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11 hours ago · The disease was highly contagious and had a significant impact on populations. It caused a wide range of symptoms, including skin rashes, fever, and debilitating pain. Without effective treatments, syphilis became a major health crisis that affected countless individuals.
11 hours ago · Physicians in the 18th century began to investigate hypochondria as a disorder of the recently discovered nervous system, accounting for symptoms not just in the gut but in other parts of the body as well. According to this view, the cause wasn’t imbalanced humors but fatigue and debility of the nerves themselves.
