August von Wassermann developed a complement fixation test for this disease, which was first described as a "serpentine malady" by Rodrigo Ruiz de Isla.
Joseph GrÃ¼npeck blamed Saturn and Jupiter for this disease in a pamphlet before catching it himself in the service of Emperor Maximilian, who issued an edict stating that it was a punishment for blasphemy. Ulrich von Hutten pioneered the use of powdered Guaiacum wood as a laxative to treat this disease. Until the discovery of (*) potassium iodide, vapor baths of mercury were used to combat this disease, whose causative agent was discovered by Fritz Schaudinn. August von Wassermann developed a complement fixation test for this disease, which was first described as a "serpentine malady" by Rodrigo Ruiz de Isla. For 10 points, name this "French disease," an STD that originated in the New World and infected Europe during the Columbian exchange.
Joseph GrÃ¼npeck blamed Saturn and Jupiter for this disease in a pamphlet before catching it himself in the service of Emperor Maximilian, who issued an edict stating that it was a punishment for blasphemy.
syphilis [accept "the French disease" or "the Neapolitan disease" or "the serpentine malady" before mentioned; prompt on pox; prompt on treponemal diseases]