The Pox, the Great Imitator, the insert-racial-stereotype-here disease. This week we're talking about Syphilis and everything people have done to try and get rid of it. Join us as we discuss cures such as rubbing mercury into wounds, contracting Malaria, and locking up sleazy looking women (i.e. any woman).
Sources:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/syphilis
https://www.synonym.com/synonyms/syphilis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_syphilis
https://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/stdfact-syphilis.htm
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/12/the-return-of-syphilis/418170/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosophobia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6089383/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilis
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-05-01-04
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/congenital-syphilis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrotherapy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaiacum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hunter_(surgeon)
https://listverse.com/2014/10/04/10-insane-medical-beliefs-from-the-past/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Wagner-Jauregg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala_syphilis_experiments
https://www.americanheritage.com/social-evil-ordinance
https://newrepublic.com/article/148493/forgotten-war-women
https://www.history.com/news/chamberlain-kahn-act-std-venereal-disease-imprisonment-women
