Searching for Syphilis - for iPad/Mac/PC

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At the end of the 15th century a terrifying new epidemic spread across Europe, but was this disease, known as the Great Pox, really Syphilis? Did Christopher Columbus actually bring the disease back from the New World? Join us as we look at whether the discovery of a 600 year old skeleton can shed n…

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    Searching for Syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 0:49


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    Transcript -- Searching for Syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- Same as album description

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    What was the Great Pox?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 6:13


    Discussions to whether the symptoms described by medieval medical records really were the signs of syphilis. Could Columbus and his crew really have started the spread of the disease in Europe?

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    Transcript -- What was the Great Pox?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- Discussions to whether the symptoms described by medieval medical records really were the signs of syphilis. Could Columbus and his crew really have started the spread of the disease in Europe?

    europe impact columbus americas sexually populations
    The bones of Rivenhall women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 4:38


    Dr Simon Mays discovers a 600 year old diseased skeleton from a church yard in Essex. Will the bones of Rivenhall women show signs that treponemal disease was in Europe prior to the voyage of Columbus?

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    Transcript -- The bones of Rivenhall women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- Dr Simon Mays discovers a 600 year old diseased skeleton from a church yard in Essex. Will the bones of Rivenhall women show signs that treponemal disease was in Europe prior to the voyage of Columbus?

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    Extracting DNA from ancient bone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 4:45


    Dr Piers Mitchell an orthopaedic surgeon and medical historian looks at which types of diseases Rivenhall women was likely to be carrying. Meanwhile Ms Abi Bouwman an biomolecular archaeologist is looking at new ways of detecting treponemal DNA in ancient bone.

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    Transcript -- Extracting DNA from ancient bone

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- Dr Piers Mitchell an orthopaedic surgeon and medical historian looks at which types of diseases Rivenhall women was likely to be carrying. Meanwhile Ms Abi Bouwman an biomolecular archaeologist is looking at new ways of detecting treponemal DNA in ancient bone.

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    Treatment for syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 3:25


    Dr Sheila Lukehart talks about how syphilis has shown little resistance to the basic antibiotics we use to fight it, mainly penicillin.

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    Transcript -- Treatment for syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- Dr Sheila Lukehart talks about how syphilis has shown little resistance to the basic antibiotics we use to fight it, mainly penicillin.

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    The results of Rivenhall women's test

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 4:22


    Ms Abi Bouwman reports on the results of the Rivenhall women's DNA tests.

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    Transcript -- The results of Rivenhall women's test

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- Ms Abi Bouwman reports on the results of the Rivenhall women's DNA tests.

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    The future for syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009 5:05


    A surprised Dr Simon Mays discovers the true origins of the Rivenhall women and talks about the future for syphilis

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    Transcript -- The future for syphilis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2009


    Transcript -- A surprised Dr Simon Mays discovers the true origins of the Rivenhall women and talks about the future for syphilis

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