It’s On The Syphilis
How do Hollywood summer blockbuster movies connect to sexually-transmitted syphilis? Take a journey from Jurassic Park and Contagion to Oscar Awards, Ignaz Semmelweis and handwashing, Treponema pallidum and syphilis, the No Nose Club, and the infamous Tuskegee Experiment.
Dilophosaurus
© Eduard Solà
Treponema pallidum
© David Cox
Show Notes
Credits
Written and performed by Dr. Dustin Edwards and Faith Cox
Music from https://filmmusic.io and https://freemusicarchive.org/
“Lobby Time” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com);
license CC BY 4.0
“The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin; public domain
“Maple Leaf Rag” by Scott Joplin; public domain
“Symphony No. 5” by Ludwig von Beethoven, performed by Fulda Symphonic Orchestra; license EFF: Open Audio License version 1
Images from
Treponema pallidum © David Cox; public domain
Dilophosaurus © Eduard Solà; license CC BY-SA 3.0
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