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Manuscripts and art support archaeological evidence that syphilis was in Europe long before explorers could have brought it home from the Americas

  • Written by Marylynn Salmon, Research Associate in History, Smith College
imageDoes a painting from 1400 depict one of Jesus' torturers as suffering from 'saddle nose,' a common effect of syphilis?Detail of an Austrian painting c. 1400 of the Passion of Christ, The Cleveland Museum of Art

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