TY - JOUR AU - Vora, Setu K. AU - Lyons, Robert W. T1 - The Medical Kipling—Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, and Romberg’s Test T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2004 VL - 10 IS - 6 SP - 1160 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Born of expatriate parents in Bombay, India, in 1865, Rudyard Kipling was the first English author to win the Nobel Prize for literature. He received this honor when he was not yet 42 years old. Indeed, Kipling’s career is remarkable for its precocious success. His collection of verse Departmental Ditties was published when he was 20 years old. When he first went to England in 1889, he was already a well-known writer. KW - syphilis KW - tabes dorsalis KW - ataxia KW - neurologic examination KW - medicine in literature KW - history of medicine KW - Rudyard Kipling KW - United Kingdom KW - India DO - 10.3201/eid1006.031117 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/6/03-1117_article ER - End of Reference