1495 Syphilis Outbreak: The Deadly Disease That Swept Across Europe | The Syphilis Enigma | Timeline

In 1495 a new disease hit Europe. It was deadly, devastating and attacked those who were promiscuous, well-heeled and well-travelled. But what was Syphilis and where had it come from? The traditional view has been that syphilis was part of "the Columbian exchange" - one of the things, along with tobacco and the potato, that the New World gave the Old. Arriving in Spain in the 1490s with Columbus and his crew, this destructive new plague spread quickly across Europe, leaving no country, no city, no royal household untouched. But what if this assumption is wrong? There is evidence of syphilis in skeletons dug from sites in France, Italy and England. Bones found in a medieval graveyard in Hull show signs of the ravages of syphilis. But if syphilis was present in Europe before Columbus went to America, why was the 1495 outbreak so deadly? And why did everyone see it as an entirely new plague?
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  • @TimelineChannel
    @TimelineChannel4 жыл бұрын

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  • @nigelwilson8067

    @nigelwilson8067

    4 жыл бұрын

    Continuing I am bothered about these beliefs merchants otherwise religious people what bothers me is that they think they have the right in the name of God Almighty which they do not represent what you’ve got remember is all your major religions is die looted esoteric knowledge has been manipulated to control the people for these people are the leaders of these religious organisation which I might as well speak Christianity Judaism and Muslims all three religions are very very evil religions and they seek to control and power or destroy the opposition as we have seen they have been doing for thousands of years because they think they are the chosen ones and they need to be pushed back in their place putting their stupid little can’t

  • @furiscafynn6275

    @furiscafynn6275

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is it possible to get the soundtrack for this one? Unusual and great!

  • @stsema9508

    @stsema9508

    4 жыл бұрын

    The ads giving me syphilis

  • @isobelldavy3865

    @isobelldavy3865

    3 жыл бұрын

    Amaro Miguel Ángel so syphilis came from when Spain invaded and took over part of the americas, syphilis was known and very harmful to some who had never been exposed to it. So in a way yes syphilis did come from America but Europe and Spain had it first. Meaning that Vikings could’ve brought it over but Spain had it first.

  • @jamesravenjr

    @jamesravenjr

    3 жыл бұрын

    111

  • @Mohawks_and_Tomahawks
    @Mohawks_and_Tomahawks2 жыл бұрын

    As a Native American, I find it rather strange that this documentary was trying to say that the Natives gave syphilis to the Europeans, because our Native history says it was the other way around.

  • @segua

    @segua

    2 жыл бұрын

    Through genetic codes found in the specie, the pathogen was found in South America.

  • @mary-louellenaroberts3932

    @mary-louellenaroberts3932

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are right. Europeans gave syphilis to the Natives along with a lot of other diseases like small pox.

  • @augustopinochet1670

    @augustopinochet1670

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh your native history ? written in what characters in which language ?lol

  • @augustopinochet1670

    @augustopinochet1670

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mary-louellenaroberts3932 Yup, those diseases had already ravaged Europe, back when we domesticated animals and stopped living in tents.

  • @easygoing2479

    @easygoing2479

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mary-louellenaroberts3932 And communism.

  • @TheBarrwen
    @TheBarrwen5 жыл бұрын

    The music is like syphilis of the ears

  • @Jazzywazz

    @Jazzywazz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmfao!!

  • @verselove69

    @verselove69

    4 жыл бұрын

    Barry Ross lol

  • @annunkitribe8994

    @annunkitribe8994

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @nymsmacgregor7232

    @nymsmacgregor7232

    4 жыл бұрын

    A musical score without using any musical instruments.... They must have recorded it in a subway somewhere, or Bedlam....

  • @katka2258

    @katka2258

    4 жыл бұрын

    Perfect! Haha

  • @briganja
    @briganja8 ай бұрын

    I asked my grandfather, who was born in 1930, what the biggest difference was in society between his childhood and now. I was expecting him to say something like the internet or smart phones. He didn’t even have to think about it, and his response surprised me: syphilis. He said syphilis was the biggest difference between his youth and now, because he remembered seeing the syphilitic people on the street, with sores on them and behaving erratically because of the way the disease impacts the brain in later stages. Blew my mind because this was not an answer I expected-we have eradicated it so successfully thanks to antibiotics (which weren’t around in his childhood, obvi) that I think the average person can’t really understand how drastically that impacted our societies in the past.

  • @conndapierce5869

    @conndapierce5869

    8 ай бұрын

    And in reports that I've seen is coming back in a huge way infecting a lot of people in the US.

  • @rosskardon7195

    @rosskardon7195

    8 ай бұрын

    Today, we consider medicine of first half of the 20th Century, 19th Century, and further back in time to have been primitive and barbaric, and understandably so. However, in sharp contrast, if the real future is a good future like that of Star Trek and the Seth MacFarlane science fiction show, The Orville, then in the 25th Century, people will consider our early 21st Century medicine to have been primitive and barbaric and also understandably so!

  • @katr8756

    @katr8756

    8 ай бұрын

    Antibiotic resistant syplis, is on the raise. So just a matter of time till it comes back in a big way.

  • @wendydavis705

    @wendydavis705

    5 ай бұрын

    Zombie apocalypse

  • @guitarsoundsaround

    @guitarsoundsaround

    5 ай бұрын

    Syphilis is alive and still rampant, our city has been publicly advertising to get the message out to get checked. and treated. Yuck 🤮

  • @gmcmisty
    @gmcmisty Жыл бұрын

    Man I wish this type of stuff was on the History channel instead of Ice Truckers or some other bull. This is history. Awesome video.

  • @gutsfinky

    @gutsfinky

    7 ай бұрын

    To be fair the ice road truckers are pretty badass. I could do with less Ancient Aliens, though. That's just weird.

  • @RedBegoniaBird

    @RedBegoniaBird

    5 ай бұрын

    Totally. History channel used to be so cool.

  • @Heavyisthecrown

    @Heavyisthecrown

    Ай бұрын

    Can’t distract the masses and convince them to not look around if you teaching them things of value and knowledge. They need mindless drones that think the government is God to do what they do 😮

  • @Sabbathissaturday

    @Sabbathissaturday

    7 күн бұрын

    @@Heavyisthecrown 100%

  • @LucyWynder29er

    @LucyWynder29er

    4 күн бұрын

    ​​@@Heavyisthecrown abso-bloody-lutely, my friend, very well said, I couldn't agree more!

  • @davidcopperfield-notthemag397
    @davidcopperfield-notthemag3975 жыл бұрын

    It is shocking in that first skeleton that the person lived so long with Syphilis that those deformaties went into his bone. What a terrible life. So much suffering.

  • @wonderties

    @wonderties

    5 жыл бұрын

    those were bullet holes.

  • @eowyn-faramir-reads

    @eowyn-faramir-reads

    4 жыл бұрын

    Syphilis was so common that you didn't really blink when you were diagnosed. This is also why virginity was so prized in medieval Europe.

  • @chriskappler3482

    @chriskappler3482

    4 жыл бұрын

    They also mentioned at the beginning that he was estimated to be between 25 and 30 years old...so he must have gotten the disease sometime in his teens, maybe? What a terrible waste.

  • @bunzeebear2973

    @bunzeebear2973

    3 жыл бұрын

    Which is why they wore the BIG HOODIE. Remember Death and Ebenezer Scrooge? ZIT-hiding Makeup base was expensive back in the day.

  • @nunya2954

    @nunya2954

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its' called Latent syphillis

  • @DeniseEggertwaterlily
    @DeniseEggertwaterlily2 жыл бұрын

    This documentary left out a very important fact about the transmission of syphilis. Syphilis wasn't only transmitted through sexual intercourse. One could easily contract syphilis by touching these terrible syphilis sores called chancres. One could have had accidental contact with any of the chancres on a patient with syphilis, who was in the active stages of this disease. We need to remember that disposable exam gloves were not used in direct patient care and with any activity involving bodily fluids, until the early 1980s. This was probably in response to worldwide HIV/ AIDS and Hepatitis B. Reusable surgical gloves which were cleaned and re-sterilized, were used--, then sized, sterile, disposable wrapped surgical gloves came out later.. These were only used on surgical cases, strict aseptic procedures, and in all internal exams. No gloves were used in starting I.V.s, drawing blood, regular patient care, examining patients, cleansing debris, rashes, vesicles, boils, or chancres, and emptying bedpans, urinals, or Foley catheters, before the 1980s.. Antibiotics only came into use in the later part of the 20th century. Penicillin, discovered by Dr. Fleming in St. Mary's Hospital, London in 1928, and was researched at Oxford. Penicillin was first used on injured Allied soldiers with wounds in World War II. Purified Penicillin in large doses was never used on a live civilian patient until 1942 in New Haven Hospital in Connecticut, U.S.A., when Anne Miller's life was saved, using large doses of Penicillin to treat "blood poisoning" from an infection, following a miscarriage. It was a well known fact that huge numbers of nuns and monks who cared for the diseased, the sick, the poor, and those who were afflicted with syphilis, leprosy, and also, the Bubonic Plague, contracted these diseases of those whom they cared for,. and they usually died from these diseases.

  • @pfranks75

    @pfranks75

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is truly horrid history! Syphilis was a highly contagious disease! There is somewhat of an insidious undertone of this documentary. Many of these men and women gave there lives in the service of Christ! Let’s not forget that fact.

  • @careya

    @careya

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @theodorsebastian4272

    @theodorsebastian4272

    2 жыл бұрын

    The cure for syphilis called Salvarsan was developed in 1906 though.

  • @sandrastevens4418

    @sandrastevens4418

    2 жыл бұрын

    To say syphilis is only caught by sexual activity is ignorance. It is ridiculous and pure conjecture. These monks took care of people who had the disease. They want to make the documentary sensational. A bacteria can be spread by contact with the blood of those affected. And since they didn't have the sterile environment we have today. To be infected with syphilis if they flagttulated themselves they would have had open wounds and wearing rough homespun habits their backs would have been itchy and they would scratch themselves a perfect environment for syphilis.

  • @Jamac007

    @Jamac007

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sandrastevens4418 We must be open to both ideas, though we would like to think these monks were true, history has shown is that all man can be corrupted even those most devoted to GOD, there is no proof that sexual intercourse did or did not take place, but at the same time syphilis is highly contagious and and can be contacted quite easily. We must keep both ideas open to further evidence.

  • @emagneticfield
    @emagneticfield8 ай бұрын

    The monks and monasteries were the long term care facilities of that time. It afforded the seclusion and necessary health care services for most likely the rich merchants and when they died what wealth they had was endowed to the monastery. This would definitely explain why so many skeletons had signs of serious disease. We shouldn’t assume these were the bones of the monks but instead their patients. Most healthcare was provided by the local herbal healers or barbers or veterinarians especially for the poor. Trained and licensed doctors or hospitals were rare unless you lived in a large city.

  • @pageribe2399

    @pageribe2399

    8 ай бұрын

    And the medical training back then didn't amount to much.

  • @jaggerxl

    @jaggerxl

    4 ай бұрын

    Shouldn't discount monks being apart of the skeletons either

  • @gabe_2544

    @gabe_2544

    2 ай бұрын

    Excellent information.

  • @MM-op6ti

    @MM-op6ti

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah this documentary makes a lot of assumptions about the friars, good otherwise.

  • @Heavyisthecrown

    @Heavyisthecrown

    Ай бұрын

    First thing I thought. Since there were so many with such advanced disease. I bet they went there for care and to die

  • @EmilyTienne
    @EmilyTienne5 ай бұрын

    Good God, the person whose skeleton had these horrific lesions suffered unimaginable agony. Hundreds of years later, you can’t help but feel pity.

  • @cf1731

    @cf1731

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes ! That’s literally infection eating away at the bone 😢 imagine how horrible their skin must’ve looked and felt. For comparison, image how bad it hurts when we have any type of infection.. can’t imagine what it was like back then w no pain medication

  • @vicvega3614

    @vicvega3614

    5 ай бұрын

    Does the disease continue to eat the bone after death?

  • @EmilyTienne

    @EmilyTienne

    5 ай бұрын

    @@vicvega3614 That’s a good question.

  • @randymillhouse791

    @randymillhouse791

    4 ай бұрын

    @@vicvega3614 Hopefully.

  • @SuperTheTheresa

    @SuperTheTheresa

    4 ай бұрын

    @@vicvega3614 no, those changes all happened during his life.

  • @emilinebelle7811
    @emilinebelle78114 жыл бұрын

    I don’t understand the background noises. I’m trying to watch a documentary. Not have nightmares. 😭😭😭

  • @emilinebelle7811

    @emilinebelle7811

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lynda Anthony my thumbnail?

  • @richn9907

    @richn9907

    4 жыл бұрын

    Emiline Bellé think she meant the video’s thumbnail

  • @angelagm740

    @angelagm740

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know right? Those sounds are morbid 😨😰

  • @oraz.

    @oraz.

    4 жыл бұрын

    That music is Fing scary!

  • @nancylee6893

    @nancylee6893

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha I agree!

  • @mattstevens7601
    @mattstevens76014 жыл бұрын

    Next time don't hire someone with syphilis to compose the soundtrack

  • @rabbi120348

    @rabbi120348

    4 жыл бұрын

    They could have used some of Beethoven's symphonies to the same effect.

  • @spottedbutt

    @spottedbutt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @precieusezg5862

    @precieusezg5862

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahahah

  • @davidwelch2791

    @davidwelch2791

    4 жыл бұрын

    Best comment. 😎

  • @derp195

    @derp195

    4 жыл бұрын

    Seriously. I stopped watching around the 12th time they played the audio clip of distorted screaming.

  • @ShimaSedaghatkerdar
    @ShimaSedaghatkerdar8 ай бұрын

    The fact that human psychology looks for somebody to blame for the matter of sicknesses is truly mind-blowing to me

  • @catherinewheel4851

    @catherinewheel4851

    8 ай бұрын

    look what's happened with covid.

  • @NBportofino

    @NBportofino

    7 ай бұрын

    @@catherinewheel4851exactly - the entire world was conned and blamed China when we know the Deep State elites unleashed it upon humanity.

  • @Sirdoolan

    @Sirdoolan

    7 ай бұрын

    It’s not just blame though, it’s the why and how.

  • @flickrebeat8936

    @flickrebeat8936

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@Sirdoolanand it's lies don't forget

  • @sueprator9314

    @sueprator9314

    6 ай бұрын

    And also the whyte European EGO had to blame some dirty populace and how convenient to blame those indigenious of darker skin!!!

  • @christinescarff4920
    @christinescarff4920 Жыл бұрын

    My GGF died of syphilis which he’d picked up while working for the British Army in Ireland. He died of what was then called ‘ the wasting disease ‘ in Rainhill psychiatric hospital ( the largest psychiatric hospital in the North of England ) shortly after admission there .

  • @venkkooo

    @venkkooo

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder what he was doing in Ireland?

  • @christinescarff4920

    @christinescarff4920

    Жыл бұрын

    @@venkkooo Bashing up my mum’s catholic ancestors I suspect, who were starved out of Laois during the English engineered Irish potato ‘ famine ‘ ! Cos the syphilic one was a ‘ proddy dog ‘ , as was my dad , which is why ( truthfully ) my mum’s ‘ wonderful good catholic ‘ churchgoing family sent my dad to Coventry for the ENTIRE 24 years he lived after my mum died - just cos he wasn’t a bloody catholic ! Ha ha ha ! I’m a catholic but NEVER would have married one and HATE the institution of the Catholic Church and most Catholics I have ever met, cos they’re bloody bigots !

  • @goldensloth7

    @goldensloth7

    6 ай бұрын

    not any good... @@venkkooo

  • @orcuttcat

    @orcuttcat

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@venkkoooa lot

  • @carmenodp6327

    @carmenodp6327

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@orcuttcatalot? Alot of trouble.

  • @lisalynnn
    @lisalynnn5 жыл бұрын

    The sound editor was told he would be working on a serious historical medical documentary and immediately thought: "weird wolf howl sound mixed with creepy off note string instrumentals and female Celtic chants all crammed together then played over and over again with a few bells and light awkward percussion will be a great match for this subject matter" Maybe he was inspired by Ross from Friends??

  • @muppetbaby1000

    @muppetbaby1000

    5 жыл бұрын

    😃😊😁

  • @Zyxwvutsrqponmlkjih

    @Zyxwvutsrqponmlkjih

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was made in the 90s. This is pretty normal for things from the 90s. Honestly at the time it didn't sound as weird as it does now 😂

  • @danielmccallon7033

    @danielmccallon7033

    5 жыл бұрын

    Lol yes I was waiting for a dinosaur.

  • @lisalynnn

    @lisalynnn

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Zyxwvutsrqponmlkjih how far we have come 🤣

  • @lisalynnn

    @lisalynnn

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@danielmccallon7033 😂😂😂

  • @saragrant9749
    @saragrant97492 жыл бұрын

    I’m always amazed at the number of scientists and historians who refuse to believe any information that doesn’t conform to their own personal viewpoint. As lifelong students of these fields we are supposed to be open minded- and yet so many aren’t! That is why history and science often moves at such a slow pace.

  • @ifinallyfoundthebeef

    @ifinallyfoundthebeef

    2 жыл бұрын

    I am so glad that you stated that. A lot of time science may have been disproved yet the so called facts will be used because no one wants to challenge the status quo.

  • @SoulSoundMuisc

    @SoulSoundMuisc

    2 жыл бұрын

    It doesn't surprise me in the least. Careers are built on discoveries and ideologies. Archeology is HEAVILY corrupt as an institution. I'm not talking about the average archeologist, especially those out on the dig sites. I'm talking about the institution. New information crops up the puts a previous idea that "Sir/Lady SoAndSo" built their entire legacy on. A combination of monetary incentive, ego, and the hubris of the institution conspire to keep that information muzzled. Just look at how we thought Knights were. Once upon a time, it was believed they were trundling idiots that could barely move in their armor. Despite historical recreations of said armor being worn in modern sporting events (yes, it's a thing, look it up) this idea still persists despite having discovered these warriors were highly, highly elite, mobile, and able to perform minor feats of acrobatics in the armor-- vaulting, springing, somersaults, and active horse mounting. Look at the "Mound Builder" controversy of North America. European skulls were found on that First Nation's site. Rather than stop and think "this doesn't fit, maybe we need to revisit who built these mounds" the dig rights were revoked, cease and desist orders were flying around, and everything was turned over and vaulted. Archeology as an institution often practices the worst kind of science: they begin with an idea and search for facts to substantiate them, rather than following the facts regardless of where they lead.

  • @tummytub1161

    @tummytub1161

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was one of the reasons I stopped my archeology study.

  • @JRobbySh

    @JRobbySh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sectarianism is not limited to religion. Once one commits to an explanation, one is able to rationalize to support who is after all but belief.

  • @LabCat

    @LabCat

    2 жыл бұрын

    Confirmation bias is a helluva drug.

  • @boomermatheson3172
    @boomermatheson31724 ай бұрын

    I was a correctional officer. I watched an inmate go through it all. When his mind began being affected it was quick decline. He began smearing his own feces on the walls of his cell. We transferred him to the isolation unit. I could be talking about his childhood as clear minded as you and me. Then in a moment he would be trying to bite the nurses. After just a few days he died.

  • @Heavyisthecrown

    @Heavyisthecrown

    Ай бұрын

    @@BB-xx3dvonce it hits a certain point it cannot be treated. You have to get treatment quickly. It takes yearrrrrs to get to this point so this person probably ignored it for a long time. This is common with most STDs though, this one’s just one of the deadliest 😮 keep your legs CLOSED 😂

  • @chameleon28

    @chameleon28

    5 күн бұрын

    @@HeavyisthecrownI agree with not being promiscuous (for BOTH sexes) but pretty much all STDs now days are treatable and it’s incredibly easy to test for the diseases. Just a swab and maybe a blood sample.

  • @carriertaiyo2694
    @carriertaiyo2694 Жыл бұрын

    One thing to keep in mind is that Colombus wasn't the first time the old and new worlds had collided. The Vikings, the Chinese, and the Polynesians all visited the Americas before Colombus.

  • @js70371

    @js70371

    8 ай бұрын

    The ancient Phoenicians/Carthaginians were likely the first all the back in the last half of the 1st millennium BC.

  • @richardlafleur2864

    @richardlafleur2864

    8 ай бұрын

    Clearly they never fugged the natives while there

  • @darwinmonzingo9738

    @darwinmonzingo9738

    8 ай бұрын

    brilliantly said as the truth most know but subconsciously ignore

  • @charlesmills6621

    @charlesmills6621

    8 ай бұрын

    Maybe.

  • @paulkirwan3431

    @paulkirwan3431

    8 ай бұрын

    As did a group of Irish monks let by Brendan. . As depicted in art and literature in the 8th and 9th century.

  • @danteduruisseau6854
    @danteduruisseau68544 жыл бұрын

    Corona Virus has taken me on a research mission of plagues, and sickness.

  • @geoaviles6150

    @geoaviles6150

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Its been 3 days of nothing but black plague and diseases like this one documentaries. My brain is not taking our current pandemic situation well

  • @romella_karmey

    @romella_karmey

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'd rather drink Corona than think of that another Corona.

  • @fionafiona1146

    @fionafiona1146

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@romella_karmey Syphilis is too convenient to treat.

  • @mrst7787

    @mrst7787

    4 жыл бұрын

    I'm fast becoming a history buff as a result of quarentine.

  • @danilasad

    @danilasad

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol me too

  • @StrayCatMatt
    @StrayCatMatt4 жыл бұрын

    Everyone’s complaining about the music while I’m too busy being blinded from the random bright white flashes

  • @MauriceLeviejr

    @MauriceLeviejr

    4 жыл бұрын

    Slow Ham this video could benefit from being sped up 7%

  • @farawla19

    @farawla19

    4 жыл бұрын

    Slow Ham omg me too 😫 so annoying

  • @o0gothique0o37

    @o0gothique0o37

    4 жыл бұрын

    I cast Healing Light!!!!

  • @ParisHoney1998

    @ParisHoney1998

    4 жыл бұрын

    As I read your comment, the very first one popped up.

  • @penelop_e

    @penelop_e

    3 жыл бұрын

    Epilepsy trigger warning 😭

  • @daniellebeauty93
    @daniellebeauty935 ай бұрын

    The dinosaur like screeching when they show Syphilis from a microscope view is HILARIOUSLY unexpected. 😂💀

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan40478 ай бұрын

    Interesting and informative. Special thanks to historians/medical personnel . Sharing personal information/knowledge making this documentary more authentic and possible.

  • @stewiebalew6446
    @stewiebalew6446 Жыл бұрын

    Came for the syphilis bones, stayed for the strangest soundtrack I've ever witnessed on a documentary.

  • @user-ut7wz7mh2r

    @user-ut7wz7mh2r

    16 күн бұрын

    The same soundtrack is overused on the secrets of the Dead series as well

  • @LucyWynder29er

    @LucyWynder29er

    5 күн бұрын

    Yeah, it's good, it creates an atmosphere :D it's a jolly good, British early naughties/nineties documentary, youve got to admit us Brits do documentaries like no other

  • @bibble4135
    @bibble41354 жыл бұрын

    The person who did the soundscore for this documentary is probably reading the comments and crying 😂

  • @Analiffey1916

    @Analiffey1916

    4 жыл бұрын

    We’re feckin crying 😢 so it’s only fare this eejit should be crying too!!! 😉

  • @dyembag

    @dyembag

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Charlie K lol right?

  • @Wildcat5181

    @Wildcat5181

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mr. Freiheit That is not any of your business. They did jobs that no one else would for any amount of money including you,

  • @IlGattoGialloCucina

    @IlGattoGialloCucina

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or laughing 🤷

  • @IvanOoze1990

    @IvanOoze1990

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Mr. Freiheit wrote the soundscore.

  • @chrisholbrook7117
    @chrisholbrook71177 ай бұрын

    There is another explanation that is not mentioned here. Hull was a port town and it is possible that some sailors from there did a trans-Atlantic crossing 150 years before Columbus. The ship technology of the mid-thirteen hundreds was certainly good enough to make the trip, but navigation was uncertain enough that the survivors probably couldn't reliably retrace their steps. Especially if they were all sick with syphilis afterwards!

  • @spraakkanon

    @spraakkanon

    6 ай бұрын

    How about the norse? There was contact between America and Europe before Columbus.

  • @Ag.mar.

    @Ag.mar.

    6 ай бұрын

    they later said that there was clear evidence of syphilis in Pompeii, thousands of years before Colombus

  • @khiem1939

    @khiem1939

    3 ай бұрын

    True, but doubtful that the Norse were "porking" the warlike native populace! @@spraakkanon

  • @buzzmooney2801

    @buzzmooney2801

    3 ай бұрын

    Possible, but unlikely. And it wouldn't explain the cases in Pompeii:: The Ancient Romans were coastal sailors.

  • @mikedebruyn
    @mikedebruyn6 ай бұрын

    One theory does not have to exclude the other. Remember there was prior contact the new world trough the Vikings and Hull is in the area that the Vikings were in as well. It might be pretty limited before because it was kept more regional compared to the time after Columbus when his man took it back as well.

  • @tterry53
    @tterry532 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. My Dad was a medic in WWII and he worked in the VD ward. He told me lots of stories about GI's that caught Syphilis and if not treated it was terrible. If caught early Penicillin would cure it. He was scared of it.

  • @kdolo100

    @kdolo100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Syphilis is not curable even in early stages.

  • @maribrunnsteiner9621

    @maribrunnsteiner9621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kdolo100 it can be cured by correct dosage of antibiotic i.e Penicillin but the damage of the infection lingers if long term Management of those other affected organs aren't followed up from which could attribute to death.

  • @BLACKVIKNGS88

    @BLACKVIKNGS88

    2 жыл бұрын

    😢😢😢

  • @marsjokes

    @marsjokes

    2 жыл бұрын

    What If one's allergic to penicillin?

  • @TanisHalf-Elven

    @TanisHalf-Elven

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@marsjokes modern medicine has come a long way since the 40s and 50s. Theyve got antibiotics that arent penicillin based now.

  • @_kostoberina_
    @_kostoberina_2 жыл бұрын

    This would be so much more enjoyable to watch without the horrible sound effects. That being said, very interesting content.

  • @theunknowngamer5477

    @theunknowngamer5477

    2 жыл бұрын

    Some musical riffs from Dua Lipa or Devo sure could improve the insightful direction of learning about V.D. history.

  • @roberthudson5999

    @roberthudson5999

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought the same thing. Was it a screaming human or a dinosaur? And their point was?

  • @dreamerqueennotunderthemachine

    @dreamerqueennotunderthemachine

    2 жыл бұрын

    agree .. horrible sound effects

  • @Liciablyth

    @Liciablyth

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@roberthudson5999 Sounded like a roaring elephant and or wolf? and or a mix. HOrrible sound effects that seriously suited a horror movie, not a documentary.

  • @hensonlaura

    @hensonlaura

    2 жыл бұрын

    Plus sound of electrical shorts plus flashing white lights, wtf?!

  • @AmericanWoman1964
    @AmericanWoman1964 Жыл бұрын

    These sound effects are priceless!😂😂😂😂

  • @Mrrossj01
    @Mrrossj016 ай бұрын

    Syphilis can be transmitted by simply coming into contact with a lesion. It is not necessarily a sexually transmitted disease. The friars could have come into contact with it simply by caring for the sick.

  • @StreetsOfVancouverChannel
    @StreetsOfVancouverChannel4 жыл бұрын

    Apparently the syphilitic skeletons were temporarily reanimated just long enough to compose and perform the music for this documentary before resuming their post-death, decomposition rest....

  • @justbg

    @justbg

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahahaha

  • @phoenixdavida8987

    @phoenixdavida8987

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice. Lol.

  • @angelagm740

    @angelagm740

    4 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @LegacyOfSleeper

    @LegacyOfSleeper

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao.

  • @steviepigford8485

    @steviepigford8485

    4 жыл бұрын

    Gagahaga 😎 🤗🤩 LMAO

  • @thecraftycyborg9024
    @thecraftycyborg90244 жыл бұрын

    Is that godawful noise supposed to be victims of tertiary syphilis screaming as they die in agony? Because it sounds like a deranged attempt at a pterodactyl scream...

  • @berthaschwarze6704

    @berthaschwarze6704

    3 жыл бұрын

    So how do you know what a pterodactyl sounds like?

  • @dancingfirefly7761

    @dancingfirefly7761

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@berthaschwarze6704 Perhaps, like me, they were alive when dinosaurs roamed the earth. 🦖🦕

  • @Magical_Thinking
    @Magical_Thinking3 ай бұрын

    The bright flashing light that accompanies the electric shock sound is not only annoying but migraine & seizure inducing . Hopefully it’s not going to occur throughout the entire documentary. The information is truly interesting. I’m a nurse and in 2020 I took care of a patient with neurosyphilis. It’s still plaguing patients in high risk groups.

  • @98Zai
    @98Zai8 ай бұрын

    I love the Y2K aesthetic of this one, from the sweet triphop soundtrack and sampled audio effects to the computers/graphics and weirdly lit up skeletons. Usually these things are terrible quality and have been through not just one VHS recorder, but this is crisp and almost seems unreal. Very cool! One of my favorites.

  • @gutsfinky

    @gutsfinky

    7 ай бұрын

    Those huge computer monitors and the idea that "ooh, we can use computers for THIS?!" Are pretty entertaining features.

  • @errolneal9789
    @errolneal97894 жыл бұрын

    "Who really gave syphilis to whom". This very question is still asked by some today lol!

  • @luvmibratt

    @luvmibratt

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤔🤣🤣🤣

  • @exploreandunravel5773

    @exploreandunravel5773

    4 жыл бұрын

    Unlike CORONA virus ..🤣

  • @DeeDee-hx1km

    @DeeDee-hx1km

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Native American women were not willing, I’m sure. ANd the real issue for all those “willing” freaks and even more willing “players “is to use protection

  • @jenniferbrinkman5186

    @jenniferbrinkman5186

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤣 This made me laugh!!! Love it!!!

  • @antonymarjeram576

    @antonymarjeram576

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most people in the old world had poor environmental and there religious beliefs prevented them from using any form of contraception so they all had multiple forms of disease and zero antibiotics so syphilis wouldn't have time to show unless born with it

  • @NLDTSTUDIOS
    @NLDTSTUDIOS4 жыл бұрын

    Can we not have the screams of the damned in the back ground!

  • @annunkitribe8994

    @annunkitribe8994

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @lieshtmeiser5542

    @lieshtmeiser5542

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao..."screams of the damned"...i thought the same, it was like a bondage soundtrack.

  • @MD-bk7ze

    @MD-bk7ze

    4 жыл бұрын

    NLDT STUDIOS lmao

  • @48hd38

    @48hd38

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ernestscribbler2294 fucktard!! What an answer!!

  • @wayneirvine4392

    @wayneirvine4392

    4 жыл бұрын

    NLDT STUDIOS lol brilliant

  • @curtislavoy8701
    @curtislavoy87017 ай бұрын

    Can’t believe the woman in blue doesn’t wear gloves while handling V D bones…

  • @buzzmooney2801

    @buzzmooney2801

    3 ай бұрын

    Bones that have been dead for 500 years? No chance of contracting the disease from them.

  • @wannacashmeoutside
    @wannacashmeoutside5 ай бұрын

    This was a very thorough documentary! The quality of this channels documentaries is insane!

  • @denisekelsey5144
    @denisekelsey51443 жыл бұрын

    The soundtrack needs more cowbell.

  • @rastamuff1

    @rastamuff1

    3 жыл бұрын

    You MUST listen to techno....

  • @RoseSharon7777

    @RoseSharon7777

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭🤭

  • @markntexas8265

    @markntexas8265

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is zero amount of cowbell that will help this soundtrack

  • @markntexas8265

    @markntexas8265

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rastamuff1 then he would have said 808 Base

  • @thebestusername5852

    @thebestusername5852

    2 жыл бұрын

    That caught me totally off guard 😂😂😂

  • @averymartin1327
    @averymartin13274 жыл бұрын

    This music killed half of Europe not the plague.

  • @FKJBSDK

    @FKJBSDK

    4 жыл бұрын

    Avery Martin aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh~~~😂

  • @bluestarinn

    @bluestarinn

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well some say the living music IS behind everything!

  • @biancamunoz5125

    @biancamunoz5125

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @algini12

    @algini12

    3 жыл бұрын

    ....And then they went to Pompeii...ayaayaayaaaaa

  • @maryjuchnevicius7075

    @maryjuchnevicius7075

    2 ай бұрын

    😂 this comment made me laugh out loud😅

  • @20PINKluvr
    @20PINKluvr Жыл бұрын

    Syphilis may have been brought to America from the old world with the first peoples who crossed over the land bridge during an ice age.

  • @zubetp
    @zubetp5 ай бұрын

    the editing on this was hilarious. from the eerie plunking tune from when things are Being Considered Very Seriously, to the moaning women of Feeling Very Sorry About Things, to the wailing roar of Pain Itself. i loved the way the guy describing venereal syphilis wafted out of the darkness and fixed me with a dramatic stare as his writings were narrated by the gentle italian man. i loved the way a person had to be lying down flat on their back on some rocks and then go invisible to demonstrate the concept of sleeping. i loved how many times i had to watch that monk spank himself as B roll. this is a masterpiece. bravo.

  • @chandratownsend3891

    @chandratownsend3891

    5 ай бұрын

    Reading the comments to decide if this is worth watching. I'm sold!

  • @leahparker9033

    @leahparker9033

    4 ай бұрын

    I love your analysis of the editing. I'm used to editors feeling they must add drama to keep people from clicking away from what the editors believe that most people would consider boring. It's too bad and completely unnecessary. The effect that irritated me was the screen blanking in and out with an electric arc sound effect. It made me think that my computer was malfunctioning. And I am wondering if the Pain scream is a variation on the Wilhelm scream.

  • @Christina-bz3mo

    @Christina-bz3mo

    24 күн бұрын

    Having been a dental assistant, I'm amazed at how intact the teeth are in the Hull skeleton ....

  • @trucid2
    @trucid25 жыл бұрын

    A few more Wilhelm screams could've really cemented the mood.

  • @aicc1728

    @aicc1728

    4 жыл бұрын

    trucid2 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @winterweib

    @winterweib

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wilhelm? I thought they would yell 'Saville and Epstein-best buddies of our roooyaaaals ! '

  • @elmersbalm5219

    @elmersbalm5219

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@winterweib it’s a stock soundeffect used too often in the pre-digital video age.

  • @scottstrain8388
    @scottstrain83882 жыл бұрын

    It was surprising to hear that some believed that syphilis had come TO Europe FROM the Americas; I'd learned that syphilis and gonorrhea were some of the "gifts" that European explorers brought to the Americas, along with smallpox, measles and others.

  • @ggurks

    @ggurks

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is no question that syphilis existed in America before Columbus. The question is, did it also exist in Europe

  • @b.f.3636

    @b.f.3636

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ggurks yes

  • @kidasingh820

    @kidasingh820

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's not a surprise to hear that was surprising is if you believe it!! The rewriting of History continues!!

  • @kidasingh820

    @kidasingh820

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ggurks where's your proof evidence commentaries documents.. or references!! You're full of it

  • @adiposerex5150

    @adiposerex5150

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why did these stupid humans have to troll this country?

  • @luciacurtis2381
    @luciacurtis2381 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. This has been fascinating. 👍

  • @rebeccacamacho-sobczak4282
    @rebeccacamacho-sobczak42828 ай бұрын

    Amazing documentary. Both in information and presentation.

  • @zoeye7095
    @zoeye7095 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, that one guy REALLY didn't want to be wrong. He totally agreed that the bones showed signs of syphilis but was like... nope, it's not possible.

  • @ktcooki276

    @ktcooki276

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey! You got.top commemt.even though it was relatively new, and there's some with time of.likes, and some newer?! Weird!

  • @ktcooki276

    @ktcooki276

    Жыл бұрын

    Jeez...sorry for my terrible errors!! Hope you got my drift!!

  • @EllieMaes-Grandad

    @EllieMaes-Grandad

    8 ай бұрын

    The bones showed evidence - time to do some retro research perhaps?

  • @Noneofyourbusiness57817

    @Noneofyourbusiness57817

    8 ай бұрын

    that’s how many scientists are

  • @Rusty_Gold85

    @Rusty_Gold85

    6 ай бұрын

    He will fade to the background if he is proved different . The evidence of that one carbon dated body is ample proof !

  • @helensarkisian7491
    @helensarkisian7491 Жыл бұрын

    Until this documentary, I had never heard of the theory that the indigenous peoples of the Americas had given syphilis to Columbus. Instead, I’ve known for decades that Columbus brought it to the Americas.

  • @Tom-mu7zy

    @Tom-mu7zy

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought that disease came over on the captain's dinge.

  • @dannywlm63

    @dannywlm63

    Жыл бұрын

    Nobody had ,only thing I have heard of is small pox blankets

  • @LATAMxBUKELE

    @LATAMxBUKELE

    Жыл бұрын

    Columbus and his old boys literally screwed it all up- taking much disease in more ways than one. I recall that in the first grade we celebrated Thanksgiving. That was really cool; one teacher so anxious to set the story straight told us a bit more than the principle Principal had bargained. We were told how Columbus raped women, beat, killed and abused the people. So, I never thought of Columbus as a hero but a criminal maggot. When Mrs Blue- the Principal showed up, the teacher speaking to all the kids was told to leave the classroom and never heard of again; so I am really glad someone left this same message here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3lttpiOh8SqgqQ.html Thanksgiving is still one of my favorite holidays celebrations but NOT AT ALL due to New World Old World relations.

  • @erinobrien8408

    @erinobrien8408

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here. 9 years of medical studies at university and I had never heard of this theory. I had heard an instructor say that syphilis started in sheep...

  • @sapphire1817

    @sapphire1817

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! How I see it, is they don't want to admit that where they originate from brought this vastly disease to innocent people and quite sickening to think of but I also believe they could have don't it deliberately to kill off the natives too.

  • @turbyoulance
    @turbyoulance7 ай бұрын

    This makes a lot of sense as Syphillis is a mutation of the disease Yaws. If any organism doesn't mutate or change it's self, it will not survive. The Spanish Flu only had a few mutation's and it became a pandemic. COVID19 is a mutation and in itself it is spurning newer and newer mutation's that we call strains.

  • @LS-ei7xk

    @LS-ei7xk

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah, but syphilis is bacterial based and the others are viruses. Don't know if that makes a difference?

  • @nunyabiz7473

    @nunyabiz7473

    28 күн бұрын

    @@LS-ei7xkit does. We have a clear case of someone not knowing what they’re talking about.

  • @stevenuniverse1422
    @stevenuniverse1422 Жыл бұрын

    Imagine having to walk on legs overrun with Syphillitic bone destruction.

  • @culturalwastelandisliveinh5521
    @culturalwastelandisliveinh55212 жыл бұрын

    “Civilization means Syphilization”…best line in any online doc ever. 🤣

  • @marlenenicolas369
    @marlenenicolas3692 жыл бұрын

    1- Scientists studied the bones at the burial site of a Greek community in an Italian city, Metapontum, and found indisputable evidence of syphilis. This city was last inhabited in 207. Thus, those bones were buried, at least, 1285 years BEFORE Columbus expedition. 2- Scientists researched bones, ancient texts and Roman medicine of the city of Pompeii, and discovered indisputable evidence of syphilis in the city. Pompeii was destroyed and buried by a volcano on August 24 year 79. Thus those bones were buried, at least 1413 years BEFORE the Columbus expedition. Those information proved that Syphilis was present and rampant in Europe, way before Columbus expedition. If you want to hold,, at all costs, to the unproven theory that The Indian gifted the European with the syphilis disease, you have to first, believe that the Columbus expedition was a 'back to the future' event. For the record, the above findings were stated clearly, in the video. Watch it again.

  • @vashtiroyal8900

    @vashtiroyal8900

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sodomy And Gomorrah/Gonorrhea ⚠️

  • @danielt.3152

    @danielt.3152

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think you are correct. The disease clearly predates Columbus, it seems possible that it mutated to become more severe

  • @LathaabsolutelyrightMyna

    @LathaabsolutelyrightMyna

    2 жыл бұрын

    Columbus came to India in search of treasure, according to macullay of Britain when he traveled all over India,went back said in parliament that there are more loose women ( prostitution) in single place in London rather than in south India.

  • @reuvenknight1575

    @reuvenknight1575

    2 жыл бұрын

    1) That is a chipped tooth, you can tell by the crack that runs up the enamel. It is not a Hutchinson's incisor. Please look up what that looks like. Not only that but not ONE mention of mulberry molars. Do any of these kid skeletons have them? Because they aren't mentioned and are a strong sign. The presented literally no evidence for Roman infection. They did not show any texts or documents indicating the disease, and the Romans were pretty damn good at documenting that sort of stuff. Nor did they show any bones. They can't just say they have irrefutable evidence, they should show it. 2) Native Americans were documented in Europe as early as the 1000's since they were kidnapped by Viking explorers, but sources say there is even earlier contact in the Greenland and Iceland areas, so that throws a wrench into any argument over time. 3) They also showed no evidence to their other theory that it existed as a childhood skin disease, which is awkward. Shouldn't there be something more than just a narrator's words for a theory? With nothing, no bones, no DNA, no documents, no stories, no citation, nothing at all, the writer themselves could have come up with that theory. They spent a lot of time presenting evidence that a skeleton was from before 1400 to suddenly just not require anything but words by the end.

  • @arnatar2086

    @arnatar2086

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sry, but SCiEnTist did x is not a sound argument. Especially in this case where the "science" presented in the documentation was presented in an attempt to circumvent peer review (a process this "evidence" does not withstand). And since you will ask for a source: "The Science Behind Pre-Columbian Evidence of Syphilis in Europe: Research by Documentary" It takes exactly this documentary as an example.

  • @desdicadoric
    @desdicadoric11 ай бұрын

    This was so interesting. Thank you

  • @alcyonemusica
    @alcyonemusica6 ай бұрын

    There has been a recent skeletal discovery in the Yucatan Peninsula dating over 9,900 years ago of a 30 year old woman who had Treponema peritonitis, a disease related to syphilis.

  • @thehangmansdaughter1120

    @thehangmansdaughter1120

    4 ай бұрын

    Really? Fascinating. DO you know of any docos on the subject?

  • @MistyEry
    @MistyEry4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I have finally found the perfect soundtrack for my wedding ceremony. I’m also impressed that they were able to capture my morning groans /stretch.

  • @juliechi6166

    @juliechi6166

    3 жыл бұрын

    Best comment ever.

  • @johnsharp2162

    @johnsharp2162

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha.

  • @davidmag808

    @davidmag808

    2 жыл бұрын

    divorced now?

  • @1CFcooper

    @1CFcooper

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @riggs20
    @riggs205 жыл бұрын

    I can't imagine how much pain this man (skeleton #1216) must have been in. The lesions ate through his flesh *and* through his bones! I hadn't realized how truly bad syphilis could be!

  • @magneticflux7833

    @magneticflux7833

    4 жыл бұрын

    Me either

  • @chachas895

    @chachas895

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes verry painfull

  • @booth2710

    @booth2710

    4 жыл бұрын

    Said to be the disease of kings ..

  • @LeiGullyBrunette

    @LeiGullyBrunette

    4 жыл бұрын

    There's something to be said for monogamy.

  • @angelgering2501

    @angelgering2501

    4 жыл бұрын

    So the Friars and people were sinners like the rest of us. I cannot judge them. I have pity on their poor souls. What horrible suffering.

  • @francinejones2524
    @francinejones25248 ай бұрын

    Amazing! Watching them uncover that whole site in Hull.

  • @johnradford7999
    @johnradford79994 ай бұрын

    i really enjoyed that i have learned alot about something i knew very little about , also the way it was put over and explained was easy to absorb ,,,,excellent 9/10 from me ///

  • @thecraftycyborg9024
    @thecraftycyborg90244 жыл бұрын

    I have a skeletal disease called Monostotic Fibrous Dysplasia in my right femoral neck. What that means is that very top of my thigh bone, up by the ball of the hip, is hollow. The bone was eaten away and destroyed due to a genetic anomaly. I’ve had multiple bone graft surgeries to the spot. And let me just say, crappy, rotting bones *hurt*! I’m lucky in that my cyst is now stable and I only had serious pain from it for a few years (though I was left with major pain issues from the surgeries and fractures, but that’s another story). But I always cringe when I hear about bone issues like they described in the beginning because I know how annoying and painful they are.

  • @missieclassy

    @missieclassy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Thanks for sharing a modern day example of something that describes how painful tertiary syphilis could have been. It must have been awful having no cure or effective means of surgery or relief from things like this and genetic conditions like yours - which undoubtedly also existed through time too. Thank you and healing thoughts

  • @Devboneee

    @Devboneee

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hope you have a spectacular life

  • @beckyenglish4783

    @beckyenglish4783

    2 жыл бұрын

    How awful. Best of luck to you.

  • @michelecherek5392

    @michelecherek5392

    2 жыл бұрын

    WHEW!! I'm so sorry u have to deal with that!🙏💖

  • @jjbentley9

    @jjbentley9

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry you have to experience that hope you're doing ok.

  • @brendamarin3931
    @brendamarin39312 жыл бұрын

    I do not think that l have ever been more grateful to have not been living in those times than l am watching this. The suffering must have been so intense, so agonizing for those in the grips of this plague, for those in the midst of having their bodies shredded. l cannot even fathom having to endure this or worse yet, watching someone that l love struggle with it until they were taken. How horrifying.

  • @soulsearch1234

    @soulsearch1234

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah and that amplifies the cruelty of the Tuskegee experiment

  • @mdhaynie

    @mdhaynie

    2 жыл бұрын

    What’s worse than all of those combined is the soundtrack used in this documentary.

  • @brendamarin3931

    @brendamarin3931

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@soulsearch1234 -Amen.

  • @aesyamazeli8804

    @aesyamazeli8804

    2 жыл бұрын

    Never go to prostitutes and if you are a woman make sure you marry a guy that don't go to prostitutes.

  • @kidasingh820

    @kidasingh820

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yet hundreds 600 is supposed to be the number 400 were given syphilis, 200 was the control group.. with no regard to the people that they infected and the agonizing death that these people suffered.. on top of that no money was ever given to the families who are owed or should be given Millions.. and the doctors claimed that they were doing a noble thing for the sake of science.. even the black nurse who lured the people to their unsuspecting tragedies claimed that they would not get the medical care that they needed and other benefits if they had not been involved with the experiment.. these people were considered sane medical professionals!! Just like now!! You fill in the blanks!!🤔

  • @kenziereed9263
    @kenziereed9263Ай бұрын

    You wouldn’t have thought just seeing someone who had syphilis how deeply the damage was going I had no idea how it was eating away at the bone 😢 what excruciating pain.. I heard on another video that death would have been a relief from the horrible suffering and it just made me realize how truly painful this disease was.

  • @kukalakana
    @kukalakana Жыл бұрын

    People did also join monasteries as a form of penance, so there is a nonzero possibility that they had contracted syphilis before becoming friars. Just a thought.

  • @johnzoller5944
    @johnzoller59442 жыл бұрын

    This Syphilis Pandemic video has become a big part of our family's Christmas tradition! We all gather around and watch during our Christmas meal. It truly brings us glad tidings of Great Joy!

  • @nobodythatyouknow305

    @nobodythatyouknow305

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wth 😂

  • @laraelliott2362

    @laraelliott2362

    2 жыл бұрын

    😳🤭👍

  • @janedoebean8599

    @janedoebean8599

    2 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @prima808

    @prima808

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wtf!? 😅 Curious what you watch during Halloween? 🤔

  • @chiragmehta8212

    @chiragmehta8212

    Жыл бұрын

    Lpl😮

  • @GenerationJonesi
    @GenerationJonesi2 жыл бұрын

    There were 2 children's skeletons found in Pompeii that showed signs of congenital syphilis. It had probably been around for ages in the known world, not just the Americas.

  • @Frank-dv4zu

    @Frank-dv4zu

    2 жыл бұрын

    this is apparently not proven and some scientists think that the lesions in pompeii could have been caused by leprosy and not syphilis.....so more research seems to be needed.

  • @GenerationJonesi

    @GenerationJonesi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Frank-dv4zu There were a few hypothesis regarding the lesions on the bones. Should be interesting to see what answers we have in the future. :)

  • @Kade5251

    @Kade5251

    2 жыл бұрын

    Were they male or female?

  • @GenerationJonesi

    @GenerationJonesi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Kade5251 I'm not sure. It was a documentary with Mary Beard. They noted that the children had been well cared for but had lesions on their bones. They were fairly young. :)

  • @Kade5251

    @Kade5251

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GenerationJonesi Thank you, I'd definitely look more into it as well.

  • @gailjoe7217
    @gailjoe72173 ай бұрын

    It is a fascinating and thought provoking documentary the whole way through.

  • @curiouslyt2123
    @curiouslyt21238 ай бұрын

    A smiley face! At 4:31 while talking about recognizing syphilis showing up on bone, the camera scaled up a leg bone to a smiley face indentation? Or pumpkin head! 🎃 😯

  • @ferociousgumby
    @ferociousgumby4 жыл бұрын

    Why am I watching this? To distract myself from the coronavirus.

  • @didimean

    @didimean

    4 жыл бұрын

    You should go out and get syphilis willingly - that would really take your mind off the Corona Virus

  • @spottedbutt

    @spottedbutt

    4 жыл бұрын

    HAHA

  • @sagacioussolace7827

    @sagacioussolace7827

    4 жыл бұрын

    ferociousgumby same. Here ;))

  • @angelesoleil3643

    @angelesoleil3643

    4 жыл бұрын

    lmfao!! guilty

  • @elizabethsteer6883

    @elizabethsteer6883

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same. One day people will be watching a documentary about us and the corona virus like we're watching this one.

  • @bloodybonescomic
    @bloodybonescomic Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating history. It seems that syphillus was in Europe over a century before the "new world" was discovered.

  • @micksherman7709
    @micksherman77095 ай бұрын

    CONGRATULATIONS! You have reported as a new discovery a conjecture that I read about 40 years ago! Basically the author speculated that the non-fatal form of the pathogen's activity (which in fact is a disease called yaws) mutated in Europe because the little Ice Age caused more covering up and led the little varmints to mutate to transmitting through the mucous membranes of the sexual organs. I note however, that there was nothing in the documentary to explain this big explosion in 1495 Naples. Btw, it wasn't just Europe: by 1505 it had reached Japan.

  • @annbrown9273
    @annbrown92733 ай бұрын

    Does anyone else have a problem with people digging up someone's skeleton and using it for scientific or historical work? This was once a person who lived, although they lived a long time ago. How many people would be comfortable with a loved one's or their own grave being dug up 50-100+ years in the future, and have someone fiddling with their head cavity as if it's just a curious object someone found in a junkyard vs. allowing the remains to RIP? Yes, we can learn from human remains, but who are we to unearth people's graves and mess with their bones?

  • @daylehudson6810

    @daylehudson6810

    6 күн бұрын

    Good point but i thought it was done to solve crimes

  • @reds1325
    @reds13252 жыл бұрын

    Imagine the pain they went through :( I feel horrible for the people who had no relief from this. I couldn't imagine what the disease would feel like. But if it's eating ur bones that's horrible.

  • @milixer1

    @milixer1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Atleast they did not have to hear the music of this documentary.

  • @Lolliegoth

    @Lolliegoth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Suffering from sever osteoporosis and arthritis I am glad I never had syphilis.

  • @albertrussell4323

    @albertrussell4323

    2 жыл бұрын

    Laceration on the skin and down to the bone.

  • @mfiorito5550

    @mfiorito5550

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@milixer1 oh jeeze hahaha

  • @HigherWaysWoman

    @HigherWaysWoman

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@milixer1 LMAO...!!!!!!! That's Comedy Gold ! :-D XD ;-)

  • @mybraineatseverything7404
    @mybraineatseverything74045 жыл бұрын

    Narrator: ..and they were, of course, celibate. Me: Well, SOMEBODY wasn't!

  • @karenburrows9184

    @karenburrows9184

    5 жыл бұрын

    The Catholic church only issued the compulsory holy orders celibacy decree at the Second Lateran Council 1139. Previous to (and somewhat after) that, it was not uncommon for priests to have mistresses and wives. Marriage (known as matrimony within the church) became a sacrement in 1184, at the Council of Verona, enacted as a condemnation of the Cathars.

  • @jandrews6254

    @jandrews6254

    5 жыл бұрын

    karen Burrows and of course they bonked themselves silly at all times

  • @augustusmcgovern6084

    @augustusmcgovern6084

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@karenburrows9184 but these were friars. IF the "60%" was mainly friars is implied to be doubtful. Friars were a different animal than priests. Your citing is accurate without doubt. Prior to the decree priests could will their possessions to family.

  • @augustusmcgovern6084

    @augustusmcgovern6084

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@jandrews6254 They were still human. Again, if, it was the friars that made up that 60% of the bodies found with lesions.

  • @t.l.1610

    @t.l.1610

    5 жыл бұрын

    MyBrainEatsEverything LOL! Yep. Instead of the immaculate conception, we have the immaculate infection. 🙄*Snickering*

  • @pinky5097
    @pinky50978 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @GirlWthGlasses
    @GirlWthGlasses8 ай бұрын

    It's weird when I think about things like this disease I think about it in past tense but it's a disease that still exists today just not common to find but there's still cases of it in hospitals.

  • @khiem1939

    @khiem1939

    3 ай бұрын

    Very common among illegal aliens from South of the border!

  • @millieo7155
    @millieo7155 Жыл бұрын

    I worked for an internal medicine practice. The secretary and I were dreading an appointment for our rudest patient. The doctor said his disposition was a consequence of long term Syphilis.

  • @sank5589
    @sank55895 жыл бұрын

    George just doesn't want to be wrong about his writings.

  • @brianqrcode1673

    @brianqrcode1673

    5 жыл бұрын

    exactly even if 3 are there before then it was there before

  • @REmcoo36
    @REmcoo367 ай бұрын

    Very nicely made and very interesting 👍👍

  • @xinavaneify
    @xinavaneify Жыл бұрын

    The sound effects were a hoot. The best part for me.

  • @psyclotronxx3083
    @psyclotronxx30835 жыл бұрын

    Seems to me that one skeleton that had syphilis prior to1492 is enough to say that, yes, it was present in Europe before Columbus.

  • @staciabelcher28

    @staciabelcher28

    5 жыл бұрын

    Like they won't let it go

  • @rhondawiggins5728

    @rhondawiggins5728

    5 жыл бұрын

    ?

  • @DovebeholdenChrist

    @DovebeholdenChrist

    5 жыл бұрын

    right

  • @bunnyjai3267

    @bunnyjai3267

    5 жыл бұрын

    Psyclotron xx so now we are to believe syphillis came from native Americans, no.

  • @JoeZyzyx

    @JoeZyzyx

    5 жыл бұрын

    Came from sheep.

  • @peeweecoco
    @peeweecoco5 жыл бұрын

    I dont care how old those bones are...I would NOT touch that scourge with my bare hands

  • @LoveShaysloco

    @LoveShaysloco

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know right since I'm a trained emt there first rule is scene safe bsi (body substance isolation) and I treat bsi as law on dead and living ozzie remaines wounds etc that not food

  • @cpasta517

    @cpasta517

    5 жыл бұрын

    Amen op… you could not pay me any amount of money to touch that

  • @aaronhooker7588

    @aaronhooker7588

    5 жыл бұрын

    Rule of thumb for archeology: 1) Wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). It killed them, it will kill you too. 2) Avoid graves around 1918 AT ALL COSTS! Spanish flu went away because it killed too efficiently. No antibody or antibiotic will cure it.

  • @paulstovall3777

    @paulstovall3777

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ya just gotta love it when ignorance rears its' ugly head to insist on its' public outcry...

  • @SosaSal_

    @SosaSal_

    5 жыл бұрын

    peeweecoco imagine having to explain to your husband/wife that you caught an STD from centuries year old bones?

  • @NPC8087
    @NPC8087Ай бұрын

    Years ago as a key data operator my state agency was contracted to enter death certificates from the early 1900s into a computer data base. So many of the death certificates after WWI were of veterans who died of syphilis. It was incredibly sad.

  • @vincelemaire
    @vincelemaire3 ай бұрын

    The soundtrack deserves an investigation. Don’t watch at night!

  • @elainedaprano9130
    @elainedaprano91302 жыл бұрын

    I think there were likely outbreaks occurring even BEFORE they think. As with melanoma, syphilis was probably mistaken as leprosy. Sailors are buried at sea, so how would anyone know if they had it? No, i believe it's been around for centuries.

  • @thetruth3768

    @thetruth3768

    2 жыл бұрын

    goes back to creation

  • @NLBTUBE

    @NLBTUBE

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it's well-documented that it has been around for centuries.

  • @dianeaustin2414

    @dianeaustin2414

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep.

  • @yvonnejones9940

    @yvonnejones9940

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree. Syphilis is called "The Great Imposter" in medicine. Like Diabetes it can present like many other diseases. There are retrospective studies, that AIDS may have present many years before our present records. In short, it must be considered that if you aren't looking for something then you will or will not find it. So if you're not looking for certain diseases in ALL cultures, you won't find it because of skewing of info or just disregarding the info. Also, we have to consider social and religious pressures in how information is presented and/or relayed, and by whom. Remember history belongs to the conquerors.

  • @kidasingh820

    @kidasingh820

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do making conjectures an accusation without a bit of evidence at least have an example of somebody who describe something that look like it but don't just say I believe and I think with no evidence your argument has no merit

  • @rockyroad7345
    @rockyroad73452 жыл бұрын

    Imagine this man spent years of work on a theory just to have it blown to smithereens in an instant. Science is always evolving...there is no denying it. Fascinating show.

  • @latifahgordeeva6198

    @latifahgordeeva6198

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's why I hate when people say the science is settled.

  • @indridcold8433

    @indridcold8433

    2 жыл бұрын

    Theory is not science. It may involve some science. But theory is nothing but a guess using some science and conjecture.

  • @eugenecrawford14

    @eugenecrawford14

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's why fauci is always wrong and the sheeple are scared

  • @leagarner3675

    @leagarner3675

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@eugenecrawford14sorry, it's you who is frightened. You are projecting your emotions on others. I got my vacc early and moved on..thanks to science.

  • @eugenecrawford14

    @eugenecrawford14

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@leagarner3675 what the he'll are you talking about Dumb as s I am not frightened of anything Ms projecting communist

  • @karmagenre514
    @karmagenre5148 ай бұрын

    Real detective work! So interesting!

  • @user-ob2hl7ec2b
    @user-ob2hl7ec2b Жыл бұрын

    I had always thought syphilis was around since ancient times.

  • @taniamanzer1945
    @taniamanzer1945 Жыл бұрын

    Evidence of Syphilis within the friary walls can be explained by: 1 . Their interaction with the poor and sick that they cared for; 2 . Lack of knowledge of how the disease was transmitted from one person to another; 3 . Inadequate sanitation habits: handwashing, basic hygiene and sanitation between treatments of the sick persons that they ministered to; 4 . Portal of entry to infections in the gashes that they open in their skins, when they inflicted their bodies.

  • @LS-ei7xk

    @LS-ei7xk

    5 ай бұрын

    Well, that makes sense to me.

  • @awesomebearaudiobooks

    @awesomebearaudiobooks

    4 ай бұрын

    Also, they mentioned self-flaggelation in the video and even showed how it could lead to bloody wounds... It is quite certain that the monks didn't wash their hands after treating the sick, so it was obvious that it was very dangerous for a monk to self-flaggelate the same day as working with patients who had syphilis, because it can be easily transmitted when introduced to a fresh wound, where the chance of becoming infected is huge. Ironic that they thought self-flaggelation would somehow save them from the god's wrath, but they didn't know that they were just bringing even more suffering upon themselves, with the possible shame of a monk catching the same disease as a prostitute...

  • @autiethoughties6898

    @autiethoughties6898

    4 ай бұрын

    Or they might have picked it up before they were monks.

  • @wendyhart134

    @wendyhart134

    Ай бұрын

    4 cannot be true as syphilis was contracted only through sexual intercourse it originates from inside the body and is not passed on by dirty hands or someone sitting on a monks dirty toilet seat or by touching a medieval towel!

  • @TheExvangelicalCat
    @TheExvangelicalCat4 жыл бұрын

    "so what kind of religious community was this?" The fun kind apparently.

  • @usalives2562

    @usalives2562

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jasmine Starcher Yaasssssss 😃

  • @fresh5959

    @fresh5959

    4 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking they may have been taking care of them as they was in need I’m not even sure if they knew it was a STD at this time

  • @demariowilliams8

    @demariowilliams8

    4 жыл бұрын

    You look like you would love to be apart of perverted cult! Probably have syphilis already?

  • @mrs.dr.spencerreid3992

    @mrs.dr.spencerreid3992

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jasmine Starcher ~ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @wolfthequarrelsome504

    @wolfthequarrelsome504

    4 жыл бұрын

    The kind that cared for the dying.

  • @johannleuckx1625
    @johannleuckx1625 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting video with a new approach. But I wouldn't trow away the pre-Columbian theory at the moment. Not yet. Maybe It would be interesting also to look, if possible, towards viking skeletons. They had also contact with North America and the local population and they were well-presented in North England. It could be also a way of disease transmission?

  • @lorenzogumier7646
    @lorenzogumier76464 ай бұрын

    Half of comments here are from people who either didn't watch the documentary or , even worse, didn't understand it.

  • @jasminsmith1388
    @jasminsmith13886 жыл бұрын

    I swear an intern was in charge of the music selection 😂😐 it doesn't suit the documentary at all.

  • @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362

    @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362

    6 жыл бұрын

    jasmin smith oh I think it does perfectly

  • @lambd01d

    @lambd01d

    6 жыл бұрын

    I found it jarring as well.

  • @pepethefrog6950

    @pepethefrog6950

    6 жыл бұрын

    0:46 u can see his peepee

  • @OldSkoolASMR

    @OldSkoolASMR

    6 жыл бұрын

    It's really not necessary to have that music. It's jarring to be sure.

  • @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362

    @hoggarththewisesmeagol8362

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bredah Jake Gladys Knight and the pips?

  • @ElenaGeorge1
    @ElenaGeorge12 жыл бұрын

    It can also be transmitted by mother to child in utero and at birth. It is a body fluid transmission, so it can also be contracted when coming into contact with contaminated blood or other body fluids. If the monks treated the sick, they could have contracted it w/o sexual contact.

  • @mike62mcmanus

    @mike62mcmanus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stop making excuses, Augustine was a homosexual too...

  • @emilymccarty6343

    @emilymccarty6343

    2 жыл бұрын

    😳 wow that must of been horrifying

  • @muddyhotdog4103

    @muddyhotdog4103

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those bones have been shown to not be syphillis. This documentary and the studies behind it have been debunked, it was even heavily criticized by the scientific community as soon as it aired. And even more evidence and studies showing it to be false has come to light since that keeps building up.. Can't link on youtube but just search the scientific journal -The Science behind Pre-Columbian Evidence of Syphilis in Europe: Research by Documentary-. Phylogenetic studies indicated that syphilis seems to have emerged in the Americas since Treponema spp. evolutionary rates are compatible with pre-Columbian times and no evidence for European strains prior to the syphilis pandemic have been detected. Decoding the genetics of veneral syphillis was the smoking gun recently that pretty much proved to the scientific community that it was in the Americas long before it came to Europe. Yet the beggining of this documentary still claims to be "the true story of syphillis" lol

  • @mike62mcmanus

    @mike62mcmanus

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@muddyhotdog4103 My bones feel better already..

  • @mfiorito5550

    @mfiorito5550

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@muddyhotdog4103 Did they mention what this would have been then?

  • @lizeth1009
    @lizeth10093 ай бұрын

    Wow! Great Documentary!

  • @OldSchoolArchiver
    @OldSchoolArchiver8 ай бұрын

    Me: (Listens to acid house and rave) KZread: Here let’s us recommend you a documentary about syphilis

  • @juanitarichards1074
    @juanitarichards10744 жыл бұрын

    The friaries were often the only places the poor could go for hospital care. The friars nursed the sick and the dying, including cases of syphilis, as part of their Christian duty. Syphilis sufferers were outcasts of society, their families didn't want them and wouldn't nurse them up till their deaths. The friaries did, and they gave comfort to the end for these poor souls.

  • @ipeeinmysinkimafraidtocome7127

    @ipeeinmysinkimafraidtocome7127

    2 жыл бұрын

    the question is where they buddy bandits ?

  • @juanitarichards1074

    @juanitarichards1074

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ipeeinmysinkimafraidtocome7127 Most were not. They risked their lives to do their Christian duty

  • @kevinklingner3098

    @kevinklingner3098

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was no public health system only what various orders like the Fransicans ,Augustinian and Benedictine provided. The Knights hospitalers also had hospitals.

  • @herbertlong3981

    @herbertlong3981

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ipeeinmysinkimafraidtocome7127 Likely, you are a buddy bandit. Projection

  • @fucku3460

    @fucku3460

    2 жыл бұрын

    Especially could you imagine being raped than contract it, than shunned? Terrible.

  • @GlassDeviant
    @GlassDeviant5 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to know the person responsible for the seizure-inducing flashes of light and sizzling electric sounds used as transitions.

  • @shysensei2348

    @shysensei2348

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ikr ?

  • @GlassDeviant

    @GlassDeviant

    5 жыл бұрын

    I managed to avoid having one by not watching the entire video, but after seeing 3 of them I could feel one coming on. I had to go drink some cool water and lay down in bed with the room in complete darkness for close to an hour before I knew I had managed to avoid one (perhaps, I might have had a little one and not remembered it afterwards).

  • @kerrylattimore2684

    @kerrylattimore2684

    5 жыл бұрын

    i'd like to give them syphilis.

  • @roccomepose8130

    @roccomepose8130

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@GlassDeviant Oh man, you are being literal. I hope you faired well after your near episode. Have you ever tried cbd treatments? I have talked to people who have been seriously helped or cured themselves of similar disorders using that in different forms.

  • @GlassDeviant

    @GlassDeviant

    5 жыл бұрын

    I take CBD oil for fibromyalgia. Honestly the seizures are so rare I mostly forget that I get them, until some idiot like this posts some stupid video with extreme flashing lights. Only one game I have played in a great many years ever threatened to set me off, and the devs were kind enough to completely change the game mechanism in question to prevent the problem (shout out to Stardock and the Star Control: Origins devs specifically).

  • @Ummmmmkay88
    @Ummmmmkay888 ай бұрын

    The background music ruined this for me.

  • @peterwhite7428
    @peterwhite74288 ай бұрын

    Dendrochonology gives the date the wood was cut. Not when the coffins were built. And I believe the disease started in Europe. However,another fact is that Europeans-Vikings- were in Americas around 1000 ad. They did have contact with natives but usually in warfare,I think

  • @tokyoblur24
    @tokyoblur244 жыл бұрын

    When the narrator said “..The Germans called it theSpanish itch.” then that scream 😂😂😂🤣😭😭😭💀⚰️

  • @mikefoehr235

    @mikefoehr235

    4 жыл бұрын

    Was funny alright

  • @tokyoblur24

    @tokyoblur24

    4 жыл бұрын

    You just reminded me lol

  • @tokyoblur24

    @tokyoblur24

    4 жыл бұрын

    23:25 😂

  • @davidspencer7718

    @davidspencer7718

    4 жыл бұрын

    The screams, I think are trying to communicate how painful this disease was and at this stage how painful it would have been to it’s victim. No Oxycodone you know. The victim just had to bare the pain until it’s ultimate end when the pain of course would stop with death.

  • @sugarcube3993

    @sugarcube3993

    3 жыл бұрын

    "...the Germans called it the Spanish itch." -silence for a couple seconds- *dramatic agonizing scream*

  • @user-hg1oj4op3z
    @user-hg1oj4op3z2 жыл бұрын

    the visual effects of the “medieval” scenes in this are some of the most bizarre and surreal things I’ve ever seen. As terrible as they are, they genuinely feel like dreams fully realized on camera.

  • @mrgadget1485

    @mrgadget1485

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was just thinking the same. Some fantastic illustrations!

  • @davidlester7066
    @davidlester70668 ай бұрын

    I never realised the severity of this disease and in a time when no modern treatments it was an horrendous way to suffer and die in acute pain ffs.

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