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Casanova and venereology
Author(s) -
Vincent Barrazza
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2003.01957.x
Subject(s) - medicine , venereology , syphilis , dermatology , surgery , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
In 1750 Casanova met Henriette de Bourbon‐Conti, Duchess of Chartres, in Paris. She was suffering from a disfiguring syphilis. He prescribed an unusual treatment and noticed a transient improvement. But skin disorders rapidly recurred. A few years later the young aristocrat died.