Guest guest Posted March 16, 2000 Report Share Posted March 16, 2000 All.....this is from Bea.....it was at the bottom of her e-mail.......sounds rather familiar doesn't it!!! Greetings. Thought this excerpt from the book " Genesis and Development of a Scientific Fact " by Ludwick Fleck might interest many. In his book he tracks the evolution of our knowledge concerning syphilis. This may sound familiar. " ...Thus two points of view developed side by side, together, often at odds with each other... ....Some physicians even doubted the existence of syphilis altogether. In a sixteenth century treatise it is claimed that " quite a few therefore state that there is no such thing as the French pox [as syphilis was then known] except in the imaginations of some of our contemporaries. For they say what we call the French pox constitutes a variety of conditions. " There were those who doubted it even as late as the end of the nineteenth century. Dr. ph Hermann, for many years (1858-88) physician-in-chief and head of the department of syphilis at the Imperial and Royal Hospital of Wiedan in Vienna, published a pamphletabout 1890 entitled Constitutional Syphilis Does Not Exist. In his view syphilis is a 'simple, local disease which never spreads to human blood, is completely curable, never leaves permanent effects, and is never propagated by procreation and heredity.'... " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2000 Report Share Posted March 16, 2000 Hi Bea, I couldn't open this, can you send the url that starts with http://? Or copy and paste the article? Thanks, Marta -From: Beatrice Szantyr <bszantyr@...>file:///C|/Program Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/syphilis.htm-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2000 Report Share Posted March 16, 2000 Thanks Happy, I am a mess today, didn't think to scroll down. Yes it does sound too disgustingly familiar. Hugs, Marta >From: hapsquilt@... > >All.....this is from Bea.....it was at the bottom of her e-mail.......sounds >rather familiar doesn't it!!! > >Greetings. Thought this excerpt from the book " Genesis and Development >of a Scientific Fact " by Ludwick Fleck might interest many. In his book >he tracks the evolution of our knowledge concerning syphilis. This may >sound familiar. > " ...Thus two points of view developed side by side, together, often >at odds with each other... >...Some physicians even doubted the existence of syphilis altogether. >In a sixteenth century treatise it is claimed that " quite a few therefore >state that there is no such thing as the French pox [as syphilis was >then known] except in the imaginations of some of our contemporaries. >For they say what we call the French pox constitutes a variety of conditions. " >There were those who doubted it even as late as the end of the nineteenth >century. Dr. ph Hermann, for many years (1858-88) physician-in-chief >and head of the department of syphilis at the Imperial and Royal Hospital >of Wiedan in Vienna, published a pamphletabout 1890 entitled Constitutional >Syphilis Does Not Exist. In his view syphilis is a 'simple, >local disease which never spreads to human blood, is completely curable, >never leaves permanent effects, and is never propagated by procreation >and heredity.'... " > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 2.9% >Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! >1/936/4/_/484634/_/953236265/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Send to -Offtopiconelist messages unrelated to Lyme, please. >Archives can be found at: >/group/lyme-aid. >They are filed by month, pick a month and search those archives for subjects you are interested. >Lyme chat, go to this URL: >/chat/lyme-aid >Should you have trouble opening the page, go back to / and make sure you are registered with a password. You can ask ONELIST to remember you, and will only have to do this one time. >To unsubscribe, send email to -unsubscribeonelist >You may substitute " subscribe " , or " digest " or " normal " for >the word " unsubscribe " ( " normal " is the opposite of " digest " ). Leave blank both the message and subject header. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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