SYPHILIS

(Lat.), n. f. Si2f(su8f)'ial-i'1s. Gen., -il'idis. This word, introduced into nosology by Sauvages, was originally used to designate the "morbus gallic us" by Fracas tori, who, in a Latin poem published at Verona in 1521, represents his hero, Siphilus, Syphilus, or Siphylus, as smitten with the disease for disrespect shown to the gods. It seems to be formed from the personal name, the etymology of which is unknown; neither form nor meaning warrants any derivation from <rvv, with, or <rO, a swine, and <iAecc, to love. The bad (or specific, or venereal) disease. French pox (or crust, or disease), great pox; a chronic infectious disease of long duration, usually acquired by inoculation of the virus of the disease on an abraded surface (see Syphilitic CHANCRE), but also congenitally and (by the mother) from a syphilitic foetus. It is especially characterized by cellular infiltrations in the connective ti ue of the true skin, the bones, the mucous membranes, the brain and spinal cord and their meninges, and the solid viscera in the form of syphilomata and syphilides, by alopecia syphilitic a, and by general cachexia. For its stages, see Primary s., Secondary s., and Tertiary s., also INCUBATION of s. In Young's cla ification of diseases, s. is a genus of the Epiphymata, [G; a, 48.] Annulate erythema to i is s. See Annular syphilitic ROSEOLA. Benign s. Fr., s. temperee, s. mitigee. S. unattended with serious impairment of the general health and having the symptoms usually mild and of short duration. [G.] Bullous derma to-s. A bullous syphiloderm. [a, 34.] Congenital s. Ger., Zeugung 1. S. that has existed in an individual from birth, either as hereditary s. (q. v.), or by having been communicated to the foetus from the mother through the utero-placental circulation during intra-uterine life (intra-uterine or placental s.), or by contact with syphilitic lesions in the genital pa ages of the mother during parturition (infectio per parturn). [G.] Constitutional s. See Secondary s. Cutaneous s. See SYPHILIDE (1st def.). Desquamative s. of the tongue. A superficial desquamative disease of the tongue observed in certain children in a foundling asylum. It was believed to be due to inherited s., but was probably exfoliatio are at a linguae. [Parrot, "Ann. de derm, et de syph.," 1881, p. 370 (G).] Dry scaling patch of primary s. [Otis]. See Desquamative CHANCRE. Encephalic s. S. of the brain. [D, 1.] Equine 8. Fr., s. tquine, dourine, mat de co'it. A specific blood disease in the horse characterized in the early stages by morbid changes in the genito-urinary organs. There are swelling of the genitals, a vaginal or urethral discharge, a pustular eruption on the penis or vulva, a muco-purulent nasal discharge, enlargement of the lymph-glands, and general weakne usually terminating in paralysis of the hind extremities and sometimes in death. The disease usually lasts from three to four months, [a, 34.] Erythematous s. See Syphilitic ROSEOLA. Extra-genital s. See S. insontium (1st def.). Fau e s. (Fr.). See Simple CHANCRE. Gehirns' (Ger.). S. of the brain. Gonorrho3a-s. Urethral chancre with a discharge resembling that of gonorrhosa. [J. Hutch in son, "Brit. Med. Jour.," Jan. 9, 1886, p. 55 (a, 34).] Heemorrhagic s. See S. hazmorrhagica neon a to rum. Hereditary s. Lat., s. her edit aria (seu in gen it a, seu congenita). Fr., s. her edit a ire (ou par conception). Ger., Zeugung \ Vererbung \ Properly, s. transmitted at the time of conception either through infected semen of the father or an infected ovum of the mother or through both. The term is often used for congenital s. [G.] Impfs' (Ger.). See Vaccination-s. Infantile s. See Congenital s. and Hereditary s. Inherited s. See Hereditary s. intra-uterine s. See under Congenital s. Labyrinthine s. Constitutional s. affecting the labyrinth of the internal ear. [F.] Latent s. Any stage of s. in which there are no active manifestations of the disease. Malignant s. Fr., s. grave, s. galopante, s. maligne precoce. S. in which the symptoms are of an unusually grave character and attended with serious injury to the general health, and in which lesions that commonly appertain to "an advanced period (see Tertiary s.) occur prematurely. More especially it is characterized by the occurrence of extensive infiltrations in various parts of the body, which rapidly undergo degeneration with destruction of the ti ues affected. [G.] Miliary s. See Miliary papular SYPHILODERM. Post-conceptional s. See CHOC en retour (1st def.). Primary s. S. as it exists in an infected individual during the period intervening between the first appearance of the initial lesion (or syphilitic chancre) and the development of constitutional (secondary) s. [G.] Pseudo-s. An antiquated term for certain morbid symptoms resembling syphilis (or the " venereal disease "), but differing from it chiefly in not responding in the same way to mercurial treatment. The term was chiefly in use in the period before syphilis was clearly differentiated from gonorrhoea and the simple (non-infecting) chancre. [G.] Secondary s. S. during the period succeeding the second incubation, characterized by generalized manifestations of infection, chiefly in the form of superficial lesions of the skin and mucous membranes, together with various functional disturbances of the nervous and vascular systems, and preceding the occurrence of the symptoms of tertiary s. [G.] Sequelae of s. [Hutch in son]. See Tertiary s. Simple s. Of' Multon,: a form of s. supposed to arise O, no; O", not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th", the; U, like oo in too; 365 [s. 583]