Abstract
Syphilis was from the 16-th century until the discovery of salvarsan and antibiotics a very dreaded disease. Trials with treatment were however done, among others with mercury, just to cure syphilis. In the middle of the 19-th century syphilisation was introduced as a spectacular method to come to terms with the contagion. The idea was to get a vaccine against the scourge. The trials, mostly done in France and Norway, by inoculation of pus from syphilis ulcers from those who had the illness. In Norway such trials were also done with patients with leprosy. Those with leprosy in this way got a second illness, and they of course became worse. The syphilis patients were declared as cured.
Citation
Saers KU (2021) Syphilisation: Forgotten experiments to treat an awful sickness. SM J Infect Dis 4: 4.