CHAPTER VIII 



THE VENEEEAL DISEASES 



Gonorrhoea, Syphilis* 



Gonorrhoea is an inflammation of the urethra due 

 to a coccus known as the gonococcus of Neisser, who 

 discovered it, or as micrococcus gonorrhoea, and 



is said to be one of 

 the most widely dis- 

 tributed diseases in 

 the world, German 

 statistics estimating 

 that 48.5 per cent or 

 more of the male 

 population are thus 

 afflicted. 



In appearance the 

 gonococcus bears a 

 striking resemblance 

 to the meningococcus, occurring in pairs with 



' Read : Hygiene of Transmissible Diseases. Abbott, p. 166. 

 Also chapters upon gonorrhoea and syphilis, to be found in all 

 standard works on the practice of medicine. 



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Fig. 15. — Film of pus of gonorrhoea 

 showing gonococci. 



