Comments on: Syphilis: One of Five Infamous Epidemics We Hope We Never See

By: Trena

Trena — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:08:37 +0000

Great topic. mental_floss had a great article on parasites a while back (my boyfriend still talks about one of the critters), yet rare skin diseases are a no-no? Awe… c’mon, kids.

I’m glad others find these sort of posts interesting. Keep ‘em coming. They make me feel so normal ;p

By: Chris Weber

Chris Weber — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:58:01 +0000

There’s a new campaign here in Chicago for folks to get tested for syphilis. Apparently, transmission rates are up. Anyway, buses all over town are carrying ads that say, in really big letters, “SYPHILIS IS BACK”!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:33:07 +0000

Q:What do you call a man who had AIDS, syphilis,herpes, and gonorrhea?

A: An incurable romantic!

By: lindsay m

lindsay m — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:46:51 +0000

i love stuff like this. my husband and i were just discussing the other day how syphillis and ghonnorea (sp?) were the only big vd’s for so long, and now there are so many out there. we were wondering where they all came from, and why all started spreading in a relatively short amount of time. that would be an interesting blog. we like medical oddities.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:56:24 +0000

The medical museum in Philidelphia Pa has some interesting stuff about Syphilis including skulls of people who had advanced cases. Pretty creepy, yet, very cool

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:51:12 +0000

Daniel — My fault for not including all the relevant links. I posted this on Chris’ behalf. He dutifully left me all the sources, and I un-dutifully ignored them. Here you go:

Beethoven: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17214130&ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Nietzsche:
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17881977&ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Lenin:
query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807EFD61239F931A15755C0A9629C8B63&n=Top%2fNews%2fHealth%2fDiseases%2c%20Conditions%2c%20and%20Health%20Topics%2fSyphilis

Capone:
medscape.com/viewarticle/552265_3
(registration required)

Conventional Theory:
alpha.qmul.ac.uk/~ugbt794/Knell_2004.pdf

Alternate names:
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_8_109/ai_65913170

Tuskegee:
cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:44:51 +0000

Scott Joplin, the ragtime composer, had Syphilis.

It will be cool to read about the skin diseases in future blogs. Would you mind putting some source information for further study in upcoming blogs?

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:43:06 +0000

Good to see you here, Chris!

By: Marco Collins

Marco Collins — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:28:20 +0000

PBS did a show on this couple of years ago. They found some corpse with traces of syphilis buried in English port town that placed him in time before Syphilis was widespread. Subsequent tests showed it was benign bacteria originating in NA that mutated into its deadlier form after contact with the Europeans.

By: samantha

samantha — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:55:27 +0000

personally, i would find a blog on rare skin diseases fascinating