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Definition
a common STD caused by the Treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages
- A colleague working in the laboratory to which Dr Sasaki had been walking was dead; Dr Sasaki's patient, whom he had just left and who a few moments before had been dreadfully afraid of Syphilis, was also dead.One — A Noiseless Flash (89% in)
- Among his many other complaints, he had syphilis, which he had apparently caught from transfusions in one of his hospital stays; it was cured eventually.Five — The Aftermath (33% in)
There are no more uses of "syphilis" in Hiroshima.
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