Comments by "Elizabeth Loveland" (@Shineon83) on "MedievalMadness"
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@andrewc318 ….Yeah, unfortunately, that’s one point that will never be answered with certainty.….But I was intrigued over why the use of Mercury as a cure for Syphillis was so ubiquitous during this era—when its terrible (often fatal) side effects were well known, even among the common people…
Given these facts, I was looking for one answer : “ Why, if ineffective, was relatively cheap Mercury consistently used—when far more exotic ( and more expensive ) “quack” cures could have been pushed by physicians, instead ?” (My Master’s dissertation was on 17th-19th C British Medicine )
Looking at patient records from the greater London area ( mainly St. Guy’s & St. Bart’s), in around 25-30% of patients given the “Mercury Cure,” their Syphillis DID appear to go into remission….But because Syphillis will often do so on its own ( only to come raging back, 2-20 years later ), I could only rely on those patients for whom long-term records were available. Of this group ( of 42), 15 remained symptom-free, 20+ years after the original treatment …
Of course, this doesn’t represent “proof.” I just think that our ancestors weren’t that dissimilar to us, when it came to medical care : because Syphillis was such a common affliction, most men would have friends who had had it—and would know the treatments they had received ( and whether they “worked” or not )….If Mercury didn’t have at least some successes, I just think it doubtful that it would have continued to have been employed….As for one’s “immune system” curing Syphillis, there are no medical examples of this, that I am aware of (however, those with very strong immune systems might, in theory, have their Syphillis go into permanent remission) ….Syphillis was, and is, such a virulent & aggressive disease, such individuals would be rare, indeed
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