secondary stage, 35
low vitality of, 27
mode of entry into body, 28
sensitizing of body to, 39
strains or type of, 40
variations in behavior of, in different persons, 40

Spleen, Spirochaeta pallida in, 39

Stage of syphilis, relation of, to curability, 82
secondary, of syphilis, 35. _See also secondary stage; secondary
syphilis; contagiousness; transmission; and Spirochaeta pallida_

Stage, tertiary, of syphilis, 45. _See also syphilis, late_

State, encouragement of early marriage by, 159
provision of, for recognition and treatment of syphilis, 168

Stigma attaching to syphilis, harm done by, 143
of syphilis, effect of, on venereal hospitals, 167

Still birth, relation of syphilis to, 96

Still's statistics on death from hereditary syphilis, 98

Stomach in locomotor ataxia, 49

Sweat-glands, absence of Spirochaeta pallida in, 39

Sydenham Royal Commission, 164
views on reporting of venereal disease, 179

Symptomatic cure in late syphilis, 87

Symptoms, absence of, in syphilis, 23
constitutional, of secondary syphilis, 36

Syphilis, absence of immunity in, 139
accidental, in physicians and nurses, 116
acquired, in children, 95
in marriage, 119
action of mercury in, 63
of salvarsan in, 74
active, relation of, to miscarriages and abortion, 96
adequate dispensary service for treating, 171
ageing effect of, in child, 99
and civil population, 183
and engagements to marry, 129

Syphilis and marriage, 125
and mental disease, 50
and prostitution, 18, 133
and public prejudice, 141
and sexual problems, 18
and war, 183
as cause of death in children, 98
of miscarriages and abortion in women, 95
as public health problem, 18
as social problem, 15
blood test for, 54
broader outlook concerning, 146
comparison of, with malaria, 62
compulsory treatment of, 180
concealed forms of, 23
concealment of, by gonorrhea, 30
confusion of, with gonorrhea, 13, 16, 31
problem of, with various issues, 16, 17, 165
congenital, 94. _See also syphilis, non-hereditary_
constitutional symptoms of, 36
contagiousness of, in secondary stage, 110
course of, summary, 52
cure of, 90
danger from irresponsible persons infected with, 150
deaths from, 48
definition of, 21
diminishing virulence of, 12
early, methods of recognizing, 32
educational prophylaxis of, 157
epidemic of, in sixteenth century, 11
eruption in seco