse or circumscribed; superficial erosions do sometimes oc- cur. Superficial ulcerations involve only the mucous mem- brane. Their margins are sharply defined, regular and slightly elevated, and the floor is covered by a tenacious secretion. They may interfere with phonation to a more or less marked degree. Mucous patches generally occur from one and a half to twelve months after infection, and may be situated upon any portion of the mucous membrane. If ex- posed to irritation during respiration or phonation, they become prominent, with ragged margins. Chronic inflammation may appear early, or not until the third or fourth year of the disease. It is a very persistent affection, and usually leads to a thickening of the mucous membrane. Chronic ulcers are always associated with this condition. Vegetations may spring from the margin of an ulcer or from the mucous membrane itself. In the later stages of syphilis deep ulcerations occur and generally begin in degenerated guminata. Exten- sive regions may be destroyed in this manner. Very frequently vegetations arise from the ulcers. Crummy tumors of the larynx are quite common ; they are either single and large, or multiple and small. The deposit sometimes undergoes absorption, but most frequently degenerates, forming deep, ragged ulcers, which may attack the framework of the larynx and produce permanent deformity. These lesions are liable to cause an impediment to Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 187 respiration, either frora their size, or from causing acute oedema of the larynx. Perichondritis is usually caused by an extension out- ward of an inflammatory or ulcerative process from the mucous or submucous tissue. The cartilages themselves may be invaded by the process and partially or totally destroyed. Necrosis occurs in cases in which the cartilages are ossified, and is a very late manifestation. It follows perichondritis quite frequently. THE TRACHEA. Syphilitic lesions of the trachea are rare, but may be similar to those which attack the larynx. Ulcerative processes following gummatous infiltra- tion are the most common, and sometimes result in stricture from the contraction of their cicatrices. The principal symptoms, of tracheal syphilis are cough, purulent expectoration, and dyspnoea. If ste- nosis of the tube occur, its most common seat is just above the bifurcation. THE BRONCHI. Specific ulceration may attack the bronchi and give rise to subsequent stricture. THE LUNGS. The pulmonary lesions due to syphilis consist of in- durations and gummy tumors. Syphilitic induration usually affects a small extent of Digitized by Microsoft® 188 SYPHILIS. the middle or lower lobes, and rarely involves an entire lobe ; it may be disseminated at various points. The dis- eased portion of lung becomes firm, elastic, and furrowed, while the contained bronchi are flattened, and the sur- rounding pleura more or less thickened. Gummy tumors may be single or multiple, and re- semble those situated in other organs. They are not at all common, but occur more frequently than syphilitic induration. They undergo degeneration from the centre outward, leaving cavities with white fibrous walls. In some cases syphilitic lesions of the lungs cause no symptoms, in others there is a slight disturbance of respiration, and in others there are cough, pain, expec- toration, aud all the symptoms of phthisis except the temperature, which rarely goes above 101° F. The majority of these cases yield readily to specific treatment. THE PLETJHA. During the secondary stage of syphilis patients quite frequently complain of pain in the chest, which is asso- ciated with more or less rise of temperature, and a moderate amount of effusion into the pleural cavity. This early form of pleurisy yields readily to antisyphi- litic treatment. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXIX. SYPHILIS OF THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION. THE HEART. Tertiary syphilis attacks the heart in two ways : first, by chronic inflammation ; and, second, as gummy tumors. Endocarditis occurs about the end of the second year, and is usually associated with myocarditis ; most fre- quently it attacks the left ventricle at the apex or base of the organ. Gummy endocarditis attacks any and all parts of the heart, giving rise to tumors of various sizes. Pericarditis usually follows myocarditis, and attacks either the visceral layer or the entire pericardium. Gummy tumors of the pericardium are rare, and usu- ally result from myocarditis. The symptoms of cardiac syphilis may be absent in some cases and very obscure in others. The action of the heart becomes irregular and feeble, and the patient suffers from palpitation, dyspnoea, cyanosis, and pain over the region of the organ. THE BLOODVESSELS. Syphilitic affections of the veins and capillaries are very rare. The arteries may be attacked primarily, or secondarily to specific disease of the surrounding tissues. 9* Digitized by Microsoft® 190 SYPHILIS. Primary lesions generally occur in the small arteries of the brain. The symptoms depend upon the situation of the lesion. If the cerebral arteries are attacked, there are severe headache, paralysis with or without coma, aphasia, and muscular spasms. In fatal cases these are followed by delirium and epileptiform convulsions, with fever. If the carotid artery be affected, there are cerebral im- pairment, pain in the head, and epileptiform seizures. In affections of the arteries the calibre of the vessel is reduced, and sometimes occluded, by a new, dense, cellular formation in the internal coat, which resembles granulation tissue, and finally becoming organized this, new formation involves the entire circumference of the vessel, and extends outward as well as inward, invading both the middle and external coats. It occurs in patches, which are generally single ; a thrombus may form on the patch, become organized, and thus obstruct the lumen of the vessel. In some instances the changes in the artery are very slight, the process being limited to the internal coat ; in others, the vessel is thickened, rigid, and nodulated in appearance. The disease most frequently affects the carotid and its branches, especially the middle cerebral. The lesion may occur as early as the first year or as late as the twentieth, but as a rule appears about the third year after infection. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XXX. SYPHILIS OP THE GENITO-URINAEY ORGANS. EPIDIDYMITIS. This may occur as early as the second month or as late as the fifth year, but generally develops within the first six months of the disease. It is more commonly unilateral, and as a rule it attacks the globus major. Its invasion is usually unattended by any symptoms, except occasionally, when there is a slight sense of un- easiness in the part. The lesion consists of a smooth, hard, round, or oval and non-painful tumor, situated just above the testicle, which is about the size of a pea, or in some instances larger. It shows no degenerative tendency, and quickly disappears under antisyphilitic treatment. The scrotum remains unaflfected. ORCHITIS. Syphilitic orchitis may occur as early as the fourth or fifth month, but in the majority of cases it is a tertiary symptom, and appears several years after infection. One or both testicles may be involved, either at the same time or consecutively. The body of the organ becomes increased in size, hard, heavy, and painless, and there is more or less hydrocele of the tunica vagi- nalis. Digitized by Microsoft® 192 SYPHILIS. At the beginning of the disease there may be little projections upon the surface of the testicle, due to syphilitic deposits, which, as the process progresses, fuse together, forming a hard tumor, resembling almost exactly the shape of the normal testicle. In other cases the surface of the tumor is perfectly smooth. The course of this affection is very slow. If un- treated, it may result in partial or complete atrophy of the organ, or the parenchyma of the gland may degener- ate into fibrous, cartilaginous, or even osseous tissue. As a general rule, suppuration does not occur. The lesion may be diffused or circumscribed. In the diffuse form the whole organ is increased in size, firm, hard and resistant, and unless treated results in atrophy. There is also a certain amount of hydrocele. In the circumscribed form, gummy material is de- posited in masses through the testicle. These masses have a tendency to undergo secondary degeneration and softening, thus causing inflammation and ulceration of the surrounding tissues, finally leading to syphilitic fungus of the testicle. It yields readily to treatment if recognized at an early period. The vas deferens usually remains normal in syphilitic orchitis, although it may be involved ; this is true also of the vesiculse seminales and prostate gland. THE PENIS. Deposits of syphilitic material may occur in the penis, especially near the sulcus behind the glans, and are also to be found in the corpora cavernosa. These deposits gradually increase in size without Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE GENITO-TJ BINARY ORGANS. 193 giving rise to any pain, but soon cause deformity of the organ, especially during erection. THE OVARIES. Syphilitic affections of the ovaries resemble those of the testes, but are rarely encountered. The symptoms are slight pain and increase in the size of the organs, with loss of the sexual appetite, and sterility. The Fallopian tubes are not involved. Cases are re- ported in which the uterine tumors in syphilitic subjects have disappeared under antisyphilitic treatment, thus showing that this organ may also be the seat of late syphilitic manifestations. Exulcerative hypertrophy of the neck of the uterus consists of an enlargement and hardening of the os, which becomes congested and ulcerated ; the secretion from the ulcer being contagious, scanty, and muco-puru- lent in character. This lesion begins about the eighth week after infection, runs a chronic course, but responds readily to internal, mercurial, and local treatment. THE KIDNEYS. In the kidneys of syphilitic subjects the same lesions are met with as occur in the other organs, such as inter- stitial nephritis, gummy tumors, and cicatrices, which latter result from the preceding affections. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXI. SYPHILID OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. Syphilitic affections of the nervous system are very numerous and of frequent occurrence ; they may appear as early as the third month or as late as the twentieth year after infection, and are more frequent in men than in women. Nervous phenomena are more apt to occur in neurotic subjects and those addicted to alcoholic ex- cesses. Lesions of the bones. Lesions situated on the inner surface of the skull or vertebrae may, by the pressure they exert, cause inflammation of the meninges and secondary changes in the brain or cord. These lesions may be nodes, exostoses, or necrosis. Affections of the dura mater. The dura mater is very susceptible to syphilitic invasion. The changes produced in it are increase in thickness, roughening of its inner surface, and increased vascularity. It may be affected alone, or the disease may extend to the inner surface of the skull and the arachnoid, or the dura mater may be secondarily involved by processes begin- ning in the pia mater and arachnoid. The syphiloma may be diffuse or circumscribed. Syphilomata of the spinal dura mater resemble those of the cerebral in origin and course. Afections of the arachnoid and pia mater consist of congestion and enlargement of the vessels, with increase Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 195 of connective tissue and thickening. Sometimes gum- matous infiltration occurs, giving rise to a gummous meningitis. The lesion may invade the dura mater and the bones of the skull, and is probably the most frequent syphil- itic lesion. It occurs in patches, -which are sharply circumscribed, and either single or multiple. Affections of the brain and cord are always secondary to lesions of the bones, meninges or vessels, and consist of red and white softening. Affections of the nerves. The cerebro-spinal nerves may be invaded by the lesions of the meninges, or they may be surrounded by gummata, or compressed as they pass through bony canals. The third pair are most often affected. There may be a neuritis and perineuritis. The peripheral nerves are affected in a similar manner. The sympathetic nerves may be invaded in either one or two ways : first, by pigmentary or colloid degenera- tion of the nerve-cells, and, second, by sclerosis of the connective tissue, causing atrophy of the nervous ele- ments. SYPHILITIC TUMOES OF THE NEEVOUS SYSTEM. Two forms of syphilitic tumors occur in the cranio- vertebral cavity ; they are usually connected witli the cerebrum, but rarely found in the medulla, cord, or cerebellum. The first form is grayish-red in color, highly vascu- lar, and either firm or soft in consistence. It consists of small, round cells in a stroma of connective tissue. Digitized by Microsoft® 196 SYPHILIS. The second form, which is really a degenerating stage of the first, is yellow in color and hard. These tumors may be single or multiple, and vary in size from that of a pea to a walnut. They occur chiefly on the under surface of the brain, near the Sylvian fissure, and as a rule are peripheral ; but, if found in the brain-tissue, it will be observed that they have grown in from the vascular membrane. HEMIPLEGIA. Specific hemiplegia is a very frequent symptom of cerebral syphilis. It may occur as early as the third month or as late as the twentieth year after infection, and is usually pre- ceded by localized headache, vertigo, and convulsions. Sometimes there are muscular spasms, pains, or numb- ness in the parts which afterward become paralyzed. The invasion is either gradual or sudden, and usually comes on when the patient is engaged in some muscular efforb or is in bed at night. If the paralysis be partial, it may gradually improve, or even disappear, or as improvement takes place the opposite side may be similarly affected. In rare cases there is a loss of both motion and sensa- tion ; this may be accompanied by paralyses of various nerves, aphasia, mydriasis, optic neuritis, and epilepsy. Some patients suffer from mental depression, while others are very emotional. EPILEPSY. Syphilitic epilepsy occurs in two forms : first, the grand mal, and, second, the petit mal. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 197 It is a very frequent manifestation of cerebral syph- ilis, and is always preceded by severe headache. The symptoms of the severe form consist of sudden loss of consciousness, tonic and clonic spasms, facial distortion, foaming at the mouth, and stertorous respira- tion ; the aura and epileptic cry are not always present. These convulsions generally occur at short intervals and with well-marked regularity ; some patients regain con- sciousness in a few minutes, while others remain in a stupid condition for hours. The mild form begins with twitching of the muscles of one side of the face, turning of the tongue to one side, a tendency of the subject to turn around, giddiness, general trembling or great weakness, or cramps in the extremities, loss of consciousness, and a convulsion. The seizure may be confined to a single limb or one side of the body. Very often there is no spasm ; the patient loses consciousness and stares vacantly into space; this condition lasts a few moments or even several minutes. PARAPLEGIA. The spinal cord is not so frequently attacked by syphilis as is the brain. The causes of syphilitic paraplegia are lesions of the vertebrae, of the spinal meninges, and gummata which press upon the cord. The symptoms consist of a varying amount of pain in the back, weakness of the lower extremities, darting pains in the legs, numbness, tickling or aching pains in the feet, with hypersesthesia or anaesthesia. Loss of co- ordination is sometimes observed. The expulsive force of the bladder and rectum is weakened. Digitized by Microsoft® 198 SYPHILIS. A patient may remain in this condition for a long time, but unless properly treated complete paralysis of both lower extremities finally comes on. General sen- sation may remain, or be somewhat impaired or lost. Paraplegia is a later manifestation of syphilis than hemiplegia or epilepsy, and generally occurs after the sixth year of the disease, but may show itself much later. APHASIA. Disturbances of sf)eech frequently occur during the course of syphilis of the nervous system. There may be hesitation in speaking, or inability to remember certain words in conversation and writing, or the use of inappropriate words. The affection is continuous or intermittent in char- acter. LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA. It seems to be a well established fact that locomotor ataxia is the result of syphilis in from 60 to 70 per cent, of all cases. The symptoms and course of the disease are the same, whether it be specific or simple. PSEUDO-GBNEKAL PARALYSIS OF SYPHILITIC ORIGIN. This affection is manifested by such symptoms as cerebral excitement, gayness of spirits alternating with depression, together with delirium or even mania. The motor disturbances consist of uncertain movements with- out paralysis, trembling of the hands, hesitating speech and staggering gait, headache, dizziness, impairment of sight and hearing, with epileptiform convulsions. These symptoms do not occur at the same time or in a regular manner, but appear at odd intervals. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXII. SYPHILIS OP THE MUSCLES. MYOSITIS. There are three forms of syphilitic affections of the muscles : first, the irritative or hyperssmic ; second, the chronic irritative ; and, third, in the form of gummata. Irritative myositis usually occurs in the early stage of syphilis, and is associated with pain and soreness in the muscles, but leaves no permanent traces of its ex- istence. The chronic infiltrative form consists of the develop- ment of connective tissue in the interfibrillar spaces, which eventually hardens, resulting in atrophy and de- struction of the muscle. Any muscle may be attacked, but the flexors of the upper extremity, and especially the biceps, are most frequently invaded. The muscle gradually shortens without causing any pain; the patient first notices that he is unable fully to extend the limb, but no change is detected on palpa- tion. It generally occurs about the tenth month, but may appear earlier or later. Its course is chronic, lasting for several months or years. Gummy tumors. These tumors consist of circum- scribed deposits of gummy material. They are usually Digitized by Microsoft® 200 SYPHILIS. found in the larger muscles, such as the trapezius, the gluteus maximus, the sterno-mastoid, the vastus ex- ternus, the pectoralis major, and the walls of the heart. Gummata of the tongue, palate, or pharynx may origin- ate in the muscular tissue and secondarily involve the mucous membrane. Gummy tumors grow slowly and without inflamma- tion ; they vary in shape and size, cause no pain, but if large interfere with motion ; they occur late in the disease and are accompanied by other syphilitic mani- festations. As a general rule they do not suppurate, but may become indurated, and even be converted into cartilage or bone, thus accounting for the osseous masses which are sometimes found in the muscles of old syphilitics. THE SHEATHS OP THE TENDONS, THE TENDONS, AND THE APONEUROSIS. Dorsal hygroma are firm, elastic, fluctuating tumors, which occur on the backs of the hands ; they are tri- angular in shape, with theip^ bases .toward the lingers. The lesion consists in a diffuse deposit of syphilitic material, with hypersemia of the sheath and serous effusion. They cause trifling pain, unless very large, when the skin may become tense, inflamed, and painful; they grow rapidly, and appear in the early years of the disease. The tendons of the ankle and foot may be similarly affected. Gummy tumors are sometimes found in the tendons, especially the larger ones, near their points of insertion Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE MUSCLES. 201 and thicker portions. They are non-painful, and may remain indolent for quite a time, then break down and form ulcers. Tumors of the aponeuroses are more diffuse than those of the tendons ; their course is similar, but they are not so liable to degenerate. As a rule, they attack the firm, dense fascia of the extremities, especially the fascia lata. THE BTTESiE. In the secondary stage of syphilis there may be a congestion of and a serous effusion into the bursse. In the tertiary stage the bursse are quite frequently attacked, especially the pre-patellar bursa. The lesion consists of a gummous infiltration with connective-tissue formation. It begins painlessly, as a firm, hard, or elastic movable tumor beneath the skin ; it may remain in this condition for a long time, or acute inflammatory symptoms may set in, causing ulceration of the overlying integument, in which case the course becomes very chronic. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEE XXXIII. SYPHILIS OF THE FINGKES AND TOES. By syphilitic dactylitis is meant a gummy deposit in the subcutaneous connective tissue of the fingers or toes, and an infiltration and inflammation of their bones. It belongs to the tertiary period of the disease and has two varieties. In the first variety the subcutaneous connective tissue and fibrous structures of the joints are involved, but in the second variety the process begins in the bones and periosteum, attacking the joints secondarily. In the first variety the lesion comes on slowly, and the patient's attention is first attracted by the enlarge- ment of the finger or toe, which increases in size and becomes harder. The toes are generally aifected in their entire length ; but when a finger is attacked the. lesion is usually limited to a single phalanx, although the whole member may be included. The finger or toe becomes red in color, resistant and tense ; the swelling is most marked on the dorsal aspect and ends abruptly at the metacarpo-phalangeal articula- tion ; it comes on slowly, and may or may not be pain- ful. Symptoms of joint-implication appear within a few weeks ; flexion is impaiired by the swelling ; and if such a condition be left untreated, the joint finally becomes abnormally mobile ; sometimes there are hydrarthrosis and crepitation between the articular surfaces. This Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE FINOEBS AND TOES. 203 process may be limited to one or several members, is a late manifestation of the disease, and runs a chronic course. The second form is limited to the bone, and is due to a specific periostitis or osteomyelitis. Its course is either rapid, slow, or intermittent. In the majority of cases the whole bone is involved, but the disease may be limited to the extremities of two opposing phalanges. The proximal phalanx is more commonly involved than the distal one, and the fingers are more frequently at- tacked than the toes. The process may affect several phalanges or fingers. The metacarpal and metatarsal bones can be attacked at the same time, or separately, but the metacarpal bones of the thumb and indexrfinger are most frequently in- volved. The integument is but little affected, unless the swell- ing is considerable, when it becomes tense and thin ; in some cases ulceration takes place, the inflammatory focus always being on the side of the finger. Necrosis of the bone may occur, but, as a rule, resolution of the osseOus swelling is the result. In about a month bony crepita- tion may be detected, owing to erosion of the articular cartilages. Effusion into the joint sometimes occurs, but is not serious, as the fluid is usually absorbed. The mobility of the articulation may be impaired or ren- dered too free. The shaft of the bone is either short- ened or slightly elongated, but ordinarily the deformity is uQt marked. The tendons and their sheaths are not implicated. Pain is very slight or entirely absent. This affection usually appears between the fifth and fifteenth years of the disease. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXIV. SYPHILIS OF THE BONES, CAETILAGES, AND JOINTS. PRECOCIOUS OSSEOUS AFFECTIONS. Osseous lesions may occur in the early months of the disease, but are usually late manifestations. The bones of the cranium, the ribs, the sternum, the clavicle, and the tibise are the most liable to be affected early. Of the skull, the frontal and parietal bones are the ones usually attacked. The nodes or swellings vary in size from half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and may be half an inch in height ; they are single or multiple, round, smooth, and hard. Similar lesions are liable to form on the inner surface of the cranium, and give rise to cerebral symptoms. The clavicle is generally attacked at its sternal extremity, the articulation being involved in some instances. The upper third of the sternum is more frequently affected than the lower ; the lesion may attack its bor- ders and costal cartilages, and in this way set up a localized pleurisy. In severe cases the ribs are also invaded. Nodes are usually situated upon the sub- cutaneous surface of the tibia. The radius and ulna may be attacked, generally near the joints, the wrist more frequently than the elbow. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE BONES, ETC. 205 These tumors grow very rapidly, and are always accompanied by pain, which is worse at night. The lesion is due to hypersemia of the periosteum and new fibrous-tissue formation. The nodes rarely break down into ulcers, but tend rather to spontaneous involution. They yield readily to treatment ; or, if left alone, are converted into bony masses. These lesions are generally accompanied by others of the secondary stage, and may occur even before the dis- appearance of the initial lesion. LATE OSSEOUS LESIONS. These lesions do not necessarily occur in every case of syphilis. They may appear with the late secondary lesions or when every trace of the disease has dis- appeared. Osteo-periostitis. In this affection the lesion consists of an increased vascularity of the periosteum and the underlying bone, with an effusion and infiltration of either a fluid or gelatinous substance. Any of the bones may be affected, but especially the tibia, the ulna, the clavicle, the sternum, and the cranial , bones. The process causes soft tumors of variable size, grad- ually shading into the surrounding tissues ; attached to the bone, but not to the skin ; sensitive on pressure, and painful, especially at night. Such tumors are called nodes. Under appropriate treatment the nodes undergo reso- lution ; otherwise the skin becomes red, thin, and ad- herent to the tumor, which breaks down into an ulcer ; 10 Digitized by Microsoft® 206 SYPHILIS. this results ia superficial necrosis with an adherent cicatrix. In other cases the effusion is transformed into bony tissue, constituting an exostosis, which being movable upon the bone beneath is called an epiphysary exostosis; this form is due to periostitis, and such exostoses are generally small and thin. Eesolution is no longer possible ; the tumor remains, and is not influenced by treatment. In another set of cases syphilitic exostosis is the result of ostitis, which results in hypertrophy of the normal bone ; this form is called parenchymatous exostosis, and the new formation is made up of either compact or can- cellated tissue. Exostoses may be situated on the inner surfaces of the cranial bones, and give rise to very serious cerebral symptoms. The frontal bone is most frequently affected in this manner. In rare instances exostoses are found in the vertebra, sometimes external and sometimes within the spinal canal. Osteomyelitis. The deposit of syphilitic material generally takes place in the medullary canal of the long bones, but may occur in the periosteum or even in the substance of the bone itself. The bones of the head are also liable to be affected, the syphilitic deposit occupying the diploe, thus separ- ating the internal and external plates of the skull, and leading to caries or necrosis of them, and frequently to perforation, either internally or externally. These lesions are generally confined to the bones of the head, the nose, the hard palate, and the alveolar process of the upper jaw, but the long bones may also be similar] •,• affected. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE BONES, ETC. 207 THE JOINTS. The joints are quite frequently involved during the secondary and tertiary stages. Arthralgia. Pain in the joints is frequently an early manifestation. The lesion is a specific inflammation of the synovial membranes and fibrous tissues. The skin remains normal in all respects, and there is no effusion into the joint ; the only symptoms being pain, with sometimes slight stiffness of the articulation. The pain, which varies greatly, generally becomes worse at night. Any of the joints may be attacked, but generally the larger ones, usually the knee. In some cases the cartilages are invaded, giving rise to crepitation. Synovitis. There are two varieties of syphilitic syno- vitis ; theirs* is a chronic effusion into the joint, with- out change in its structures; the second consists of effusion with thickening of the synovial membrane. The first variety occurs in the early stage. The affec- tion begins slowly and painlessly, and consists of an effusion and some stiffness of the articulation. The integument is not involved. The effusion may be slight or copious, and is intermittent in character ; in some cases it is absorbed gradually, while in others it becomes chronic and very persistent. Suppuration or destruction of the joint does not occur. During this process firm pressure may elicit some pain, otherwise there is none. , The second variety occurs late in the secondary and during the tertiary stage. The affected joint becomes slightly painful, enlarged, and its motion impaired. Digitized by Microsoft® 208 SYPHILID. The effusion takes place slowly aad is accompanied by thickening of the synovial membrane and fibrous tissue. The lesion is due to gummy infiltration into the synovial membrane. In some cases the cartilages be- come more or less eroded, thus giving rise to crepita- tion. There is but little tendency to complete ankylosis.. The knee-joint is the one most frequently affected. The prognosis is good if the patient has suitable treatment at an early period. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXV. SYPHILIS OF THE EYE. THE ORBITAL BONES. The bones of the orbit may be attacked by either periostitis, caries, or necrosis, and present the same gen- eral symptoms as do similar lesions in the other bones. The inflammatory process may extend from the dis- eased bones to the contents of the orbit, causing a cel- lulitis, which, if untreated, is liable to result in abscess and partial or complete destruction of the organ. These lesions usually attack the orbital plate of the frontal and lachrymal bones. Syphilitic nodes can form upon any of the four walls of the orbit, and if deeply situated cause protrusion of the eye, with more or less interference of vision. the lachrymal passages. Affections of the lachrymal passages may occur at any period of the disease. In some cases they are limited to the mucous mem- brane and submucous tissue, and consist of catarrhal inflammation with oedema and ulceration. In the ma- jority of cases the process begins in the bones or perios- teum and involves the mucous membrane secondarily. Symptoms. As the lachrymal passages become im- Digitized by Microsoft® 210 SYPHILIS. pervious, the tears collect upon the conjunctiva and flow over the face ; purulent matter forms in the lachrymal sac and regurgitates into the eye, causing conjunctivitis and inflammation of the puncta lachrymalis. If the process be very severe, an abscess may form in the lachrymal sac. THE LACHRYMAL GLAND. Very few cases of affections of this gland have been reported. The gland becomes swollen, pushing the upper lid forward, which in turn may become red and inflamed, but gives rise to no pain. The trouble subsides rapidly under anti-syphilitic treatment. THE EYELIDS. Affections of the eyelids are not at all common ; they are divided into eruptions, ulcerations, and infiltrations. Eruptions may occur upon either the external or the internal surface of the lid, in the form of papules or pustules. ZJlceraiions. The initial lesion may be situated upon any part of either surface of the lid, but most frequently occurs at its free margin. Beginning as a papular or superficial ulcer, it is soon surrounded by well-marked induration with enlarge- ment of the pre-auricular glands. In the secondary period lesions of the lids occur as small, elevated, circumscribed spots of a grayish-red, yellow, or copper color. Mucous patches are sometimes found upon the pal- Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE EYE. 211 pebral conjunctiva and resemble those situated else- where. Ulcerations of the eyelid during this period generally commence as gummy tumors or submucous infiltrations. They cause great destruction of the tissues and are gen- erally situated upon the border of the lid. Infiltrations between the cartilages and the integu- ment do not always ulcerate, but may remain for a long time as nodules, which disappear under proper treatment. The tarsal cartilages may become inflamed and thick- ened, causing oedema of the lid, with or without redness of the integument. The afiEection is very chronic and results in the loss of elasticity of the cartilage. The tendons and fasciae of the muscles of the eye may also be involved' in the general specific inflammation, which is apt to lead to abscess-formation, and conse- quent destruction of the organ. THE CON.TUNCTIVA. Tlie ocular conjunctiva is rarely affected by syphil- itic lesions, but may be the seat of tubercles, gummy tumors, and gummatous infiltration. Cases of papules and blotches have been observed coincidently with a general eruption ; the initial lesion is sometimes situ- ated here. Secondary ulceration may occur near the margin of the cornea ; and begin as red, elevated spots, which soon ulcerate and are liable to extend to the cornea. Digitized by Microsoft® 212 SYPHILIS. THE CORNEA. Syphilitic ulceration of the cornea is a very rare man- ifestation. When inflammation does occur it is usually in the substance of the cornea, and designated as paren- chymatous keratitis, of which there are two forms : the diffuse and the punctate. Diffuse keratitis is generally accompanied by a vary- ing amount of pericorneal injection and slight grayish opacity of the cornea, which after a time gives it the appearance of ground-glass. As a rule, there is not much pain or photophobia at first, but these symptoms gradually increase in intensity and are accompanied by lachrymation. Diffuse keratitis is the form generally observed in young children and is almost always due to hereditary syphilis. Punctate keratitis. The opacity occurs in sharply limited spots or points, which as a rule do not coalesce. The lesion is gray or yellow in color and deeply seated. THE SCLEROTIC. Affections of the sclerotic coat are divided into epi- scleritis and parenchymatous scleritis. Episcleritis generally begins as a hypersemic spot near the margin of the cornea, which as the inflamma- tion continues becomes violet or purple in color. The conjunctiva is seldom involved, and then to a limited extent only. Any part of the cornea can be affected, and several spots may form at the same time and merge into each other. There is usually but little pain, photophobia, or Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE EYE. 213 lachrymation with this process, which may in some cases invade the cornea, the iris, or the ciliary body. Parenchymatous sderitis is a very rare affection. , As a rule, it commences by a zone of injection around the cornea, which is at first pink in color, but eventually becomes purplish. This pinkish zone gradually extends backward, covering entirely the anterior portion of the ball. This affection may run a chronic, painless course, or cause photophobia, severe pain, and lachrymation. The iris may or may not be implicated. The sclerotic coat is sometimes the seat of gummous infiltration. THE IRIS. Syphilitic iritis is one of the most serious affections of the eye, and should be recognized early in order that proper treatment be employed. It usually appears during the secondary period, but may occur much later. There are three varieties of inflammation of the iris : fird, simple or plastic iritis ; second, serous iritis ; and, third, parenchymatous or suppurative iritis. Simple or plastic iritis is characterized by congestion of the iris, with the production of an exudation from it, and in some cases by an increase of the connective tissue. As a rule, there is injection of the conjunctival and sclerotic vessels. The color of the iris is changed, its surface is covered by a thin layer of fibrin, and on exposure to light it reacts slowly or not at all. The pupil may become irregular in shape, owing to the adhesions between it and the capsule of the lens, or to the exudations into its substance. 10* Digitized by Microsoft® 214 SYPHILIS. Serous iritis. In this affection the exudation is serous in character, and is due to excessive secretion of turbid aqueous humor, which generally produces an increased intraocular tension ; this causes deepening of the ante- rior chamber and dilatation of the pupil from pressure. Circumcorneal injection may be absent or present. Adhesions between the lens and the iris are very rare in this form. Parenchymatous or suppurative iritis. In this form of iritis there is inflammation in the stroma of the iris, causing oedema of the membrane and increase in its cellular tissue-elements. Elevations, also called tuber- cles or condylomata, occur upon the surface of the iris, and in composition are identical with gummy tumors. The vessels of the membrane are congested from re- tardation of their circulation. Adhesions between the margin of the pupil and the lens are very common. Pus is produced rapidly and abundantly in the anterior chamber. Pain and photophobia may be very severe, or in some cases entirely wanting ; vision is always more or less interfered with. If the affection be early and properly treated, the eye returns to its normal condition ; but in cases that are neglected, permanent adhesions form, which impede the motion of the iris. THE CRYSTALLINE LENS. The lens is never primarily affected by syphilitic in- flammation, although secondary changes in the capsule and lenticular substance are common. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE EYE. 215 THE CIMAEY BODY. Primary cyelitis or inflammation of the ciliary body is very rare. It usually follows affections of the iris or the choroid. The symptoms are intense pericorneal injection at one or more points, opposite any one of which there is retraction of the iris. Gummata are also sometimes found in the ciliary body. THE CHOROID. There are three varieties of choroiditis : first, plastic choroiditis or choroiditis exudativa j second, serous choroiditis ; and, third, parenchymatous choroiditis. Plastic choroiditis or choroiditis exudativa is charac- terized by the formation of an exudation upon the surface and in the substance of the choroid. The exudation appears like yellowish-white or straw- colored spots, over which run the retinal vessels. These spots may be absorbed and leave no trace of their ex- istence, but usually the exudation disappears, leaving atrophic changes in the choroid, which becomes greatly thinned and allows the sclera to be seen, thus giving a white, glistening appearance ^;o the previously yellow spots. Serous choroiditis is characterized by the exudation of a serous material from the choroidal membrane.. Parenchymatous choroiditis consists of a deep-seated inflammation with hypertrophy of the cellular tissue, forming little gummy tumors which project into the vitreous humor. Digitized by Microsoft® 216 SYPHILIS. Syphilitic choroiditis usually develops in the late secondary or the early tertiary period. THE EETINA. Retinitis or inflammation of the retina is marked by increased vascularity and opacity of the membrane, due to effusion into its substance. It usually begins by redness of the optic nerve entrance or by slight oedema, which obscures the under- lying structures. The retinal vessels become enlarged, tortuous, and sometimes rupture, forming spots of ecchymosis. The deposits of lymph in the retina cause light-colored patches, beneath which pass the vessels of the choroid and the retina. Retinitis is rather an uncommon manifestation, and generally occurs quite late in the disease. THE OPTIC NERVE. Optic neuritis unless following an inflammation of the retina or choroid is very rare, but does occur. The ophthalmoscopic appearances of specific and non- specific neuritis are the same. THE VITREOUS BODY. Turpidity of the vitreous is a common complication of inflammation of the choroid. It is a disputed point, however, whether the vitreous is ever the seat of primary specific inflammation. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE EYE. 217 THE NERVES OF THE EYE. Syphilitic paralysis of the nerves of the eye is a very common manifestation of the disease, and attacks most frequently the third pair, or motor oculi ; next the sixth pair, or abducens ; and finally the fourth pair, or patheticus. Paralysis of the third pair causes ptosis, external strabismus, immobility of the ball, diplopia, and my- driasis Paralysis of the sixth pair gives rise to internal strabismus. Paralysis of the fourth pair is followed by a loss of power of rotation of the eyeball on the affected side. Sometimes only certain branches of a nerve are in- volved, or different nerves of both eyes may be affected simultaneously. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXVI. SYPHILIS OP THE EAK. The external ear may be the seat of macules, pap- ules, and gummata, although their occurrence in this situation is not at all common. The external auditory canal is sometimes, but not very commonly, the seat of mucous patches and' con- dylomata ; they are either isolated or merged together, and completely occlude the canal, causing quite severe pain. Ulcers are sometimes situated on the walls of the ex- ternal meatus ; they are rounded in form, very painful and chronic, and begin as circumscribed inflammations or gummy tumors, which break down and suppurate. The middle ear is that portion of the organ which is most frequently affected in syphilitic subjects, on account of its intimate connection with the throat, from which any syphilitic affection may extend, and in which place syphilitic lesions are so common. Mucous patches may be situated in the Eustachian tube, or upon the walls of the middle ear. The sequelae of these affections are opacities or destruc- tion of the drum, loosening of the ossicles from their attachments, or caries of the temporal bone or ossicles. The mastoid cells may also be involved as in ordinary suppurative otitis media. Digitized by Microsoft® SYPHILIS OF THE EAR. 219 Stricture or complete occlusion of the Eustachian tube may follow an acute or severe invasion of syphilis. Hypertrophy of the lining membrane, membranous bands, polypi, or hyperplasia of the osseous tissues, cause impairment of hearing, according to their degree of development. The internal ear. Very little is definitely known of syphilitic lesions of this portion of the ear. In cases of severe inflammation of the tympanum there may be congestion, or even extravasation of blood into the internal ear. Disease of the labyrinth usually appears at the end of the secondary stage, and may either follow disease of the middle ear, or occur primarily. Cases of sudden deafness, due to syphilis, usually occur within the first four years of the disease, and as a rule both ears are affected simultaneously. There is a feeling of fulness in the ear, but no pain ; the patient has vertigo, and sometimes a staggering gait. The attack is preceded by hyperaemia of the drums, which afterward become opaque, lustreless, and only slightly, if at all, injected ; there is no sign of fluid in the middle ear. The Eustachian tube remains open, and the fauces may or may not be affected. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXVII. PROGNOSIS OF SYPHILIS. As a general rule, patients otherwise healthy expe- rience very little trouble from syphilis, provided they have the proper treatment for a sufficient length of time, and live moderate and regular lives, according to the rules laid down by the physician. It is claimed that subjects with light complexion and reddish hair suffer more than those of dark complexion. The disease is very severe in old age, and in nervous, excitable sub- jects. Alcoholic habits and intercurrent diseases, espe- cially tuberculosis, render the prognosis less favorable. The indications of a mild attack of syphilis are a long period of incubation ; a superficial initial lesion ; simple erythema without papules as the first syphilide, and gradual diminution in the size of the enlarged lym- phatic glands. A severe attack of syphilis is indicated by a short period of incubation, with deep ulceration and great in- duration of the initial lesion ; by a papular, vesicular, pustular, or squamous eruption as the first syphilide ; and persistency of glandular enlargements. There are undoubtedly instances in which the disease tends to self- limitation, but one cannot always prognos- ticate which case will do well and which one badly. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XXXYIII. TREATMENT OF SYPHILITIC LESIONS. THE INITIAL LESION. Thorough cauterization, or complete excision of the initial lesion, with all of the lymphatic glands in ana- tomical relation with it, even if performed in a few days or hours after its appearance, is of no avail in aborting syphilis. The local treatment consists in scrupulous cleanliness of the lesion, and its protection from all sources of irri- tation. The sore should be washed in soap and water, and bichloride of mercury solution, 1 : 2000 or 1 : 3000, morning and evening, and covered with absorbent gauze saturated in the solution ; this dressing is changed every two hours, the soiled one being destroyed immediately. In the same manner may be used 1 : 40 carbolic acid solution ; 4 per cent, boric acid solution ; aluni water, or Red" wash. Iodoform, or iodoform and boric acid in equal parts, are very good dusting-powders if sloughing has taken place in the sore ; calomel may also be used in these cases. Black, and yellow wash are very serviceable if suppuration occurs. Should a iilm or membrane form upon the floor of the chancre, a little pure carbolic acid, or nitric acid, must be applied very carefully in the following manner : Digitized by Microsoft® 222 SYPHILIS. the sore is washed in bichloride solution 1 : 2000, dried with absorbent gauze, and a little carbolic acid applied by means of absorbent cotton wound on a wooden ap- plicator. If nitric add is used, the chancre should be anaesthetized with cocaine solution, dried, and sur- rounded with vaseline to protect the healthy tissues from the action of the acid, which is applied as above described, and the sore covered with a cold, wet bi- chloride dressing to allay inflammatory reaction. Chancres situated beneath a long, tight foreskin should be exposed by making two lateral incisions through the prepuce, for which operation the reader is referred to page 131. When the chancre is cicatrized the remaining mass of induration should be kept constantly covered with 50 per cent, mercurial ointment, which in a short time will cause it to soften and disappear. INDURATED LYMPHATIC GLANDS AND VESSELS. It is always well to use local inunctions of 50 per cent, mercurial ointment over all lymphatic glands and upon the parts supplied by their vessels. A different group of glands should be rubbed every night. THE SYPHILIDES. The early syphilides require mercurial treatment alone, while those occurring later in the disease demand iodide of potassium combined with mercury. Ulcers resulting from the pustular eruption, or any form of syphilitic ulceration, if very painful, should be Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF SYPHILITIC LESIONS. 223 touched with a strong solution of carbolic acid, washed with bichloride solution, and dressed with iodoform, calomel, or bichloride of mercury solution 1 : 2000, or 1 : 5000. For exuberant granulations use the solid stick of nitrate of silver, or the scissors. GTJMMATA. During the stage of infiltration, before ulceration has commenced, " mixed treatment," or the iodide of potash should be combined with local inunctions of 50 per cent, mercurial ointment. After ulceration has oc- curred incision may be necessary ; but it must not be practised too soon, as absorption sometimes takes place even at this late period. GUMMATOUS ULCERS. Gummatous ulcers should be thoroughly freed from all sloughs and dfibris, and dressed in the usual anti- septic manner. ALOPECIA. Syphilitic alopecia requires both constitutional and local mercurial treatment. The head should be sham- pooed once or twice a week with soap and water, to which has been added a little borax. The hair is kept moderately short. Every night an ointment consisting of 30 grains of white precipitate to an ounce of cold cream should be well rubbed into the scalp. In the morning the ointment is washed off and a stimulating tonic applied to the scalp. Digitized by Microsoft® 224 SYPHILIS. THE NAILS. Affections of the nails require constitutional and local treatment. In friable onychia the nails should be protected from injury and irritation, carefully pared and covered with mercurial ointment. It is well to soak the nails in hot bichloride solution 1 : 2000 twice daily. In perionychia and separation of the nail from its matrix, mercurial ointment acts well, the parts having been previously cleansed with hot bichloride solution. In ulcerative perionychia the granulations must be touched with the solid stick of nitrate of silver, and the surface dressed with iodoform, calomel and bismuth, mercurial ointment, or the wet bichloride of mercury dressing ; at the same time the affected parts should be kept very clean with hot bichloride solution. MUCOUS PATCHES. Mucous patches require constitutional as well as local treatment. When situated in the mouth, upon the lips, the internal surface of the cheeks, the tongue and the gums, they should be touched every second or third day with the nitrate of silver stick. Those situated upon the tonsils, the palate, the fauces, the pharynx, and the larynx should be sprayed with a solution of nitrate of silver, from 15 to 20 grains to the ounce of water. The patient should wash the mouth several times daily with 1 : 1000 bichloride solution. During the existence of these lesions the patient must not use alcohol or tobacco, and should keep the mouth and teeth scrupulously clean. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF SYPHILITIC LESIONS. 225 CONDYLOMATA. Put the patient on anti-syphilitic treatment, and keep the affected parts clean and dry ; wash them twice daily with peroxide of hydrogen, or one part Labarraque solution to eight parts of water, dry, dust on calomel, and separate them from opposing surfaces by bits of dry absorbent gauze. LESIONS OF THE NOSE. Secondary lesions of the mucous membrane of the nose yield nicely to mercurial treatment, while those involving the deeper structures require the addition of potassium iodide. The parts must be cleaned by sprays, or douches, followed by the application of mild nitrate of silver solution, and various astringent sprays. Local inunctions of mercurial ointment are also very beneficial LESIONS OF THE LARYNX AND TEAGHEA. Laryngeal syphilis requires constitutional as well as local treatment. For ulcerations, use a solution of nitrate of silver in the spray. If stricture follows the ulcerations, bougies may be resorted to, but are not of much avail. These patients must avoid alcohol and tobacco, and the use of the vocal cords as much as pos- sible. The tracheal lesions are, as a rule, beyond the reach of local applications, so must be combated by constitu- tional treatment. Digitized by Microsoft® 226 SYPHILIS. AFFECTIONS OF THE TESTICLE AND EPIDIDYMIS. The testicles are held in a suspensory bandage, and the patient put on the " mixed treatment," or potassium iodide combined with local inunctions of mercurial ointment. The effusion into the tunica vaginalis is generally absorbed under anti-syphilitic treatment ; but if this does not occur, the fluid should be drawn off with an aspirating-needle. LESIONS OP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. Syphilis of the nervous system, and especially those lesions which involve the brain and the spinal cord, require large doses of potassium iodide, or "mixed treatment," combined with local inunctions of 50 per cent, mercurial ointment. AFFECTIONS OF THE RECTUM. The patient must have constitutional treatment, with dilatation, or, if necessary, division of the stricture. Local applications of mercurial ointment smeared on bougies is an excellent method. AFFECTIONS OF THE LACHRYMAL PASSAGES. Iodide of potash and mercury should be given to- gether, but besides this the majority of cases require local measures. One or both canaliculi are incised as far as the caruncle, and dilated with a Bowman's probe; this Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF SYPHILITIC LESIONS. 227 procedure affords great relief by making a free com- munication between the sac and the conjunctiva, and also by giving an outlet to pus or any material that has formed in the sac. If there be an obstruction in the nasal passages due to oedema of the mucous mem- brane, a probe should be passed every few days, and left in situ for several minutes, thus restoring the original calibre of the canal. AFFECTIONS OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AND CORNEA. Syphilitic affections of the conjunctiva and cornea require constitutional treatment. The eye must be protected from the light, and the pupil kept dilated by means of atropine. IRITIS. The patient should be kept in a shaded, but not darkened room, and go out morning and evening in the open air, with smoked or blue glasses. In the acute form of iritis the patient must be brought under the influence of mercury as rapidly as possible, without causing impairment of the general health ; if run down, tonics should be used with the mercury, or if the subject be very much depressed, with potassium iodide. To prevent the formation of adhesions between the iris and the capsule of the lens, the pupil must be kept constantly dilated with a solution of sulphate of atropia (two grains to the ounce of distilled water), this being dropped in two or three times daily ; it also relieves the pain and irritation. If the iris does not yield to Digitized by Microsoft® 228 SYPHILIS. the use of the atnjpia, leeches should be applied to the temple, or, these measures failing, evacuation of the contents of the anterior chamber by paracentesis cornese must be resorted to. To relieve the paiu mercurial in- unctions may be made over the brow and temple; but if it be very severe, hypodermic injections of morphine are required. For chronic iritis give mercury and potassium iodide, if well borne ; but if not, tonics and potassium iodide internally, and mercurial inunctions. If, in spite of all treatment, the aqueous humor becomes very cloudy, the pain increases, the tension becomes greater, there is a decrease of vision, or if pus forms in the anterior chamber, then paracentesis should be performed ; but if the disease still progresses with an increase of all the above symptoms, and extension of the inflammatory processes to the deeper structures of the eye, then iridectomy must be resorted to. AFFECTIONS OF THE JOINTS. The patient should be put on the " mixed treatment," or large doses of potassium iodide combined with local inunctions of 50 per cent mercurial ointment. The joint is immobilized in a proper splint. OSSEOUS AFFECTIONS. Bone lesions require large doses of potassium iodide, with local rubbings of mercurial ointment. In case of necrosis or pus formation we resort to the regular sur- gical treatment for these conditions. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF SYPHILITIC LESIONS. 229 SYPHILITIC DACTYLITIS. The affected parts should be covered with mercurial ointment, and the joint immobilized if indicated. The patient is put on " mixed treatment/' or potassium iodide alone. If the tension is very great, it must be relieved by free incision over the most prominent part of the swelling, but this should not be done too early, or unless absolutely necessary. 11 Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTEK XXXIX. CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. The treatment of syphilis consists in the use of the specific remedy mercury, administered alone during the early manifestations, and combined with the iodide of potassium or sodium in the later ones. At the same time, the patient's general condition must be carefully watched, and regulated by the employ- ment of hygienic measures and tonics. . The duration of the treatment varies somewhat in different cases, but usually occupies a period of from two, two and a half, to three years, and must be inter- mittent, and not continuous in character. Mercury may be administered by the mouth, by in- unction, by hypodermic injection, and by fumigation. Hygiene. The patient should lead a moderate, regular life, with nourishing and readily digestible diet. A little ale or beer can be taken at lunch, and a glass or so of claret or burgundy with dinner ; champagne is harmful, as is also whiskey, brandy, or spirits, and should therefore not be allowed. Tobacco in all forms must be interdicted, especially when there are lesions of the mouth, the tongue, the fauces, etc., as it causes local irritation of these parts, as well as a depressing influence on the system generally. There should be at least one good evacuation of the bowels every day. Exercise in the fresh air must be insisted upon, as well Digitized by Microsoft® CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. 231 as bathing in either hot or cold water, whichever is preferable ; by these means the secretory apparatus of the skin is kept in good working order. In the 'primary stage — that is, before the disease be- comes constitutional — the patient's general health must be investigated and he or she put in as good physical and mental condition as possible. The teeth and gums should be examined, and put in thorough order by a competent dentist, as rough and decayed teeth cause local irritation, which is the prime factor in the pro- duction and persistence of mucous patches. Tonics. To combat the ansemia which occurs in the primary and the early part of the secondary stage tonics must be administered, such as quinine, iron, gen- tian, or the fluid extract of erythroxylon cocoa, which latter preparation has a decided tonic effect on the heart and nervous system generally. The use of mercury in the primary stage of syphilis, as a rule, does no good, but tends to render the de- velopment of the manifestations irregular, and very often makes the diagnosis as to whether the patient has had syphilis or not very doubtful. As a broad general rule, therefore, patients should not be put upon constitutional mercurial treatment until the disease is constitutional, which is shown by the appearance of the roseola or macular syphilide. There are cases however in which it is best to give mercury in the primary stage. These cases have been so exhaustively formulated by Taylor that I quote him literally : " 1. When the initial lesion from its site, size, depth, or extent causes much pain and discomfort, or inter- feres with the function of the parts, or from activity of Digitized by Microsoft® 232 SYPHILIS. ulceration threatens to destroy them — prepuce, penis, urethra (chiefly in cases of phimosis and paraphimosis), clitoris, fingers, eyes, nose, lips, tongue, tonsils, breast, and arms. Also in cases in which dense induration around the urethral orifice, or in the urethral canal, pro- duces a stenosis of that canal, and again in. cases of very large (elephantine) extra-genital chancres upon the legs, arms, buttocks, and cheek or face. "2. In some cases in which there is a tendency to the development of exuberant indurating oedema around the chancre, which may seriously discomfort or cripple the patient, or impair the functions of the part, as we sometimes see in chancres of the lips, near the fraenum, and upon the external female genitalia, and complicating chancres of the anus, and also in cases of chancres just within the vaginal introitus. "3. In certain of those cases in which, from its situation, the chancre may lead to the infection of others, such as the fingers of surgeons, obstetricians, dressers, orderlies, and midwives, the nipples of wet- nurses, and others who suckle children other than their own, in cases of chancre of the lips and tongues of infants, and in cases in which the lesions occur on the lips or elsewhere of young, careless, and thoughtless persons, who are liable to spread the infection. " 4. When the enlargement of the lymphatic ganglia or the lymphatic cords (particularly of the penis) is ex- cessive, and causes inconvenience, impairment of func- tion or locomotion or movement of the arms, or pro- duces much discomfort and disfigurement in the neck and submaxillary region, at the elbow, in the axillse and groins. " 5. In some cases in which chancres are complicated Digitized by Microsoft® CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. 233 with a pyogenic infection attended with pain, fever, and, perhaps, typhoidal symptoms, chiefly on the fingers, but also, though rarely, on the nipple and mammse, and sometimes on the penis and vulva (in careless, uncleanly subjects). Also in some cases in which gangrene and phagedena are complications. "6. In cases in which conjugal or sexual relations render the disappearance of the chancre necessary or imperative. " 7. When the extreme anxiety and fear and the unreasonable impatience of the bearer render it impera- tively necessary. "8. In those somewhat exceptional cases in which severe cephalalgia, neuralgia, pleuritic and intrathoracic discomfort and pain, pains in the bones, joints, and fasciae are precocious. " 9. In cases of women infected in the early months of pregnancy, in order, if possible, to prevent subse- quent abortion ; and in cases of chancre of the vulva and introitus vaginae, in order to remove a possible obstacle to childbirth, and, if very late in gestation, to prevent the infection of the child in transitu." In using mercury it must not be forgotten that in certain instances it is very apt to cause such disagreeable complications as ptyalism and stomatitis, gastro-intesti- nal disorders, impairment of nutrition, and depression of the vital forces, but fortunately such complications at the present time are rare, as the doses employed are small, and the preparations more carefully selected. By the mouth. If the drug is to be administered in this manner, the best preparations are the protoiodide (green iodide), or the tannate of mercury, given in the following manner : Digitized by Microsoft® 34 SYPHILIS. Hydrarg. protoiodid. Ferri et quin. cit. Ext. hyoscyam. Ft. in pil. No. xxx. gr. viij-x. 3iss. gr. vj.— M. Sig. One pill three times a day. B. Hydrarg. tannic. Quin. sulph. Ext. hyoscyam. Ft. in pil. No. xxx. gr. xv-xxx. gr. vj.— M. Sig. One pill three times a day. If the pills cause colicky pains and diarrhoea, they should be stopped for a day or so, and the patient given a little ginger or paregoric ; when they are resumed it is best to begin with one pill daily, and increase the num- ber cautiously. This treatment should be continued for the first month or so of the disease, when it may be stopped, and the patient put on inunctions of mercurial ointment, which are continued in interrupted courses to the end of the first year. In the majority of cases, at the end of a few months the patient is doing so nicely that medication may be suspended temporarily for one, two, or even three weeks, and then resumed. At this period the lesions, if any exist, are mild, and consist of patches on the tongues of drinkers and smokers, and persons who have not kept these parts clean, or superficial lesions in those who are subject to simple skin affections. The next course of treatment generally lasts from two to three months, when the drug may be again discon- tinued for a time, and then resumed. At the beginning of the second year the patient is put Digitized by Microsoft® CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. 235 on the " mixed treatment," which is continued in an iniermittent manner for from one and a half to two years, according to the exigencies of the case. The following formula is for the " mixed treatment :" Hydrarg. biniodid. gr. j-ij. Potass, iodid. §ss-j. Syr. aurant. cort. giij. Aq. ad ^ iv.^M. Sig. One teaspoonful in water one hour after meals. Inunction. This is the most efficacious mode of administering mercury, and for the purpose we em- ploy 50 per cent, fresh mercurial ointment made with lard In some cases, however, it may be advis- able to use the weaker ointment, which is 25 to 30 per cent. The part to be rubbed should be thoroughly cleansed with soap and hot water, dried, and sponged with alcohol. A fresh portion of integument is selected each time, and rendered clean as above described, as in this manner irritation of the integument is in a great meas- ure prevented. The mouth and teeth should be kept very clean, and the bowels regular, during the treatment ; if there should be the slightest sign of salivation, stop the treatment immediately, and wash the body thoroughly. For each inunction, which should occupy about thirty minutes, are used from twenty-five to sixty grains of the ointment, which are carefully weighed, and put up in oiled papers or gelatine capsules. There are cases, however, in which the amount of ointment can be in- creased to seventy-five grains and more. A course of inunctions consists of eleven rubbings, Digitized by Microsoft® 236 SYPHILIS. given oa the following regions, into which the body is divided (Taylor) : Region 1. The neck and head. Eegion 2. The right axilla, arm, forearm, and hand. Eegion 3. The left axilla, arm, forearm, and hand. Eegion 4. Eight half of chest and abdomen. Eegion 5. Left half of chest and abdomen. Eegion 6. Eight half of back. Eegion 7. Left half of back. Eegion 8. Eight thigh and groin. Eegion 9. Left thigh and groin. Eegion 10. Eight leg and foot. Eegion 11. Left leg and foot. For rubbing hairy parts, such as the head, beard, etc., we substitute thirty grains of white precipitate to an ounce of vaseline, for the mercurial ointment, the part having been previously washed. As a rule, the rubbings are given every other night, the first one not being washed off until just before the second one is administered, and so on through the entire course. When one course is finished, treatment should be stopped for a few days and then resumed. Fumigation. Fumigations are of great value in the chronic, the localized, and the scaling eruptions of syphilis. The mercurial vapor is best generated from calomel and cinnabar placed on a Lee's lamp. (See Fig. 44.) The purest calomel and cinnabar must be employed, and the body thoroughly washed before the bath is given. The bath should be taken at night just before retiring, and twenty grains of calomel and forty grains of cinnabar used ; these are mixed, and placed on the lamp. Digitized by Microsoft® CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. 237 The patient sits undressed and covered with blankets on a cane-bottom chair, beneath which is the lamp ; in a few minutes profuse perspiration comes on, the drugs being completely evaporated in twenty minutes ; the lamp is then extinguished ; the patient remains on the chair a few minutes longer, and then retires in the same blanket, without being rubbed. Fig. 44. r - W '^ ^ K=}\\\ i|lv^ i-b„ ^d Lee's lamp. The bath may be given every night, or one to three times weekly, according to the strength of the patient and the amount of mercurial effect desired. The patient should wear flannel underclothes, follow the hygienic rules already laid down, and be very careful not to catch cold. 11* Digitized by Microsoft® 238 SYPHILIS. Hypodermic mjeotions. The treatment of syphilis by hypodermic injections is very useful, and may be regarded as a valuable addition to the above-described methods ; it is also serviceable in cases in which we re- quire the speedy action of the drug, and when mercury cannot be taken by the mouth or rubbed into the skin. Its general adoption as a routine method of treatment cannot be recommended, as the injections are followed by pain, soreness, indurated nodules, and in some cases by abscess. The best preparation is a watery solution of the bi- chloride of mercury, used in two strengths : one solu- tion contains ^ of a grain of the drug in ten drops of water, and the other solution |^ of a grain of the drug in ten drops of water. Calomel may also be employed for this purpose, giv- ing from 1^ to 1 grain in ten drops of distilled water. The injections are given with a hard-rubber syringe (holding twelve drops), and steel needles about an inch and a quarter long, every antiseptic precaution being taken as regards instruments and the preparation of the integument. The best places for making the injections are the gluteal regions. It is better to wait a day or so after each injection before giving another, in order to test the susceptibility of the patient. This method gives good results in cephalalgias, in the early eruptions, and in cases in which mercury is not well borne by the stomach. In ocular troubles the injections are of great benefit, as is also the case in osseous, bursal, fascial, and articu- lar lesions, especially the early ones, at the same time giving potassium iodide in full doses. Digitized by Microsoft® CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF SYPHILIS. 239 Iodide of potash has a very decided effect upon the lesions of the transition and tertiary stage ; but as it subdues rather than cures them, it is best to combine it with mercury, either internally or in the form of in- unctions. The dose of the iodide in the beginning should be five to fifteen grains, three times a day, an hour after meals ; but this may have to be increased to one, two, or even three hundred grains daily. It is best to begin with very small doses, given in Vichy water and lemon-juice, milk, or essence of pepsin. In some instances it causes coryza, pain in the frontal sinuses, oedema of the conjunctiva, swelling of the lids, irritation of the fauces, gastro-intestinal derangements, eruptions on the skin, most commonly papules, acne pustules, or furuncles, and which, as a rule, are situated upon the face and the neck. All the above complica- tions rapidly subside on the temporary suspension of the drug. In large and long- continued doses iodide of potassium gives rise to a condition known as iodism, which consists of a feeling of oppression in the head, tinnitus aurium, neuralgia, spasmodic muscular action, impairment of voluntary motion, and sluggish intellect. SALIVATION. During a course of mercurial treatment some subjects are liable to become salivated, the first symptom being soreness of the gums just behind the superior incisors, and in the lower jaw back of the last molars ; the other symptoms of mercurial stomatitis are a metallic taste in the mouth, fetid breath, increased flow of the saliva. Digitized by Microsoft® 240 SYPHILIS. tenderness of the teeth when closed upon each other, swelling of the tongue, which is marked by the teeth on its sides, oedema of the mucous membrane of the cheeks, gums, and lips, with difficulty in articulation and deglu- tition. The neighboring lymphatic glands may become enlarged. Sometimes there is fever, accompanied by general malaise. In rare and extreme cases there is ulceration of the soft parts, which may or may not be followed by necrosis of the maxillary bones. Treatment. The mercury must be stopped imme- diately, the bowels kept freely open with saline cath- artics, and the patient put on a liquid and nourishing diet. For a gargle and mouth-wash use a solution of chlorate of potash (two drachms to a pint of water ), which must be employed frequently. The line of junc- ture of the teeth and gums may be painted with equal parts of tincture of iodine and tincture of myrrh. If the flow of saliva is very profuse, small doses of sul- phate of atropia should be given. A mouth-wash con- sisting of a drachm of alum to a pint of water is very serviceable in some cases. DURATION OP TREATMENT. Treatment should be continued as long as any syph- ilitic manifestations remain, and for at least two years or two years and a half, even in those cases that have had no symptoms since the general outbreak. After a proper course of medication the majority of cases are cured ; but it must not be forgotten that this is not always the case, and that the late manifestations are the most dangerous, especially the lesions of the brain and the arteries. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XL. HEREIilTAEY SYPHILIS. Hereditary syphilis, also known as congenital and infantile syphilis, is that variety in which the disease is transmitted to the child in utero from either one or both parents. As a rule, symptoms appear about the third week of life, but sometimes occur at birth, or as late as the third month, and in some instances even later. Irf both parents are syphilitic, the foetus generally dies, or the child manifests symptoms at a very early date. The severity of the disease decreases with each suc- ceeding child, and as a rule is only transmitted to the second generation, unless very severe, when it may be transmitted to the third. There is no initial lesion nor are there any regular stages in hereditary syphilis ; the lesions are more hy- persemic and active than in the acquired form, and attack every organ and tissue. Hereditary syphilis may be derived from one or both parents. If procreation occur while the father is in the iirst period of incubation, the child will escape infec- tion, and may do so even if he be in the second period of incubation, but is usually infected if he has secondary manifestations ; although mercurial treatment may so modify the disease that the child will escape, even dur- Digitized by Microsoft® 242 SYPHILIS. ing the first year. The father transmits his disease through his sperm cells, which come in direct contact with the ovule of the female at the time of fecundation. A syphilitic father can transmit his disease to the child, the mother escaping infection and remaining in a per- fectly healthy condition. The mother may also transmit syphilis, but her dis- ease must be constitutional, as at that time her ovule is syphilitic, and the foetus is thus infected at the time of fecundation. The disease of the mother may be so modified by mercurial treatment that the child will escape infection. The syphilis of the mother acquired during pregnancy may be conveyed to the foetus through the utero-placental circulation, and the mother may also be infected by a syphilitic foetus through the utero- placental circulation, provided that in both cases "the structure of the placenta is altered or impaired. Syphilitic women are very liable to abort, and gen- erally do so between the fifth and seventh months. The severity of the disease in the child is in propor- tion to its intensity in either one or both parents at the time of its conception. The course of the disease is chronic and very irregu- lar. Superficial and visceral lesions may be present at the same time. The duration of hereditary syphilis depends upon the intensity of the disease and the treatment employed. Some children are healthy at the end of a few months, others in a year, and others not until the tenth or twelfth years. The mortality of syphilitic children is very great — about one-third perishing before maturity. Abortion caused by the death of the foetus takes place at about Digitized by Microsoft® HEBEBITARY SYPHILIS. 243 the sixth month. The foetus is usually macerated, of a purple color, with various visceral lesions and bullae upon the soles and palms. Syphilitic stillborn children, or those dying soon after birth, frequently have no cutaneous lesions. The majority of syphilitic children born alive look perfectly healthy, but at about the end of the third week the disease manifests itself. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XLI. LESIONS OF HBEBDITAEY SYPHILIS. The principal eruptions of hereditary syphilis are the erythematous, the papular, the vesicular, the pus- tular, the bullous, and the tubercular syphilides. THE ERYTHEMATOUS SYPHILIDE. The erythematous syphilide, or roseola, is the first eruption, and appears about the third week of life ; it may be preceded by or accompanied with coryza. Be- ginning upon the lower portion of the abdomen as pink spots, the eruption finally invades the trunk, the face, and the extremities ; the spots gradually assume a dull- red, coppery color, which does not disappear on pressure, owing to the pigmentation of the skin. As a rule, there is no elevation or desquamation of the spots, ex- cept in severe cases, or when they are situated upon the palms, the soles, or the nates. In some instances the spots coalesce, forming fissures which may or may not be painful. The eruption may be so faint in some oases as to escape observation. THE PAPULAR SYPHILIDE. This syphilide is sometimes the first to appear, or may be intermingled with the erythematous eruption. Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. 245 The lesion consists of large and small flat papules, scattered over the body. Grouping is infrequent ex- cept at a late period, and is then seen about the joints and on the extremities. The papules are coppery-red in color, and may exfoliate, especially when situated upon the palms or soles. CONDYLOMATA LATA. Condylomata lata are really nothing more than modi- fied papules, which, being situated between opposed sur- faces of skin, at muco-cutaueous junctures, or wherever there is moisture, become hypertrophic. They vary in size and shape, are of a grayish-pink or brown color; the surface is flat, sometimes fissured and ulcerated, with an offensive secretion ; they appear early, run a chronic course, and are most frequently encountered about the anus. With proper treatment they disappear, leaving copper-colored pigmentations, which finally fade. THE VESICULAE SYPHILIDE. This syphilide is rare, and occurs as an early mani- festation. It appears in groups, situated upon the chin, about the mouth, upon the forearms, the nates, the hypogastrium, and the thighs, and is usually associated with a bullous or pustular eruption. The vesicles may be large or small, are situated upon an infiltrated base of a brownish-red color, and contain serum or sero-purulent fluid. It is readily influenced by treatment, and does not tend to relapse. Digitized by Microsoft® 246 SYPHILIS. THE PUSTULAR SYPHILIDS. This syphilide generally appears before the eighth week ; it may involve the entire body, but it is usually most marked upon the thighs, the buttocks, and the face. The pustules vary in size, and are situated on a thick- ened, deep-red base; they sometimes rupture, leaving an ulcerated surface, which may or may not become incrusted. Those about the mouth have a tendency to coalesce. Groups of pustules are liable to form in the palms or soles, or develop around the nails, and finally destroy them. If the scalp is invaded by the eruption, there is usually some resulting alopecia. FURUNCULA.R ERUPTIONS. Furuncles are liable to appear as early as the sixth month, or as late as the third year, and may either be alone or associated with other lesions. They form slowly and without any signs of inflamma- tion, the base being of a coppery-red color. Superficial ulceration occurs on the apex, leaving a deep ulcer, with everted margins, and a scanty, offensive secretion. These ulcers remain from one to several months, frequently leaving permanent cicatrices. THE BULLOUS SYPHILIDE. The bullous syphilide, or pemphigus, always indicates a severe and often fatal form of hereditary syphilis ; it may occur at birth, or from a month to six weeks after- ward. Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. 247 The palms and soles are most frequently invaded, although any portion of the body may be attacked. The bullae are conical, rounded, or flattened, and con- tain sero-purulent fluid, which soon becomes purulent ; the surrounding skin is thickened and of a copper color. After rupturing, their course is chronic like that of the pustules. Relapses are very rare. THE TUBERCULAR SYPHILIDE. This eruption may occur as early as the sixth month, or even several years after birth. It begins as deep-seated nodules or papules ; these implicate the integument, forming sharply circumscribed tumors, which either disappear or break down into chronic ulcers. The surface of the tubercles may be scaly, looking somewhat like psoriasis. They are usu- ally found where the connective tissue is loose and abundant. GUMMATA, AND GUMMATOUS ULCERS. These manifestations of the disease usually occur be- tween the third and the twentieth years. Their course is similar to those in the acquired form. THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES. One of the first symptoms of hereditary syphilis is SttM^in^', accompanied by a profuse or scanty serous dis- charge from the nostrils, which is due to a structural change in the nasal mucous membrane. The secretion becomes purulent, bloody, and offensive. Digitized by Microsoft® 248 SYPHILIS. causing oedema and excoriation of the nose and the upper lip, upon which crusts may form. The lesion begins as a simple erythema of the mucous membrane, ulceration ensues, and the disease may then extend to the bony and cartilaginous framework of the nose, causing its destruction, with more or less resulting deformity. MUCOUS PATCHES. These lesions are at first whitish in color, elevated, and surrounded by an erythematous border ; the epi- thelium is soon removed, leaving a slightly depressed, red surface, which may or may not undergo ulceration. They are most commonly situated at the angles of the mouth, upon the mucous membrane of the cheeks, the fauces, the tonsils, the sides and dorsum of the tongue, and on the gums, near the teeth. The secretion from the patches is free, serous in char- acter, and highly contagious, so that great care must be exercised to guard against the infection of others. Mucous patches are very prone to relapse, and this is sometimes observed even as late as the sixth year. GUMMATOUS INFILTRATIONS. These lesions generally occur between the third and the twelfth years. They consist of a cellular infiltration of the mucous membrane, which at first becomes reddened and ele- vated, and finally develops into well-marked tumors, which usually break down into undermined ulcers, with a greenish, thick secretion. Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. 249 Their favorite sites are the hard palate and the pos- terior pharyngeal wall. The course of these lesions is chronic. THE EESPIEATOET ORGANS. THE LAEYNX. During the early periods of syphilis the larynx may be the seat of simple hypersemia, of mucous patches, or of ulceration, which involves either the mucous mem- brane alone or the cartilage beneath it. Gummatous infiltrations of the larynx belong to the later stages, and require full doses of the iodide of potash. THE LUNGS. Upon the surface of the lung, and scattered through its substance on the smaller vessels and bronchi, are numerous nodules, differing in size, and varying in color from a grayish-pink to a light yellow ; the pleura near these nodules becomes opaque and thickened. An entire lung, or only portions of a lobe, may be involved. The morbid process begins by congestion, followed by cell-proliferation around the bronchioles and in the walls of the capillaries, causing partial or complete occlusion of their lumen, and destruction of the func- tion of the lung. The nodules consist of connective- tissue cells, of fibrous and of gummatous tissue, and may undergo fatty or caseous degeneration. True gummatous nodules do sometimes occur. Digitized by Microsoft® 250 SYPHILIS. These lesions are most frequently encountered within the first eighteen months of life. THE ALIMENTARY CANAL. It is thought by some observers that the chronic diarrhoea met with in syphilitic children is due to an erythema of the gastro -intestinal mucous membrane, similar to the erythema occurring in the mouth and pharynx. THE LIVER. The liver may be the seat of a connective-tissue in- filtration, which renders it hard, globular, and hyper- trophied; these changes are either circumscribed or general. This new indurated tissue causes the capillaries to become obliterated, and the calibre of the larger vessels to be diminished, and also compression of the cells of the acini, with the cessation of the flow of bile. Gummatous hepatitis occurs either as numerous small tumors, scattered through the substance of the liver, or as one or more isolated tumors. THE SPLEEN. During the early stages of the disease the spleen may become more or less hypertrophied, but yields readily to mercurial treatment. The enlargement is very great, rapid io its course, and most marked in cachectic children, and those in whom the disease is of a severe type. Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. 251 THE PANCREAS. The organ may be enlarged and firm in consistence. The interstitial connective tissue is increased, especially between the larger lobules, causing compression of them, with atrophy, and fatty degeneration of their epithelium. THE GENITO-ITEINAEY ORGANS. THE KIDNEYS. The lesion consists of a diffuse or circumscribed infil- tration of round embryonic cells, with others of fusiform shape, into the connective-tissue framework, followed by compression or destruction of the tubules and colloid degeneration of their epithelium ; the organs are at first enlarged, but gradually become greatly reduced in size. The suprarenal capsules sometimes become enlarged, owing to the proliferation of young connective-tissue cells. THE TESTICLES. When these organs are affected the disease consists of a chronic, painless enlargement of one or both testes, generally accompanied by hydrocele and hypersemia of the scrotum. The epididymis and cord are sometimes involved. The lesion consists of a connective-tissue prolifera tion, either interstitial or diffuse. If commenced at an early date, mercurial treatment causes speedy resolution ; but if neglected, atrophy or Digitized by Microsoft® 252 SYPHILIS. degeneration with abscess-formation, followed by fun- gous protrusion of the testicle, may occur. In all probability the ovaries are aiiected in a similar manner. THE SHEATHS OF THE TENDONS. The sheaths of the tendons may become swollen and filled with fluid, the overlying skin being distended and reddened. This affection comes on rapidly, is not readily influenced by anti-syphilitic treatment, and runs a chronic course. THE NAILS. Affections of the nails are not so common in hered- itary as in acquired syphilis. There are two forms of onychia — the ulcerative and the non -ulcerative. Ulcerative onychia usually occurs during the first and second years of the disease, but may appear much later. It is the most common form, and begins at the side or base of the nail as a papule or pustule, which ulcer- ates and extends along the base or margins of the nail, and finally involves the matrix, which results in the loss of the nail, thus leaving an unhealthy-looking ulcer, with sanious discharge. The terminal phalanx becomes red, enlarged, and painful. The nails of the fingers are more liable to be attacked than those of the toes. Cicatrization of the ulcer, without the formation of a new nail, sometimes follows, or a deformed and useless one may grow. The course of this affection is chronic, unless short- ened by mercurial treatment. Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. 253 Non-uleeraiive onychia is a later and more chronic manifestation. It commences as a coppery-colored swelling at the margin or ba,se of the nail, which soon becomes thick- ened, fissured, and brittle, dirty-white in color, with hypersemia of the matrix and adjoining tissues. There is usually some deformity of the phalanx, which may or may not be permanent. THE TEETH. The permanent teeth in hereditary syphilis present certain peculiarities, especially the upper central incisors of the second set, which are known as Hutchinson's teeth, or test-teeth. (See Fig. 45.) Fig. 45. Hutchinson's teeth. In describing these teeth Mr. Hutchinson says : "As diagnostic of hereditary syphilis, various peculiarities are often presented by the other teeth, especially the canines, but the upper central incisors are the test-teeth. When first cut, these teeth are usually short, narrow from side to side at their edges, and very thin. After a while a crescentic portion from their edges breaks away, leaving a broad, shallow, vertical notch, which 12 Digitized by Microsoft® 254 SYPHILIS. is permanent for some years, but between twenty and thirty usually becomes obliterated by the premature wearing down of the tooth. The two teeth often con- verge, and sometimes they stand widely apart. In certain instances in which the notching is either wholly absent or but slightly marked, there is still a peculiar color {'a dirty-brownish hue resembling that of bad size '), and a narrow squareness of form, which are easily recognized by the practised eye." The first or temporary set of teeth do not show this malformation, and many children suffering from hered- itary syphilis have perfectly normal teeth. THE HAIR. Affections of the hair in hereditary syphilis are very like those in the acquired form. They occur with lesions of the scalp, especially the pustular syphilide. THE LYMPHATIC GLAiJDS. In hereditary syphilis there is no general subacute adenitis, as in the acquired form, although groups of glands may be enlarged if they are in relation with active lesions. THE BONES. Osteochondritis. This affection occurs either in the first months of the disease or as late as the twelfth year, and is a very constant manifestation of hereditary syphilis. It most commonly attacks the bones of the forearm, the leg, the arm, and the thigh, but the clavicle, the Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF BEBEDITABY SYPHILIS. 255 sternum, the ribs, the metacarpal and the metatarsal bones may also be involved. The lesion is situated at the diaphyso-epiphyseal junc- tion, and consists of a ring-shaped swelling around the end of the bone. In some cases the entire epiphysis may be enlarged, with or without the ring-formation at its junction with the shaft. If two bones are affected, as those of the forearm or the leg, they appear to be fused together by this process. The distal ends of the bones are more frequently attacked than the proximal. The lesion develops slowly in some cases, and rapidly in others ; causes but little pain, interferes only slightly with motion, and disappears under proper treatment. The integument is not involved unless the mass be very. large, when it is rendered tense and painful. The joints may be secondarily invaded, especially the elbow- and knee-joint. In some cases the lesions degenerate and break down, causing ulcerations of the integument ; the epiphysis may be separated from the shaft and destroyed, likwise the cartilage. In other cases resolution of the swell- ings occurs, and the bone returns to its normal condi- tion ; but if the intermediate layer of cartilage be de- stroyed, the bone is usually shortened. Periosliiis is a later affection, and usually appears between the fourth and nineteenth years. Any of the long bones may be affected, and in some cases those of the skull also. The bone becomes tender, enlarged, and curved anteriorly ; the process may in- volve the entire length of the shaft, or be localized and produce nodes. One or both limbs can be thus affected. Dadylitis. The lesions are the same as in the ac- quired form of syphilis, and consist of swelling of the Digitized by Microsoft® 256 SYPHILIS. phalanges, the metacarpal and the metatarsal bones in the early months of the disease, or even as late as the twentieth year. The proximal phalanges are more often attacked than the distal ones. The course of this affection is chronic, unless treated, when it responds nicely. THE JOINTS. In some cases of osteochondritis there is a serous effu- sion into the neighboring joint, which becomes slightly painful on account of the tension ; resorption and com- plete recovery usually ensue. The elbow, the wrist, the shoulder, the knee, and the ankle are most frequently involved, although almost any articulation is liable to invasion. In the latter years of syphilis the larger joints may be affected either primarily or secondarily to lesions of the bones. The process is slow, the joint being greatly distended and slightly painful; the surrounding skin remains normal. With the proper treatment resolution generally takes place, leaving a good articulation. THE EYES. In hereditary syphilis the eyelids and the eye itself are liable to all the lesions which occur in the acquired form, and which have already been described under that heading. These affections appear at a very early date. THE EARS. The occurrence of sudden deafness in children who have hereditary syphilis is quite common. ,It is ap- Digitized by Microsoft® LESIONS OF HEBEDITABT SYPHILIS. 257 parently due to disease of the nerves, or of their dis- tributions in the labyrinth. The changes in the external parts, or the membrana tympani, are not sufficient to account for it ; the Eustachian tubes also remain normal. This affection is usually observed from about five years before puberty to the same length of time after it. The prognosis is unfavorable. THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. In hereditary syphilis inflammation of the meninges and endoarteritis have been observed; also gummata upon the membranes. Chorea sometimes occurs, and is either mild or severe in character ; it may be accompanied by hemiplegia or epilepsy. In these cases it is thought that the hemiple- gia is caused by plugging of the middle cerebral artery ; that the chorea is due to occlusion of its small distal branches, and that the epilepsy is occasioned by thicken- ing of the meninges or gummata in or near the corpus striatum. Epilepsy may occur alone, and has been observed as late as the fifteenth year. There is sometimes paralysis of the cranial nerves. In their evolution and course the affections of the nervous system in hereditary syphilis resemble those in the acquired form of the disease. HEMORRHAGIC SYPHILIS IN NEWBORN CHILDREN. This condition exists at birth, or not later than the first month of life, and is frequently the only mani- 12* Digitized by Microsoft® 258 SYPHILIS. festation of the disease, but may be accompanied by other lesions. In some cases there is a small, subcutaneous hemor- rhage in parts exposed to friction or pressure, while in other cases it occurs in or upon mucous membranes and viscera, or from the umbilical vein, and may be pro- fuse or even fatal. PEOGNOSIS OP HEEEDITAEY SYPHILIS. The prognosis of hereditary syphilis is always un- favorable, and depends greatly upon the condition of the parent or parents at the time of conception, the in- tensity of the lesions in the child, and whether the parents have received proper anti-syphilitic treatment for a sufficient length of time. Digitized by Microsoft® CHAPTER XLII. TREATMENT OP HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. If a pregnant woman be syphilitic, she should be put on inunctions of mercurial ointment, which must be continued in a careful and methodical manner dur- ing her entire pregnancy. These women may also be treated by hypodermic injections of bichloride of mer- cury, or the "mixed treatment" internally, but the two latter methods of medication should be regarded as ad- juvants rather than routine treatment, and to be em- ployed only when inunctions cannot be taken. The mother's genitals must be kept in a healthy, clean condition, or if lesions exist upon or around them, they should receive active and appropriate local treat- ment. If the father was syphilitic at the time of impregna- tion or showed any manifestation of syphilis before it, then the mother must have anti-syphilitic treatment in the manner above described. In treating syphilitic infants great care must be used, as internal medication is liable to set up gastro- intestinal irritation, and inunctions are sometimes pre- cluded on account of the delicacy of the skin. Treatment of the child by means of the milk of the mother or nurse is known as indirect treatment, and although authors differ as to the utility, it is unques- tionably of great value in certain selected cases, and Digitized by Microsoft® 260 SYPHILIS. should, therefore, be employed in these cases ; the nurs- ing-woman taking the " mixed treatment," or the iodide of potash alone, both of which drugs medicate the child through the milk of the nurse or mother. The direot treatment of the child should be intermit- tent and not continuous in character ; during the inter- vals of treatment it is well to administer tonics, and to do all in our power to build up the general condition. During the first year it is best to employ internal treatment, but after that time the inunctions of 50 per cent, mercurial ointment will be found very service- able. By the mouth may be given calomel in doses of from -I" to J a grain three times a day, according to the age and strength of the patient ; this can be mixed with a little sugar of milk. Gray powder in doses of ^ to •!■ of a grain three times daily causes less gastro- intestinal irritation than calomel, but is not so uniform in its effects. The protoiodide (green iodide) or the tannate of mer- cury in doses of ^ of a grain may be given three times a day, mixed with sugar of milk or subnitrate of bis- muth, and suspended in a little water ; one-grain doses of the lactate of iron may be combined with the mer- cury, and in some cases acts very nicely as a tonic. For inunctions we employ 50 per cent, mercurial ointment, using from 15 to 30 grains every day, or every olher day, according to the age and condition of the child. Lesions of the bones, the joints, the nervous system, and the viscera require a combination of the biniodide of mercury and the iodide of potash, beginning with small doses well diluted in water. Digitized by Microsoft® TREATMENT OF HEREDITARY SYPHILIS. 261 If the syphilides are very persistent, mucli benefit is derived from their local treatment by fumigation, oint- ments, lotions, or baths containing mercury ; at the same time they must be kept scrupulously clean. Duration of treatment. Treatment should be em- ployed for about two years, and continued for several months after all manifestations of the disease have dis- appeared. Digitized by Microsoft® 'Digitized by Microsoft® INDEX. ABOETIVE treatment of gon- orrhoea, 24 Acne-form syphilide, ]56 Adenitis, chancroidal, 126 treatment of, 132 gonorrhoea!, 38 syphilitic, 145 treatment of, 222 Alopecia, syphilitic, 171 Anatomy of urethra, 71 Anliblennorrhagics, 30 Aphasia, syphilitic, 198 Ardor urinae, 19 Arnott's groved probe, 109 Aspiration of bladder, 115 Aspirator, 116 BALANITIS, 33 _ Balano-posthitis, 33 Beneque steel sound, 99 Bladder, aspiration of, 115 drainage of, 106 inflammation of, 44-58 hypertrophy of, 79, 80 rupture of, 81 Blennorrhagia, 13 Blennorrhoea, 13 Bloodvessels, syphilis of, 189 Bones, syphilis of, 204 Bougies a bonle, 85 iiliform, 85 olivary pointed, 84 Bronchi, syphilis of, 187 Bubo, chancroidal, 126 treatment of, 132 Bullous syphilide, 161 Bumstead's retention catheter, 114 Bursse, syphilis of, 201 nAETILAGES, syphilis of, U 204 Catheter, Bumstead's retention, 114 English gum, 114 fever, 118 Mercier, 117 olivary pointed, curved, 116 straight, 113 silk woven, 60 soft rubber, 52 stafl', Gouley's, 107 Chancre, 142 differential diagnosis of, 146 incubation of, 142 induration of, 144 varieties of, 143 Chancroid, 121 adenitis in, 126 treatment of, 132 bubo in, 126 treatment of, 132 differential diagnosis of, 127 etiology of, 122 lymphangitis in, 126 prognosis of, 128 treatment of, 129 varieties of, 124 Chordee, 20 treatment of, 27 Cock's operation, 111 Condylomata, 175 Copaiba, 30 Cowperitis, 37 Cubebs, 30 Cystitis, acute gonorrhceal, 44 chronic gonorrhceal, 58 Digitized by Microsoft® 264 INDEX. DACHTYLITIS, sypMlitic, 202 Dilatation, gradual, for stricture, 97 rapid, for stricture, 97 Divulsion for stricture, 100 Ducrey's bacillus, 122 EAR, syphilis of, 218 Ecthyma-form syphilide, 159 Endoscope, 60 Endoscopy, 62 Epididymitis, gonorrhosal, 40 Epididymo-orchitis, gonorrhoeal, 40 Epilepsy, syphilitic, 196 Erythematous syphilide, 151 External urethrotomy, 105, 106, 108, 110 Extravasation of urine, 81 treatment of, 117 Eye, syphilis of, 209 FEVER, catheter, 118 syphilitic, 148 urethral, 118 urinary, 118 Filiform bougies, 85 Fingers, syphilis of, 202 Plocculi, gonorrhoeal, 46 Fluhrer-Maisonneuve urethro- tome, 101 French scale, 83 GLEET, 45 Gonococcus of Neisser, 16 Gonorrhoea, 13 acute, 18 anterior, or urethritis, 18 cfaordee, 20 complications of, 33 incubation of, 18 relapses in, 20 symptoms of, 18 treatment of, 24 posterior, or urethritis, 22 Gonorrhoea, acute posterior, com- plications of, 39 symptoms of, 22 treatment of, 32 chronic, 45 anterior, or urethritis, 45,46 symptoms of, 46 treatment of, 52 posterior, or urethritis, 45,48 symptoms of, 48 treatment of, 56 diagnosis of, 13 differential diagnosis of, 14 etiology of, 15 infectiousness, period of, 62 ophthalmia in, 64 prognosis of, 14 retention of urine in, 23, 112 rheumatism in, 67 Gorget, Teal's, 109 Gouley's blunt bistoury, 109 catheter staff, 107 operation for stricture, 108 filiform bougies, 85 tunnelled sound, 99 Gummatous syphilide, 163 Gummy tumor of soft palate, 180 HAIR, syphilis of, 171 Heart, syphilis of, 189 Hemiplegia, syphilitic, 196 Hereditary syphilis, 241 alimentary canal in, 250 bones in, 254 condylomata in, 245 duration of, 261 ears in, 256 eyes in, 256 genito-urinary organs in, 251 hair in, 254 hemorrhagic, in new- born children, 257 joints ip, 256 lymphatic glands in, 254 mucous membranes in, 247 mucous patches in, 248 Digitized by Microsoft® INDEX. 265 Hereditary syphilis, nails in, 252 nervous system in, 257 prognosis of, 258 respiratory organs in, 249 syphilides in, 244 teetli in, 253 treatment of, 259 Hunterian chancre, 141 Hutchinson's teeth, 253 FMPETIGO-FOEM syphilide, 1 157 Induration, syphilitic, 144 Infecting balano-posthitis, 144 Injections, urethral, 29, 30 Iodide of potash, 239 lodism, 239 J nstillations, urethral, 58 Internal urethrotomy, 100 Intestines, syphilis of, 182 JOINTS, syphilis of, 207 K IDNEYS, syphiUs of, 193 T APAYETTE mixture, 31 Li Larynx, syphilis of, 185 Lateral incisions for phimosis, 131 Liver, syphilis of, 183 Locomotor ataxia in syphilis, 198 Lungs, syphilis of, 187 Lymphangitis, chancroidal, 126 gonorrhoeal, 37 syphilitic, 145 MACULAE syphilide, 151 Maisonneuve's urethrotome, 101 Meatoscope, Weir's, 25 Meatotome, Otis's, 96 Meatotomy, 96 Meatus-speculum, Taylor''s, 61 Mercier catheters, 117 Mouth, syphilis of, 177 Mucous patches, 174 Muscles, syphilis of, 199 NAILS, syphilis of, 172 Neisser, gonococcus of, 15 Nervous system, syphilis of, 194 Nose, syphilis of, 185 a ESOPHAGUS, syphilis of, 193 J Oil of santal wood, 30 Onychia, syphilitic, 172 Ophthalmia, gonorrhoeal, 64 Orchitis, syphilitic, 191 Otis's meatotome, 96 " perfected " urethroscope, 61 perineal tube, 107 urethrameter, 86 urethrotome, 103 Ovaries, syphilis of, 193 PANCREAS, syphilis of, 184 Papular syphilide, 152 Paraphimosis, 35 Paraplegia, syphilitic, 197 Penis, syphilis of, 1 92 Perineal section, 111 tube, Otis's, 107 Peri-urethral abscess, 36 Pharynx, syphilis of, 181 Phimosis, 34 Pigmentary syphilide, 167 Pleura, syphilis of, 188 Prostate, abscess of, 39 Prostatitis, gonorrhoeal, 39 Pustular syphilide, 156 Pyuria, 21 RECTUM, syphilis of, 182 Bed wash, 34 Retention of urine, 23, 112 Eetrojections, 50, 52 Rheumatism, gonorrhoeal, 67 Eoseola, 151 Rupia, 160 13 Digitized by Microsoft® 266 INDEX. O ALIVATION, 239 Sandal- wood oil, 30 Scale plate, 83 Seminal vesiculitis, 43 Shreds, gonorrhoeal, 46 Soft chancre, 1 21 Sounds, curved steel, 83 Beneque, 99 how to introduce, 89 straight steel, 97 tunnelled, 99 Spermato-cystitis, 43 Spleen, syphilis of, 183 Strictm-e of the urethra, 71 causes of, 78 complications of, 80 congenital. 78 definition of, 74 diagnosis of, 83 examination for, 87 lesion in, 76 number of, 75 results of, 81 seat of, 74 symptoms of, 78 traumatic, 78 treatment of, 95 dilatation, gradual, 97 rapid, 98 divulsioD, 100 external urethrot- omy, 105, 106, 108, 110 internal urethrot- omy, 100 perineal section. 111 varieties of, 76 Stomach, syphilis of, 182 Syphilides, 150 acneform, 156 bullous, 161 ecthyma-form, 159 erythematous, 151 gummatous, 163 impetigo -form, 157 malignant precocious, 169 papular, 152 pigmentary, 167 pustular, 156 rupia, 160 Syphilides, serpiginous, 166 tubercular, 161 variola-form, 158 Syphilis, 137 acquired, 138 contagion, sources of, 139 etiology of, 137 forms of, 138 hereditary, 241 infection, modes of, 140 initial lesion of, 142 varieties of, 143 incubation of, 142 induration of, 144 differential diagno- sis of, 146 prognosis of, 220 reinfection in, 138 secondary period of, 148 stages of, 138 treatment of, 230 by inunction, 235 by stomach ingestion, 233 by fumigation, 236 by hypodermic injec- tion, 238 by "mixed treatment," 235 duration of, 240 of alopecia, 223 of bones, 228 of condylomata lata, 225 of dachtylitis, 229 of epididymis, 226 of eye, 226 of guramata, 222 of initial lesion, 321 of joints, 228 of larynx, 225 of lymphatic glands, 222 of mucous patches, 224 of nervous system, 226 of nose, 225 of onychia, 224 of rectum, 226 of syphilides, 222 of testicle 226 of trachea, 225 Syphilitic fever, 148 Digitized by Microsoft® INDEX. 267 Syringe for urethral injections, 28 Taylor's minim, 59 subpreputial, 34 Ultzmann'sfour-ounoe hand, 53 'TAYLOR'S meatus speculum, 61 phimosis scissors, 131 operation for phimosis, 131 minim syringe, 59 subpreputial syringe, 34 Testicle, syphilis of, 191 Thompson's two-glass test, 21 Toes syphilis of, 202 Tongue, syphilis of, 177 Trachea, syphilis of, 187 Tubercular syphilide, 161 ULTZMANN'S drop catheter, 60 hand syringe, 53 urinary table, 21 Umbilicated papule, 143 Urethra, anatomy of, 71 anterior, 18 calibre of, 73 posterior, 18 stricture of, 71 Urethral fever, 118 Urethrameter, Otis's, 86 Urethritis, 13 Urethritis, acute anterior, 18 treatment of, 24 antero-posterior, 18 posterior, 22 treatment of, 32 chronic, treatment of, 50 chronic anterior, 45, 46 treatment of, 52 antero-posterior, 45, 48 posterior, 45 treatment of, 56 Uretliro-oystitis, 18, 44 chronic, 45 Urethroscope, W. 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Anyone who reads this book will become a more acute the simple yet indicative signs of disease, and he will become a better diagnostician. Thetwoinoispensable~" indexes— Index of Diseases, and In- dex of Symptoms, Organs and Terms make the work especially valuable as a clinical manual. This is a compan- ion to Practical Therapeutics, by the same author, and it is difficult to conceive of any two works of greater practical utility. — Medical Review. Digitized by Microsoft® Lea Beothees & Co., Philadelphia and New Yokk. 13 HARE (HOBAJRT AMORY). A TEXT-BOOK OF PRACTICAL THERAPEUTICS, with Special Reference to the Application of Reme- dial Measures to Disease and their Employment upon a Rational Basis. With articles on various subjects by well-known specialists. New (5th) and revised edition. In one octavo volume of 740 pages. Diagonal cloth, $3.75 ; leather, $4.75. Five editions in as many, years constitute a remarkable record for any book, and, futhermore, an evi- dence that medical teachers aud practitioners appreciate a work closely adapted to their requii-e- ments. Professor Hare is well known as a progressive and able therapeutist and teacher, and his ability in both directions is attested in the highly original plan of this work, as well as in its execution. His purpose has clearly been to bring a knowledge of the remedial agents into close relation with a knowledge of disease. The book consists essentially of two parts, the first being a treatise on therapeutics, both medicinal and non-medicinal ; the second being a treatise on disease, its symptoms, varieties, treatment, etc. The two parts are brought into direct con- nection by means of references, so that a knowledge of any subject treated is easily gained. 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LECTURES ON THE STUDY OF FEVEE. octavo volume of 308 pages. Cloth, $2.50. In one HUTCHINSON (JONATHAN). SYPHILIS. In one pocket-size 12mo. volume of 542 pages, with 8 chromo-lithographio plates. Cloth, $2.25. See Series of Clinical Manvuls, p. 25. HYDE (JAMES NEVINS). A PKACTICAL TEEATISE ON DIS- EASES OF THE SKIN. New (4th) edition, thoroughly revised. In one octavo volume of 815 pages, with 110 engravings and 12 full- page plates, 4 of which are colored. Cloth, $5.25 ; leather, $6.25. Ju^t ready. Almost every page of this edition has been carefully revised, and every real advance has been recog- nized. The work answers the needs of the general practitioner, the specialist, and the student, and is a happy example of the fact that such an apparently wide range of adaptation can be given within the compass of a volume of convenient size and price. — The Ohio Med. Jowr. A treatise of exceptional merit characterized by- conscientious care and scientific accuracy. — Buffalo Med. Journal. 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In one 12mo. volume of 589 pages, with 69 illustrations and a colored plate. Cloth, $2.75. Just ready. The specialist will find it a prompt and ready source of knowledge on all points of terminology, symptoms, varieties, etiology, pathology, diag- nosis, treatment and prognosis of dermal affections. Tables of dififer- eutial diagnosis and standard pre- scriptions will be found scattered through the text, and the work ends with an appendix of well-tried formulae. The series of illustra- tions is rich and instructive.^J!/em- phis Medical Monthly. The text is clear and sufficiently full. The subject of treatment in- Digitized by eludes all the newer methods and remedies of proved value. It is a thoroughly satisfactory and clear expression of cutaneous diseases. — American Journal of the Medical Sciences. The work is fair and accurate, full and complete, and it embodies the recent additions to our information. Above all, it is eminently practical. 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The continuous approval mani- fested toward this work testifies to the success with which the author has produced concise descriptions and fypioal illustrations of all the important affections of the eye. The volume is particularly rich in mat- ter of practical value, such as direc- tions for diagnosing, use of instru- ments, testing for glasses, for color blindness, etc. The sections devoted to treatment are singularly fall, and at the same time concise, and couchT ed in language that cannot fail to be understood. This edition likewise embodies such revisions and changes as were necessary to render it thor- oughly representative, and moreover it has been enriched by the addition of 100 pages and 75 engravings. All told, there are 201 engravings, ex- clusive of 17 handsomely colored. — The Medical Age. KING (A. P. A.). A MANUAL OF OBSTETRICS. Sixth edition. In one 12mo. vol. of 532 pages, with 221 illus. Cloth, $2.50. 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