1. Tertiary syphilis does not normally show up for 3 to 15 years.2. Some writers have speculated that he was suffering from tertiary syphilis . 3. By 1916, Joplin was suffering from tertiary syphilis and a resulting descent into insanity. 4. -- Wolf died insane, with symptoms of tertiary syphilis . 5. Opponents were bolstered by the discovery of tertiary syphilis as the cause of some mental disorder. 6. Due to Syphilitic aortitis ( a complication of tertiary syphilis ) the aortic valve ring becomes dilated. 7. Manifestations of late congenital syphilis are similar to those of secondary syphilis and tertiary syphilis in adults. 8. Davis was admitted to a Philadelphia mental institution in 1934 suffering from paresis due to tertiary syphilis . 9. Latent syphilis has little to no symptoms, and tertiary syphilis has masses known as gummas, neurological, or cardiac symptoms. 10. Though experiencing the debilitating symptoms and pain of tertiary syphilis , he continued in practice until 1915 and died in 1917.