Sentences with phrase «carried syphilis»

12 No — really, honey, it was the dentist's fault: Such operations usually failed, and worse, the transplanted teeth often carried syphilis.

The theory that Christopher Columbus's crew carried syphilis back to Europe from the New World has sprung another leak.

And, since women can carry both syphilis and pregnancies, a rise in syphilis in this population also means a rise congenital syphilis (the transmission of syphilis from mother to fetus), which causes miscarriages, stillbirths, preterm births, neonatal death, and birth defects.

Not exact matches

The French believed it carried a host of vile conditions, including leprosy and syphilis.

Until Paul Ehrlich's discoveries, however, syphilis could not be treated effectively; indeed, not until the development of penicillin could such treatment be carried out easily and safely.

We carry it like syphilis inside.

Continually suffering from the effects of syphilis from her first husband, Jenkins in her later years took up vocal opera, in which she couldn't carry a tune or hit any sort of impressive notes.