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Many people who acquired syphilis were treated and recovered; some died from it. Many famous historical figures, including Charles VIII of France , Christopher Columbus , [ 2 ] Hernán Cortés of Spain, Benito Mussolini , and Ivan the Terrible , [ 2 ] were often alleged to have had syphilis or other sexually transmitted infections.
Deaths from syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Pages in category "Deaths from syphilis" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
The children died c. 580-250 BC. [23] In the Apple Down cemetery in West Sussex, UK archaeologists uncovered the skeleton of a young man with extensive damage to both his skull and long bones, a combination typical of syphilis. He died in the 6th century. [24]
On September 10, 1920, Thomas died in Paris five days after ingesting her husband's syphilis medication, mercury dichloride, that brought on acute nephritis. Although her death was ruled accidental, news of her hospitalization and subsequent death were the subject of speculation in the press.
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the ...
Duval may have died of syphilis as early as 1862, five years before Baudelaire, who also died of syphilis. [7] Other sources claim that Duval survived Baudelaire. [ 8 ] Nadar claimed to have seen Duval, last, in 1870—by this time she was on crutches, suffering heavily from syphilis.
The unborn baby boy had already died in the womb. Soon after, the mother’s syphilis test — given to all women before delivery — came back positive. ... Syphilis, a sexually transmitted ...
Peter Buxtun, the whistleblower who revealed that the U.S. government allowed hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama to go untreated for syphilis in what became known as the Tuskegee study, has died.