Syphilis
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Chapter 2 focuses on syphilis. Topics discussed include the debate around syphilis’ origins, the politics of colonialism, the “Columbian exchange”, the stages of syphilis, treatments, historical mentions of syphilis, the history of syphilis in Canada, syphilis’s connections to sexuality and race, and provides an in depth case study of syphilis outbreaks in eighteenth century Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec.
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Contributors
Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay
Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali settler living in Tio’tia:ke for over two decades. A family doctor who serves primarily in Eeyou Istchee, Baijayanta also works in Treaty 3 and 9 territories, as well as with undocumented migrants, unhoused people and queer/trans youth in the city. He is clinical faculty at the McGill Department of Family Medicine, focusing on supporting rural/low-resource practice. Mukhopadhyay also organises around issues related to extractivism, migrant rights, policing, public services and decolonizing global health within local and international networks and collectives. His previous works include A Labour of Liberation and essays in Briarpatch Magazine, Sarai Reader and Upping the Anti.
