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Meningo-vascular Syphilis associated with a Retro-olivary Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

R. M. Stewart*
Affiliation:
County Asylum, Prestwich

Extract

Although modern research has placed the treatment of syphilis on a scientific basis, the Treponema pallidum continues to exact a heavy toll among all classes of society. The seriousness of the disease is largely due to the ever-present risk of a return of symptoms, perhaps many years after the acquirement of infection, and to the frequency with which the central nervous system is attacked.

Type
Part I.—Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1915 

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