[351] Cf. Iwan Bloch, “The After-Treatment of Syphilis,” published in Medizinische Klinik, 1905, No. 4, pp. 88-91.
[352] Cf. Iwan Bloch, “Nutritive Therapeutics in Cases of Syphilis,” published in Medizinische Klinik, 1905, No. 18, pp. 442-446.
[353] Alfred Fournier, “En Guérit-on?” pp. 95, 96 (Paris, 1906).
[354] “Krankenkassen.”—I have to employ the German term, since in England we do not possess the institution, nor even the name. In Germany there is a general system of insurance against illness, to which workmen have to contribute a proportion of their wages, the fund being supplemented by contributions from the employers of labour. When ill the workman applies to the Krankenkasse for the necessary medical advice and treatment.—Translator.
[355] A. Blaschko, “The Treatment of Venereal Diseases in Krankenkassen” (Berlin, 1890).
[356] A. Neisser, “Krankenkassen and the Campaign against Venereal Diseases,” published in The Journal for the Suppression of Venereal Diseases, 1904, vol. ii., pp. 161-169, 181-194, 221-247.
[357] R. Ledermann, “Do the Provisions of the Law for Insurance against Sickness Provide for the Cure of Venereal Disease?” ibid., 1905, vol. iii., pp. 449-463.
[358] Albert Kohn, “Should Krankenkassen send Delegates to Hygienic Congresses?” ibid., 1906, vol. v., pp. 121-130.
[359] Rudolf Lennhoff, in an address on February 8, 1907, to the local group of Berlin of the German Society for the Suppression of Venereal Diseases on “Venereal Diseases and Social Legislation,” drew especial attention to the necessity of enrolling in the scheme of insurance against illness wider circles of the impecunious population, especially the class of domestic servants. Servants suffering from venereal disease, since at the present day they usually preserve secrecy as to their trouble, in order that they may not lose their place, constitute a dangerous source of infection for their employers and the latters’ children. Therefore, a particularly thorough and speedy treatment of servants suffering from venereal diseases is necessary. It is further necessary to insist that all the employees of the Krankenkassen should observe the duty of professional secrecy. Recently the Landesversicherungsanstalt (an insurance institution) of Berlin started a dispensary of its own in Lichtenberg for patients suffering from venereal disease, in which every year more than 400 patients undergo treatment.
[360] A. Blaschko, “The Diffusion of Venereal Diseases,” published in The Hygiene of Prostitution and of Venereal Diseases, pp. 19-36 (Jena, 1900).