What happened in the 1490s?
🧬 First Recorded Syphilis Epidemic (1494-1495): Spread of syphilis in Europe following Columbus's return.
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Further Reading
- Case Closed? Columbus Introduced Syphilis to Europe (scientificamerican.com)
- Brief History of Syphilis - PMC - NCBI (nih.gov)
- History of syphilis - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Syphilis – Its early history and Treatment until Penicillin - JMVH (jmvh.org)
- The Syphilis Enigma | Background | Secrets of the Dead - PBS (pbs.org)
- Thanks Columbus! The true story of how syphilis spread to Europe (qz.com)
- Syphilis, 1494-1923 | Contagion - CURIOSity Digital Collections (harvard.edu)