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Yale University

Syphilis: From the "Great Pox" to the Modern Version - Epidemics in Western Society

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This lecture examines the debated origins, transmission, etiology, symptoms, and societal effects of syphilis, focusing on the major epidemic of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.

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- Chapter 1. Comparative Questions about Diseases
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- Chapter 2. Syphilis: Background
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- Chapter 3. Origins
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- Chapter 4. Etiology and Symptomatology
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- Chapter 5. Societal Effects
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