Dental signs attributed to congenital syphilis and its treatments in the Hamann-Todd Skeletal Collection
Syphilis in the United States during the 1800s and 1900s had a high prevalence rate causing great concern to health officials. Various measures were taken to control its spread. Mercuric treatments were used up until the introduction of penicillin. The aim of this paper is to determine whether denta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-12-01
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| Series: | Anthropological Review |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2017-0032 |