Chapter 54: Syphilis Report

Marin was very sad after sending away the 700 brothers who fought alongside him. After all, they fought together for seven or eight months. But before he could recall the past, he was summoned by the emperor urgently.
"Good afternoon, Your Majesty!" At the Royal Palace in Vienna, Marin met Maximilian I again.
"Baron Marin, 朕 I have a tricky thing to ask you."
"please say!"
"Some of these French prisoners have strange symptoms! Nauseous abscesses have begun to develop on them ..."
"Syphilis ..." Marin exclaimed. When in Italy, Marin was so excited that he forgot about it because he had obtained a large amount of spoils.
"Syphilis?" The emperor had never heard of this thing, so he was a little confused.
His Majesty, this is what the minister heard from the teacher. This malignant disease, called 'syphilis,' originated in the West Indies, where Columbus discovered ... "
"Columbus? I know, he said he found the route westward to India ..." Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, and now three years have passed, and Maximilian I knew the news.
"In fact, what Columbus discovered was not India at all, but an area where wild people live ..."
"Are you sure?" Maximilian I was a little skeptical. Because Western Europeans have never been to real India.
"My teacher, I've been to real India!"
"Oh, right? What does real India look like?"
"The so-called 'India' found by Columbus has people with yellow skin. There are two main types of people in real India. One is a white West Asian who is almost like an Arab, and the other is black. Race ... "
"Where did Columbus go?"
"A barren continent to the west has a low level of civilization. Moreover, this terrible syphilis came from the West Indies."
怎么 "How come?"
"According to my teacher, it was about a sailor from Columbus who had a relationship with a local indigenous woman in the West Indies and contracted this disease. Then, you know, the sailor was a Spaniard and went to Sicily , Then had a relationship with the local prostitute, and then was taken by the client to Naples, which was close to Sicily, and passed to the Naples prostitutes, and then spread in Naples ... "
"It happened that the French had invaded Naples, and the French soldiers couldn't control themselves and went to visit the sick prostitutes. This evil was spread inside the French army. It is said that this time the French went to tens of thousands, only More than 10,000 people have returned intact, but 4,000 have been captured by us ... "
"So powerful?" Maximilian I took a breath. What a terrible and terrifying disease that has destroyed tens of thousands of troops!
"According to what I discovered in Italy, there were tens of thousands of people who died in the French army because of this disease, but it caused an unparalleled panic and made the French army's morale depressed. Otherwise, Charles VIII would not He led the army to flee north, and was picked up by the minister. Even if he escaped, the French army also caused the Italian coalition a big loss. "
Maximilian I nodded, he knew this information. The French army who ran hurriedly still killed 2,000 Italians, and the Italians caused only 1,000 casualties to the French army.
"We have to thank this evil. Otherwise, the French will not retreat so easily, and they may fight against us to the end. You need to know what the Italian army is. We will not be able to fight the full French army if the Imperial Parliament does not support a full war . "
但是 "However, this disease is extremely easy to spread. Please pay attention to it."
怎么 "What? Very serious?"
"Yes, as long as there is a relationship, this disease has a great chance of being transmitted. Your Majesty, think about it, if a person who came back from Italy contracted the disease. Then he went to Vienna to find one A prostitute, transmitted the disease to the prostitute. Later, the soldiers in Vienna also went to the prostitute, and they were infected ... "
Before I finished speaking, Maximilian I was frightened. If the Vienna army is heavily infected with syphilis, the Hungarians can take Austria again without any effort ...
"What can Ai Qing do?"
"There is no way but to keep soldiers abstinent for a while. Otherwise, if the Vienna army contracted this evil and lost its combat effectiveness, it would not be able to resist the Hungarian invasion ..."
"I was afraid the soldiers would rebound ..." Maximilian I was worried.
"It doesn't matter, Your Majesty, as long as you tell them the consequences of this evil and announce the tragedy of the French in Naples, they will know how to choose. Life is important or pleasure is important?"
"Well, you're right. But dozens of 2000 prisoners seem to have contracted this kind of disease. What should be good? If they die, they won't receive ransom ..."
When Maximilian I opened his mouth, he exposed his inhuman nature. He was not worried about the safety of the French, but he was not worried about getting the ransom ...
"How long have those people been attacked?"
"It was not long ago ..." It seems that it was in the incubation period before ~ ​​EbookFREE.me ~ just broke out.
"That ’s okay, the minister may have a way to suppress this evil temporarily, but it cannot be eradicated. However, it is still okay to stick to the ransom ..."
"That's good, that's good!" Maximilian I opened his eyes. It is enough to get the ransom. As for the future, he cares about those French who die?
So, Marin proposed a very primitive treatment-topical mercury and sulfur ...
This is only a cure for skin diseases. Among them, mercury is very toxic. However, only for external use, as long as the amount is controlled, it is also possible.
Although this method cannot be cured, it can greatly reduce the onset of syphilis and suppress syphilis to a certain extent. Some mild patients may even be cured.
After a while, Maximilian I decisively found a hot spring with a strong sulfur scent, so that dozens of French people went down to soak up the bacteria. In addition, let them apply some mercury to their affected area.
And in order to prevent the outbreak of syphilis in the Holy Roman Empire, Maximilian I issued a scripture introducing the source of syphilis, using the formal term "syphilis" to define the disease, and strictly prohibiting any prostitute from coming from Italy and France Guests, otherwise executed ...
At the same time, those who go to Italy and France are also strictly prohibited from going to prostitutes. Because, according to Marin's speculation, syphilis has inevitably spread in Italy and France. Unless everyone is abstinent, this stubborn disease cannot be eradicated ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest, hottest serial works are all in ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Mobile users please read .