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George and his Syphilitic Nurse are still working on the dead guy, making awkward small talk about Alex, the timing of her sleeping with Alex, and the “syph”.
grey’s anatomy recap report : too many transplants! (season 2, episode 2) | Seattle Metblogs 2005
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This Promiscuous Syphilitic has made the transfer of syphilis an imprisonable offence, this Father of Innumerable Stunted Bastards has made contraception illegal, this Foul-Mouthed Peasant has proscribed swearing and has regulated dancing and the consumption of alcohol in an attempt to make us more serious.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003
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[18] For a discussion of seven cases demonstrating a range of situations dealing with syphilis and marriage, see Henry Lee, Lectures on Syphilitic and Vaccino-Syphilitic
Syphilis from 1880 to 1920: A Public Health Nightmare and the First Challenge to Medical Ethics 2000
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Syphilitic parents who have not been properly treated, should think many times before they take upon themselves the awful responsibility of bringing into the world a tainted child.
The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler
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_Syphilitic_ lesions are common and present the same characters as elsewhere.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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# -- _Syphilitic meningitis_ is usually secondary to cario-necrosis of the bones of the vault or to a localised gumma of the brain.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_Syphilitic affections_; _Tuberculosis_ -- Tumours: _Papilloma_;
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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_Syphilitic affections_ of the œsophagus are rare.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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POTT'S DISEASE: _Pathology_; _Clinical features_ -- Pott's disease as it affects different regions of the spine -- Disease of the sacro-iliac joint; Syphilitic disease of spine; Tumours of vertebræ;
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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Syphilitic ulcers are usually single, deep, and crateriform; the base is covered with a dirty white secretion, and the surrounding mucosa presents an angry red appearance.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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