chancroid

(shang’kroid). A soft or non-syphilitic venereal sore. It begins as a pustule on the genitals, forming soon after inoculation: it grows rapidly. and finally breaks down into a virulent ulcer, discharging pus. The secretion of a chancroid is contagious, but does not produce constitutional syphilis. pragedenic c., chancroid with a tendency to serpiginous c., a variety which tends to spread i in in curved lines. 14 208 The camphor, C,,H,,0, * CHARTA