# syphilis
16 Terrifying Facts About Mental Asylums in the Early 20th Century
Few institutions in history evoke more horror than the turn of the 20th century “lunatic asylums.” Infamous for involuntary committals and barbaric treatments, which often looked more like torture than medical therapies,…
The Truth About Friedrich Nietzsche And His ‘Letters of Insanity’
Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher whose work was considered by many to be radical and nihilistic. He was born…
This is What Al Capone Did to the Hospital that Treated his Debilitating Syphilis
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, more famously known as Al Capone, was one of the most ruthless and vicious gangsters of the…
A U.S. President’s Administration Infected People with a Deadly Disease and Killed Dozens
Between 1946 and 1948, scientists from the United States were responsible for the deaths of 83 people who were the…
20 Photos from the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, also known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a clinical…
A New World: 6 Ways the Journeys of Columbus Changed Civilization
The voyages of Christopher Columbus impacted the world in significant ways. When Columbus and his fleet landed in the Bahamas…