No. 12 in the Physicians’ and Students’ Ready-Reference Series. 230 pages. 12mo. Extra Dark-Blue Cloth.
Price, post-paid, in the United States and Canada, $1.25, net; in Great Britain, 6s. 6d.; in France, 7 fr. 75.
This volume, which is one of a series of three (the other two, treating of Syphilis in the Middle Ages and in modern times, now in active preparation), gives the most complete history of Syphilis from prehistoric times up to the Christian Era.
The subject throughout is treated in a clear, concise manner, and readers will find many things which are historically new.
In order to give some idea of the contents of this first volume, the following are cited as among the subjects treated:—
In What does Syphilis Consist? Origin of the Word Syphilis. The Age of Syphilis. Syphilis in Prehistoric Times. Tchoang.—Syphilis Among the Chinese 5000 Years Ago. Kasa.—Syphilis in Japan in the Ninth Century B.C. Syphilis Among the Ancient Egyptians, 1400 B.C. Syphilis Among the Ancient Assyrians and Babylonians. Syphilis Among the Hebrews in Biblical Times. Upadansa.—Syphilis Among the Hindoos, 1000 B.C. Sukon.—Syphilis Among the Greeks. Ficus.—Syphilis at Rome under the Cæsars. Conclusion: Rational Treatment of Syphilis in the Nineteenth Century.
The Daughter: Her Health, Education, and Wedlock.
Homely Suggestions to Mothers and Daughters.
By William M. Capp, M.D., Philadelphia. This is just such a book as a family physician would advise his lady patients to obtain and read. It answers many questions which every busy practitioner of medicine has put to him in the sick-room at a time when it is neither expedient nor wise to impart the information sought.