Different names of Syphilis

"Syphilis" was coined by the Italian doctor and poet Girolamo Fracastoro in his epic poem to note, written in Latin with the title disease syphilis sive gallicus (Latin for "syphilis or the French disease") in 1530. The protagonist of the poem is a shepherd named Syphilus (perhaps a variant spelling Sipylus, a character in Ovid's Metamorphoses). Syphilus is considered the first person to contract the disease, by the god Apollo as a punishment for the disrespect that Syphilus and his followers had shown him. For this character Fracastoro derived a new name for the disease, he also in his medical text de Contagionibus ( "On infectious diseases). Until that time, such as notes Fracastoro, syphilis was the "French disease" in Italy and Germany, and the "Italian disease" in France. In addition, the Dutch called it the "Spanish disease," the Russians called it the "Polish disease", the Turks called it the "Christian disease" or "Frank's disease" (frengi) and the Tahitians called it the "British Disease ". This "national" names are often due to the disease in the current invasion of armies or sea crews, due to the high instance of unprotected sexual contact with prostitutes. It was also known as the "Great Smallpox" in the 16th Century distinguish it from smallpox. In its early stages, the Great pox a skin rash similar to smallpox (also known as variola). However, the name is misleading, as smallpox was a far more deadly disease. The terms "Lues (or venerea Lues, Latin for" sexually transmitted diseases fever ") and" Cupid's disease were also on syphilis. In Scotland, syphilis was the so-called Grand Gore. The ulcers suffered by British soldiers in Portugal was as "The Black Lion"