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Howard Brown
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Folks..

On page 104 of "The True Face of JTR" by the late Melvin Harris, there's a reference to RDS that states.. "there is little or no doubt that the illness that he is now suffering, is the result of the discreditable life he leads"....from this,we all have been led to believe that RDS had contracted a venereal disease.
Fair enough....but..
Does anyone know how Mr. Harris found this out?
Aren't medical records sealed from third party scrutiny?
Did Mr. Harris get told this from some other researcher ? If so, then whom...

Thanks for any help.
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If RDS did contract syphilis in 1868, I have now heard from three doctors [ one a Casebook member's family member ] who have confirmed that it is entirely possible that someone could live for 48 years [as RDS would have had to,dying in 1916...] with this disease.

Not only could someone concievably live with the disease,it is also possible that one would not go insane from the disease....even if they had it for almost a half century.


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