The Star Rash

"The Star Rash" is a fascinating story by the famous Russian writer, playwright and theater figure Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891–1940). A young man graduates from medical university and goes to the village to begin medical practice. A patient comes to him and the doctor diagnoses him with syphilis. Then other patients come with the same symptoms, and the doctor realizes that there is an epid...