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saliva. In the same year the Sp. Obernieieri was named by 

 Cohn after its discoverer as the cause of recurrent fever in 

 man. This organism varies from 15 to 30 yu in length, is very 

 thin and tapered at both extremities. In 1905 Schaudinn and 

 Hoffmann described a spirochaete which is believed to be the 

 cause of syphilis. It is known as Treponema pallidmn. 



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