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Curiosity on X: "See how wigs hid syphilis symptoms… including the smell: https://t.co/flqGqSQsHP https://t.co/bICMFiGM8Z" / X
5minofscience - Wigs became popular in the 15th century to hide syphilis. Powdered wigs scented with orange and lavender were worn to cover not only the sores and baldness, but the smellassociated
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