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    Question: 3 supreme court justices died from VDs??? Please tell me who;
    this is very hard to believe. If it's true, this is hilarious.

    Answer: Here are the names of those justices:

    John Hessin Clarke - served 1916 to 1922
    Died of syphilis

    Edward Douglass White - served 1894 to 1921
    Died of complications related to papillomavirus (genital warts)

    Gabriel Duvall - served 1811 - 1835
    Died of syphilis

    While it's certainly an amazing fact, I certainly don't agree that these
    men's death are worthy of laughter. Treatments for syphilis prior to
    the era of modern medicine were quite crude. Justice Duvall subjected
    himself to hot wax injections and had leeches applied to his genitals in
    an attempt to rid himself of the disease.

    Justice White did not even know the cause of the warts that afflicted
    him. He died of gangrene, likely able to set in because of the constant
    closing and reopening of the sores around his genitals.

    Justice Clarke's kept his condition a secret for many years. An autopsy
    performed after his death was later covered up by his family members.
    His grandson's death in 1989 allowed researchers access to his records.

    This information can be found in A History of the Supreme Court written
    by Bernard Schwartz and The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court written
    by Bob Woodward.

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    What is this poll doing here?

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      CommentAuthornyarfdude
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2007
     

    I have no idea!

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    What is this poll doing here?

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      CommentAuthorHaoest
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    shhhh, just hit yes.

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      CommentAuthorHaoest
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2007
     

    I mean, if gullible.info can exist,why not syphilis.