or in others, the whole of the sexual organs.

在其它病例中是整个性器官
Moreover, many patients suffered from the great deformity,

许多病人遭受严重的残疾
or gummata that developed.

或是长了梅毒瘤的痛苦
Besides all of the above symptoms, as if they were not bad enough,

除以上所有症状似乎它们并不很糟糕
violent pains attacked the muscles.

肌肉剧烈地疼痛
These pains were persistent, tormented the sufferer chiefly at night,

这些疼痛是持久的主要在晚上
and were the most cruel of all the symptoms."

是所有症状中最残酷的
There is a theory that maybe

有一种理论认为
even the disease was too virulent for its own good,

疾病可能对其自身而言太毒了
that its symptoms were so debilitating

症状减弱了
as to prevent sufferers from transmitting it,

为了阻止病人传播
and so the modern disease evolved

现代的疾病