VTPB 221 Syphilis Questions And Answers With
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The accidental discovery of America during an attempt of Spain to circumvent on land trade routes
controlled by the Islamic Empire & Italian traders ANS -Trade done on the Silk Road spread
syphilis from the East to the West
-Syphilis is one of the first diseases to spread from the New World to the Old World
To break the Portuguese monopoly on India, Christopher Columbus from Spain sailed west reach
India but instead reached the Americas ANS -Portugal owned East from Brazil and Spain was
allowed the West (Pope decision)
-Maize, turkey, tomatoes, potatoes are from the new world
Those who survived the various pandemics gave a strong immunity system to the next generation
ANS European were able to build up an immunity
When the Europeans met the natives (who had a weak immunity system), many natives fell under the
diseases of small pox, measles, chicken pox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza and the common cold)
The nature and name of the causative agent of Syphilis; mode of transmission; and treatment;
ANS The bacteria causing Syphilis is the bacterium Treponema pallidum
It is a venereal disease: spread through sexual contact ANS -Gummatous lesions and
neurological differences
-Hutchinson proved that syphilis can be passed through mother and child
-Fournier showed that there are quick and latent symptoms of syphilis
-Mainly affects cardiovascular and nervous system
Primary syphilis ANS (punched in ulcer formed) acquired via direct sexual contact with infection
lesions
Present after 4 to 6 weeks and persisted for a couple of days
, Secondary syphilis ANS Reddish-pink rash appears (approximately 1-6 months after primary
infection)
Signs of venereal diseases: presented sins from God
Tertiary (late) Syphilis ANS -Affects the nervous system: Damage in nerves
-Affects cardiovascular system
-Destroys tissues (weaken heart wall)
History of Syphilis: When & Where the Great Pox was detected? ANS 1492: France under
Charles VIII marches across Italy and take Naples
1495: After rejoice, France under Charles VIII retreats across Italy and is
1495-1496: Mysertious ill net found in France and Italy
1497: "Grandgore" ("large sore"") reported in Scotland and England
People were quarantined, syphilis was called after their enemies (The disease was believed to have
come from the French, but the prevalence of it came after Columbus came back)
The name "syphilis" was coined by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro in his epic
poem, written in Latin, entitled Syphilis sive morbus gallicus. ANS Because of the outbreak in
the French army, it was first called morbus gallicus, or the French disease.
Shown deformities and wigs were worn to hide stuff
Galenic Theory ANS Pox, like all disease, resulted from humoral imbalances
Phlegm was generally held as most important in pox
Paracelsian Theory ANS -Paracelsus opposed the four elements (earth, air, fire, water) in favor of
3 principles (sulfur-- combustibility; mercury--fluidity; salt--solidity, color).
-Unlike Hippocratic/Galenic theory, which held that diseases was systemic, Paracelsus held that all
disease was local.
-All local diseases are fundamentally chemical in nature.
-The physician becomes the replacement alchemist, and applies the appropriate chemical
replacement.
Latest Solutions
The accidental discovery of America during an attempt of Spain to circumvent on land trade routes
controlled by the Islamic Empire & Italian traders ANS -Trade done on the Silk Road spread
syphilis from the East to the West
-Syphilis is one of the first diseases to spread from the New World to the Old World
To break the Portuguese monopoly on India, Christopher Columbus from Spain sailed west reach
India but instead reached the Americas ANS -Portugal owned East from Brazil and Spain was
allowed the West (Pope decision)
-Maize, turkey, tomatoes, potatoes are from the new world
Those who survived the various pandemics gave a strong immunity system to the next generation
ANS European were able to build up an immunity
When the Europeans met the natives (who had a weak immunity system), many natives fell under the
diseases of small pox, measles, chicken pox, malaria, yellow fever, influenza and the common cold)
The nature and name of the causative agent of Syphilis; mode of transmission; and treatment;
ANS The bacteria causing Syphilis is the bacterium Treponema pallidum
It is a venereal disease: spread through sexual contact ANS -Gummatous lesions and
neurological differences
-Hutchinson proved that syphilis can be passed through mother and child
-Fournier showed that there are quick and latent symptoms of syphilis
-Mainly affects cardiovascular and nervous system
Primary syphilis ANS (punched in ulcer formed) acquired via direct sexual contact with infection
lesions
Present after 4 to 6 weeks and persisted for a couple of days
, Secondary syphilis ANS Reddish-pink rash appears (approximately 1-6 months after primary
infection)
Signs of venereal diseases: presented sins from God
Tertiary (late) Syphilis ANS -Affects the nervous system: Damage in nerves
-Affects cardiovascular system
-Destroys tissues (weaken heart wall)
History of Syphilis: When & Where the Great Pox was detected? ANS 1492: France under
Charles VIII marches across Italy and take Naples
1495: After rejoice, France under Charles VIII retreats across Italy and is
1495-1496: Mysertious ill net found in France and Italy
1497: "Grandgore" ("large sore"") reported in Scotland and England
People were quarantined, syphilis was called after their enemies (The disease was believed to have
come from the French, but the prevalence of it came after Columbus came back)
The name "syphilis" was coined by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro in his epic
poem, written in Latin, entitled Syphilis sive morbus gallicus. ANS Because of the outbreak in
the French army, it was first called morbus gallicus, or the French disease.
Shown deformities and wigs were worn to hide stuff
Galenic Theory ANS Pox, like all disease, resulted from humoral imbalances
Phlegm was generally held as most important in pox
Paracelsian Theory ANS -Paracelsus opposed the four elements (earth, air, fire, water) in favor of
3 principles (sulfur-- combustibility; mercury--fluidity; salt--solidity, color).
-Unlike Hippocratic/Galenic theory, which held that diseases was systemic, Paracelsus held that all
disease was local.
-All local diseases are fundamentally chemical in nature.
-The physician becomes the replacement alchemist, and applies the appropriate chemical
replacement.
