Albrecht Durer’s depiction of syphilis in 1496 (the number in the engraving is not meant to convey t
Albrecht Durer’s depiction of syphilis in 1496 (the number in the engraving is not meant to convey the date the artwork was made; instead it refers to an astrological alignment). Syphilis at this point was so new in Europe that it did not have a name and was referred to as the French Disease. Durer’s drawing indicates that the sudden onset of the disease was due to unfavorable astrological events; instead, the new disease may have been brought over from the first expeditions to the New World. {WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link
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