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Ancestry/Genealogy

Warpy

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8. It was only a mild rash in most of the Americas

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 28, 2017, 01:40 PM

Aug 2017

and limited to a skin disease that kids passed around to each other, got over, and were then immune to.

It mutated into the deadly STD form in the port cities of Europe and had been there at least since Roman times.

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Syphilis in the Civil War [View all] frogmarch Aug 2017 OP

I'm not a doctor, but from my history studies defacto7 Aug 2017 #1

Thanks, now I have somewhere frogmarch Aug 2017 #3

One example of this was the composer defacto7 Aug 2017 #5

That is weird. I had no idea frogmarch Aug 2017 #9

Maybe they were looking for active syphilis defacto7 Aug 2017 #6

Well, there's a thought. Maybe my ggf frogmarch Aug 2017 #10

It was only a mild rash in most of the Americas Warpy Aug 2017 #8

I had no idea. I thought frogmarch Aug 2017 #11

Here is an interesting documentary on it Warpy Aug 2017 #13

I'll bookmark to watch later today. Thanks! frogmarch Aug 2017 #17

Apparently not all syphillis cases were obtained from carnal pleasure. Seedersandleechers Aug 2017 #2

OMG! frogmarch Aug 2017 #4

Nope, touch an open chancre with broken skin, you got it too. Warpy Aug 2017 #14

I had a grand aunt who was given her dose by her returning hero Warpy Aug 2017 #7

I knew about syphilis goofiness, but frogmarch Aug 2017 #12

That's one of the milder stories Warpy Aug 2017 #16

I love your headline. - Sure to get many clicks from those with no interest whatsoever No Vested Interest Aug 2017 #15