Both Uses of
syphilis
in
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
- 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.†
Chpt 1 *syphilis = a sexually transmitted disease that, if treated early, can be completely cured with antibiotics
- 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.†
Chpt 5