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These cases are drawn from eight clinics at present engaged in a study of the effect of penicillin on late syphilis, under the general auspices of the Committee on Medical Research of the office of Scientific Research and Development. These, with the names of the responsible investigators, are as follows: University of Pennsylvania (John H. Stokes, M.D.), Cornell University (Walsh McDermott, M.D.), Mayo Clinic (Paul A. O'Leary, M.D.), Boston Psychopathic Hospital (Harry P. Solomon, M.D.), University of Michigan (Udo J. Wile, M.D.), Bellevue Hospital (Evan Thomas, M.D.) and Johns Hopkins University (J. E. Moore, M.D.). Associated with each of them are various co-workers and assistants too numerous to mention here, but to whom due credit will subsequently be given.Penicillin has distinctly beneficial serologic and clinical effects on neurosyphilis, including early and late manifestations, not excepting tabes and paresis, and including asymptomatic neurosyphilis. Its action on gummatous manifestations of skin, |
