160 MARRIAGE AND DISEASE. 



it down that marriage may be permitted "two years 

 after the disappearance of the last of the secondary 

 symptoms." This would be about two-and-a-half years 

 after the time of infection. Professor Fournier extends 

 the time of prohibition to " three to four years " from 

 the time of infection, and certainly safety is on that 

 side. Of course, these rules only apply to those cases 

 which have been carefully and skilfully treated. 



Finally, no person who has had syphilis should ever, 

 tinder any circumstances, marry without the sanction 

 of his medical adviser. 



