title: [Syphilis at the end of the 16th century, on the course of professor Jean Riolan, of the Faculté de médecine de Paris].
abstract: Based on the study of a medical course taught at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris by Jean Riolan in 1584-1585 and kept at the Carnegie Library in Reims, this article presents syphilis, called "Indian disease", as an illness with a new clinical description. The professor studies its origin, its symptoms, its cure with a decoction of gaiac wood which is inefficient, and a cure with quicksilver under different forms (pills, unctions, fumigations) which is more reliable. It gives an example of the adaptation of a much-disparaged medicine to a disease with symptoms unknown from ancient authors.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benoit
mesh_terms: D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000266:history*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: La syphilis à la fin du XVIe siècle, d'après les cours du professeur Jean Riolan, de la Faculté de médecine de Paris.