umbilicus, the nipple, and on the eonjimt-tiva in
gonorrhoBal ophthalmia. Sometimes they spread
from the genital organs to the lower part of the
abdomen, or to the inner surface of the thighs.
From the anus, they extend to the tissure between
the nates.
In rare instances, thej are found within the
mouth, and also in the lai-ynx ; but, generally
speaking, these parts are exempt.
They are seen in infants as well as in adults. lu
the latter, they occupy the nuieous surfaces by pref-
erence; while, in the former, they may appear on
any part of the integument. The delicacy of the
skin in young infants is the cause of its more gen-
eral tendency to become afteeted in this manner.
With regard to the contagious character of some
condylomata, it would be unwise for the physician
to entertain too positive an opmiou. Sometimes
they are transmitted to surfaces with which they
are in constant, or habitual, contact; or they arise
at some distance from them, in consequence of irri-
tating discliarges.
We know of eases where the husband has had
these morbid growths on the prepuce for several
months, without communicating them to bis wife;



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and yet no measures were taken to avoid this acci-
dent. We have seen kept misti-esses, and prosti-
tntes still pursuing their unhappy vocation, when
their genital organs were partly obsti'ucted by con-
dylomata ; and yet they affirmed that the pei-sons
with whom they had intercourse experienced but
little, if any, inconvenience, dniiug connection,
from the presence of these growths in the entrance
of the vagina, and certainly no harm from contact
with them.
