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- Title
Sassafras in the New World and the Syphilis Exchange.
- Authors
Willard, Fred L.; Aeby, Victor G.; Carpenter-Aeby, Tracy
- Abstract
Syphilis and its rapid blazing spread through the Old World in the late 15th century is controversial, riddled with claims and counterclaims of how, when, and where it originated. Three theories of thought have been proffered and all have enough convincing evidence not to be discarded. The Columbian Theory has gained the most credible following theme of its origin, and places the sexually transmitted "Treponemia pallidum", the spirochete that causes venereal syphilis with the Arwak Indians of Espanola. It was reported in the Relation of Fray Ramon Concerning the Antiquities of the Indians, that "they had shared their hands with the illness as far back as their memory would go" (Crosby, 2003, p. 122-140). The Italian physicians Niccolo Leoniceno and Niccolo Massa were the defenders of this theory (Cambridge 1998, p. 154).
- Subjects
EUROPE; UNITED States; SYPHILIS complications; SYPHILIS treatment; SASSAFRAS; BEJEL; HISTORY of medicine; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE sex; HISTORY; THERAPEUTICS; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 1-4, p3
- ISSN
0094-1956
- Publication type
Article