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NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, SECTION ON DERMATOLOGY AND SYPHILIS
Regular Monthly Meeting, Oct. 7, 1924Paul E. Bechet, M.D., Chairman
Nasal Chancre with Severe Manifestations and an Odd History. Pre sented by Dr. Parounagian.
Mrs. H. R., aged 28, was referred to the Bellevue Syphilis Clinic on October 1, 1924, with a four plus Wassermann reaction. She gave the following history: The patient was a practical nurse, and was attending a colored woman during her confinement early in June, 1924. During the delivery, the membranes ruptured, and the fluid splashed over her face. The colored woman was said to have a four plus Wassermann reaction, and she had a macerated baby. In the early part of July, 1924, the patient developed a sore nose, for which condition she went to a nose clinic. During her attendance at the clinic the lymphatic glands at the angles of the jaw became