In his clinical lecture on visceral syphilis (Kaz. Med. J., 1925, No. 4) prof. R. Luria says: The possibility of syphilis affecting internal organs was considered universally recognized in the 17th century. However, - such is the power of routine and medical tradition, - the idea of the possibility of visceral syphilis is still not clearly understood, and not only by patients who turn almost exclusively to venereologists about their former infection, but also by the wide masses of doctors. "

The Congress, which opened in Kazan on 11/IX this year, was attended by 95 delegates, including 60 from other towns and 35 from Kazan; 16 provinces, 5 republics and 32 cities were represented in all. There were 46 reports, the contents of which were the following: social venereology 14 reports, syphilis 11, gonorrhea 11 and skin diseases 10. There were 25 reports from Kazan and the rest from other cities.

At the present time there is already a number of works, both laboratory and clinical-experimental, partly appeared in the press, partly reported at congresses and meetings of scientific societies - works performed with stovarsolan Aniltrest, and characterizing preventive and therapeutic value of this drug. Indications for its use are all forms of syphilis, contraindications - decompensated heart defects, nephritis of non-syphilitic origin, serious disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, far advanced pulmonary tbc, severe general exhaustion if not directly caused by syphilis, finally, organic (non-syphilitic) sufferings of the eye and auditory nerves.

1) Report of Dr. AI Dmitriev Observations on the treatment of chronic prostatitis, spermatocystitis and functional disorders of the male urinary apparatus by mud plants at Sergiev Mineral Waters during the 1928 therapeutic season.