Syphilis
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Syphilis
Once you get into the 20th century, you start to be able to say things a bit more positively. But even then,. you start to see this difference in attitude. We've got a woman who twice was given these vassum and test to see whether or not she had syphilis. She didn't have syphilis, but they felt certain that she must. Whereas we've got aWoman who diagnosed her with tuberculosis and it's only post-mortem, they go actually. So, there is a lot of class, but even when they can diagnose the thing. Yeah. And where are we up to today with syphilis? Like, it's still out there, isn't
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