Filth in America
Stories of the interesting history of public health in America
Filth in America
Episode 8 Syphilis- The New World Strikes Back
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Brandon
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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Hear the interesting story of the disease that despite being one of the more extensively studied and well-understood diseases in human history, has been a public health problem from antiquity until today. Learn the details of an illness that while being almost completely treatable for decades still plagues us today and has given rise to Sir William Osler's well-known saying: "The physician who knows syphilis knows medicine."