stackyFACTSBefore the discovery of penicillin, advanced syphilis frequently rotted the brain, sending patients into terrifying, fatal states of violent psychosis.
Before the discovery of penicillin, advanced syphilis frequently rotted the brain, sending patients into terrifying, fatal states of violent psychosis. In a desperate medical gamble, doctors began intentionally infecting these psychiatric patients with live malaria. The resulting incredibly high fever literally boiled the syphilis bacteria out of their system, a brutal but effective therapy that incredibly won a Nobel Prize.
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