Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Wagner-Jauregg
Tl,Dr: He was an Austrian physician who won the noble prize in medicine in 1927 for discovering that you could treat the then incurable disease of Syphilis by contracting Malaria. The rising body temperature from Malaria would kill syphilis causing bacteria, which in turn would be treated with quinine after the syphilis had been treated.
Unfortunately, dude was also a Nazi sympathiser, keeping up with the trend of the time.
contacting Malaria
Did Malaria reply?
Unfortunately, dude was also a Nazi sympathiser, keeping up with the trend of the time.
At least we can enjoy the benefits of his work without contributing to him financially like some people (cough cough JK Rowling cough)
Great news, your syphilis is cured!
You now have malaria!
one of the other methods for treating syphillis it was with quicksilver, aka MERCURY.
And now I finally get that weird syphilis story in the Baroque Cycle
Wow just read up on it, that's amazing.
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