Syphilis - The Great Imitator - Extra History - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2020
- 💉 History of Syphilis: The Great Imitator - While France and Italy warred against each other, a new disease appeared to ravage the populace. A disease that had such a wide array of symptoms that expressed wildly differently in people to the point doctors called it The Great Imitator. Syphilis. A sexually transmitted disease that caused physical and psychological damage. A disease that exposed affairs (even one pope) and led to doctors beginning to advertise themselves as not only skilled but discreet.
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Ok no joke the “you’ve had your night with Venus now it’s time for your life with Mercury was a work of art”
its an old saying, my history teacher at school told us about it but he said it was an italian proverb...i dunno how accurate that is.
It's actually vintage! Goes back to when the treatment was common.
I like his mercury advertisement has less warnings than the Celebrex commercial in America. For those unaware there was a drug advertised that had about two minutes of warnings
It's especially poignant considering that syphilis MARS URANUS.
.... and just when you think it's as bad as it can get, it takes SATURN for the worst.
The progression of Zoey's horror during the course of the mercury ad made me laugh far more than it probably should have.
Alexander Nguyen 7:53
@The Great Kek They post the videos a couple of days ahead of time, unlisted, and give access to patreon members.
A night with venus, a lifetime with mercury bby!
Btw, aware phrase is misogynistic af, but it was EVERYWHERE
Coyote Seattle to be specific One day before it gets released.
"And in an unusual twist, for renaissance medicine, they might've actually been right."
Mercury: what do you mean?
Well, you gotta admit. At least the Renaissance doctors were at least more trustworthy than WHO.
@@Bidmartinlo No, I don't gotta admit, that's ridiculous.
@@Bidmartinlo Yeah that's a really out there claim.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😃
"No goat like a scapegoat."
I swear that should be on a list of timeless phrases that plague humanity.
No pun intended.
Do they know about the jokes about Turks and goats?
@@mikerodrigues9822 no please tell us
Really weird how this one WASN'T blamed on the Jews for once.
@@prestonjones1653 it is strange isn't it ?
You're talking about how humans caught syphilis by fucking goats?
RUclips Notifications: “Syphilis”
Me: *yes*
Absolutely
ah... Syphilis, give me soem of that
Yes what a peaceful subject
Was it Walpole? I bet it was Walpole!
Me: "what are you trying to say?"
“Or you’ve had to leave a party early, embarrassed, because you’re nose fell off,”
Frick, I hate it when that happens
This is what caused voldemort to become a dark wizard
@@artichokethejoke1563 did Bellatrix had a Syphilis? Or did Riddle family or Gaunt family had a Syphilis?
@@rikuvakevainen6157 Bellatrix definitely had all sorts of stds
Michael Jackson can relate :(
"Russians and Poles blamed each other".
Some habits never change.
Yep
True
Yep - same with France and England blaming each other
"Water is wet".
@@Lionstar16 and Italy maybe?
Al Capone “Nothing can stop me!!”
Syphilis “Hippity hoppity your body is now my Property”
I still can't believe that a bunch of accountants and pencil pushers put him in jail when the FBI was struggling to even get evidence against him lmao.
Al Capone: “Ha you can’t put me in jail for anything!!!”
The Judge: “TAXES”
@@this_is_patrick No wonder the Joker is so scared of the IRS
@@sharilshahed6106 He's crazy enough to take on Batman - but the IRS, NOOOO THANK YOU!
@@this_is_patrick Do. not. mess. with. the. IRS.
My favorite Syphilis story is a patient account from Dr. Oliver Sacks, in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat. In it, an elderly woman in her 90s has neurosyphilis, but so far the only symptom is that she feels more energetic, bold and even flirtatious. The woman, quite happy with all this new energy, simply asked for the doctors to keep the disease from advancing so she wouldn't loose her newfound energy. Since the patient was already in her 90s, the doctors went along with it.
There was a House MD episode based on the same account
As a medic, I never seen a patient with such a severe symptom like "flesh rotten on faces".
Very lucky that I worked on era where syphilis is better treated.
“You’ve had your night with Venus. Now have a lifetime with mercury.”
That reminds me of the saying: “Make a man a fire, and he is warm for a night. Set a man on Fire, he is warm for a lifetime.”
Me after hearing the ad: *hears people kissing outside loudly.
Pratchett fan?
No no it's "feed a man a fish and he is full for a day,teach a man to fish,and he is full for a lifetime
If your going to say it say it right
@@sargentvanguard7612 the saying he used was in one of the discworld novels I just forget which one off the top of my head
@@josephskiles the discworld quote is from Jingo, one of the Watch book and one of my favorite =)
Zoey's trying to advise about side effects from Mercury.
And people still thinks she is evil.
Evil overlord evil, not chaotic killer evil.
Wouldn't want to get tainted skin under her claws when she thoughtfully provides eye surgery on someone
Evil she??
Nah, she is adorable, cute and Nice
@Nat20 Damage , the cat. You must be new to the audience. He and his cat had been around since Dan left the original series of Extra Credits and Extra History
@Nat20 Damage The kitty!
The origins and study of disease is a criminally underrated branch of history 😟
With the anti-vax waves now going on, it shows why the history of diseases is critically important to know.
Same with fashion trends through history
@@halikarnak1862 *face palm*
@@halikarnak1862 we're talking science not fashion
@@sargentvanguard7612 I'm not sure what Halikarnak intended, but fashion and disease often go hand in hand. The video mentions how fashions emerged to cover up the effects of this disease, but sometimes fashion trends themselves led to health problems. Mercury, lead, and other toxins have been used in a variety of cosmetics and clothes across history.
Moral of the story: Protect yourself, kids.
use protection
@@isaacmontag7013 But since it can come back after decades, that doesn't help.
Isaac Montag and the most likely one for people to ignore. What’s the use of a solution if almost no one will follow it? It’s not even a solution at that point
@@isaacmontag7013 "holy f--- we just got married and all our diseases went away"
@@xXobama0Xx you know that's not it
Syphillis: exists.
Penicillin: I’m about to ruin this man’s career.
Immune system overreacting to Penicillin: I’m gonna ruin both of y’all.
Tuskegee: penicillin treatment? Never heard of it.
Immune system: I'm about to ruin this man
Allergy to penicilin: exists.
Syphilis: “What are you gonna do, Immune system? You can't destroy me quickly enough and penicilin will not help you.”
Immune system: “I know but they will.”
Macrolides and doxycycline: “Allow us to introduce ourselves”
*Coronavirus has entered the chat* hey guys what u doin?
*wears facemask and stays away from people*
Coronavirus: Y U NO LUV MEH?!
I do like how they don't push children away to learn about history, but get an adult to answer those questions that they might have
They missed the chance to use the phrase " don't forget to use protection, but not only when you have sex but also online, thanks to our friends from Nord VPN you can be safe on web."
Years ago there was a proto-meme going round explaining why the Internet was like a, ah-hem, you know what. Included things like
"Those that have it can't stop playing with it"
"Those that don't aren't sure what all the fuss is about"
Ending with "you need to be careful where you stick it as you may catch a nasty virus"
win
My mother once took an anthropology class about outhouse excavation, and the teacher would go through a pair of heavy work boots PER YEAR because of the mercury in the pits. Excavators couldn't touch ANYTHING without extensive protection or risk poisoning. It was pretty crazy stuff.
Child and Teens Marketing Department: "The kids might have Syphilis!"
Extra Credits: "Yes, we understand."
"Ain't no goat like a scapegoat"
This may be my favorite line ever.
"Join us next week, where the history of syphilis somehow gets worse!"
They're gonna talk about the Tuskegee Experiment, calling it now!
Shit, I had forgotten about that. Kindda dont want to see the episode, It gave me nightmares the first time I heard about It.
@Rick K A project by the USA goverment studying siphilis... By infecting black men.
@@josue_mejia and not telling them that they where infected so they could follow the spread and study the effects
@@tuehojbjerg969 Oh, they knew they had it. What was hidden from them was that effective treatments had been developed. When they did find out they were threatened with having to repay the government for all the outdated treatments they had been getting in order to keep them from getting properly treated.
@@tuehojbjerg969 For years after the fact, infecting other people, too
Massive props to EC for covering such a taboo, yet historically important, topic.
That Mercury ad was just *chefs kiss* perfect
That was a masterfully done fake ad. Bravo and brava
I was watching this during my lunch break. I made it most of the way through without raising an eyebrow, partially because I was already vaguely familiar with the topic, but when they got to "inject mercury directly into your urethra" I involuntarily screamed XD
That was an uncomfortable thought.
I’d really like to see extra credits do the 7 years war in it’s full scope. It would be really interesting to see how the Prussians, Ottomans, and British side of the war and not just the American side
There is a giant glaring ommission here: Cesare Borgia didn't just visit Naples, he was at this point the duke of Valentinois and thus a commander under the French king. He actually participated in the conflict mentioned at the very beginning of the episode, where it is very likely that he caught the disease.
"Maybe watch with a parent who can explain this stuff" is *so much better* than "don't watch this" and I love you for it.
Because nobody ever stopped when being told don't watch this. Honestly, nobody.
I don’t know where I am or why I’m here all I know is I must watch
Good to see the RUclips recommendations are working properly.
@@hoodiesticks oh and dont forget that now we know he was inside :)
OMG that commercial may have been about Mercury, but it was solid GOLD!
Idk if it's the moment we're living in, but these Extra Histories about diseases are really appealing
Old World: "I've got a gift for you, Small Pox!"
New World: "I've got a gift for you too...."
Old World: "Thanks man! Hey, I got some more stuff for you, like measles, influenza, diptheria, whooping cough, plague, typhus, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and malaria. Cool, right?"
New World: *incoherent screaming*
Great Pox... because everything in america is somehow greater =)
I cannot tell you guys how appreciative I am that you guys brought back the old art style.
Hears mercury: "OH NO"
hears Mercury: oh yay,I'm just gunna poke it with a stick,oh and did you guys know that they used to think that tomatoes were poisonous but actually the plate under them that were made from Mercury or the actual poisonous part but the Mercury got on the tomato and made the tomato poisonous, one-time of chef tried to kill, I think it was George Washington with a tomato by putting it on a plate but the plate wasn't Mercury so it didn't affect the tomato,I'ma history,space,and physics nerd yes I know all this stuff,:)
The mercury commercial might be the funniest thing I have ever seen on this channel
7:48 I guess that that cure WOULD get rid of Syphilis because I am doubtful that the disease could easily live inside of a corpse.
This was probably your best episode on a disease yet, thank you guys so much for actually talking about the gruesome details that are associated with this disease , and not just glossing over what it actually does, keep up the great work. P.S. that mercury commercial was truly 10/10 Bravo😂😂😂
History is by far the most interesting subject when taught as a story rather than a subject.
-A random youtube account
i would agree with that random YT account.
As a History major I agree. I quire like it all its forms though
That Mercury ad is the quality content I watch this channel for.
I love when this channel does videos about diseases.
Same
Extra credit over the years has led me to discover that I LOVE learning about diseases through times with an unusual fascination.
"Some patients report ... sudden death of poisoning." Finally a ghost who communicates usefully.
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Matt: Maybe watch it with a parent who can explain this stuff.
The parents who weren't expecting to do this for three more years: Aw crap.
Extra credits: “The horror didn’t stop there”
Me: *thinking about the tuskegee syphilis study*
😳 what... What happened?
TheGuardDuck Clinical trials made in United States to see the effects of syphilis on people, they were made in black men. It is a harsh history.
@@TheGuardDuck oh honey your in for a good read
@@TheGuardDuck Uhh... let's just say don't have a full meal before doing your research. You know how Teddy Roosevelt reputedly created the FDA because he was reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and it grossed him out so bad he couldn't finish his steak? Yea... it's kinda like that, only way WAY worse. It is without a doubt even more disgusting than the 'filth parties' used to disprove Pellagra, and that was covered earlier as one of the most disgusting things this channel has ever covered.
Tuskegee has a far less famous, but actually worse relative: Guatemala syphilis experiments. People were deliberately infected there. Shiro Ishii would be proud.
Screen:blank and the ad starts
Me: finding the skip button
The part of Mercury is amazing!
I'm just a bit disappointed you didn't say malaria was used as cure for syphilis, bringing even a Nobel prize to the dr who used it first
I keep opening youtube and seeing all this great stuff posted "1 minute ago," its a lucky day. Love Extra History, love the art, love the voice work
"You may qualify for free annual checkups"
Laughs in European
"Is this some kind of American joke I'm too First World to understand?"
welcome to america's fucked up healthcare, i really hope covid gets us universal like you guys have
@@Mamorufumio
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Andr Pratt We do too
@@Mamorufumio Do you even understand what we have to give up to get universal healthcare? I do not agree with the insane medical bills in America, but I would rather choose to not pay a medical bill than have more taxes taken from me.
"You had your night with Venus now it’s time for your life with Mercury." That's the smoothest ad slogan I've ever heard.
This channel is one of the finest ent-formative I've seen.Bravo.atun shei also one-of-a-kind
"Ain't no goat like a scapegoat" very well said good sir you nearly summarised a third of all international politics
The mercury ad is one the most hilarious things I’ve ever heard! The line “You’ve had your night with Venus...” about made both my wife and I suffocate laughing. 🤣 You guys are seriously geniuses!
Now this is what you might call "Montezuma's Revenge."
I love how this series makes learning fun
Augh! You jerks! I looked everywhere for part 2 because I usually binge your series, just to realize you just posted this. Good stuff as always, I'll be impatiently waiting
Thank you so much for showing concern about us young fans. Me and my little brother is regular viewer of this channel. We have watched almost all the videos 😂
You guys explain history is such mesmerizing way. Our favorite series is Sinking of Bismarck ❤️❤️
Once again we love you and keep doing the good work
That fake mercury medical ad was too funny 😂
one of the best things you said in this video was, say, watch with an adult. It's far safer for the kids than saying, "Don't watch. Thanks for encouraging safe *** education
I love any and all disease history videos. Please keep them coming. Stay safe and healthy ❤️
0:01
First Italian war.
Furious Alpine yoddeling.
Angry Gallic screaming.
Insulted Hannibal noises.
Hysterical Roman laughing.
I guess the Roman and Italic wars weren't Italian
@@Carewolf it would appear so.
@@Carewolf Italians are descendants of Romans and Romans themselves
Me: man I wanna lose my v card bruh
*Learns about syphilis*
Me: You know what, im cool being a virgin
That was a very well made advertisement, good slogan, would convince me to buy mercury if I lived in the 1500's and didn't know mercury was deadly poison.
In studying dentistry you will be taught about the oral manifestations of syphilis, which includes the chancres of early stage infection, but also gummas which are basically large ulcers that perforate your palate and cause a communication with your sinuses.
7:30 I cant stop laughing.😂😂
I'm actually amazed about the huge impact this disease had on culture, clothing, and fashion.
It's awe-inducing in a very wicked way.
I'm happy in the beginning you mention that
The Child and Teen Checkups of Minnesota have given us so many great Series'!!!
The commercial for mercury caught me off guard 😂
8:04
*deep breath*
AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
"You had your night with Venus. Welcome to your lifetime with Mercury." That's fantastic.
I like the medical episodes of Extra History an unreasonable amount
As a gynecologist, I am so grateful for the guys who discovered the treatment of this disease, it is a nightmare to read about it in our books
“There were mercenaries that traveled with Columbus”
Wait a minute....
Oh no...
I just realized that I am 3 years back into your videos.. I have binged all night.. oh well.
The "Wonder Drug - Mercury" ad was PRICELESS!!! I remember, as a Reenactor, learning of the so-called "Blue Pills": balls of Mercury Oxide that were sold for many years over the counter as a STD cure-all.
"maaaaaa my nose fell off!"
"Just paste your hand to your face!"
Grey: there was no americapox
Syphilis entered the chat.
(Yes. This is a joke.)
Exactly what came to mind when he mentioned syphilis might came from the americas.
Will there be another "grey might be wrong" video?
you are both men of culture then...
Didn't he mention that large pandemics are not spread thru sexual contact, but thru, u know, less intimate contact, so this doesn't count?
Which Grey we talking about here?
Syphilis is too slow and too hard to transmit to be a plague the way smallpox, influenza, or The Plague are.
fascinating, thank you for this video
As a doctor i really really love these histories of pathologies and how they were treated. Medical history is fascinating and sadly overlooked during in med school =/
This is actually why malaria was so endemic in Victorian societies, see when people who had syphilis contracted malaria the syphilis died. And they had a treatment for malaria, even if it wasn't a cure. Plus malaria was a socially acceptable disease, most soldiers coming back from india had it. It didn't cause physical blemishes, or bone deformation, and only caused delirium from fever.
That is fascinating and i had no idea!
How malaria killed syphilis?
@@nidohime6233 Since you asked I went and found. Malariatherapy, as it was called, was intentionally introduced into Syphilis patient, the prolonged high fevers would kill the syphilis, you then controlled the malaria with quinine (which led to a boom in the gin and tonic as the drink of 'gentlemen' as quinine tonic). After the introduction of mass manufacture penicillin the practice stopped until around 1917 when it was reintroduced (though not a mainstream practice until 1927) to treat neurosyphilis, which did not always respond to penicillin, it remained the 'best option' treatment until 1949. In the 1950's better methods of inducing controlled fevers became available.
That is so interesting! And the fact that Malaria was a "socially acceptable" disease too, is also fascinating. You learn something new every day.
@@thenecessaryevil2634 I see.
"Poles and Russians blaming each other"
As a pole, what's New? We always blame everything on each other
Stare nawyki ciężko umierają, przyjacielu. Old Habits die hard, my friend.
*Blames Poland for something Poland had no part in*
We got no time to blame us we keep getting taken over
@@tieoxiis It's time for your once-a-century takeover
@@frenchsoldier8485 considering that we didn't exist for a century and when we get independence it only took 11 years until we were taken over for another half century
The Mercury pharmaceutical commercial was incredible 😂😂😂
Honestly i am Happy that you mentioned the Italian independence wars. There are many wars in the Peninsula's history that are really interesting, some of wich even affect modern world politics.
"Ain't no goat, like a scapegoat."
Man, what a good phrase for that and for what is going on today. (And I'm not taking one side or the other on this one.)
Hold on... that people lost their noses wasn't an exaggeration?
I have been scared for life from the images.
I thought that was leprosy
@@iaintmichaeljackson9587 That's why I didn't search for images. I'll keep the cartooned interpretation, thank you.
@@Call-me-Al Both did ^^'
Yeah, just look at all the poor people in those Extra Credits videos. Not a nose to be seen.
I’m glad that you went with the watch with a parent rather than don’t watch. I don’t think that’s ever worked on any child!
This makes me hyped for more public awareness on the Tuskegee Experiment
"You've had your night with Venus, welcome to your life with Mercury" No lie, as terrifying as Mercury poisoning is, i need to appreciate that that is one clever tagline
Ok, I don’t know if I would call the name “The Grand Gore”, indirect and “softening the nastiness.”
The side effects part is so far the best thing I have ever seen
Y'all are great! That mercury "advertisement" had me dying of laughter.
Europeans: *destroy america with smallpox*
Natives: UNO REVERSE CARD
Appears to have been other way around by a couple of decades - First recorded outbreak of smallpox in New World is 1518.
@@jonnunn4196 The disease traveled faster that the recorders. When Pizarro reached peru, they where at the aftermath of a civil war caused by the smallpox related death of the Inca and his son (and a lot of the population of the realm).
@@jonnunn4196 the mexican port of Veracruz was founded in 1511 as a spanish outpost.
The American Revenge.
NO U card on U
When I saw the mercury ad I thought “oh hey, this seems like a useful drug” and the. I realized they where talking about the chemical mercury.
Mercury is a metal.
@@TheAkashicTraveller Injecting yourself with liquid metal. That's pretty metal.
Al Capone :"I'm INVINCIBLE Ooo wai-"
Syphilis:"bipity bopity your life is now part of my syphilis monopoly"
There us something so amateurly professional about your videos, and I love it.
"So if you are on the Younger side,"
Me, who learned about the birds and the bees at a very young age: *I DON'T HAVE SUCH WEAKNESSES*
"When your nose suddenly falls off" XD
The best episode yet!!!
I loved that "advert". That was glorious.
5:05 good to see nothing changed