A pewter syringe (1711) recovered from the shipwreck of the Queen Anne's Revenge, famed Pirate Black Beard's stolen flagship. The urethral syringe contained mercury, which most likely treated pirates aboard ailing from syphilis. More info: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/01/30/blackbeards-medical-tools-show-his-crew-battled-syphilis-scurvy-and-the-bloody-flux/

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