Syphilis - The Great Imitator - Medical History - Extra History - Part 1

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  • @scotthaggerty7755
    @scotthaggerty7755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3780

    Ok no joke the “you’ve had your night with Venus now it’s time for your life with Mercury was a work of art”

    • @kiltrofilms
      @kiltrofilms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      its an old saying, my history teacher at school told us about it but he said it was an italian proverb...i dunno how accurate that is.

    • @akhragee
      @akhragee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      It's actually vintage! Goes back to when the treatment was common.

    • @Justagamerhere1
      @Justagamerhere1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      I like his mercury advertisement has less warnings than the Celebrex commercial in America. For those unaware there was a drug advertised that had about two minutes of warnings

    • @d.m.collins1501
      @d.m.collins1501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      It's especially poignant considering that syphilis MARS URANUS.

    • @d.m.collins1501
      @d.m.collins1501 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      .... and just when you think it's as bad as it can get, it takes SATURN for the worst.

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +831

    "No goat like a scapegoat."
    I swear that should be on a list of timeless phrases that plague humanity.
    No pun intended.

    • @mikerodrigues9822
      @mikerodrigues9822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do they know about the jokes about Turks and goats?

    • @harambediedforyoursins4938
      @harambediedforyoursins4938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mikerodrigues9822 no please tell us

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Really weird how this one WASN'T blamed on the Jews for once.

    • @harambediedforyoursins4938
      @harambediedforyoursins4938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@prestonjones1653 it is strange isn't it ?

    • @Gravelgratious
      @Gravelgratious 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're talking about how humans caught syphilis by fucking goats?

  • @DragoniteSpam
    @DragoniteSpam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1986

    The progression of Zoey's horror during the course of the mercury ad made me laugh far more than it probably should have.

    • @gzer0x
      @gzer0x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Alexander Nguyen 7:53

    • @coyoteseattle
      @coyoteseattle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @The Great Kek They post the videos a couple of days ahead of time, unlisted, and give access to patreon members.

    • @NotAGraveRobber
      @NotAGraveRobber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      A night with venus, a lifetime with mercury bby!

    • @NotAGraveRobber
      @NotAGraveRobber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Btw, aware phrase is misogynistic af, but it was EVERYWHERE

    • @emmanuelflores1557
      @emmanuelflores1557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Coyote Seattle to be specific One day before it gets released.

  • @pointynoodle
    @pointynoodle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2129

    "And in an unusual twist, for renaissance medicine, they might've actually been right."

    • @basicallyarobloxian4533
      @basicallyarobloxian4533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Mercury: what do you mean?

    • @Bidmartinlo
      @Bidmartinlo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Well, you gotta admit. At least the Renaissance doctors were at least more trustworthy than WHO.

    • @pointynoodle
      @pointynoodle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +219

      @@Bidmartinlo No, I don't gotta admit, that's ridiculous.

    • @archsteel7
      @archsteel7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@Bidmartinlo Yeah that's a really out there claim.

    • @guilherme95069
      @guilherme95069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😃

  • @ahmadganteng7435
    @ahmadganteng7435 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    As a medic, I never seen a patient with such a severe symptom like "flesh rotten on faces".
    Very lucky that I worked on era where syphilis is better treated.

  • @Oxtocoatl13
    @Oxtocoatl13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    My favorite Syphilis story is a patient account from Dr. Oliver Sacks, in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat. In it, an elderly woman in her 90s has neurosyphilis, but so far the only symptom is that she feels more energetic, bold and even flirtatious. The woman, quite happy with all this new energy, simply asked for the doctors to keep the disease from advancing so she wouldn't loose her newfound energy. Since the patient was already in her 90s, the doctors went along with it.

    • @cadenvanvalkenburg6718
      @cadenvanvalkenburg6718 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There was a House MD episode based on the same account

    • @typacsk
      @typacsk หลายเดือนก่อน

      > flirtatious
      Uh oh.

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2022

    "Russians and Poles blamed each other".
    Some habits never change.

    • @liker-qd4fz
      @liker-qd4fz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yep

    • @emmanuelflores1557
      @emmanuelflores1557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      True

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      Yep - same with France and England blaming each other

    • @Ex0dus111
      @Ex0dus111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      "Water is wet".

    • @inserisciunnome
      @inserisciunnome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Lionstar16 and Italy maybe?

  • @RedJoker200
    @RedJoker200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1549

    TH-cam Notifications: “Syphilis”
    Me: *yes*

    • @influenza3736
      @influenza3736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Absolutely

    • @Mega-rw8mt
      @Mega-rw8mt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ah... Syphilis, give me soem of that

    • @emmanuelflores1557
      @emmanuelflores1557 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes what a peaceful subject

    • @armaniac661
      @armaniac661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Was it Walpole? I bet it was Walpole!

    • @williehardiman6766
      @williehardiman6766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me: "what are you trying to say?"

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 4 ปีที่แล้ว +405

    The origins and study of disease is a criminally underrated branch of history 😟

    • @llSuperSnivyll
      @llSuperSnivyll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      With the anti-vax waves now going on, it shows why the history of diseases is critically important to know.

    • @halikarnak1862
      @halikarnak1862 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same with fashion trends through history

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@halikarnak1862 *face palm*

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@halikarnak1862 we're talking science not fashion

    • @atk05003
      @atk05003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@sargentvanguard7612 I'm not sure what Halikarnak intended, but fashion and disease often go hand in hand. The video mentions how fashions emerged to cover up the effects of this disease, but sometimes fashion trends themselves led to health problems. Mercury, lead, and other toxins have been used in a variety of cosmetics and clothes across history.

  • @vaughnjohnson8767
    @vaughnjohnson8767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +886

    “You’ve had your night with Venus. Now have a lifetime with mercury.”
    That reminds me of the saying: “Make a man a fire, and he is warm for a night. Set a man on Fire, he is warm for a lifetime.”
    Me after hearing the ad: *hears people kissing outside loudly.

    • @josephskiles
      @josephskiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Pratchett fan?

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      No no it's "feed a man a fish and he is full for a day,teach a man to fish,and he is full for a lifetime

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If your going to say it say it right

    • @josephskiles
      @josephskiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sargentvanguard7612 the saying he used was in one of the discworld novels I just forget which one off the top of my head

    • @kakashitrapnell
      @kakashitrapnell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@josephskiles the discworld quote is from Jingo, one of the Watch book and one of my favorite =)

  • @abcdef27669
    @abcdef27669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    Zoey's trying to advise about side effects from Mercury.
    And people still thinks she is evil.

    • @henke37
      @henke37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Evil overlord evil, not chaotic killer evil.

    • @josephskiles
      @josephskiles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wouldn't want to get tainted skin under her claws when she thoughtfully provides eye surgery on someone

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Evil she??
      Nah, she is adorable, cute and Nice

    • @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574
      @carlosalbertofernandezvele7574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Nat20 Damage , the cat. You must be new to the audience. He and his cat had been around since Dan left the original series of Extra Credits and Extra History

    • @procrastinator99
      @procrastinator99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Nat20 Damage The kitty!

  • @FraudMonet
    @FraudMonet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +790

    “Or you’ve had to leave a party early, embarrassed, because you’re nose fell off,”

    • @DragoniteSpam
      @DragoniteSpam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Frick, I hate it when that happens

    • @artichokethejoke1563
      @artichokethejoke1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      This is what caused voldemort to become a dark wizard

    • @rikuvakevainen6157
      @rikuvakevainen6157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@artichokethejoke1563 did Bellatrix had a Syphilis? Or did Riddle family or Gaunt family had a Syphilis?

    • @artichokethejoke1563
      @artichokethejoke1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@rikuvakevainen6157 Bellatrix definitely had all sorts of stds

    • @erikarzensek
      @erikarzensek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Michael Jackson can relate :(

  • @JohnSmith-jx5wm
    @JohnSmith-jx5wm ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I do like how they don't push children away to learn about history, but get an adult to answer those questions that they might have

  • @bluecup1129
    @bluecup1129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1083

    Al Capone “Nothing can stop me!!”
    Syphilis “Hippity hoppity your body is now my Property”

    • @this_is_patrick
      @this_is_patrick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      I still can't believe that a bunch of accountants and pencil pushers put him in jail when the FBI was struggling to even get evidence against him lmao.

    • @bluecup1129
      @bluecup1129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Al Capone: “Ha you can’t put me in jail for anything!!!”
      The Judge: “TAXES”

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@this_is_patrick No wonder the Joker is so scared of the IRS

    • @Lionstar16
      @Lionstar16 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@sharilshahed6106 He's crazy enough to take on Batman - but the IRS, NOOOO THANK YOU!

    • @dr.vikyll7466
      @dr.vikyll7466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@this_is_patrick Do. not. mess. with. the. IRS.

  • @mikamekaze
    @mikamekaze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My mother once took an anthropology class about outhouse excavation, and the teacher would go through a pair of heavy work boots PER YEAR because of the mercury in the pits. Excavators couldn't touch ANYTHING without extensive protection or risk poisoning. It was pretty crazy stuff.

  • @walperaph205
    @walperaph205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +518

    Moral of the story: Protect yourself, kids.

    • @gdpanzer7333
      @gdpanzer7333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      use protection

    • @howardshubs7157
      @howardshubs7157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@isaacmontag7013 But since it can come back after decades, that doesn't help.

    • @yucol5661
      @yucol5661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Isaac Montag and the most likely one for people to ignore. What’s the use of a solution if almost no one will follow it? It’s not even a solution at that point

    • @xXobama0Xx
      @xXobama0Xx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@isaacmontag7013 "holy f--- we just got married and all our diseases went away"

    • @josh_final
      @josh_final 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@xXobama0Xx you know that's not it

  • @tiffanyvoss3966
    @tiffanyvoss3966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    Syphillis: exists.
    Penicillin: I’m about to ruin this man’s career.
    Immune system overreacting to Penicillin: I’m gonna ruin both of y’all.

    • @gzer0x
      @gzer0x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Tuskegee: penicillin treatment? Never heard of it.

    • @CM-lr7tf
      @CM-lr7tf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Immune system: I'm about to ruin this man

    • @lukasbachan4285
      @lukasbachan4285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Allergy to penicilin: exists.
      Syphilis: “What are you gonna do, Immune system? You can't destroy me quickly enough and penicilin will not help you.”
      Immune system: “I know but they will.”
      Macrolides and doxycycline: “Allow us to introduce ourselves”

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      *Coronavirus has entered the chat* hey guys what u doin?

    • @tiffanyvoss3966
      @tiffanyvoss3966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *wears facemask and stays away from people*
      Coronavirus: Y U NO LUV MEH?!

  • @judewakefield7213
    @judewakefield7213 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    "Maybe watch with a parent who can explain this stuff" is *so much better* than "don't watch this" and I love you for it.

    • @nellgwyn2723
      @nellgwyn2723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because nobody ever stopped when being told don't watch this. Honestly, nobody.

  • @paralelel849
    @paralelel849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +354

    They missed the chance to use the phrase " don't forget to use protection, but not only when you have sex but also online, thanks to our friends from Nord VPN you can be safe on web."

    • @jon-paulfilkins7820
      @jon-paulfilkins7820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Years ago there was a proto-meme going round explaining why the Internet was like a, ah-hem, you know what. Included things like
      "Those that have it can't stop playing with it"
      "Those that don't aren't sure what all the fuss is about"
      Ending with "you need to be careful where you stick it as you may catch a nasty virus"

    • @bigshoelmfao
      @bigshoelmfao 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      win

  • @kdubbsthe3rd
    @kdubbsthe3rd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Massive props to EC for covering such a taboo, yet historically important, topic.

  • @Aldo_raines
    @Aldo_raines 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    That was a masterfully done fake ad. Bravo and brava

  • @ErokowXiyze
    @ErokowXiyze 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG that commercial may have been about Mercury, but it was solid GOLD!

  • @Inoffensive_name
    @Inoffensive_name 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I cannot tell you guys how appreciative I am that you guys brought back the old art style.

  • @jayamoore4733
    @jayamoore4733 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    That Mercury ad was just *chefs kiss* perfect

  • @mfoltran
    @mfoltran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Idk if it's the moment we're living in, but these Extra Histories about diseases are really appealing

  • @ianmoone2488
    @ianmoone2488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    “Ain’t no goat like a scapegoat” could be the slogan for humanity’s problems indefinitely

  • @waffle2434
    @waffle2434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This was probably your best episode on a disease yet, thank you guys so much for actually talking about the gruesome details that are associated with this disease , and not just glossing over what it actually does, keep up the great work. P.S. that mercury commercial was truly 10/10 Bravo😂😂😂

  • @GormTheElder
    @GormTheElder 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    There is a giant glaring ommission here: Cesare Borgia didn't just visit Naples, he was at this point the duke of Valentinois and thus a commander under the French king. He actually participated in the conflict mentioned at the very beginning of the episode, where it is very likely that he caught the disease.

  • @austinhornbeck5060
    @austinhornbeck5060 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That Mercury ad is the quality content I watch this channel for.

  • @QuantumAscension1
    @QuantumAscension1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    "Ain't no goat like a scapegoat"
    This may be my favorite line ever.

  • @meganw.8792
    @meganw.8792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Extra credit over the years has led me to discover that I LOVE learning about diseases through times with an unusual fascination.

  • @nulolove
    @nulolove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I’d really like to see extra credits do the 7 years war in it’s full scope. It would be really interesting to see how the Prussians, Ottomans, and British side of the war and not just the American side

  • @2Sor2Fig
    @2Sor2Fig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Child and Teens Marketing Department: "The kids might have Syphilis!"
    Extra Credits: "Yes, we understand."

  • @TheMjsanty
    @TheMjsanty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love when this channel does videos about diseases.

  • @honq8792
    @honq8792 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I don’t know where I am or why I’m here all I know is I must watch

    • @hoodiesticks
      @hoodiesticks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good to see the TH-cam recommendations are working properly.

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hoodiesticks oh and dont forget that now we know he was inside :)

  • @mostlyghostey
    @mostlyghostey 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I LOVE that you recommended that kids watch with a parent who can help explain things. Thank you so much for including that!

  • @blueroses4112
    @blueroses4112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    "Join us next week, where the history of syphilis somehow gets worse!"
    They're gonna talk about the Tuskegee Experiment, calling it now!

    • @EPE444
      @EPE444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shit, I had forgotten about that. Kindda dont want to see the episode, It gave me nightmares the first time I heard about It.

    • @josue_mejia
      @josue_mejia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Rick K A project by the USA goverment studying siphilis... By infecting black men.

    • @tuehojbjerg969
      @tuehojbjerg969 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@josue_mejia and not telling them that they where infected so they could follow the spread and study the effects

    • @chakatfirepaw
      @chakatfirepaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tuehojbjerg969 Oh, they knew they had it. What was hidden from them was that effective treatments had been developed. When they did find out they were threatened with having to repay the government for all the outdated treatments they had been getting in order to keep them from getting properly treated.

    • @josue_mejia
      @josue_mejia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tuehojbjerg969 For years after the fact, infecting other people, too

  • @DanTheYoutubeAddict
    @DanTheYoutubeAddict 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    7:48 I guess that that cure WOULD get rid of Syphilis because I am doubtful that the disease could easily live inside of a corpse.

  • @commandervideo2054
    @commandervideo2054 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I keep opening youtube and seeing all this great stuff posted "1 minute ago," its a lucky day. Love Extra History, love the art, love the voice work

  • @YangLeee
    @YangLeee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just realized that I am 3 years back into your videos.. I have binged all night.. oh well.

  • @arafinhasan418
    @arafinhasan418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you so much for showing concern about us young fans. Me and my little brother is regular viewer of this channel. We have watched almost all the videos 😂
    You guys explain history is such mesmerizing way. Our favorite series is Sinking of Bismarck ❤️❤️
    Once again we love you and keep doing the good work

  • @theimperiumofman3714
    @theimperiumofman3714 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    History is by far the most interesting subject when taught as a story rather than a subject.
    -A random youtube account

    • @Sniperbear13
      @Sniperbear13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i would agree with that random YT account.

    • @frostyblade8842
      @frostyblade8842 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a History major I agree. I quire like it all its forms though

  • @capmsoupy4737
    @capmsoupy4737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I was watching this during my lunch break. I made it most of the way through without raising an eyebrow, partially because I was already vaguely familiar with the topic, but when they got to "inject mercury directly into your urethra" I involuntarily screamed XD

    • @mjbull5156
      @mjbull5156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was an uncomfortable thought.

  • @landreauferris1215
    @landreauferris1215 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel is one of the finest ent-formative I've seen.Bravo.atun shei also one-of-a-kind

  • @cannellaorso4171
    @cannellaorso4171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Augh! You jerks! I looked everywhere for part 2 because I usually binge your series, just to realize you just posted this. Good stuff as always, I'll be impatiently waiting

  • @TheGrimReader1
    @TheGrimReader1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    one of the best things you said in this video was, say, watch with an adult. It's far safer for the kids than saying, "Don't watch. Thanks for encouraging safe *** education

  • @gabr.7878
    @gabr.7878 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how this series makes learning fun

  • @TitusSamuel-qd2uy
    @TitusSamuel-qd2uy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great info. Need to recollect those dark days now and then.

  • @charlesmurray257
    @charlesmurray257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "You had your night with Venus now it’s time for your life with Mercury." That's the smoothest ad slogan I've ever heard.

  • @flavioaugustojose
    @flavioaugustojose 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The part of Mercury is amazing!
    I'm just a bit disappointed you didn't say malaria was used as cure for syphilis, bringing even a Nobel prize to the dr who used it first

  • @polasamierwahsh421
    @polasamierwahsh421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Ain't no goat like a scapegoat" very well said good sir you nearly summarised a third of all international politics

  • @sumerallen-bone3390
    @sumerallen-bone3390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The mercury commercial might be the funniest thing I have ever seen on this channel

  • @JonManProductions
    @JonManProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Grey: there was no americapox
    Syphilis entered the chat.
    (Yes. This is a joke.)

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Exactly what came to mind when he mentioned syphilis might came from the americas.
      Will there be another "grey might be wrong" video?

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are both men of culture then...

    • @______608
      @______608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Didn't he mention that large pandemics are not spread thru sexual contact, but thru, u know, less intimate contact, so this doesn't count?

    • @prestonjones1653
      @prestonjones1653 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which Grey we talking about here?

    • @martinpaulsen1592
      @martinpaulsen1592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Syphilis is too slow and too hard to transmit to be a plague the way smallpox, influenza, or The Plague are.

  • @creatoruser736
    @creatoruser736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Old World: "I've got a gift for you, Small Pox!"
    New World: "I've got a gift for you too...."

    • @theonlylauri
      @theonlylauri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Old World: "Thanks man! Hey, I got some more stuff for you, like measles, influenza, diptheria, whooping cough, plague, typhus, typhoid fever, tuberculosis and malaria. Cool, right?"
      New World: *incoherent screaming*

    • @Mitaka.Kotsuka
      @Mitaka.Kotsuka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Great Pox... because everything in america is somehow greater =)

  • @dionadair8195
    @dionadair8195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Matt: Maybe watch it with a parent who can explain this stuff.
    The parents who weren't expecting to do this for three more years: Aw crap.

  • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
    @user-ft3jq5vi2l 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Europeans: *destroy america with smallpox*
    Natives: UNO REVERSE CARD

    • @jonnunn4196
      @jonnunn4196 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Appears to have been other way around by a couple of decades - First recorded outbreak of smallpox in New World is 1518.

    • @besacciaesteban
      @besacciaesteban 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@jonnunn4196 The disease traveled faster that the recorders. When Pizarro reached peru, they where at the aftermath of a civil war caused by the smallpox related death of the Inca and his son (and a lot of the population of the realm).

    • @user-ft3jq5vi2l
      @user-ft3jq5vi2l 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonnunn4196 the mexican port of Veracruz was founded in 1511 as a spanish outpost.

    • @sparaxisblanc2473
      @sparaxisblanc2473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The American Revenge.

    • @uldisbergvalds1
      @uldisbergvalds1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      NO U card on U

  • @JKozlovable
    @JKozlovable 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm actually amazed about the huge impact this disease had on culture, clothing, and fashion.
    It's awe-inducing in a very wicked way.

  • @hardikchoubey8232
    @hardikchoubey8232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Child and Teen Checkups of Minnesota have given us so many great Series'!!!

  • @johnblunt6693
    @johnblunt6693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Hears mercury: "OH NO"

    • @sargentvanguard7612
      @sargentvanguard7612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hears Mercury: oh yay,I'm just gunna poke it with a stick,oh and did you guys know that they used to think that tomatoes were poisonous but actually the plate under them that were made from Mercury or the actual poisonous part but the Mercury got on the tomato and made the tomato poisonous, one-time of chef tried to kill, I think it was George Washington with a tomato by putting it on a plate but the plate wasn't Mercury so it didn't affect the tomato,I'ma history,space,and physics nerd yes I know all this stuff,:)

  • @jerrycampbell9376
    @jerrycampbell9376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The "Wonder Drug - Mercury" ad was PRICELESS!!! I remember, as a Reenactor, learning of the so-called "Blue Pills": balls of Mercury Oxide that were sold for many years over the counter as a STD cure-all.

  • @puskajussi37
    @puskajussi37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "Some patients report ... sudden death of poisoning." Finally a ghost who communicates usefully.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      *+*

  • @veeri92
    @veeri92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like the medical episodes of Extra History an unreasonable amount

  • @bensmith1955
    @bensmith1955 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    "You may qualify for free annual checkups"
    Laughs in European

    • @martins.4240
      @martins.4240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      "Is this some kind of American joke I'm too First World to understand?"

    • @Mamorufumio
      @Mamorufumio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      welcome to america's fucked up healthcare, i really hope covid gets us universal like you guys have

    • @sion8
      @sion8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Mamorufumio
      *+*

    • @eazy8579
      @eazy8579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andr Pratt We do too

    • @Fortitude-ec4ky
      @Fortitude-ec4ky 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Mamorufumio Do you even understand what we have to give up to get universal healthcare? I do not agree with the insane medical bills in America, but I would rather choose to not pay a medical bill than have more taxes taken from me.

  • @Waldemarvonanhalt
    @Waldemarvonanhalt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In studying dentistry you will be taught about the oral manifestations of syphilis, which includes the chancres of early stage infection, but also gummas which are basically large ulcers that perforate your palate and cause a communication with your sinuses.

  • @NP-be7et
    @NP-be7et 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Screen:blank and the ad starts
    Me: finding the skip button

  • @originalnoname1223
    @originalnoname1223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As a doctor i really really love these histories of pathologies and how they were treated. Medical history is fascinating and sadly overlooked during in med school =/

  • @tieoxiis
    @tieoxiis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    "Poles and Russians blaming each other"
    As a pole, what's New? We always blame everything on each other

    • @basicallyarobloxian4533
      @basicallyarobloxian4533 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stare nawyki ciężko umierają, przyjacielu. Old Habits die hard, my friend.

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Blames Poland for something Poland had no part in*

    • @tieoxiis
      @tieoxiis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      We got no time to blame us we keep getting taken over

    • @frenchsoldier8485
      @frenchsoldier8485 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tieoxiis It's time for your once-a-century takeover

    • @tieoxiis
      @tieoxiis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frenchsoldier8485 considering that we didn't exist for a century and when we get independence it only took 11 years until we were taken over for another half century

  • @alexandertheok4868
    @alexandertheok4868 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Me: man I wanna lose my v card bruh
    *Learns about syphilis*
    Me: You know what, im cool being a virgin

  • @lanepyper3361
    @lanepyper3361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The mercury ad is one the most hilarious things I’ve ever heard! The line “You’ve had your night with Venus...” about made both my wife and I suffocate laughing. 🤣 You guys are seriously geniuses!

  • @llSuperSnivyll
    @llSuperSnivyll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Hold on... that people lost their noses wasn't an exaggeration?

    • @iaintmichaeljackson9587
      @iaintmichaeljackson9587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I have been scared for life from the images.

    • @Call-me-Al
      @Call-me-Al 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I thought that was leprosy

    • @llSuperSnivyll
      @llSuperSnivyll 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@iaintmichaeljackson9587 That's why I didn't search for images. I'll keep the cartooned interpretation, thank you.

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Call-me-Al Both did ^^'

    • @frick_____you
      @frick_____you 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, just look at all the poor people in those Extra Credits videos. Not a nose to be seen.

  • @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.
    @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:01
    First Italian war.
    Furious Alpine yoddeling.
    Angry Gallic screaming.
    Insulted Hannibal noises.
    Hysterical Roman laughing.

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess the Roman and Italic wars weren't Italian

    • @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff.
      @JustAGuyWhoLikesStuff. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Carewolf it would appear so.

    • @NoName-hg6cc
      @NoName-hg6cc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Carewolf Italians are descendants of Romans and Romans themselves

  • @snoodge-cv7fj
    @snoodge-cv7fj ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a very well made advertisement, good slogan, would convince me to buy mercury if I lived in the 1500's and didn't know mercury was deadly poison.

  • @halochiefhdz
    @halochiefhdz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Extra credits: “The horror didn’t stop there”
    Me: *thinking about the tuskegee syphilis study*

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😳 what... What happened?

    • @halochiefhdz
      @halochiefhdz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      TheGuardDuck Clinical trials made in United States to see the effects of syphilis on people, they were made in black men. It is a harsh history.

    • @ywhnabinwahid3298
      @ywhnabinwahid3298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheGuardDuck oh honey your in for a good read

    • @ShneekeyTheLost
      @ShneekeyTheLost 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheGuardDuck Uhh... let's just say don't have a full meal before doing your research. You know how Teddy Roosevelt reputedly created the FDA because he was reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and it grossed him out so bad he couldn't finish his steak? Yea... it's kinda like that, only way WAY worse. It is without a doubt even more disgusting than the 'filth parties' used to disprove Pellagra, and that was covered earlier as one of the most disgusting things this channel has ever covered.

    • @theonlylauri
      @theonlylauri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tuskegee has a far less famous, but actually worse relative: Guatemala syphilis experiments. People were deliberately infected there. Shiro Ishii would be proud.

  • @professorbutters
    @professorbutters 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The mock-pharmaceutical ad featuring Zoe was stellar.

  • @rodritchison1995
    @rodritchison1995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now this is what you might call "Montezuma's Revenge."

  • @gzer0x
    @gzer0x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This makes me hyped for more public awareness on the Tuskegee Experiment

  • @SQUASHtamer
    @SQUASHtamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    As a gynecologist, I am so grateful for the guys who discovered the treatment of this disease, it is a nightmare to read about it in our books

  • @danielduvernay3207
    @danielduvernay3207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Got this notification during my first day of school, was sad the rest of the day.

  • @redacted7230
    @redacted7230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    “There were mercenaries that traveled with Columbus”
    Wait a minute....
    Oh no...

  • @doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301
    @doyouseeafloatingsandwich4301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i saw syphilis in the title and knew my boy Cesare would be on it! go on legend!

  • @arianashurn6109
    @arianashurn6109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That fake mercury medical ad was too funny 😂

  • @inserisciunnome
    @inserisciunnome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly i am Happy that you mentioned the Italian independence wars. There are many wars in the Peninsula's history that are really interesting, some of wich even affect modern world politics.

  • @kayleigh0711
    @kayleigh0711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "You've had your night with Venus, welcome to your life with Mercury" No lie, as terrifying as Mercury poisoning is, i need to appreciate that that is one clever tagline

  • @captainrev4959
    @captainrev4959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m glad that you went with the watch with a parent rather than don’t watch. I don’t think that’s ever worked on any child!

  • @sjappiyah4071
    @sjappiyah4071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The commercial for mercury caught me off guard 😂

  • @smartazz61
    @smartazz61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "You had your night with Venus. Welcome to your lifetime with Mercury." That's fantastic.

  • @the_void996
    @the_void996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When I saw the mercury ad I thought “oh hey, this seems like a useful drug” and the. I realized they where talking about the chemical mercury.

    • @TheAkashicTraveller
      @TheAkashicTraveller 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mercury is a metal.

    • @iapetusmccool
      @iapetusmccool 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheAkashicTraveller Injecting yourself with liquid metal. That's pretty metal.

  • @NotAGraveRobber
    @NotAGraveRobber 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it a problem that I got genuinely exited when I saw this? The history of syphilis is SO INTERESTING!!!

  • @Machtyn
    @Machtyn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Ain't no goat, like a scapegoat."
    Man, what a good phrase for that and for what is going on today. (And I'm not taking one side or the other on this one.)

  • @gmretno8133
    @gmretno8133 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Al Capone :"I'm INVINCIBLE Ooo wai-"
    Syphilis:"bipity bopity your life is now part of my syphilis monopoly"

  • @alexv3357
    @alexv3357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Extra Credits: "Don't take Mercury, don't even touch the stuff."
    Cody from Cody'sLab: Sorry, can't hear you

  • @olivebrosnan4437
    @olivebrosnan4437 ปีที่แล้ว

    The mercury advertisement was a work of art and I love it

  • @BellaRoseSantillan
    @BellaRoseSantillan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I thought that was an actual ad 💀

  • @oliviac5476
    @oliviac5476 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love any and all disease history videos. Please keep them coming. Stay safe and healthy ❤️

  • @mateuszczesawjanpaweburcza4530
    @mateuszczesawjanpaweburcza4530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:05 good to see nothing changed

  • @Т1000-м1и
    @Т1000-м1и ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This channel never has as many videos or as few as you think

  • @Saurophaganax1931
    @Saurophaganax1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ok, I don’t know if I would call the name “The Grand Gore”, indirect and “softening the nastiness.”

  • @captainrexx3611
    @captainrexx3611 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm happy in the beginning you mention that

  • @kaieversfield1025
    @kaieversfield1025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So what your telling me is we... Shouldn't... Get syphilis..?

  • @marcuscicero9587
    @marcuscicero9587 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    how I managed to avoid this and a myriad of other social diseases in my wayward younger years is a miracle. Thankyou God.

    • @PhilJonesIII
      @PhilJonesIII 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He is waiting for you at the Pearly Gates with a checklist. You might want to be a bit more grateful :)