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* * * * * * * * Class discussion point: Have students help you debunk the myths concerning mental illness (see pages 20-21). * * * General Paresis and Syphilis Mid-1800s progress was being made in terms of understanding senile and presenile psychoses and mental retardation from a more biological perspective Far more was then discovered about the nature and origin of syphilis General paresis characterized by steady physical and mental deterioration, delusions of grandeur and progressive paralysis from which there was no recovery Discovery provides a good example of the increasing use of em