Syphilis: The Disease that Changed Europe

[@IntotheShadows]

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[@barrydysert2974]

Just when did the idea of "protected sex" become a thing and how did it come to mean what it does today? i grew up when sex was still a dark topic!:-)

[@ZayahFeaster]

“This was the great itch of the 15th century, and one we still scratch to this day”

[@joeclaridy]

Dammit man how many channels do you have? Everyday I see a new video from a new channel.

[@halometroid]

I love your videos mate! Your topics are always interesting, well structured, and very informative. I did not realize you had a second channel! Keep up the good work!

[@classicalteacher]

Your monologue is hypocritical. You speak of abuse and yet support the murder of innocent babies.

[@shellshell942]

My Mum was a nurse for many decades and cared for an elderly man diagnosed with tertiary syphilis, his children were horrified and tried to stop the hospital telling his wife because they were embarrassed even though the poor lady needed to be tested asap. They were more worried about their own embarrassment than their Mum's health. Thankfully the doctor told her straight up because the poor lady ended up needing treatment. Crazy people are still embarrassed about this so badly.

[@jaynecooney9549]

It’s not crazy it’s the time and people are still embarrassed about there bodies nothing wrong with it at all and it doesn’t make them stupid just makes you uncaring

[@DavidGarcia-oi5nt]

@@jaynecooney9549 lol oh yeah nothing wrong with it... Other than the example right up there.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

@@jaynecooney9549 pretty sure it's not mentally healthy to be embarrassed by your body. Just because it's common doesn't mean it's right.

[@MarieAnne.]

@@jaynecooney9549 Are you frigging kidding? They were willing to keep their mother in the dark and put her life at risk, all because of their embarrassment?

[@pearlbonnie1369]

@@jaynecooney9549 Nothing wrong with It? Of course there is something wrong with it: it means people don't get the treatment needed. How could that not be wrong?

[@willow9912]

"Everybody blamed everybody else" sounds familiar tho

[@owenshebbeare2999]

I wonder which spread faster, the disease or the blame? Probably the disease, I suppose.

[@invictor2761]

sounds like the whole world blaming russia even though russia is in the right

[@bmw328i8]

@@invictor2761 💯

[@alastor8091]

@@invictor2761 Russia is 100% in the wrong. Left side charging handles are better than right side. I will say that top side charging is the best. Its naturally ambidextrous and more intuitive for both shooters.

[@AkaUnagomi]

@@alastor8091 he was clearly trolling

[@annaw1298]

Syphilis would cause bone loss in the later stages. The reason archeologists can easily tell if someone had it is because there would often be pitting on the bones. Small to large cavities of bone loss. I’ve seen images of bones from those who have died of Syphilis and it looks horrific and like it would have been excruciatingly painful.

[@iambored678]

@@terrychambers6726 you call yourself ann?

[@hattorihanzo2705]

Yeah cause his bone fell off.

[@ownmicelio]

Is this symptom only present in std?

[@goosewithagibus]

@@ownmicelio there's many diseases that cause bone degradation.

[@aco614]

@@ownmicelio cancer causes pitting in bones too

[@critty79]

I was a nurse for hospice for 20 yearsand you have no idea how many elderly people have stds that they ignored or hid for however long. But it suprised me at first.

[@megancrager4397]

That actually surprises me

[@jobdylan5782]

@@megancrager4397 why?

[@BlueRidgeBubble]

​​@@megancrager4397 Hey, they're bangin' too What else do they have to do They're old, don't have to worry about children and were probably poorly educated about stds, so don't use protection Pretty simple, really

[@Micfri300]

@@jobdylan5782 why because the older generation in theory were more faithful to their partner

[@jobdylan5782]

@@Micfri300 their partners are dead

[@Jaysin412]

Totally missed the opportunity for the closing line, "This was the great itch of the fifteenth century, one we're still scratching, to this day."

[@bjkarana]

Crabs advocacy group: "Are we nothing to you?!"

[@mta4562]

@@bjkarana scabies - hold my tiny beer.

[@elijahhernandez906]

Wasn't that also the time of the witch hunts though too?

[@Flatleava]

@@elijahhernandez906 yeah and vampires , digging ppl out and switching their body parts so they don’t get up and suck blood because vampires was giving plague they thought

[@sabir1208]

@@elijahhernandez906 humanity is never at a shortage of carnage and death.

[@edkim609]

I can't believe he didn't mention giving patients malaria to treat syphilis! (It does often technically work, as in, clearing syphilis by high fever)

[@planetdisco4821]

Yes I learnt about that one quite a few years ago too! (errr not from personal experience btw)

[@erikybarra3898]

WTF?! Are you serious?!

[@annemettefrederiksen7751]

Actually you have testresults in mice showing signs of how using a certain Malaria protein injected directly into the bladders of subjects suffering from bladder cancer may reduce the size/growth of the tumor..

[@edkim609]

@@annemettefrederiksen7751 the BCG vaccine (anti-TB) is often used for bladder cancers - both to reduce size of the tumour and also to prevent recurrence post resection. From what I remember it works pretty well.

[@cherylm2C6671]

Does this mean that an earnest sauna and bath will kill it?

[@jeremywyatt2897]

"Great Pox" was called that not because it was more deadly. "Great" referred to the size of the pox compared to small pox. The sores from syphilis are general 3 to 5 time larger than the small pox pustules.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I always wondered why it was called small pox in english.

[@pr0xZen]

You good Sir, certainly earned the fact-nibble cookie of the day! 😊

[@XXXkazeXXX]

@@HappyBeezerStudios and in Finnish small pox is called ”isorokko” meaning big pox! Languages are weird.

[@IntotheShadows]

Well damn, today I found out.

[@jonhall2274]

@@IntotheShadows *ba-dum-tssssss*

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I will never forget how much syphilis terrified me when I learned about it in middle school health class. It really was one of those "some things in real life are worse than horror movies" kinda moment.

[@LB-ou8wt]

Must have been reassuring to find out it’s super treatable now.

[@san9215]

@@LB-ou8wt it was for me when I found out it was treatable but I’m still super scared sexually transmitted disease especially HIV

[@Red_Cp3]

@@san9215ou’ll probably be fine most of them are treatable only one you really should be worried about is like you said HIV but the amount of people with it is like 0.36% of the US population and 86% of those people know they have it so it really shouldn’t be something to worry about. But if you want sleep worse tonight something like 50-60% of adults have herpes

[@XenogearsPS]

@@Red_Cp3 I got herpes first time I had sex. Apparently its 50-80 percent of adults. such bs,.

[@mikemaricle9941]

@@Red_Cp3 If you ever had Chicken Pox, you have Herpes 1.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

2:05 - Chapter 1 - Syphilis 4:40 - Chapter 2 - Emergence 7:00 - Chapter 3 - Naples 1495 8:35 - Chapter 4 - The spread 12:05 - Chapter 5 - Early treatments 13:55 - Chapter 6 - The modern age

[@onlyme219]

You have way too much free time

[@quasarsavage]

Lol at least homie did it blaze boi could not be bothered ;)

[@nicholascorbett1256]

Little fellas pissy cause this guy gets props in the video for volunteering this wonderful little key. Was this your idea too Al Gore? Lls

[@harjutapa]

@@onlyme219 it takes *maybe* a minute extra to do this while watching a video, and it's helpful for others. What have you done to help others today?

[@harjutapa]

Seriously, though. I do this sort of thing for certain videos I enjoy that benefit from being broken down into parts, and it really doesn't take much time at all.

[@MyCaliforniaSweethea]

A great grandfather contracted syphilis during his service in WW1 on the western front. My aunt was horrified when I read out his military records to her whereas mum and I found it quite amusing that the quiet Catholic man we had known had hidden that secret for years.

[@riograndedosulball248]

Infection could have happened in another form, but i can understand why he would have hidden it

[@keithsurdyke2535]

I find it strange that you and your mother were amused that your great grandfather got syphilis? Wonder if you were amused about your great grandmother being exposed to syphilis?

[@MyCaliforniaSweethea]

@@keithsurdyke2535 my great grandmother was dead due to childbirth when he contracted syphilis and he didn’t remarry so her being exposed wasn’t going to be an issue. If anything it explained why he didn’t remarry so it was amusing to us that he contracted it when he was so devout.

[@Scornfull]

@@MyCaliforniaSweethea He could also have gotten it from open wounds being infected the battlefields weren't exactly known for being clean there's a lot of blood and open wounds that are perfect for infections

[@johnborges5938]

@@Scornfull - Entirely possible, and important not to judge, but there IS a more likely route of infection …

[@AlderaansRanger]

I’ve had syphilis. Got it last year. It wasn’t painful. It was just shocking since none of the people I slept with said they had it. Someone might’ve lied though. Either way. 2 weeks of antibiotics and 2 penicillin shots. One in each butt cheek finally made it go away. I never want that again.

[@miketaggard309]

There’s always a price to pay for being a degenerate.

[@Narrative_hoook]

Did you confirm this with a blood test??

[@katherinetutschek4757]

Wow I'm glad you were cured

[@valleyofthedolls666]

hope you’re doing better!

[@oVoidhawko]

STD test before fucking, and an STD when it's all over. If you can't manage, get yourself both chemically castrated, and spayed. You can't be trusted with your own genitals, and really shouldn't reproduce.

[@MF_UNDERTOW]

I’m surprised Fact Whistle didn’t talk about syphilis being the cause of the trend of wearing wigs. The upper class men who’s hair would fall out due to the disease would have wigs made and soon it became a fashion statement. The bigger the budget, the bigger the wig. The bigger the wig, the more fashionable. Hence the term “big wigs.”

[@elijahhernandez906]

So that's where it all started? The wig wearing.

[@rebeccaorman1823]

That's the story anyway.

[@e.d9424]

I'll remember this interesting fact way easier than any actual thing I need to, isn't it funny how brains work 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@computernaut]

"Fact Whistle" 🤣🤣

[@do6574]

I imagine everytime Simon stands up at the end he says "Dramtic exit" in his head. Then he says ..."ah my knees"

[@owenshebbeare2999]

*Dramatic. He's English, we know the language.

[@IntotheShadows]

[DRAMATIC EXIT DOWNSTAGE]

[@Shicksalblume]

"As you might imagine for a group of soldiers who had been on the move for months, the Frenchmen celebrated with great gusto in the local brothels for a rip-roaring trade." Ah, a tale as old as time.

[@matikaevur6299]

War .. War never changes ... (The Ink Spots playing in background)

[@fedoramcclaren4294]

Wow. I ended up seeing this comment exactly as he was saying this!!!

[@SarafinaSummers]

*laughing* Now I have "tale as old as time/beauty and the Beast" stuck in my head, but with Mrs. Pot as a Madam. Thank you.

[@Lord_Machiavelli]

Ah, a tale as fricking immoral as it is old. Sxx outside marriage is sin and all fornicators shall be punished!

[@ChristopherCarter-q9i]

Important correction, Syphilis can be spread by skin to skin contact with infected areas. Protected sex can reduce risk when in contact with a person in early stages but again skin to skin transmission occurs. It is recommended to get check when sexually active and if diagnosed inform ones prior and current partners.

[@SwartFrancois]

Almost everyone: "Let's just blame our neighbours" Turkey: "Pass; we'll blame a whole ass religion."

[@concorde3980]

Better to blame a Scapegoat than a real one.

[@FM-jo1jh]

Lol, I guess they didn't want to blame just one of their neighbors but everyone else in Europe.

[@ritz6982]

Just another way to dehumanize another religious group, in order to legitimize driving them from their homes and commit genocide.

[@JM-pm3tb]

As a physician I recall routinely ordering a VDRL (syphilis) blood test as part of the standard hospital admission blood test array on every patient admitted to a hospital as part of a public health effort to catch unsuspected cases for the benefit of the patient and prevent spread to others. This is not done any longer. Years later when HIV came to the forefront there was a debate about whether to include routine HIV blood tests on all patient admissions to prevent undiagnosed patients from spreading the disease and also help protect hospital personnel from accidentally contracting the disease from unintentional needle sticks. The proposal was shot down in the name of patient privacy.

[@flawedexistence]

As a Corrections Officer in an American Maximum Security CC which was originally built in 1880, I am tested by my MD every three months for *all* possible transmissible illnessnes. I am not taking any chances. My Facility is disgustingly filthy no matter how much cleaning is done and our Individuals in Custody may have illnesses which HIPPA prevents us from being aware of.

[@seekthevisceral]

Sir, with your love of history and natural narration, you've managed to make syphilis sound charming. Very glad I found your channel.

[@scarlettsteele7999]

More videos about diseases please!!! It’s my favorite subject and I follow all of your channels!

[@sandybarnes887]

All 12 channels? You're a legend

[@Zepplin76]

@@sandybarnes887 you only follow 12?

[@sandybarnes887]

@@Zepplin76 yes, all he has currently

[@scarlettsteele7999]

@@sandybarnes887 yep!

[@DJGuatemala83]

"HENRY VIII, that brilliant upstanding beacon of monogomy..."🥴😂😭☠ Simon stoppppp hahahahahaha

[@overtlybiased]

Speaking of syphilis, I recently learned from a couple episodes of the You're Wrong About podcast that there is a lot more to talk about the Tuskegee experiment than what is usually done. You may want to have a go at it in one of your (many) shows, Simon (if you didn't already).

[@shailonnoelle7175]

No no trust our vaccines we wouldn't ever ever put anything in there that would harm you... never..ever... don't move test subject I mean citizen

[@TwinBleaks]

@@shailonnoelle7175 Apples to oranges, love

[@kenyattathompson6685]

@@TwinBleaks apples to oranges how?

[@TwinBleaks]

@@kenyattathompson6685 Read up on the Tuskegee experiments and tell me how that atrocity was anything like creating emergency vaccines for the world population in order to slow/halt a global pandemic.

[@harmreductionman4474]

@@shailonnoelle7175 Testing on a vulnerable minority population that doesn't have the resources to resist you at all is EXACTLY the same as "testing" on the entire population that will put you in a guillotine if they find out. Even if we accept that modern vaccines are actually Tuskegee-style unethical experiments, which is pretty crazy but I won't call it impossible because our government is fucking awful, we would have to ignore the entire reason disenfranchised Black people were tested on...it is 100% apples and oranges.

[@claysfamily3818]

As a student nurse I would love to have some I.T.S episodes on things such as Parkinson’s, COPD, post op delirium, schizophrenia, pressure injuries, epilepsy, endometriosis, Lupus etc! I love this channel!

[@phils4634]

Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) is becoming a problem. Whilst still (amazingly) fully sensitive to e.g. benzathine penicillin, used as the first-line agent, there is resistance to other agents (macrolides). Now that HIV is for all intents and purposes controllable, higher-risk sex is becoming more prevalent, and many Sexual Health Units are seeing big rises in other STIs including Chlamydia, and Gonorrhoea (with ceftriaxone resistance in the latter being an emerging problem). Another, "not so publically popular" nasty is Mycoplasma genitalium, and here resistance (to e.g. doxycycline) is becoming more commonplace, necessitating other, more costly treatments (Pristinamycin, Sitafloxacin).

[@LeoDomitrix]

Becoming a problem *again*. It's ridiculous that we don't educate children better on health, and sexual diseases, etc., because that would be actually useful.

[@Wheres_my_Dragonator]

@@LeoDomitrix It's just a natural result of giving people more freedom. It may even be because of increasing same sex relations where protection isn't required that is accelerating it's resurgence.

[@Pushing_Pixels]

@@LeoDomitrix I was educated about STDs and safe sex in school in the 90's. Isn't everybody these days?

[@Pushing_Pixels]

First thing I thought at the end of the video was "how long until it starts resisting antibiotics?".

[@fenrirsdaughter9880]

​@@Pushing_Pixels it depends where you live. Many states in the USA have strict laws about sexual education. There are many places which mandate abstinence only education that emphasizes shame and lack of female worth after loss of virginity. I was lucky, I went to an inner city school in NY, and our teacher did his research, but his sister had gotten HIV from her abusive addict husband, so it was extremely personal to him. And unfortunately, even within more liberal and science minded states, in rural conservative areas, or in religious schools, there is a complete lack of education.

[@theexchipmunk]

There is third possibility to where it came from. Both, coming from America and being in Europe all along, being right. Bacteria have tendency to exchange beneficial genes. So there is possibility of American and European syphilis hatching a nastier and more infections strain.

[@lg5221]

In nursing school I was told from shepherds having relations with their livestock

[@gencolter2140]

"This lofty stage of syphilis" is not a sentence I thought I'd hear today, Simon.

[@johnw2026]

Or any day. He's talking about syphilis and trying to stay dignified! 😆😆 Well played Simon, well played.

[@dulio12385]

To quote Van Hellsing: "Civilization has always been accompanied by Syphilization."

[@sabir1208]

😭😂😂😂😂

[@stephens.3483]

I love how on this channel the host just gets up and walks away after the video. Gives it such a somber theme. You rock Simon!

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

"Ps And, to change the tone: I advise those who can swim never to try to commit suicide in the sea. All night and for ten hours I was battered by the waves. I drank much water but, by and again and without me knowing how, my mouth would surface. Perhaps some time, given the opportunity, I shall write down the impressions of a drowning man" Those was the last written words of Kostas Kariotakis ,one of the most influential and crused Greek poets of his generation He shot him self afterwards.. He was diagnosed with syphilis and syphilitics back in the day was often closed in mental institutions during the last stages of the disease , something that he wouldn't allow to happen..

[@erraticonteuse]

The most compelling argument for the Columbian theory is that syphilis is also found in llamas, a New World species.

[@manowa3395]

Nothing like shagging a llama after half a year at sea lol

[@franbarnaby7638]

I've read the Llama variant is the more fatal to humans, funny how the natives weren't dieing from it until AFTER contact🤣🤣🤔🤫

[@PhilJonesIII]

Ah yes, but did the Columbians have the step-ladder?

[@MsMedford]

Those poor llamas

[@toomanyopinions8353]

As if humans weren’t assaulting llamas

[@Newellgk]

Tuberculosis, Deep Breath! This made my day.

[@nashvin1982]

Check the 5:18 - 5:22 timestamp if you don't get it!

[@notjv7420]

get it, deep breath… tuberculosis…

[@bobfg3130]

I think he made a video about it on Biographics.

[@deboralee1623]

same here.

[@vandero.8742]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@theangryhobos]

The friary in Hull England had over 200 burials with accepted signs of syphilis. Carbon dating put the caskets and skeletons around 1350.

[@pmsavenger]

My last relationship ended with a syphilis test. For real. You'd think it was a joke, but it really isn't. Apparently it is more common than HIV.

[@curiodyssey3867]

HIV is pretty fuckin rare

[@pmsavenger]

@@curiodyssey3867 I think it was the point the nurse who did the testing tried to get across too, when I did a bit of a panicked laugh at the idea of having to take a test for it. "It's much more rare than syphilis".

[@PhilJonesIII]

@@pmsavenger A number of countries will expect you to submit to a range of such tests if you are planning to work there. It amuses me that people view such tests as though the test itself is going to infect you. We were obliged to take an HIV test to work in St Petersburg back in the 90s. It wasn't the test that worried me but, it took a while to open that envelope with the test results a week or so later. Am I absolutely sure, without question, that my wife has been faithful? Funny how doubts creep up on you.

[@profoundcake]

You should get tested before and after any sexual partner.

[@SchleimKeim77]

@@curiodyssey3867 that really depends on where you are.

[@Niiiiith]

Anybody else fall down a spiral of Simon channel switching, black out and wake up in a dingy basement next to a bleached skeleton bent over a type writer?

[@johnborges5938]

Not again?!!

[@alexissandren1884]

"Now, Baldrick, I advise you to make whatever explanation you are about to give exceptionally good." "You said get the door (holding the front door in his arms)" "Not good enough, you're fired." "But, my Lord, I've been in your family since 1532!" "So has syphilis. Now get out!" -Blackadder

[@kiiltochii1607]

Oh damn, I need to watch Black Adder again now that I am an adult. Too bad our BA DVD doesnt work anymore...

[@popeikeaisawesome7902]

I think a main reason for syphilis still lingering is because of antibiotic resistance. So people, always take your medication as it is prescribed and don't take it unless you're told to do so. Never stop your medication early even if you do feel better

[@Dgnmuse]

It’s sad because even today all are stigmatized hell look at the pandemic even. I think doctors should just test for it for regular check ups and overall rates would drop in every STI. People are too embarrassed and or unaware of the long term. It’s sad our society still has these problems.

[@Dgnmuse]

@@theagreen204 why wouldn’t it be? Every animal reproduces lol.

[@Micfri300]

Or just don't fuck like rabbits.. condoms are not a natural preservative.

[@whyisyes3957]

@Thea Green It’s nearly impossible to make people have sex with only one person their entire life, and to only have sex with that person for the sake of reproduction, it’s better to treat people and prevent disease rather than try an impossible task

[@johnborges5938]

@Thea Green - Well, not really so sad. After 5000 years of "not accepting" fornication and/or cheating, and then learning that about 80% of people were hypocritically doing it but lying about it, we've just decided to try to shoot for being honest about it.

[@bonbonnybon]

​​@theagreen204 People were still 'fornicating' in a society that didn't think it was normal and actively suppressed it. People fornicate. Thats just what happens, always. So your point is useless and also pretty stupid too

[@-chloe-8728]

i’m a history major and one of my profs liked to say “civilization and syphilization go hand in hand” :)

[@demonicaxeman7264]

Ancient European Chad: "Haha, you're a virgin!" Ancient European Teen: "And you have syphilis."

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

I immediately recognized the Rembrandt portrait at 13:34 as I've often seen it at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. But this is the first I've heard that the sitter, artist Gerard de Lairesse, was syphilitic (genetic, I now know). The bridge of his nose is already collapsed and he eventuality went blind. The list of famous people who either had or died from syphilis is staggering: artists like Paul Gauguin, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Manet, Vincent van Gogh and his art dealer brother Theo; gangster Al Capone; Adolf Hitler; Winston Churchill (!); Vladimir Lenin; composers Franz Schubert and Scott Joplin; etc.

[@jfoster1]

Casanova had 11 bouts of syphilis - all of which he treated with mercury

[@leeneufeld4140]

Winston Churchill did not have syphilis. For a long time it was believed that his father, Lord Randolph, died of syphilis, but that has now been brought into question, if not disproved.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

@@leeneufeld4140 thanks for the correction!

[@MrZauberelefant]

Most people in this list are urban myths. Hitler and Lenin have no positive evidence towards syphilis. It's quite hard to get a proper diagnose of people who died decades or even centuries ago. And the "staggering list of famous people", if we want to take all these names at face value, is a small sample of famous people in 5 centuries. It's a long list, but the list of famous people not suffering from Syphilis is way longer.

[@catharineholton49]

Winston Churchill did NOT have syphilis..his father Randolph supposedly died of it, which together with his challenge to Edward , the Prince of Wales cut short a promising political future .

[@WaddedBliss]

Syphilis is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@ILikeMyPrivacytbt]

I think that's Herpes.

[@chrisss3749]

@@ILikeMyPrivacytbt correct. Syphilis as a gift can be thrown out :)

[@jenniferclark9842]

@@chrisss3749 The gift you wish you could return.

[@chrisss3749]

@@jenniferclark9842 I can't remember what John's comment was lol.

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

12:33 "The resulting steam sent up into a small box where the patient lay patiently" Well duh, how else would a patient lay? Doctorly? Get it together fact boi!

[@isaakmulder5884]

Great video, Simon! I'm really into the photographer Francis Wolff and the recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. I think either one of those guy's stories would be a great subject for one of you're channels!

[@dynogamergurl]

I saw an old documentary on this not that long ago. It really was interesting to find out it’s been here for thousands of years. When we looked back at child bones from Ancient Greece they found proof of it being there too. It’s interesting how this STD changed itself to suit Its environment that’s a scary thought Warm places it’s fine. In cold places it goes to the ground and warm body parts. I’m thankful nothing else changes like that

[@babyramses5066]

I think I saw that same documentary.. was it thd one that implied that children in the pre-Columbian Americas got it as a regular skin contact disease in childhood and it wasn't that serious? Like chicken pox. But when the Europeans came and started raping people including kids it became an STD which they brought back to Europe? I don't know the soundness of this theory but it's tragic either way.

[@angrydoggy9170]

Remind me of the advice our art history teacher gave us regarding questions on how impressionist painters died. If in doubt just answer “Syphilis”. Good chance you’re right.

[@cnh4431]

😂😂😂

[@briancrawford8751]

Go to 1:10 to skip the Magellan ad.

[@riccardosartori3822]

I just got a condom ad on a syphilis video, spot on KZbin, spot on.

[@piarateking8094]

algorithm finally does something good

[@jrmckim]

Hey Simon Hope everything is going good for you and your family. Take care.. love ya

[@scottjohnson5415]

Fun fact. You can contract Syphilis in your throat through oral sex. I knew someone in TX that got it that way.

[@Orwic1]

Same applies to genital warts. I’ve seen a case like this.

[@cnh4431]

🤢

[@momcat2223]

@@cnh4431 ...and 🤮

[@jakeg3126]

“Knew someone”?

[@scottjohnson358]

@@jakeg3126 he passed away a few years ago

[@MistaLiir]

Once again Simon, i gotta say, you should get your own TV show.. i, for one, would watch it !! every single time! every single episode!

[@kokabel8229]

I watched a documentary on the origin of syphilis some years ago - very interesting, even with the over-dramatic American narrator. However, they decided to pull out a pun near the end that has haunted me ever since - may I present to you this startling statement: "You could say that civilization was... *syphilisation*."

[@mitcharcher7528]

They stole that line from Coppola’s film Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It was one of Hopkins’ first lines as Van Helsing.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

After all the lockdowns of the COVID 19 pandemic I would love to see the stats on all kinds of STIs (including Syphilis) for the pure reason that a lot of people were not allowed to see a lot of people for a very long time

[@LRM12o8]

For singles it sure was a cockdown 😂

[@violenceisfun991]

I started seeing a murderers wife during in the pandemic and took amphetamines the whole time

[@donaldwert7137]

11:40 Many remained against it being treated and some considered it a divine punishment. Yep, checks out. Some things never change.

[@anthonytroisi6682]

Many people infected their chaste spouses with the disease. Congenital syphilis affected newborns. It is wrong to consider all cases of syphilis as "the wages of sin".

[@illiquidwombat3515]

After this a video of prosthetics and war surgery would be neat XD kind of in tune with rogue noses and all.

[@RainAngel111]

Do we know why syphilis cases are rising? It seems to me that now that almost all STDs are curable or at least treatable, our cultures focus has moved away from safe sex to just preventing pregnancies.

[@j.rebekah8605]

Because you're thinking of first world, healthy people, which isn't most of the world. That's my guess.

[@lg5221]

One contributing factor is people think Prep. People threw away their condoms

[@gracevandenbergen]

Believe it or not, nursing homes are a big problem for STDs. Older people assume that they are safe, past reproductive age and don't bother to have safe sex. Worse than a frat house. LOL.

[@DeadDancers]

I would speculate that we might be seeing a surge of older cases moving from hidden to third?

[@SarafinaSummers]

Preventing pregnancy is one component of safe sex.

[@barrydysert2974]

13:30 i have a VIVID memory of a dead man with a FULL nasal collapse! His nose had eroded to the point that the hole in his face extended to the bridge of his nose!!! It wasn't Syphilis, but cancer that had ravaged his face. When retrieving a body, if possible, i always looked at their face. It was the normal thing to do. This time, alone in a strange dim sub-basement, i unzipped the body bag to reveal that gruesome face. It is the second most memorable "reveal" from my time working in the death care industry. Every new face was a reveal for me and i can literally remember hundreds of them. None of them haunt me

[@genekelly8467]

Untreated syphilis was ramapant in the Post Civil War American south. "Boogie" is a word now used to describe a dance-it was originally used to describe the trembling in the limbs caused by tertiary syphilis. Public health was not a priority in the Southern USA, whereas the Northern states all had Public Health Departments by the 1900s. The disease probably was in the Americas before Columbus, as a relatively mild strain. It may have combined with a European strain and become much more virulent.

[@angelaharris53]

It didn't necessarily have to become much more virulent. Look at how badly the old world diseases impacted the Native Americans - They weren't used to those diseases not having been in an environment with them. Those diseases were bad in the Old World, but not as devastating as they were to Native Americans for whom they were novel. Syphilis was the same for Old World humans while the Native Americans had developed alongside it. Syphilis was part of the Native American world. So it was going to be bad for Europeans whose immune systems had never seen it. Isn't that a lesson we were all supposed to have learned from COVID?

[@nicolaasstempels8207]

Well there was talk about Americans in high office suffering neurosyphilis, due to insufficient treatment in the past. But we'll probably never know.

[@genekelly8467]

@@nicolaasstempels8207 General Gamelin (C-in-C of the French Army in 1940 had tertiary syphilis (source: Johnson, "Modern Times", 1984).

[@j0hncarp]

There's even a saying for using quicksilver for treatment "A night with venus, a lifetime with mercury"

[@royw-g3120]

People of Native American ancestry do seem less affected by the disease which does suggest it came from there, but many object and say it is stigmatisation of their ancestors. Personally I think it is an evening of the score, they don’t die of scarlet fever or measles any more but tobacco and syphilis are still killing Europeans,

[@zacshimmer3890]

It came from Christopher Columbus he had it before he went to the new world he and his merry men killed off tanzanians with their syphilis and alot of native Americans

[@elijahhernandez906]

Why? If the 2 diseases possibly originated in Europe, then shouldn't the Europeans have developed antibodies to fight off syphilis. Given the fact, that a vaccine; could possibly aid in that.

[@christerprestberg3973]

Don't remeber where i heard/read it but there is a lovely quote regarding this pox "A night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury".

[@cherylm2C6671]

If syphilis is that old, it may have evolved as different strains modified each other. The people of Naples had hot springs, which may have been a useful way to kill the thing before it could take hold. The invaders appetites may have exposed them to the equivalent of poxy blankets, which took lethal effect on the road?

[@mitchellanderson3960]

If the poxy blankets are in reference to the US army giving small pox blankets to native Americans, that has been thoroughly debunked and the author of that theory (Ward Churchill) was found guilty of academic fraud for falsifying and fabricating his sources to support this narrative.

[@joeyfotofr]

Good job. Grate rate of delivery for which KZbin is an excellent vehicle, because it allows me to stop & go back when I find something new in a subject that I know well. That helps fill in gaps in my understanding, in an efficient way. Thank you this was great...jt

[@johnbambury1846]

I saw a video that claimed Syphilis is in fact a mild skin disease which was transmitted by skin to skin contact from adult to child, but when we all got hung up on too many clothes and no skin to skin contact at a young age, we started to get the disease by sexual contact when older, when it became far more dangerous. Think measles, or mumps, yes dangerous for a child, but far worse for an unexposed adult. The timing of the first pandemic fits, and maybe the mixing of two variants made it worse. Also the natives of the Caribbean were less inclined to ware a lot of clothes, so the milder version of the disease could have been more prevalent, the a load of sailors who had not been exposed early on arrive after a long and dangerous voyage........

[@baroquefiddle4790]

Your video's are incredible, I've binged on quite a few this evening 😀

[@GeneralX86]

Today's video should've been sponsored be Durex 😜

[@johnlowman549]

I have never gotten an answer for this question. What is the natural habitat, where did it originate? Tetanus is in the soil , gonorrhea is in sheep, other diseases we know from where they come. So do we know the actual origin? There has to be a natural deposit somewhere.

[@TestedFaythe]

I've heard it came from intercourse with a llama in the new world

[@dingusdingus2152]

An Argentine gaucho named bruno, Once remarked "there is one thing I do know; A woman's just fine, and a sheep is divine, but a llama is numero uno"! --- Isaac Asimov

[@tealkerberus748]

There doesn't have to be a non-human natural reservoir. It can just be a disease of humans - we are well and truly a large enough population to be the natural reservoir for any number of diseases.

[@KW-qd1bi]

This channel must be doing pretty well if its already getting sponsored. I'd be surprised if raid shadow legends hasn't tried yet.

[@Shauma_llama]

They tried. He actually livestreamed playing it and making fun of it once.

[@rustysalmonella7681]

3:23 This is an early method of skin grafting The patient’s healthy skin would be surgically filleted from one area and attached to another and then an apparatus would be used to help them stay in that position until the skin successfully grafted to the damaged area. (The nose in this instance)

[@Fizzypopization]

It's also just possible that different variants developed independently this actually happens more often than people think.

[@pikachuisshook5535]

I used to watch your videos when I was a kid. Still love them

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

Syphilis It all started with a little kiss Now it hurts me when I take a piss Oh why did I get syphilis.. (Sung to the tune of Yesterday by The Beatles)

[@rachelchristinehiggins8913]

You win the comments section 😂

[@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace]

@@rachelchristinehiggins8913 There's another verse.. but not about syphilis.. Leprosy All my skin is falling off of me I once had five toes, now I'm down to three Oh why did I get leprosy?

[@tereljones283]

I LOVE British youtubers. You guys are intelligent speak well and I can listen to that accent for LITERALLY hours. Subscribed

[@bjkarana]

This being 2021, the stages of Syphilis are now labeled -primary- classic Syphilis, -secondary- premier Syphilis, and -tertiary- platinum Syphilis.

[@comment8767]

I've got gold premium honors Syphilis.

[@bjkarana]

@@comment8767 😆

[@eden1588]

I love your voice, I could listen to you all day. In fact, I pretty much have binged your entire channel >

[@ehrgeiz0]

After the secondary phase, one quarter of patients go on to a spontaneous cure where the body clears itself of the infection, another quarter develop gummatous syphilis and the remaining half develop neurosyphilis.

[@sabir1208]

Wow that's actually really interesting I didn't know that!

[@laniakeas92]

Really, body can cure itself from syphilis? I thought it could only be cured with antibiotics.

[@ehrgeiz0]

@@laniakeas92 It's an infection and it can go into remission (like genital warts) but that doesn't happen often and mostly persists (like herpes) and develops complications.

[@laniakeas92]

@ehrgeiz0 well remission doesn't mean curing What did you actually mean by initial comment?

[@ehrgeiz0]

@@laniakeas92 I've read that the human body can occasionally rid itself of the infection. Doesn't happen often.

[@patrickbrumm420]

The Villages in Florida is known as the STD Capitol of the US. Syphilis is running rampant there, in a retirement village! Also Texas is experiencing a serious spike in cases. What connects these two places? EXTREMELY conservative.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@manoela2452]

great video! i'd just like to highlight why STDs are now called STIs, seeing as you used the old nomenclature. a person can be infected but not diseased (when transmission can also occur), so focusing on that reminds people of the danger of STIs and how "silent" and "sneaky" they can be

[@trixrabbit8792]

While I was in Baghdad we had an outbreak run through camp victory north. The doctors tracked it back to a female medic of all people.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Well how did she get it

[@Micfri300]

@@sitdowndogbreath because she was fucking like a rabbit.m

[@sitdowndogbreath]

@@Micfri300 so who f***** her up in the ass

[@erc9468]

That isn’t surprising to me, from my prior experience with medics. What year was that?

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

I can't believe Simon got through that long list of diseases in one breath!

[@44hawk28]

I read a couple of years ago that they actually unearthed a monastery. And they were surprised to find out that many of these monks, if not all, had clear signs of syphilis, rampant through their group, and what surprised me even more is that most of these people died in the 1300s. It was in Europe long before Columbus ever went to the Americas.

[@eternalstudent7461]

Truly true facts. But remember, not only monks were buried there, elites were interred there as well.

[@ajb229]

A cheerful topic! Good video as ever

[@NoMoreCrumbs]

Tuberculosis reached the new world before the Europeans did through walruses and seals, if I recall correctly

[@lyleslaton3086]

Another warm and fuzzy bedtime story from Simon. Sleep tight.

[@conorledingham9819]

Would love to see a video on William Stewart Halsted, and his best students dedicated to each organ. Love your videos!

[@oceania68]

Figured you do an episode on Syph, due to the fact it is on the rise.... again.

[@themailbox1120]

love that the light is green during the sponsorship then switches red. Great detail!

[@uidsea]

5:15 Eminem has been pretty quiet since Simon dropped that list.

[@itsacarolbthing5221]

There's a Timeline documentary about this. It was apparently sent through Europe from my lovely home city - Hull. Very interesting how it spread.

[@frostytheram7490]

Im subbed to most of your channels it's hard to keep up 😅

[@kaihart8275]

oh wild one of your throwaway comments in the ad is relevant again, it's almost halloween! Had to check when this was uploaded lol

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

15:05 Is one of the syphilis patients previously treated with mercury (tremors from brain damage is a side effect) holding the camera for that clip?

[@owenshebbeare2999]

Could also be Manganese poisoning. Maybe Parkinson's. Could just be pissed!

[@maggiemae7539]

Many used mercury and opium

[@jaydebarton782]

The Tuskegee Airmen Study was downplayed in this video. That wasn't cool. As it was also an act against humanity. 128 participants died, 40 wives were infected, 19 children received congenital syphilis.

[@johnmccabe1974]

Evidence that syphilis was present in England as early as the 1300's. Bodies found by archaeologists in Hull location had classic signs of the disease.

[@BubbleTeaKristin]

Wow! Excellent research and clarity of explanation 👏🏼. Well done!

[@annorlunda87]

In sweden - Värmland it was known as land-surveyors disease.

[@BandohFPS]

at this point my entire subscription feed is just filled with simon lol. every time i see one of his channels i feel obligated to sub.

[@loganbagley7822]

5:19 Tuberculosis was present in the New World before the arrival of Europeans. Other than that, this was an excellent video.👍

[@bradgardner4299]

Very well presented.

[@hereticpariah6_66]

_(..the following is to the melody of "Yesterday" by the Bugs or Centipedes- I'm not sure...)_ 🎼🎵 *Syphilis....* _....it all started with a siiiimple kiss...._ _...now it hurts me just to taaaake a p¡ss...._ _Oh, i Beliiieve... ...it's sy-phi-lis!_ 🎶🎶