<P> The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494 / 1495 in Naples , Italy , during a French invasion . Because it was spread by returning French troops , the disease was known as `` French disease '' , and it was not until 1530 that the term `` syphilis '' was first applied by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro . The causative organism , Treponema pallidum , was first identified by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905 . The first effective treatment , Salvarsan , was developed in 1910 by Sahachirō Hata in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich . It was followed by the introduction of penicillin in 1943 . </P>
<P> The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494 / 1495 in Naples , Italy , during a French invasion . Because it was spread by returning French troops , the disease was known as `` French disease '' , and it was not until 1530 that the term `` syphilis '' was first applied by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro . The causative organism , Treponema pallidum , was first identified by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905 . The first effective treatment , Salvarsan , was developed in 1910 by Sahachirō Hata in the laboratory of Paul Ehrlich . It was followed by the introduction of penicillin in 1943 . </P>
when was penicillin discovered as a cure for syphilis
when was penicillin discovered as a cure for syphilis
in 1943
in 1943