Pox : Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis Condition:Well Read feathered and furry friends everywhere

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Pox : Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis Condition:Well Read feathered and furry friends everywhereWas Beethoven experiencing syphilitic euphoria when he composed "Ode to Joy"? Did van Gogh paint "Crows Over the Wheatfield" in a fit of diseased madness right before he shot himself? Was syphilis a stowaway on Columbus's return voyage to Europe? The answers to these provocative questions are likely "yes," claims Deborah Hayden in this riveting investigation of the effects of the "Pox" on the lives and works of world figures from the fifteenth through