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tfester

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on: Jun 22, 2018
In the early nineteenth century, psychiatrists were referred to as
 
  a. alienists.
  b. lunatics.
  c. soothsayers.
  d. purgatists.

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Why was malarial therapy effective in treating general paresis?
 
  a. The fever that was induced killed off the cause of the observed symptoms.
  b. General paresis was caused by malaria, and malarial therapy triggered an immune response that destroyed the existing infection.
  c. Malarial therapy prevented the syphilis spirochetes from entering the brain.
  d. There is no known treatment for general paresis.
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a. alienists.

Answer to Question 2

a. The fever that was induced killed off the cause of the observed symptoms.


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