Cure or kill? History of different treatment therapeutics of venereal diseases

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In 1492 was the first pandemic of syphilis in Europe, originally believed to have come from the New World.Since the epidemic in Europe coincided with Columbus' return from the American in 1493, some historians have theorized that the disease was actually brought back to the Europe by sailors who contracted it from natives in the West Indies.Other historians disagreed, however, pointing to ancient accounts in writings as varied as the Bible and Chinese documents that are eerily in agreement with symptoms associated with late stage syphilis.Many doctor thought if the diseases came from the New World, the remedy had to come from the same place: the import of Sarsaparilla, Sassafras, and Guaiacum officinale /lignum sanctum was controlled by the Fugger Bank House.The other curing methods came from Asia by Arabian medicine: mercury therapy.In that time in Hungary during the Ottoman Empire (1521-1686) the mercury therapy was dispersed.For a long time syphilis was treated with mercury which wa

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