[HN Gopher] Rewriting the history of syphilis
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Rewriting the history of syphilis
 
Author : gmays
Score  : 36 points
Date   : 2023-09-28 14:51 UTC (8 hours ago)
 
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| DoesntMatter22 wrote:
| There is a documentary on this from like 10+ years ago that
| showed the same thing. I'm not sure why this is new
 
  | scns wrote:
  | Have a link handy?
 
    | DonaldFisk wrote:
    | This documentary shows archaeological evidence of syphilis in
    | 14th Century Hull, England.
    | 
    | 1495 Syphilis Outbreak: The Deadly Disease That Swept Across
    | Europe | The Syphilis Enigma | Timeline:
    | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bWNF_eNwvI
 
| readthenotes1 wrote:
| For a counter-narrative:
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| https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/40/10/1454/308400?login...
 
  | DonaldFisk wrote:
  | The article argues that the pre-Columbian skeletons in Europe
  | (incl. the ones from the graveyard in Hull) had yaws (a disease
  | causes by another spirochete) rather than syphilis. Yaws (at
  | least nowadays) is a tropical disease.
 
| uranium wrote:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20230928005434/https://www.wired...
 
| selimthegrim wrote:
| Maybe this is yet another explanation for the origin of cagots in
| France and Spain.
 
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