Told you all the best people had syphillis
famous syphilitics
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Christopher Columbus
Al Capone
Queen Elizabeth I
King George I
King Henry VIII and 5 of his wives
Adolf Hitler
Oscar Wilde
Benito Mussolini
Pope Leo X
Czar Ivan The Terrible,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Heinrich Heine,
Queen Elizabeth I*
Beethoven
Cleopatra
Paul Gaugin
Pope Julius II
Edouard Monet
Marquis de Sade
Beaudelaire
King Herod of Judea
John Keats
Mussolini
Johnathan Swift
Emperor Tiberus
Voltaire
Edgar Allan Poe
Darwin
Lincoin
Lenin
Stalin
Pope Alxander VI
Cardinal Richelieu
*born with it.
Around the early 1900s the leading cure for syphilis was malaria, as it produced a high, enduring fever which helped the bodies immune system fight it off.
King Louis XV suffered from cypridophobia, a fear of syphilis, and took to sleeping with young girls between the ages of 14 and 19 to reduce his chances of catching it
Book about syphillis' impact on history
St Denis is the patron Saint of syphilis.
...who is not to be confused with St Fiacre, the patron saint of non-specific veneral diseases and hemorrhoids.
And in keeping with ...
Patron saint of stuttering children (St Notkat Bulbulus)
Patron saint of roller skating (St Lydwina of Schiedam)
Patron saint of warehouses (St Barbara)
Patron saint of Florentine cheese merchants (St Bartholomew)
Patron saint of geese (St Martin of Tours)
Patron saint of sleepwalkers (St Dymphna)
Patron saint of wool combers (St Blaise)
Patron saint of those who fear mice (St Gertrude of Nivelles)
Patron saint of hangover sufferers (St Vivian)
Patron saint of potholing (St Benedict)
Patron saint of tramps (St Edwin)
Patron saint of dysentery sufferers (St Lucy of Syracuse)
Patron saint of air hostesses (St Anthony of Padua)
Patron saint of bakers of holy wafers (St Honorius of Amiens)
Patron saint of truss makers (St Foillan)
Patron saint of lighthouse keepers (St Dunstan)
Patron saint of souls in purgatory (St Odilo)
Patron saint of disappointing children (St Clotilde)
Patron saint of those who fight communism (St Joseph)
Patron saint of second-hand clothes sellers (St Anne)
Patron saint of dandruff sufferers (St Genesius of Arles)
Patron saint of Belgian air crews (St Therese of Lisieux)
Patron saint of wax melters (St Bernard of Clairvaux)
Patron saint of whales (St Brendan the Navigator)
Patron saint of dog fanciers (St Hubert of Liege)
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Christopher Columbus
Al Capone
Queen Elizabeth I
King George I
King Henry VIII and 5 of his wives
Adolf Hitler
Oscar Wilde
Benito Mussolini
Pope Leo X
Czar Ivan The Terrible,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Heinrich Heine,
Queen Elizabeth I*
Beethoven
Cleopatra
Paul Gaugin
Pope Julius II
Edouard Monet
Marquis de Sade
Beaudelaire
King Herod of Judea
John Keats
Mussolini
Johnathan Swift
Emperor Tiberus
Voltaire
Edgar Allan Poe
Darwin
Lincoin
Lenin
Stalin
Pope Alxander VI
Cardinal Richelieu
*born with it.
Around the early 1900s the leading cure for syphilis was malaria, as it produced a high, enduring fever which helped the bodies immune system fight it off.
King Louis XV suffered from cypridophobia, a fear of syphilis, and took to sleeping with young girls between the ages of 14 and 19 to reduce his chances of catching it
Book about syphillis' impact on history
St Denis is the patron Saint of syphilis.
...who is not to be confused with St Fiacre, the patron saint of non-specific veneral diseases and hemorrhoids.
And in keeping with ...
Patron saint of stuttering children (St Notkat Bulbulus)
Patron saint of roller skating (St Lydwina of Schiedam)
Patron saint of warehouses (St Barbara)
Patron saint of Florentine cheese merchants (St Bartholomew)
Patron saint of geese (St Martin of Tours)
Patron saint of sleepwalkers (St Dymphna)
Patron saint of wool combers (St Blaise)
Patron saint of those who fear mice (St Gertrude of Nivelles)
Patron saint of hangover sufferers (St Vivian)
Patron saint of potholing (St Benedict)
Patron saint of tramps (St Edwin)
Patron saint of dysentery sufferers (St Lucy of Syracuse)
Patron saint of air hostesses (St Anthony of Padua)
Patron saint of bakers of holy wafers (St Honorius of Amiens)
Patron saint of truss makers (St Foillan)
Patron saint of lighthouse keepers (St Dunstan)
Patron saint of souls in purgatory (St Odilo)
Patron saint of disappointing children (St Clotilde)
Patron saint of those who fight communism (St Joseph)
Patron saint of second-hand clothes sellers (St Anne)
Patron saint of dandruff sufferers (St Genesius of Arles)
Patron saint of Belgian air crews (St Therese of Lisieux)
Patron saint of wax melters (St Bernard of Clairvaux)
Patron saint of whales (St Brendan the Navigator)
Patron saint of dog fanciers (St Hubert of Liege)