article_snippet.sent: The few victims who are still alive were almost all children when The few victims who are still alive were unknowingly infected, and many among The few victims who are still alive were orphans.
article_snippet.sent: In the aftermath of the experiment, some of the individuals died of syphilis, with open sores covering some of the individuals bodies, while those who did survive claim some of the individuals passed the disease down to some of the individuals children, ending up with babies that were born blind, severely handicapped, and, in at least one case, without a brain.
article_snippet.sent: It is estimated approximately 700 people were infected with the disease, and of the roughly 75% who were treated, only 25% were reported to have completed only 25% treatment.
article_snippet.sent: one child who did not have a brain was born severely handicapped (above)
article_snippet.sent: One was born without a brain, while another was born with syphilis which was left untreated, and is now severely handicapped.
article_snippet.sent: In the end, this experiment resulted in the death of at least 83 individuals from syphilis.
highlights_snippet.sent: Blindness, deformities, and death are just some of the problems babies born with congenital syphilis face .
  