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202 "Its outline is circular, unless modified by the shape of the solution of continuity in which it is implanted; it has a punched-out appearance; the edges are jagged, abrupt and sharply cut, and do not adhere closely to the subadjacent tissues; the fluid secretion is copious and purulent, and it is surrounded by an areola which varies in width and depth of color with the degree of inflammation present. They are more frequently multiple than single; but when one chancroid appears at the outset as the immediate result of contagion, others are apt to spring up around it from successive inoculation, since the original ulcer pours out an abundant secretion, and its presence confers no immunity against others."

In the comparison of the three poisons of gonorrhea, the chancroid and syphilis, Bumstead, in his "Venereal Diseases," says:

"The only property common to them all is their communication, for the most part, by contact with the genital or gans. The poisons of gonorrhea and of the chancroid are alike, in that their action is limited and never extends to the general system: nor does