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Cause of death disputed, but syphilis or mercury poisoning from syphilis treatment are leading theories. Franz Schubert (1797–1828), German composer Cause of death disputed, but symptoms match to mercury poisoning from syphilis treatment. [10] Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer Acquired syphilis from a prostitute in the age of 21 ...
In 1953 Howard Hughes gave all his stock in the Hughes Aircraft Company to the newly formed Howard Hughes Medical Institute, thereby turning the aerospace and defense contractor into a tax-exempt charitable organization. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute sold Hughes Aircraft in 1985 to General Motors for $5.2 billion.
There is a sentence in the article that alleges that Hughes had 'brain trauma' from neurosyphilis diagnosed in 1932, which is indeed something that was reported on in their source, but autopsy showed that Hughes had never suffered from syphilis and with his history of medical treatment, he would have been cured of syphilis by the nature of the ...
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Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system by Treponema pallidum, the bacterium that causes the sexually transmitted infection syphilis.In the era of modern antibiotics, the majority of neurosyphilis cases have been reported in HIV-infected patients.
Of these men, 399 had contracted syphilis before the study began, and 201 did not have the disease. [123] Medical care, hot meals and free burial insurance were given to those who participated. The men were told that the study would last six months, but in the end, it continued for 40 years. [123]
Tony Hughes, a deaf and mute man, was Jeffrey Dahmer's 12th victim, and is depicted in a new Netflix series. Here's what Hughes' mother said about his death.