Oh My Word: Out of step: G7 leaders take a stroll-While Trump Follows in a golf cart

[LeftyMom]

136. Iirc the argument for syphillis is largely based on the pregnancy losses of his wives.

The argument is that initial successful pregnancy and subsequent miscarriages/stillbirths indicate that he's passing along an infection. But only Anne Boleyn really fits the pattern (and Jane Seymour might have had she survived childbirth) Catherine of Aragon miscarries six months into the marriage, and at least half a dozen times more before the birth of Mary, then again a few more times. Personally I like the argument that RH or Kell sensitization explains the situation.

I can believe that the doctors would have kept mercury off the books, but ambassadors were professional crotch sniffers, and since their letters are full of the king's capability, the menses of Henry's queens, etc I have no doubt that if Henry had syphilis symptoms we'd know all about it from their letters.