Syphilis - The Great Imitator - Medical History - Extra History - Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @scotthaggerty7755
    @scotthaggerty7755 4 года назад +3856

    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”

    • @kiltrofilms
      @kiltrofilms 4 года назад +104

      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.

    • @akhragee
      @akhragee 4 года назад +72

      It's actually vintage! Goes back to when the treatment was common.

    • @Justagamerhere1
      @Justagamerhere1 4 года назад +65

      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

    • @d.m.collins1501
      @d.m.collins1501 4 года назад +71

      It's especially poignant considering that syphilis MARS URANUS.

    • @d.m.collins1501
      @d.m.collins1501 4 года назад +26

      .... and just when you think it's as bad as it can get, it takes SATURN for the worst.

  • @DragoniteSpam
    @DragoniteSpam 4 года назад +2019

    The progression of Zoey's horror during the course of the mercury ad made me laugh far more than it probably should have.

    • @gzer0x
      @gzer0x 4 года назад +9

      Alexander Nguyen 7:53

    • @coyoteseattle
      @coyoteseattle 4 года назад +25

      @The Great Kek They post the videos a couple of days ahead of time, unlisted, and give access to patreon members.

    • @NotAGraveRobber
      @NotAGraveRobber 4 года назад +18

      A night with venus, a lifetime with mercury bby!

    • @NotAGraveRobber
      @NotAGraveRobber 4 года назад +9

      Btw, aware phrase is misogynistic af, but it was EVERYWHERE

    • @emmanuelflores1557
      @emmanuelflores1557 4 года назад +2

      Coyote Seattle to be specific One day before it gets released.

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 4 года назад +865

    "No goat like a scapegoat."
    I swear that should be on a list of timeless phrases that plague humanity.
    No pun intended.

  • @pointynoodle
    @pointynoodle 4 года назад +2169

    "And in an unusual twist, for renaissance medicine, they might've actually been right."

    • @basicallyarobloxian4533
      @basicallyarobloxian4533 4 года назад +66

      Mercury: what do you mean?

    • @Bidmartinlo
      @Bidmartinlo 4 года назад +54

      Well, you gotta admit. At least the Renaissance doctors were at least more trustworthy than WHO.

    • @pointynoodle
      @pointynoodle 4 года назад +221

      @@Bidmartinlo No, I don't gotta admit, that's ridiculous.

    • @archsteel7
      @archsteel7 4 года назад +111

      @@Bidmartinlo Yeah that's a really out there claim.

    • @guilherme95069
      @guilherme95069 4 года назад +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😃

  • @bluecup1129
    @bluecup1129 4 года назад +1111

    Al Capone “Nothing can stop me!!”
    Syphilis “Hippity hoppity your body is now my Property”

    • @this_is_patrick
      @this_is_patrick 4 года назад +59

      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.

    • @bluecup1129
      @bluecup1129 4 года назад +58

      Al Capone: “Ha you can’t put me in jail for anything!!!”
      The Judge: “TAXES”

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 года назад +51

      @@this_is_patrick No wonder the Joker is so scared of the IRS

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 4 года назад +36

      @@sharilshahed6106 He's crazy enough to take on Batman - but the IRS, NOOOO THANK YOU!

    • @dr.vikyll7466
      @dr.vikyll7466 4 года назад +27

      @@this_is_patrick Do. not. mess. with. the. IRS.

  • @FraudMonet
    @FraudMonet 4 года назад +808

    “Or you’ve had to leave a party early, embarrassed, because you’re nose fell off,”

    • @DragoniteSpam
      @DragoniteSpam 4 года назад +61

      Frick, I hate it when that happens

    • @artichokethejoke1563
      @artichokethejoke1563 4 года назад +59

      This is what caused voldemort to become a dark wizard

    • @rikuvakevainen6157
      @rikuvakevainen6157 4 года назад +13

      @@artichokethejoke1563 did Bellatrix had a Syphilis? Or did Riddle family or Gaunt family had a Syphilis?

    • @artichokethejoke1563
      @artichokethejoke1563 4 года назад +11

      @@rikuvakevainen6157 Bellatrix definitely had all sorts of stds

    • @erikarzensek
      @erikarzensek 4 года назад +7

      Michael Jackson can relate :(

  • @ahmadganteng7435
    @ahmadganteng7435 Год назад +166

    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.

  • @RedJoker200
    @RedJoker200 4 года назад +1562

    RUclips Notifications: “Syphilis”
    Me: *yes*

  • @vaughnjohnson8767
    @vaughnjohnson8767 4 года назад +895

    “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.

    • @josephskiles
      @josephskiles 4 года назад +11

      Pratchett fan?

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад +15

      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

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад +2

      If your going to say it say it right

    • @josephskiles
      @josephskiles 4 года назад +8

      @@sargentvanguard7612 the saying he used was in one of the discworld novels I just forget which one off the top of my head

    • @kakashitrapnell
      @kakashitrapnell 4 года назад +6

      @@josephskiles the discworld quote is from Jingo, one of the Watch book and one of my favorite =)

  • @Oxtocoatl13
    @Oxtocoatl13 4 года назад +263

    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.

    • @cadenvanvalkenburg6718
      @cadenvanvalkenburg6718 2 года назад +20

      There was a House MD episode based on the same account

    • @typacsk
      @typacsk 3 месяца назад +2

      > flirtatious
      Uh oh.

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 4 года назад +2046

    "Russians and Poles blamed each other".
    Some habits never change.

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 4 года назад +408

    The origins and study of disease is a criminally underrated branch of history 😟

    • @llSuperSnivyll
      @llSuperSnivyll 4 года назад +28

      With the anti-vax waves now going on, it shows why the history of diseases is critically important to know.

    • @halikarnak1862
      @halikarnak1862 4 года назад +10

      Same with fashion trends through history

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад +2

      @@halikarnak1862 *face palm*

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад +2

      @@halikarnak1862 we're talking science not fashion

    • @atk05003
      @atk05003 4 года назад +23

      @@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.

  • @JohnSmith-jx5wm
    @JohnSmith-jx5wm Год назад +41

    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

  • @tiffanyvoss3966
    @tiffanyvoss3966 4 года назад +569

    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.

    • @gzer0x
      @gzer0x 4 года назад +20

      Tuskegee: penicillin treatment? Never heard of it.

    • @CM-lr7tf
      @CM-lr7tf 4 года назад +16

      Immune system: I'm about to ruin this man

    • @lukasbachan4285
      @lukasbachan4285 4 года назад +41

      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”

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад +11

      *Coronavirus has entered the chat* hey guys what u doin?

    • @tiffanyvoss3966
      @tiffanyvoss3966 4 года назад +5

      *wears facemask and stays away from people*
      Coronavirus: Y U NO LUV MEH?!

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 4 года назад +529

    Zoey's trying to advise about side effects from Mercury.
    And people still thinks she is evil.

    • @henke37
      @henke37 4 года назад +21

      Evil overlord evil, not chaotic killer evil.

    • @josephskiles
      @josephskiles 4 года назад +4

      Wouldn't want to get tainted skin under her claws when she thoughtfully provides eye surgery on someone

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 4 года назад +8

      Evil she??
      Nah, she is adorable, cute and Nice

    • @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574
      @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574 4 года назад +8

      @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

    • @procrastinator99
      @procrastinator99 4 года назад +5

      @Nat20 Damage The kitty!

  • @paralelel849
    @paralelel849 4 года назад +360

    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."

    • @jon-paulfilkins7820
      @jon-paulfilkins7820 4 года назад +18

      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"

    • @bigshoelmfao
      @bigshoelmfao 4 года назад

      win

  • @walperaph205
    @walperaph205 4 года назад +522

    Moral of the story: Protect yourself, kids.

    • @gdpanzer7333
      @gdpanzer7333 4 года назад +30

      use protection

    • @howardshubs7157
      @howardshubs7157 4 года назад +21

      @@isaacmontag7013 But since it can come back after decades, that doesn't help.

    • @yucol5661
      @yucol5661 4 года назад +23

      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

    • @xXobama0Xx
      @xXobama0Xx 4 года назад +22

      @@isaacmontag7013 "holy f--- we just got married and all our diseases went away"

    • @josh_final
      @josh_final 4 года назад +3

      @@xXobama0Xx you know that's not it

  • @mikamekaze
    @mikamekaze 4 года назад +38

    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.

  • @2Sor2Fig
    @2Sor2Fig 4 года назад +166

    Child and Teens Marketing Department: "The kids might have Syphilis!"
    Extra Credits: "Yes, we understand."

  • @judewakefield7213
    @judewakefield7213 4 года назад +20

    "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.

    • @nellgwyn2723
      @nellgwyn2723 4 года назад +2

      Because nobody ever stopped when being told don't watch this. Honestly, nobody.

  • @QuantumAscension1
    @QuantumAscension1 4 года назад +33

    "Ain't no goat like a scapegoat"
    This may be my favorite line ever.

  • @kdubbsthe3rd
    @kdubbsthe3rd 4 года назад +57

    Massive props to EC for covering such a taboo, yet historically important, topic.

  • @blueroses4112
    @blueroses4112 4 года назад +107

    "Join us next week, where the history of syphilis somehow gets worse!"
    They're gonna talk about the Tuskegee Experiment, calling it now!

    • @EPE444
      @EPE444 4 года назад +2

      Shit, I had forgotten about that. Kindda dont want to see the episode, It gave me nightmares the first time I heard about It.

    • @josue_mejia
      @josue_mejia 4 года назад +7

      @Rick K A project by the USA goverment studying siphilis... By infecting black men.

    • @tuehojbjerg969
      @tuehojbjerg969 4 года назад +10

      @@josue_mejia and not telling them that they where infected so they could follow the spread and study the effects

    • @chakatfirepaw
      @chakatfirepaw 4 года назад +4

      @@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.

    • @josue_mejia
      @josue_mejia 4 года назад +1

      @@tuehojbjerg969 For years after the fact, infecting other people, too

  • @waffle2434
    @waffle2434 4 года назад +15

    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😂😂😂

  • @jayamoore4733
    @jayamoore4733 4 года назад +41

    That Mercury ad was just *chefs kiss* perfect

  • @Aldo_raines
    @Aldo_raines 4 года назад +85

    That was a masterfully done fake ad. Bravo and brava

  • @ianmoone2488
    @ianmoone2488 4 года назад +76

    “Ain’t no goat like a scapegoat” could be the slogan for humanity’s problems indefinitely

  • @capmsoupy4737
    @capmsoupy4737 4 года назад +65

    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

    • @mjbull5156
      @mjbull5156 4 года назад +2

      That was an uncomfortable thought.

  • @Inoffensive_name
    @Inoffensive_name 4 года назад +11

    I cannot tell you guys how appreciative I am that you guys brought back the old art style.

  • @ErokowXiyze
    @ErokowXiyze 4 года назад +5

    OMG that commercial may have been about Mercury, but it was solid GOLD!

  • @TheMjsanty
    @TheMjsanty 4 года назад +24

    I love when this channel does videos about diseases.

  • @mfoltran
    @mfoltran 4 года назад +16

    Idk if it's the moment we're living in, but these Extra Histories about diseases are really appealing

  • @nulolove
    @nulolove 4 года назад +36

    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

  • @GormTheElder
    @GormTheElder 4 года назад +15

    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.

  • @austinhornbeck5060
    @austinhornbeck5060 4 года назад +3

    That Mercury ad is the quality content I watch this channel for.

  • @cannellaorso4171
    @cannellaorso4171 4 года назад +2

    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

  • @meganw.8792
    @meganw.8792 4 года назад +5

    Extra credit over the years has led me to discover that I LOVE learning about diseases through times with an unusual fascination.

  • @lanepyper3361
    @lanepyper3361 4 года назад +7

    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!

  • @commandervideo2054
    @commandervideo2054 4 года назад +3

    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

  • @arafinhasan418
    @arafinhasan418 4 года назад +5

    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

  • @honq8792
    @honq8792 4 года назад +105

    I don’t know where I am or why I’m here all I know is I must watch

    • @hoodiesticks
      @hoodiesticks 4 года назад +7

      Good to see the RUclips recommendations are working properly.

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад

      @@hoodiesticks oh and dont forget that now we know he was inside :)

  • @landreauferris1215
    @landreauferris1215 4 года назад +1

    This channel is one of the finest ent-formative I've seen.Bravo.atun shei also one-of-a-kind

  • @DanTheYoutubeAddict
    @DanTheYoutubeAddict 4 года назад +14

    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.

  • @mostlyghostey
    @mostlyghostey 6 месяцев назад +1

    I LOVE that you recommended that kids watch with a parent who can help explain things. Thank you so much for including that!

  • @creatoruser736
    @creatoruser736 4 года назад +45

    Old World: "I've got a gift for you, Small Pox!"
    New World: "I've got a gift for you too...."

    • @theonlylauri
      @theonlylauri 4 года назад +3

      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*

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 года назад +7

      Great Pox... because everything in america is somehow greater =)

  • @johnblunt6693
    @johnblunt6693 4 года назад +56

    Hears mercury: "OH NO"

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 года назад +2

      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,:)

  • @sumerallen-bone3390
    @sumerallen-bone3390 4 года назад +29

    The mercury commercial might be the funniest thing I have ever seen on this channel

  • @YangLeee
    @YangLeee Год назад +1

    I just realized that I am 3 years back into your videos.. I have binged all night.. oh well.

  • @charlesmurray257
    @charlesmurray257 4 года назад +7

    "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.

  • @theimperiumofman3714
    @theimperiumofman3714 4 года назад +145

    History is by far the most interesting subject when taught as a story rather than a subject.
    -A random youtube account

    • @Sniperbear13
      @Sniperbear13 4 года назад +6

      i would agree with that random YT account.

    • @frostyblade8842
      @frostyblade8842 4 года назад +2

      As a History major I agree. I quire like it all its forms though

  • @dionadair8195
    @dionadair8195 4 года назад +8

    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.

  • @polasamierwahsh421
    @polasamierwahsh421 4 года назад +7

    "Ain't no goat like a scapegoat" very well said good sir you nearly summarised a third of all international politics

  • @alexandertheok4868
    @alexandertheok4868 4 года назад +54

    Me: man I wanna lose my v card bruh
    *Learns about syphilis*
    Me: You know what, im cool being a virgin

  • @gmretno8133
    @gmretno8133 3 года назад +2

    Al Capone :"I'm INVINCIBLE Ooo wai-"
    Syphilis:"bipity bopity your life is now part of my syphilis monopoly"

  • @gabr.7878
    @gabr.7878 3 года назад +4

    I love how this series makes learning fun

  • @TheGrimReader1
    @TheGrimReader1 Год назад +1

    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

  • @bensmith1955
    @bensmith1955 4 года назад +102

    "You may qualify for free annual checkups"
    Laughs in European

    • @martins.4240
      @martins.4240 4 года назад +26

      "Is this some kind of American joke I'm too First World to understand?"

    • @Mamorufumio
      @Mamorufumio 4 года назад +20

      welcome to america's fucked up healthcare, i really hope covid gets us universal like you guys have

    • @sion8
      @sion8 4 года назад +3

      @@Mamorufumio
      *+*

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 года назад +1

      Andr Pratt We do too

    • @Fortitude-ec4ky
      @Fortitude-ec4ky 4 года назад

      @@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.

  • @snoodge-cv7fj
    @snoodge-cv7fj Год назад +2

    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.

  • @puskajussi37
    @puskajussi37 4 года назад +30

    "Some patients report ... sudden death of poisoning." Finally a ghost who communicates usefully.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 4 года назад

      *+*

  • @zowaynewilliams9360
    @zowaynewilliams9360 Месяц назад

    😅, I love the concept of using an ad for mercury..."You had your night with Venus, welcome to a lifetime with Mercury." Was not just hilarious, but really creative. Well done Extra History Team...keep making learning fun. 👍

  • @originalnoname1223
    @originalnoname1223 4 года назад +3

    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 =/

  • @TitusSamuel-qd2uy
    @TitusSamuel-qd2uy 6 месяцев назад +1

    Great info. Need to recollect those dark days now and then.

  • @flavioaugustojose
    @flavioaugustojose 4 года назад +9

    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

  • @jerrycampbell9376
    @jerrycampbell9376 4 года назад +2

    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.

  • @halochiefhdz
    @halochiefhdz 4 года назад +55

    Extra credits: “The horror didn’t stop there”
    Me: *thinking about the tuskegee syphilis study*

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck 4 года назад +4

      😳 what... What happened?

    • @halochiefhdz
      @halochiefhdz 4 года назад

      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.

    • @ywhnabinwahid3298
      @ywhnabinwahid3298 4 года назад +4

      @@TheGuardDuck oh honey your in for a good read

    • @ShneekeyTheLost
      @ShneekeyTheLost 4 года назад +1

      @@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.

    • @theonlylauri
      @theonlylauri 4 года назад +4

      Tuskegee has a far less famous, but actually worse relative: Guatemala syphilis experiments. People were deliberately infected there. Shiro Ishii would be proud.

  • @hardikchoubey8232
    @hardikchoubey8232 4 года назад +2

    The Child and Teen Checkups of Minnesota have given us so many great Series'!!!

  • @sjappiyah4071
    @sjappiyah4071 4 года назад +16

    The commercial for mercury caught me off guard 😂

  • @veeri92
    @veeri92 4 года назад +2

    I like the medical episodes of Extra History an unreasonable amount

  • @NP-be7et
    @NP-be7et 4 года назад +43

    Screen:blank and the ad starts
    Me: finding the skip button

  • @arianashurn6109
    @arianashurn6109 4 года назад +9

    That fake mercury medical ad was too funny 😂

  • @JonManProductions
    @JonManProductions 4 года назад +76

    Grey: there was no americapox
    Syphilis entered the chat.
    (Yes. This is a joke.)

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 4 года назад +7

      Exactly what came to mind when he mentioned syphilis might came from the americas.
      Will there be another "grey might be wrong" video?

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 года назад

      you are both men of culture then...

    • @______608
      @______608 4 года назад +8

      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?

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 4 года назад

      Which Grey we talking about here?

    • @martinpaulsen1592
      @martinpaulsen1592 4 года назад +7

      Syphilis is too slow and too hard to transmit to be a plague the way smallpox, influenza, or The Plague are.

  • @Waldemarvonanhalt
    @Waldemarvonanhalt 4 года назад +1

    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.

  • @llSuperSnivyll
    @llSuperSnivyll 4 года назад +101

    Hold on... that people lost their noses wasn't an exaggeration?

    • @iaintmichaeljackson9587
      @iaintmichaeljackson9587 4 года назад +10

      I have been scared for life from the images.

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al 4 года назад +6

      I thought that was leprosy

    • @llSuperSnivyll
      @llSuperSnivyll 4 года назад +19

      @@iaintmichaeljackson9587 That's why I didn't search for images. I'll keep the cartooned interpretation, thank you.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 года назад +1

      @@Call-me-Al Both did ^^'

    • @frick_____you
      @frick_____you 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, just look at all the poor people in those Extra Credits videos. Not a nose to be seen.

  • @smartazz61
    @smartazz61 4 года назад +2

    "You had your night with Venus. Welcome to your lifetime with Mercury." That's fantastic.

  • @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.
    @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. 4 года назад +8

    0:01
    First Italian war.
    Furious Alpine yoddeling.
    Angry Gallic screaming.
    Insulted Hannibal noises.
    Hysterical Roman laughing.

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 4 года назад

      I guess the Roman and Italic wars weren't Italian

    • @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.
      @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. 4 года назад

      @@Carewolf it would appear so.

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc 3 года назад

      @@Carewolf Italians are descendants of Romans and Romans themselves

  • @bootswiththefurr4718
    @bootswiththefurr4718 4 года назад +2

    Y'all are great! That mercury "advertisement" had me dying of laughter.

  • @JKozlovable
    @JKozlovable 4 года назад +3

    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.

  • @doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301
    @doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301 4 года назад +1

    i saw syphilis in the title and knew my boy Cesare would be on it! go on legend!

  • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
    @user-ft3jq5vi2l 4 года назад +236

    Europeans: *destroy america with smallpox*
    Natives: UNO REVERSE CARD

    • @jonnunn4196
      @jonnunn4196 4 года назад +10

      Appears to have been other way around by a couple of decades - First recorded outbreak of smallpox in New World is 1518.

    • @besacciaesteban
      @besacciaesteban 4 года назад +12

      @@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).

    • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
      @user-ft3jq5vi2l 4 года назад

      @@jonnunn4196 the mexican port of Veracruz was founded in 1511 as a spanish outpost.

    • @sparaxisblanc2473
      @sparaxisblanc2473 4 года назад +2

      The American Revenge.

    • @uldisbergvalds1
      @uldisbergvalds1 3 года назад

      NO U card on U

  • @villagemagician1320
    @villagemagician1320 2 года назад

    There us something so amateurly professional about your videos, and I love it.

  • @tieoxiis
    @tieoxiis 4 года назад +115

    "Poles and Russians blaming each other"
    As a pole, what's New? We always blame everything on each other

    • @basicallyarobloxian4533
      @basicallyarobloxian4533 4 года назад

      Stare nawyki ciężko umierają, przyjacielu. Old Habits die hard, my friend.

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 4 года назад +3

      *Blames Poland for something Poland had no part in*

    • @tieoxiis
      @tieoxiis 4 года назад +3

      We got no time to blame us we keep getting taken over

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 4 года назад

      @@tieoxiis It's time for your once-a-century takeover

    • @tieoxiis
      @tieoxiis 4 года назад +1

      @@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

  • @lukeparham3295
    @lukeparham3295 4 года назад +2

    That “Mercury Ad” was the best thing I’ve ever seen 😂

  • @artycuen3572
    @artycuen3572 4 года назад +9

    7:30 I cant stop laughing.😂😂

  • @MrsNgabire
    @MrsNgabire 4 года назад +1

    The Mercury pharmaceutical commercial was incredible 😂😂😂

  • @rodritchison1995
    @rodritchison1995 4 года назад +4

    Now this is what you might call "Montezuma's Revenge."

  • @oliviac5476
    @oliviac5476 4 года назад

    I love any and all disease history videos. Please keep them coming. Stay safe and healthy ❤️

  • @redacted7230
    @redacted7230 4 года назад +19

    “There were mercenaries that traveled with Columbus”
    Wait a minute....
    Oh no...

  • @olivebrosnan4437
    @olivebrosnan4437 Год назад

    The mercury advertisement was a work of art and I love it

  • @kayleigh0711
    @kayleigh0711 4 года назад +3

    "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

  • @inserisciunnome
    @inserisciunnome 4 года назад +1

    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.

  • @megaeliminator3260
    @megaeliminator3260 4 года назад +12

    "maaaaaa my nose fell off!"
    "Just paste your hand to your face!"

  • @gzer0x
    @gzer0x 4 года назад +2

    This makes me hyped for more public awareness on the Tuskegee Experiment

  • @Saurophaganax1931
    @Saurophaganax1931 4 года назад +6

    Ok, I don’t know if I would call the name “The Grand Gore”, indirect and “softening the nastiness.”

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 4 года назад +1

    you guys are getting too good at this that ad was hysterical never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that I ever would laugh that hard about anything having to do with syphilis well played ec well played...

  • @Machtyn
    @Machtyn 4 года назад +4

    "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.)

  • @Т1000-м1и
    @Т1000-м1и Год назад +2

    This channel never has as many videos or as few as you think

  • @BellaRoseSantillan
    @BellaRoseSantillan Год назад +6

    I thought that was an actual ad 💀

  • @captainrev4959
    @captainrev4959 4 года назад +2

    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!

  • @SQUASHtamer
    @SQUASHtamer 4 года назад +10

    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

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 4 года назад

    Frick'n Child & Teen Checkups' sponsorship just scarred me for life :D