The Doctor Who Infected Patients With Malaria — And Won a Nobel Prize for It
Before antibiotics existed, neurosyphilis was a death sentence. Once the infection reached the brain, it caused paralysis, psychosis, and eventually death. Doctors had no effective way to stop it. Patients deteriorated slowly, often losing both their bodies and their minds. Then came a solution that sounded insane. In 1917, Austrian physician Julius Wagner-Jauregg proposed something … Read more