I got a question about syphilis's??!
Question: one of the woman at work were talking about something her grandfather told her.. black syphilis...he said the men got that during the vietnam war.. and they could not come back to the states because of it.. and that is why there are so many listed MIA.. she went on to tell me that they would clap wooden boards to gether on his member to get rid of the puss.. but there was no cure so they had to due this often..i have never heard of this.. but as she was telling me.. everyone around was all ears...is this true.. did this happen..?
Answers: one of the woman at work were talking about something her grandfather told her.. black syphilis...he said the men got that during the vietnam war.. and they could not come back to the states because of it.. and that is why there are so many listed MIA.. she went on to tell me that they would clap wooden boards to gether on his member to get rid of the puss.. but there was no cure so they had to due this often..i have never heard of this.. but as she was telling me.. everyone around was all ears...is this true.. did this happen..?
Interesting tales were told back then. I remember such stories, but bs is bs.
I have been living and traveling throughout VN for the last 4 years now, and either there was a miracle cure, or there was never any such thing. My vote goes with no such thing.
I doubt any of this is true. Syphilis is a bacterial infection easily cured by antibiotics (unless antibiotic resistant), even back in the 1970s.
Might be something about the Tuskegee Experiment?
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmtuskeg...
but I think that was before Vietnam...
The term "clap" usually refers to gonorrhea..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorrhea
Wow that could be interesting to see. I know I don't want that one. I would feel comfortable in saying no. If it's an STD I'm pretty sure you can find cases were it was here in the U.S. It's a good story though I will have to remember it for when my son gets old enough to start playing with sex. It might get him to shy away from doing it a little longer. Good luck with finding a definite answer.
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