HLTB21H3 Chapter : HLTA01 Ch 12
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Ch 12: the great pox syphilis the great imitator (255-275) A fine treatise on the origin of the french evil : syphilis pamphlet. The tuskegee syphilis study was conducted in the american south, 1932 by the u. s. public health. > 399 poor black men w/ latent syphilis were enlisted and were performed on for annual blood checks & offered medical incentives for their bad blood . > the tuskegee study was to study the natural course of syphilis & so the men were denied penicillin 47. Syphilis f/ 1493 swept over europe, china, india, africa, middle east & japan. > the disease was brought to naples, italy by the spanish troops against french king charles viii in. > charles troops f/ germany, switz, england, hungary, poland, france & spain were infected by the. Symptoms of syphilis were fever, open sores, disfiguring scars, disabling pain in the joints & death.