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Cause of death disputed, but syphilis or mercury poisoning from syphilis treatment are leading theories. Bram Stoker (1847–1912), Irish author Cause of death listed as "Locomotor ataxia 6 months", presumed to be a reference to syphilis. [10] [11] Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893), French writer [12] Tongzhi Emperor (1856–1875), Emperor of ...
Deaths from syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Pages in category "Deaths from syphilis" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
The history of syphilis has been well studied, but the exact origin of the disease remains unknown. [3] It appears to have originated in both Africa and America. [4] [5] As such, there are two primary hypotheses: one proposes that syphilis was carried to Europe from the Americas by the crew(s) of Christopher Columbus as a byproduct of the Columbian exchange, while the other proposes that ...
Cases of syphilis have hit record high numbers following a five-year trend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. ... Tragically, these infections resulted in 282 stillbirths and ...
Many famous historical figures, including Franz Schubert, Arthur Schopenhauer, Édouard Manet, [11] Charles Baudelaire, [115] and Guy de Maupassant are believed to have had the disease. [116] Friedrich Nietzsche was long believed to have gone mad as a result of tertiary syphilis, but that diagnosis has recently come into question. [117]
The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male [1] (informally referred to as the Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a group of nearly 400 African American men with syphilis.
Syphilis rates are at the highest since the 1950s. Public health officials are trying to bring levels down by making testing and treatments more available. ... It’s a death, Stafford said, that ...
Hideyo Noguchi, whose childhood name was Seisaku Noguchi, [5] was born to a family of farmers [5] in Inawashiro, Fukushima prefecture in 1876. His father was a drunk and his mother Shika worked tirelessly in the fields, providing for her family.