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----------------------------------------------- Columbus’ Sailors Culprit for Syphilis Epidemic Tit for twat: Syphilis in exchange for Smallpox by, Anne Holden 07 February 2008 What do Howard Hughes, Ivan the Terrible, Hitler, and Oscar Wilde have in common? Each is suspected of suffering from the infamous venereal disease syphilis. They all had some of the symptoms, most often insanity, or documentation of treatment, such as mercury in the blood, and all led particularly “active” lifestyles. And now geneticists have finally solved the mystery of where syphilis originated by comparing its genes with those of its closely related bacteria. For the past 40 years, there have been three theories floating around as to how and when syphilis made its first appearance in Europe. The first theory,… http://www.inklingmagazine.com/articles/the-funny-syphilis/

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