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Word: plexus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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Practically all efforts to attack paresis hitherto have been frustrated because antisyphilitic drugs, usually mercury or arsenic compounds, cannot pass through the choroid plexus, a sort of fine filter at the base of the brain. The germs which reach the higher centers are free to develop and soon do permanent damage to the brain tissue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Malaria vs. Paresis | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

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