11. Meningeal syphilis is a component of neurosyphilis , which usually occurs in the tertiary stage of syphilis. 12. Neurosyphilis was almost at the point being unheard of in the United States after penicillin therapy was introduced.13. Therefore, neurosyphilis has once again been prevalent in societies with high HIV rates and limited access to penicillin. 14. Until the advent of penicillin in the 1940s, it was probably the most effective treatment for neurosyphilis available. 15. It has been speculated that he contracted neurosyphilis , which incidentally was the same illness that killed Lord Randolph Churchill. 16. :: There were some experiments with using malaria as a way to create fever and control syphilis, specifically neurosyphilis . 17. Neurosyphilis frequently occurrence then, and in 1917, Solomon and Southard co-authored a book on its diagnosis and treatment.18. Syphilis can lie dormant for 10 to 20 years before progressing to neurosyphilis , but HIV may accelerate the rate of the progress. 19. He also described a symptom of neurosyphilis that affects the pupils of the eye, a condition known today as Argyll Robertson pupils. 20. Dr . Reese developed a particular interest in neurosyphilis , which, in the 1920s and 1930s, accounted for > 10 % of all psychiatric illnesses.
