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Syphilis

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Thus Fracastorius begins his famous poem, which gave us the name syphilis for this major venereal disease. Close to five centuries later, the question of whence the disease came is still being debated.

What varied fortunes And what germinations Have produced a fierce and rare disease Never before seen for centuries. Gerolomo Fracastoro (Fracastorius), Syphilis Sive Morbus Gallicus (1530)

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  1. Department of Dermatology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman

  3. Department of Community Health, State University of New York, Downstate Medical School, Brooklyn, New York, 11203, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman

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  1. Biological Psychiatry Program, Lakeside Veterans Administration Medical Center, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    David G. Ostrow M.D., Ph.D. (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research) (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research)

  2. Psychiatry and Community Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, USA

    David G. Ostrow M.D., Ph.D. (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research) (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research)

  3. Howard Brown Memorial Clinic, Chicago, 60616, Illinois, USA

    David G. Ostrow M.D., Ph.D. (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research) (Coordinator, Associate Professor, Director of Research)

  4. San Francisco, 94117, California, USA

    Terry Alan Sandholzer (Writer and Lecturer) (Writer and Lecturer)

  5. Downstate Medical School, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 11203, New York, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman M.D., M.A., M.Phil., F.A.C.P. (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health)

  6. Bureau of Venereal Disease Control, New York City Health Department, New York, New York, USA

    Yehudi M. Felman M.D., M.A., M.Phil., F.A.C.P. (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health) (Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Lecturer in Preventive Medicine and Community Health)

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Felman, Y.M. (1983). Syphilis. In: Ostrow, D.G., Sandholzer, T.A., Felman, Y.M. (eds) Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual Men. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1164-5_4

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