The sincerest form of fakery. Throughout human history, those who have suffered noticeable signs of disease have been treated as outcasts and pariahs. This was most famously seen with those who suffered from the condition known as leprosy. These unfortunate souls, who primarily lived in poor, unsanitary conditions, were often covered in ulcers, boils, and… Continue reading The Syphilis Scam Part 3: Imitation Game
Category: Syphilis
The Syphilis Scam Part 2: Ricord’s Ruse
Setting the Stage. As syphilis is not really as common of a disease as it used to be prior to its replacement by HIV as the most (in)famous STD in the 1980’s, my guess is that most people are unfamiliar with how this illness supposedly works. I know that I, for one, was entirely unaware… Continue reading The Syphilis Scam Part 2: Ricord’s Ruse
The Syphilis Scam Part 1: Koch’s Postulates Satisfied?
The one disease which ruled them all. Syphilis is a disease that I had never given much thought about for the majority of my life. I was born at a time when syphilis was moved aside as the big, bad sexually transmitted disease in order to make room for its successor to the throne in… Continue reading The Syphilis Scam Part 1: Koch’s Postulates Satisfied?