Excerpt from The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 72: April 1, 1915 Every community is divided into two classes of individuals, - those who have syphilis and those who 'are exposed to it. Medical science and lay interests have been focussed upon the diagnosis and successful treatment of the disease in those afflicted with it to the practically total exclusion of the now greater problem of the rights and protection of those who may be ex posed to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.