132 THE RIGHT TO BE WELL BORN 



widely spread among our best families, and 

 is called a social evil, as well as a disease. 

 Our smug-faced neighbors, with cant and 

 hypocrisy, deny the presence of Syphilis 

 in any of its many varied forms, for the 

 reason that the disease may affect the indi- 

 vidual victim, even to the death, but the 

 taint once infused into the family blood, 

 takes in every root and branch. If a single 

 member, diseased and syphilized, drops 

 from the family tree it is one thing, but if 

 the root and the trunk bear even the 

 suspicion of decay it is quite another. 

 Hence come dissemination and concealment. 

 Syphilis can be cured, if prompt scientific 

 skill is employed. Here patience becomes a 

 virtue. 



NEEDED LAWS. 

 Checks to bar syphilitics and measures 

 to control the spread of Syphilis have gen- 

 erally been advocated by men. They speak 

 of women, not men, as the spreaders of the 

 disease and always advocate the isolation 

 and care of women. This is neither good 

 sense nor good judgment. I say, save the 

 unborn generations and lock up syphilitics, 



