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The article is about the Middle Ages in Europe, and points out that syphilis didn't appear in Europe until the very end of the 15th century.
by makeset 9y ago
The article is about the Middle Ages in Europe, and points out that syphilis didn't appear in Europe until the very end of the 15th century.
- Nomentatus 9y agoAgreed. So what changed the relatively sex-positive Middle Ages so suddenly? The horror of big S. did. It didn't just kill you, your children could inherit it, and your partner might well die of it, too. The author mentions it, but as one more sexual illness. It wasn't.