The name of this disease was derived from a poem written by a doctor. Who was the doctor, what is the disease, and what other disease is this doctor famous for describing?

lanfranco

The name "syphilis" comes from Girolamo's Fracastoro's 1530 poem "Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus." Fracastoro was also the first physician to describe contagious infection in "On Contagion" of 1546: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5689 Aug 22 05, 8:23 AM

peasypod

That's a yay, Frankie. His 1546 book also gave the first description of typhus. Aug 23 05, 5:22 AM

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