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Old 05-15-2006, 10:41 AM   #5 (permalink)
BadNick
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Originally Posted by Toaster126
I heard in an American History class that syphilis may have been a disease the Native Americans had to give the Europeans. There was speculation that the Lewis and Clark journey and people associated with it had deaths of unknown origin, with symptoms of what we know as syphilis.

Maybe it's just more anti-Muslim BS, but I recently heard that the Crusaders first brought syphills back to Europe when they returned from the Middle East.
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