Post, Abner.
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Abner Post (1844-1934), AB, 1866, Yale University; MD, 1870, Harvard Medical School, was Professor of Syphilis at Harvard Medical School and Senior Physician at the Boston Dispensary specializing in syphilis and dermatology. Post also held consulting surgeon appointments at Boston City Hospital, where he later was also curator of the hospital museum. Post also served as President of the American Dermatological Association and the Massachusetts General Hospital House Pupils Alumni Association. Post's research focused on syphilis and its related physical and social complications, including hereditary, bone, and congenital syphilis, interstitial keratitis, genito-urinary diseases, and legitimizing the medical study of venereal diseases.
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Medical education
Medical education
Locomotor ataxia
Skin Diseases
Syphilis
Syphilis, Congenital, hereditary, and infantile
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