Joseph Parrot was born on November 1st, 1829. This French doctor described Parrot’s pseudoparalysis as a finding in children with congenital syphilis. It consists of pseudoparalysis of one or more extremities of babies, resulted from osteochondritis due to syphilis of an epiphysis. It is called pseudoparalysis provided it is reversible through therapy.
Mary C. Pangborn, on November 1st, 1941, published her work on isolation and purification of an ox heart extract phospholipid, the antigen of the Wasserman test for syphilis used since 1922, which she identified as cardiolipin. This discovery was soon adopted worldwide as a practical test for syphilis. Dr. Pangborn was the senior author of …
Candido Gaffrée was born on November 5th, 1845. Together with Eduardo Palasin Guinle, he created the important and remarkable Gaffrée and Guinle Hospital, with the initial objective of being a center of attention to venereal diseases, mainly syphilis and gonorrhea, that plagued the city of Rio de Janeiro. Today, it is the Gaffrée and Guinle …
Joseph Rollet was born on November 12th, 1824, in Lagnieu, France. In 1865, he described Rollet’s Mixed Cancer (hard tumor by Treponema pallidum + soft tumor by Haemophilus ducreii).
First World Congress and Third Latin American Congress on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, held between November 15th and 21st, 1981, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Syphilis Exhibition: history, science, and art. Opening project of the exhibition on the most diverse aspects of history, science, and arts involving the syphilis theme. It will be on the second floor of the Paço Imperial, Praça XV de Novembro, Downtown, Rio de Janeiro. The exhibition is the result of a set of researches carried …
José Serruya was born on November 18th, 1933. Important professor of dermatology, syphilography, and venereology in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro.
Jean-Martin Charcot was born on November 29th, 1825, in Paris. French physician and scientist, he achieved fame in the field of psychiatry and neurology in the second half of the 19th century. He was considered one of the greatest clinicians and professors of medicine in France and, together with Guillaume Duchenne, the founder of modern …
Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral was born on December 1st, 1894. Born in Belém do Pará, he directed the Butantã Institute shortly after its creation, in two phases: from 1919 to 1921 and from 1928 to 1938. He was on the cover of Time magazine in 1929 , as the central character of the report …
