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Syphilis
Studies from Mater Misericordiae University, Department of Adult Psychiatry yield new data on syphilis
March 17th, 2009
A new study, 'Syphilis, psychiatry and offending behaviour: clinical cases from nineteenth-century Ireland,' is now available. "Syphilis presented substantial challenges to nineteenth-century medical and psychiatric services. To illustrate the clinical course and diagnostic challenges associated with neurosyphilis in nineteenth-century Ireland," scientists in Dublin, Ireland report. "This paper uses original archival material from the Central Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dublin to present clinical cases and inform a discussion of related issues. Mr A, a 34-year-old banker convicted of 'felonious entry', demonstrated many psychiatric and neurological features of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-17)
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