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Example sentences for: syphilis

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Whether he acquired syphilis as an adult has been suggested and debated, but the evidence seems to be against it.
Scars of Venus A rash produced by secondary syphilis.
In addressing the question of antenatal treatment of congenital diseases, he claimed that had we been able to treat congenital syphilis, we would have lost the genius of Beethoven.
There is a range of theories involving fatal encounters with Jews, among them 1) a Jewish doctor who incompetently caused the death of his mother during cancer treatment; 2) a Jewish music teacher who seduced his half-niece and somehow incited her suicide; and 3) a Jewish prostitute who gave Hitler syphilis (this is a pet notion of the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal).
According to a NYT front-pager, the San Francisco Department of Health has traced an outbreak of syphilis to an America Online chat room.