Alfred Crosby argued that this disease may have originated from the same bacteria that causes (*) yaws, Treponema pallidum, in an alteration to a theory that usually attributes its European arrival to the Columbian Exchange.
A 1968 article about the history of this disease argues against the so-called "Unitarian" theory of its origins, and its author cites the "Tractado contra el mal serpentino" written by Ruy Diaz de Isla regarding the treatment of this disease. It's not typhus, but this disease was first named in an epic poem written by Girolamo Fracastoro whose title character is given this disease as punishment for insulting Apollo. This disease was historically treated using the flower guiacuium. Alfred Crosby argued that this disease may have originated from the same bacteria that causes (*) yaws, Treponema pallidum, in an alteration to a theory that usually attributes its European arrival to the Columbian Exchange. For 10 points, name this sexually transmitted disease that was notoriously administered by the U.S. government to unsuspecting subjects in Guatemala and Tuskegee.
A 1968 article about the history of this disease argues against the so-called "Unitarian" theory of its origins, and its author cites the "Tractado contra el mal serpentino" written by Ruy Diaz de Isla regarding the treatment of this disease.
syphillis