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Author: Chris Holmes, MD Educational Pearls: In WWI, the 2nd leading cause of soldier disability were STDs. An early treatment of syphilis included topical and inhaled mercury Bloodletting, vitriol, arsenic, and bismuth were other treatments for syphilis. Infecting patients with Malaria and treating the Malaria was also tried Thankfully penicillin was discovered for our syphilis woes References Frith J. . Syphilis – Its early history and Treatment until Penicillin and the Debate on its Origins. Journal of Military and Veterans Health. 2012. 20(4): 49-58 https://jmvh.org/article/syphilis-its-early-history-and-treatment-until-penicillin-and-the-debate-on-its-origins/ Summarized by Travis Barlock, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD