CHAPTER IX. FRANCE.--SYPHILIS.

First recorded Appearance in Europe.--Description by Fracastor.--Conduct of the Faculty.--First Hospitals in Paris.--Shocking Condition of the Sick.--New Syphilitic Hospital.--Plan of Treatment.--Establishment of the Salpétrière.--Bicêtre.--Capuchins.--Hospital du Midi.-- Reforms there.--Visiting Physicians.--Dispensary.-- Statistics of Disease.--Progress and Condition of Disease. 131