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://books.google.com/books?id=ANijeeP_430C&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=1724+governor+louisiana+syphilis&source=bl&ots=c2KCSJQ92T&sig=ACfU3U2fKfj2XsXJVhdlpxQZx4k0czKWbg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2n8_9qJ7pAhXCsZ4KHeaNB80Q6AEwBXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=1724%20governor%20louisiana%20syphilis&f=false

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