Interactive version is online at https://odon.at/en/data-stories/what-europe-called-syphilis/ with an extensive data table there
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![Europe's Syphilis Blame Map [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/9y5m6akkbt4h1-1536x1329.png "Europe’s Syphilis Blame Map [OC]")
Interactive version is online at https://odon.at/en/data-stories/what-europe-called-syphilis/ with an extensive data table there
If you know another term (and have a reference) please let me know and I will add it.
Posted by cavedave
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Interactive version is online at https://odon.at/en/data-stories/what-europe-called-syphilis/ with an extensive data table there
Made using d3.js javascript
Main data source is [Brief History of Syphilis by Tampa et al](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3956094/).
If you know another term (and have a reference) please let me know and I will add it.
I live that Scotland is just blaming everyone!!
This is not true for Russia – it was always called “French disease”. The earliest Russian source mentions Polish troops being afflicted, but even there it is called “French disease”. (Sorry, French people.)
looks like everyone is blaming their closest trade partners and the french.
Finnish Wikipedia knows that the first names in Finnish were French disease, due to the connection with Sweden.
We should really go back to everyone blaming the French for things. Hell, odds are they actually deserve it anyway.
As a Scot, I’m frankly amazed Scotland never blamed the English for it.
Croatia over here proudly claiming credit for inventing syphilis.
“Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hilter?”
Croatians blaming themselves was a plot twist lmao
Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
Me thinking blaming the French was just a recent internet meme