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At the end of the 15th century a terrifying new epidemic spread across Europe, but was this disease, known as the Great Pox, really Syphilis? Did Christopher Columbus actually bring the disease back from the New World? Join us as we look at whether the discovery of a 600 year old skeleton can shed new light on the origins of one of mankind's most enduring diseases, which still affects 12 million people every year. This material forms part of The Open University course S320 Infectious disease.

  1. 07/10/2009

    Searching for Syphilis

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  2. 07/10/2009

    Transcript -- Searching for Syphilis

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  3. 07/10/2009

    What was the Great Pox?

    Discussions to whether the symptoms described by medieval medical records really were the signs of syphilis. Could Columbus and his crew really have started the spread of the disease in Europe?

    6 min

  4. 07/10/2009

    Transcript -- What was the Great Pox?

    Discussions to whether the symptoms described by medieval medical records really were the signs of syphilis. Could Columbus and his crew really have started the spread of the disease in Europe?

  5. 07/10/2009

    The bones of Rivenhall women

    Dr Simon Mays discovers a 600 year old diseased skeleton from a church yard in Essex. Will the bones of Rivenhall women show signs that treponemal disease was in Europe prior to the voyage of Columbus?

    5 min

  6. 07/10/2009

    Transcript -- The bones of Rivenhall women

    Dr Simon Mays discovers a 600 year old diseased skeleton from a church yard in Essex. Will the bones of Rivenhall women show signs that treponemal disease was in Europe prior to the voyage of Columbus?

  7. 07/10/2009

    Extracting DNA from ancient bone

    Dr Piers Mitchell an orthopaedic surgeon and medical historian looks at which types of diseases Rivenhall women was likely to be carrying. Meanwhile Ms Abi Bouwman an biomolecular archaeologist is looking at new ways of detecting treponemal DNA in ancient bone.

    5 min

  8. 07/10/2009

    Transcript -- Extracting DNA from ancient bone

    Dr Piers Mitchell an orthopaedic surgeon and medical historian looks at which types of diseases Rivenhall women was likely to be carrying. Meanwhile Ms Abi Bouwman an biomolecular archaeologist is looking at new ways of detecting treponemal DNA in ancient bone.

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At the end of the 15th century a terrifying new epidemic spread across Europe, but was this disease, known as the Great Pox, really Syphilis? Did Christopher Columbus actually bring the disease back from the New World? Join us as we look at whether the discovery of a 600 year old skeleton can shed new light on the origins of one of mankind's most enduring diseases, which still affects 12 million people every year. This material forms part of The Open University course S320 Infectious disease.

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