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Lues venerea at Warrane , Sydney Cove 1788–1828
Author(s) -
Short Bruce H.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.15368
Subject(s) - cove , syphilis , medicine , colonialism , indigenous , meaning (existential) , governor , gerontology , history , archaeology , virology , ecology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychology , biology , physics , psychotherapist , thermodynamics
Historical writings of the growth of the Colony at Sydney Cove, Warrane , offered limited insight into the deprivations endured by sufferers of the 18th century canker, lues venerea , syphilis. Despite Governor Arthur Phillip's well‐meaning precautions, the disease effortlessly accompanied the First Fleet, rapidly spread among the Colonial inhabitants and very soon spilled over to the indigenous Cadigal clansmen. Sporadic reporting by early Sydney diarists delineated the unstoppable course of the advancing affliction.