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By L. FINDLAY
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
south african journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1813-6982
pISSN - 0038-2280
DOI - 10.1111/j.1813-6982.1981.tb00718.x
Subject(s) - citation , current (fluid) , computer science , library science , information retrieval , engineering , electrical engineering
seldom or never require treatment, for the simple reason that means are available to prevent its appearance. It cannot be too strongly emphasized therefore that prophylaxis is the correct method of approach to congenital syphilis. This means the timely and thorough cure of the acquired variety of the mischief in prospective parents, and especially of the mother during pregnancy. It is only in this way that 100 per cent of the children can be saved. The uterus is a poor nidus for the spirochete, so that the infection tends to remain latent. However, with the advent of conception and the development of the placental tissues, there is produced a favourable