Why STDs in the Middle Ages Were Even Worse Than Today

Living in the Middle Ages was hard enough, but throw in incurable STDs and it's a recipe for a slow and painful death. Check out what horrible STDs plagued the past and be grateful most are fairly curable today with modern medicine, not like the horrific and permanent cure attempts of the past!

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[pharaohbubbles]

It truly amazes me how we manage to survive and thrive as a species

[codeinecowboy]

Al Capone: no one can stop me!
Syphilis: 🤨

[rickyto]

Imagine being a medieval doctor with modern medical knowledge... You would be burned at the stakes for witchcraft

[darrylbrooks]

Ladies and gentleman, let's all thank God we were born in the 21st century

[rytc_]

"I am unconfortable with the energy we have created in the studio today"

[royfokker]

No .antibiotics? No wonder why Alexander Fleming changed mankind back in 1927. God Bless Penicillin.

[princeofpokemon]

Having an STD is as painful as passing a kidney stone. They both hurt and those who have them, go to the doctor like right now.

[wmgthilgen]

I remember a time when Pope John the Twenty Third made a trip to the U.S.A. After a press conference, an assumed follower of his religion was somehow allowed to ask a question of the pontif. She instead made a comment about the Popes speach on birth control which I'll never forget. She stated to the Pope that because he doesn't play the game, he shouldn't make the rules.

[Bdear]

Syphilis eventually destroyed nose, & even the bones on some. It also passed on to babies, causing severe problems & deformities to kids with congenital syphilis.

[toecutterjones]

Forget sti's, imagine just getting a simple urinary tract infection back then.. hygiene wasn't great. Those poor women.

[andrewsabin]

Capone got syphilis. He eventually went nuts after it was left untreated. He hid vast amounts of money before he lost his sanity but by the time he lost his mind, he completely forgot where all his stashes of money were hidden.

[cherryblossoms]

It kind of makes you wonder how mankind has survived with all of these ailments we had to put up with.

[I_Hate_YouTube.]

2:10 Facts: never in the Bible does it say that the forbidden fruit was an apple. It might have been anything.

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I'm just glad we live in modern times.

[Cman]

Thank god we didn't live in these hyper religious and less informed old days. The past was the worst.

I'm not saying the present doesnt have problems, but the past was so much worse.

[andrewsabin]

It’s funny how literacy was something only the rich and leaders would learn and it would keep everyone else illiterate. Don’t take advantage of the fact that we are all taught to read and write nowadays.

[diversejoe]

Couples today: I don't want to use condoms

Std: *Back in my day there was no protection*

[TheCosmicFreeway]

They thought everything was a ghost or a demon or somthing

[xblackflame]

Looking at vids like this, it always makes me question myself all the time: With so many wars, diseases, different ethics etc, how did the humanity survive to this day?

[JonathanAlexanderM]

It’s stuff like this where as soon as folks give a response to stuff that’s not grounded in science and modern medicine I immediately start to tune things out