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Schubert's Vienna: 17 Syphilis

The Spirit of Schubert by BBC

Mar 31, 20125:12Arts

Sean Rafferty sees grisly evidence of Schubert’s syphilitic condition with Dr Beatrix Patzak, director of the Federal Pathology and Anatomy Museum, and hears about the symptoms, progress and treatment of the disease.

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