Open AccessNeuro syphilis: Portrayals by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author(s) -
O Somasundaram
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.55103
Subject(s) - syphilis , psychoanalysis , psychology , art , medicine , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The developments in neuro syphilis in the 19 th century are integral parts of the history of psychiatry. The delineation of various aspects of neuro syphilis by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in three of his stories is discussed in brief.