Document 0757
 DOCN  M9480757
 TI    The history of venereology in Norway.
 DT    9410
 AU    Fyrand O; Granholt A; Department of Dermatology National Hospital,
       Rikshospitalet,; Oslo.
 SO    Genitourin Med. 1994 Jun;70(3):215-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94314313
 AB    Syphilis became a problem at the beginning of the eighteenth century
       when a virulent microbe was brought to Norway. This new disease was
       called radesyken, a Nordic name for the wicked disease. Rade hospitals
       were built and this was the beginning of the Norwegian hospital system.
       Professor Caesar Boeck refused to use mercury in the treatment of
       syphilis; 2000 of his patients were included in the Oslo study of
       untreated syphilis. With the use of penicillin and other antibiotics,
       syphilis and gonorrhoea decreased. More frequent now are the viral
       diseases, herpes genitalis and condylomata acuminata. HIV is seldom
       found in the STD clinic in Oslo: only 5-6 HIV-positive persons per year;
       that is, about 0.09% of all new patients.
 DE    Female  Gonorrhea/HISTORY  History of Medicine, 17th Cent.  History of
       Medicine, 18th Cent.  History of Medicine, 19th Cent.  History of
       Medicine, 20th Cent.  Human  Male  Norway  Public Health  Sexually
       Transmitted Diseases/HISTORY  Syphilis/HISTORY  Venereology/*HISTORY
       HISTORICAL ARTICLE  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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