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== [[Theatre]] ==
* In the play ''Damaged Goods'' by Eugene Brieux, a man diagnosed with syphilis ignores his doctor's warnings to put off his announced marriage for a few years, and is able to keep his disease a secret until his child is diagnosed with it.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Blackguards, the evil counterpart to paladins, gain this ability instead of the full immunity to disease Paladins get.
** The more obscure Cancer Mage prestige class gains a variation of this ability: They are only immune to the ''negative'' effects of a disease. The same book introduces the disease Festering Anger which gives enhanced strength as the disease progresses at the cost of damaged mental scores, which became a notoriously broken combo<ref>less discussed is that Festering Anger is flat out broken on its own, the damage to ability scores is easily removed without losing the bonuses even if you aren't a cancer mage</ref>.
== [[Video Games]] ==
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