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HISTORY IN THE ACHING How Henry VIII's syphilis, Stalin's rotten teeth and Napoleon's piles changed the course of the world
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ON JANUARY 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin, aged 53, the founder of the
Soviet Union, the political mastermind behind the October 1917
Revolution and the driving force behind the Red Terror, finally died
after a series of strokes that gradually incapacitated him until he
was wheelchair-bound.
There was much mystery and secrecy about Lenin's illness: the
official story was that he died of arteriosclerosis, exacerbated by
stress, overwork and the effects of an attempted assassination in
1918. ...
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HISTORY IN THE ACHING How Henry VIII's syphilis, Stalin's rotten teeth and Napoleon's piles changed the course of the world
Daily Mail
; ON JANUARY 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin, aged 53, the founder of the Soviet Union, the political mastermind behind the October 1917 Revolution and the driving force behind the Red Terror, finally died after a series of strokes that gradually incapacitated him until he was wheelchair-bound. There was
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HISTORY IN THE ACHING How Henry VIII's syphilis, Stalin's rotten teeth and Napoleon's piles changed the course of the world.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE ON JANUARY 21, 1924, Vladimir Lenin, aged 53, the founder of the Soviet Union, the political mastermind behind the October 1917 Revolution and the driving force behind the Red Terror, finally died after a series of strokes that gradually incapacitated him until he was
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Red Terror relived. (war crime trials in Ethiopia)
The Economist (US)
; TIGISTE lights a candle each morning under a photograph of her son, killed at the age of 13 in the terrible campaign of violence known as the Red Terror that bloodied Ethiopia in the late 1970s. She prays for his soul--and for vengeance on the man who shot him in the street in Addis Ababa as he
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Facts on Syphilis
Miami Times
; Miami Times 11-23-2004 FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW * Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that advances in three stages: Primary, secondary and tertiary (late). * Syphilis can be cured by antibiotics in its primary and secondary stages. However, if left untreated, late-stage syphilis can
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Columbus and the Indians. (origins of European syphilis) (Columbus and the New World Order 1492-1992)
Monthly Review
; Dr. Webster's invitation to review the story of Columbus and his relation to the origin of syphilis has given me the impetus to reconsider the subject for the third time. I went over it first nearly forty years ago, in 1934. As a junior instructor in bacteriology at the College of Physicians and
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Syphilis. (Information from Your Family Doctor).
American Family Physician
; ... named Treponema pallidum. (say: Trep-oh-nee-mah pal-lih-dum). If syphilis is not treated, it can cause serious problems. The good news is that syphilis usually can be cured with penicillin or another antibiotic. What are the stages and signs of syphilis? Syphilis ...
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Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection
Journal of the National Medical Association
; Co-infection of syphilis and AIDS has profound implications for the African American community. The purpose of this review is to: evaluate the historical background of HIV and syphilis and their similarities in pathogenesis; review the epidemiology of syphilis and HIV co-infection, and implications
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 "Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS)")
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Syphilis: Then and now.
Sun Herald (Biloxi, MS)
; Byline: Kat Bergeron BILOXI _ Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease with a history that dates to at least 490 A.D., although some historians believe it was described earlier by Hippocrates, the Greek philosopher. Through history it has numerous names, from French Disease, The Big Pox and
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Syphilis relapse
The Village Voice
; ... affected, but now we're beginning toseearisein Brooklyn and the Bronx, too." So while the national headlines recently trumpeted good news about STDs-herpes rates fell significantly throughout the 1990s, especially among young people-the local, untold story was scarier ...
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SYPHILIS ON THE REBOUND IN MASS.
The Boston Globe
; Syphilis, an ancient disease once on the brink of elimination in Massachusetts, is rebounding dramatically, with cases of the sexually transmitted condition nearly doubling in the past two years. More troubling than the disease itself, public health authorities fear the resurgence could foreshadow
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