Insane Happiness

Why do we never hear about such jolly madmen these days? Probably because we don't let people die from syphilis anymore.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 18, 2015
Category: Sexuality | Nineteenth Century | Brain Damage

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Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/18/15 at 09:02 AM

Remember that microbial theory of disease was just gaining traction at the time in the late 19th century. Pasteur, Lister, and others had started to make the connections but generally physicians held to the theories of Galen, who was, literally, as a Greek God to the profession. And don't forget that effective antibiotics wouldn't come into existence for another fifty years.

Posted by KDP on 06/18/15 at 09:17 AM

So you got syphilis from pleasure and it killed you with happiness, not all bad then, right?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/18/15 at 07:56 PM

So the cure for chronic depression is risky sex? Sounds good to me.

Posted by BMN on 06/19/15 at 04:18 AM

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