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Syphilus.

F S Glickman
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This paper recounts the history of the origin of the term syphilis and presents a partial translation of Fracastoro's poem, Syphilis, Sive Morbus Gallicus, wherein the word first appeared. The circumstances of the first known great epidemic of syphilis are told.

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History, 15th CenturyHistory, 16th CenturyHumansItalyMedicine in LiteraturePoetry as TopicSyphilisTerminology as TopicBiographyHistorical ArticleJournal Article

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F S Glickman. 1985. Syphilus.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0190-9622(85)80111-0

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