The congenital variety of this disease can result in bone and joint deformations such as the Higoumenakis Sign, saddle nose, and Clutton's joints.
The congenital variety of this disease can result in bone and joint deformations such as the Higoumenakis Sign, saddle nose, and Clutton's joints. One method of diagnosis introduces bovine cardiolipin to a patient's blood to test for disease specific antibodies and that is the Wassermann test. The first effective treatment for this disease was Salvarssan, which used arsenic and is attributed to Paul Ehrlich, but it has since been superseded by Penicillin.  Observed as rashes, chancres, and tumors called gummas depending on stage, this disease is caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. For 10 points, name this STD which eventually leads to dementia and aortitis, notoriously studied at the Tuskegee Institute.
The congenital variety of this disease can result in bone and joint deformations such as the Higoumenakis Sign, saddle nose, and Clutton's joints.
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