No, it is a sexually transmitted disease.
it is swelling of the lymph nodes. It is found in infections such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.
The usual things: diseases (plague and syphilis were big ones), accidents, old age.
The disease Shakespeare refers to most often is syphilis. Syphilis had become an epidemic since it was brought back from America by Christopher Columbus, and was rampant among the prostitutes in Southwark. Another serious disease was plague, of the variety called pneumonic plague, which recurred frequently and caused the closure of theatres in the 1590s. A particularly devastating outbreak of plague took place in 1666.
17th century London suffered from several communicable diseases. The most common were influenza, cholera, typhus, malaria, syphilis, small pox and the plague.
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The most notable diseases of the Elizabethan Age included: * Bubonic Plague * dysentery * typhoid * Influenza * Syphilis Gout was also prominent among the upper classes.
!. Cholera 2. Typhus 3. Typhoid 4. Black Plague 5. STD's..........syphilis was rampant and it crossed all social classes 6. Small pox
People suffered from a lot of the same medical problems as people do now. In addition there were diseases which have been largely wiped out: plague, smallpox and syphilis were all big problems.
The "Black Death" or bubonic plague swept Europe in the 14th Century, over 200 years before Shakespeare's time. Although plague outbreaks were common in the 16th and 17th century, the disease had mutated and was at that time "pneumonic plague" which had different symptoms. One disease that swept Europe during the sixteenth century was Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease which sailors brought back from the Americas.
You can die of untreated syphilis. Syphilis is easily treated, so it's not necessary to let it kill you.
Because syphilis gets into the blood.
No Syphilis is a human diesese that can not be transferred to pets