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declared it�察�and perhaps it was true�察�but the most learned physicians were 

sometimes deceived。 

     He remembered something he had read in one of the medical books。 

;Dr。 Ricord maintains that after a certain period the disease is no longer 

contagious。      He    has   proven    his  contentions     by  examples。     Today    you 

produce   new   examples   to   show   that   he   is   wrong�     �Now�察  �I   want   to   do 

what's right�察�but surely I have the right to think it over。          And when I think 

it   over�察  �I   realize   that   all   the   evils   with   which   you   threaten   me   are   only 

probable evils。      In spite of your desire to terrify me�察�you have been forced 

to   admit   that   possibly   my    marriage    would    not   have   any   troublesome 

consequence for my wife。; 

     The doctor found difficulty in restraining himself。              But he said�察 �Go 

on。    I will answer you afterwards。; 

     And George blundered ahead in his desperation。                ;Your remedies are 

powerful�察�you tell me�察�and for the calamities of which you speak to befall 

me�察�I would have to be   among the rare   exceptionsalso my  wife   would 

have     to   be   among     the    number     of   those    rare   exceptions。      If   a 

mathematician were to apply the law of chance to these facts�察�the result of 

his operation would show but slight chance of a catastrophe�察�as compared 

with the absolute certainty of a series of misfortunes�察�sufferings�察�troubles�察�

tears�察�and perhaps tragic accidents which the breaking of my engagement 

would cause。       So I say that the mathematicianwho is�察�even more   than 

you�察    �a  man     of  science�察   �a   man    of   a  more     infallible   sciencethe 

mathematician would conclude that wisdom was not with you doctors�察�but 

with me。; 

     ;You     believe    it�察 �sir� ─ �exclaimed      the   other。    ;But    you    deceive 

yourself。;     And he continued�察�driving home his point with a finger which 



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seemed to George to pierce his very soul。                   ;Twenty cases identical with 

your   own   have   been   patiently   observed�察  �from   the   beginning   to   the   end。 

Nineteen times the woman was infected by her husband�察�you hear me�察�sir�察�

nineteen   times   out   of   twenty�   �You   believe   that   the   disease   is   without 

danger�察�and you take to yourself the right to expose your wife to what you 

call   the   chance   of   your   being   one   of   those   exceptions�察  �for   whom   our 

remedies   are   without   effect。       Very  well�察  �it   is   necessary  that   you   should 

know   the   disease   which   your   wife�察  �without   being   consulted�察  �will   run   a 

chance of contracting。           Take that book�察�sir�察�it is the work of my teacher。 

Read it yourself。        Here�察�I have marked the passage。; 

     He held out the open book�察�but George could not lift a hand to take it。 

     ;You   do   not   wish   to   read   it�拭─  �the   other   continued。    ;Listen   to   me。; 

And   in   a   voice   trembling   with   passion�察  �he   read�此       �'I   have   watched   the 

spectacle of an unfortunate young woman�察�turned into a veritable monster 

by  means   of   a   syphilitic infection。        Her   face�察�or   rather   let   me   say  what 

was left of her face�察�was nothing but a flat surface seamed with scars。'; 

     George covered his face�察�exclaiming�察 �Enough�察�sir�                    �Have mercy� ─�

     But   the   other   cried�察   �No�察  �no�    �I   will   go   to   the   very   end。 I   have   a 

duty   to   perform�察  �and   I   will   not   be   stopped   by   the   sensibility   of   your 

nerves。; 

     He went on reading�此           �'Of the upper lip not a trace was left�察�the ridge 

of the upper gums appeared perfectly bare。';                 But then at the young man's 

protests�察�his resolution failed him。             ;Come�察─�he said�察 �I will stop。             I am 

sorry for youyou who accept for another person�察�for the woman you say 

you love�察�the chance of a disease which you cannot even endure to hear 

described。       Now�察  �from   whom   did   that   woman   get   syphilis�拭          �It   is   not   I 

who am speaking�察�it is the book。               'From a miserable scoundrel who was 

not   afraid   to   enter   into   matrimony   when   he   had   a   secondary   eruption。' 

All that was established later on'and who�察�moreover�察�had thought it best 

not to let his wife be treated for fear of awakening her suspicions��'; 

     The doctor closed the book with a bang。                   ;What that man has done�察�

sir�察�is what you want to do。; 

     George   was   edging   toward   the   door�察  �he   could   no   longer   look   the 

doctor   in   the   eye。    ;I   should   deserve   all   those   epithets   and   still   more 



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brutal ones if I should marry�察�knowing that my marriage would cause such 

horrors。      But    that  I  do   not   believe。    You    and   your    teachersyou      are 

specialists�察�and consequently you are driven to attribute everything to the 

disease     you    make     the   subject    of   your    studies。     A    tragic   case�察   �an 

exceptional   case�察  �holds   a   kind   of   fascination   for   you�察  �you   think   it   can 

never be talked about enough。; 

     ;I have heard that argument before�察─�said the doctor�察�with an effort at 

patience。 

     ;Let me go on�察�I beg you�察─�pleaded George。                   ;You have told me that 

out   of   every   seven   men   there   is   one   syphilitic。   You   have   told   me   that 

there   are   one   hundred   thousand   in   Paris�察  �coming   and   going�察  �alert�察  �and 

apparently well。; 

     ;It is true�察─�said the doctor�察 �that there are one hundred thousand who 

are actually at this moment not visibly under the influence of the disease。 

But many  thousands have   passed   into our hospitals�察 �victims of   the  most 

frightful ravages that our poor bodies can support。                 Theseyou do not see 

them�察�and they do not count for you。                But again�察�if it concerned no one 

but   yourself�察  �you   might   be   able   to   argue   thus。   What   I   declare   to   you�察�

what I affirm with all the violence of my conviction�察�is that you have not 

the right to expose a human creature to such chancesrare�察�as I know�察�but 

terrible�察�as I know still better。 What have you to answer to that�拭─�

     ;Nothing�察─�stammered George�察�brought to his knees at last。                      ;You are 

right about that。       I don't know what to think。; 

     ;And in forbidding you marriage�察─�continued the doctor�察 �is it the same 

as if I forbade it forever�拭         �Is it the same as if I told you that you could 

never   be   cured�拭     �On   the   contrary�察  �I   hold   out   to   you   every   hope�察  �but   I 

demand of you a delay of three or four years�察�because it will take me that 

time to find out if you are   among the number of those unfortunate ones 

whom  I   pity  with   all   my  heart�察  �for   whom  the   disease   is   without   mercy�察�

because during that time you will be dangerous to your wife and to your 

children。      The children I have not yet mentioned to you。; 

     Here   the   doctor's   voice   trembled   slightly。       He   spoke   with      moving 

eloquence。       ;Come�察  �sir�察  �you   are   an   honest   man�察  �you   are   too   young   for 

such     things    not   to  move     you�察  �you    are   not   insensible    to   duty。   It  is 



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impossible that I shan't be able to find a way to your heart�察�that I shan't be 

able to make you obey me。             My emotion in speaking to you proves that I 

appreciate your suffering�察�that I suffer with you。               It is in the name of my 

sincerity that I implore you。          You have admitted itthat you have not the 

right to expose your wife to such miseries。               But it is not only your wife 

that you strike�察�you may attack in her your own children。                   I exclude you 

for a moment from my thoughtyou and her。                    It is in the name of these 

innocents that I implore you�察�it is the future�察�it is the race that I defend。 

Listen   to   me�察  �listen   to   me�  �Out   of   the   twenty   households   of   which   I 

spoke�察�only fifteen had children�察�these fifteen had twenty´eight。                   Do you 

know how many out of these twenty´eight survived�拭                    �Three�察�sir�      �Three 

out of twenty´eight�         �Syphilis is above everything a murderer of children。 

Herod reigns in France�察�and   over all the earth�察  �and begins each year   his 

massacre       of  the   innocents�察    �and   if  it  be   not   blasphemy      against    the 

sacredness       of  life�察 �I  say   that   the   most    happy    are   those    who    have 

disappeared。       Visit our children's hospitals�         �We know too well the child 

of   syphilitic   parents�察  �the   type   is   classical�察  �the   doctors   can   pick   it   out 

anywhere。       Those little old creatures who have the appearance of having 

already lived�察�and who have kept the stigmata of all out infirmities�察�of all 

our   decay。      They   are   the   victims   of   fathers   who   have   married�察  �being 

ignorant of what you knowthings which I should like to go and cry out in 

the public places。; 

     The   doctor   paused�察  �and   then   in   a   solemn   voice   continued�此     �I   have 

told you all�察�without exaggeration。         
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