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The Gruesome History of Sexual Disease
*Warning: this episode contains discussions of puss*
Gonorrhea and syphilis are no laughing matter, especially in a time before antibiotics.
How were symptoms first recorded and what were the disturbing treatments people endured?
Joining Anthony today as a special guest co-host is Cat Irving, Human Remains Conservator at Surgeons’ Hall in Edinburgh, to take us back through this gruesome history.
Edited by Anna Brant and Hannah Feodorov. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick.
All music from Epidemic Sounds.
