The 19th-century discovery of the connection between _____and a concrete physical illness, syphilis, strengthened the medical model and held out the promise that organic causes would eventually be found for other abnormal behavior.
A) general paresis
B) chlamydia
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) vascular neurocognitive disorder

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The connection between general paresis and syphilis was discovered in the 19th century and provided evidence of a concrete physical illness causing abnormal behavior. This discovery strengthened the medical model and led to the hope that other organic causes for abnormal behavior would eventually be found. Chlamydia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular neurocognitive disorder are not directly related to this historical development.

The 19th-Century Discovery of the Connection Between _____And a Concrete