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AN INQUIRY* 
diseases was not in its inception of a venereal nature, but only 
became so after a long time, and in the manner described. 
IV. That hies venerea equinis is a comparatively recent dis¬ 
ease, as is likewise human syphilis (which antedates it) and 
between which theje seems to be the most intimate relationship. 
V. That theoretically, at least, the etiology of human and 
equine venereal diseases lias been successfully accounted for. . 
VI. That the argument against the theory of the transmis¬ 
sion of syphilis to the lower animals is most inconclusive and 
weak. 
VII. That the existence of a veritable syphilitic disease of 
the horse is now no longer open to dispute. 
VIII. That syphilis is a glanders modified by various cir¬ 
cumstances that could not obtain iu the horse, and the new vene¬ 
real disease of solipeds is a syphilis which often becomes glan¬ 
ders for obvious reasons. 
IX. That gonorrhoea and its ally chancroid, being local dis¬ 
eases capable of originating de novo without the intervention of 
syphilitic virus, will ever be present in one form or another in a 
greater or lesser degree as a disease of the human race. 
X. That the syphilitic virus, coming originally from a source 
foreign to the sexual act, and incapable of spontaneous develop¬ 
ment in a man, will, unless renewed again from a glanderous ori- 
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gin, gradually grow milder and ultimately become extinct. 
The nature of the experiments to be performed to ascertain 
the soundness of our views must be obvious. If an animal or a 
human being suffering from either syphilis or glanders be inocu¬ 
lated with the analogous poison, preferably the syphilitic—be¬ 
cause it is the milder—and it fails to develop as a chancre , after 
repeated trials conducted by those competent to judge, we may 
infer that the two diseases are identical, and cannot be inoculated 
the one into the other. 
In bringing our subject to a close, we feel that we have 
offered no innovation. We accept fully the modern pathology of 
syphilis, jmd have taken only a step in advance of the present. 
Should our effort be deemed worthy of consideration from those 
who are laborers in this field of study, may our conclusions be 
