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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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The Rise of the Wig. How vanity and syphilis created a men's… | by Jamie Winfield | History of Yesterday
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Did You Know? People Used to Wear Powdered Wigs Because of Syphilis an Epidemic of the STD Swept Europe in the Mid 1500s and Left Thousands of People Bald So They Designed
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The Rise of the Wig. How vanity and syphilis created a men's… | by Jamie Winfield | History of Yesterday
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