GIANTmicrobes: Plush Pox
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Treponema pallidum

1,000,000 times actual size!

Facts: The pox (or Great pox, as distinguished from the "lesser" poxes such as chickenpox and smallpox) burst onto the historical scene in a 1494 epidemic that occurred in the French army, then fighting in Naples. The Italians promptly called it the French Disease. The French called it the Italian (or Neopolitan) disease. As there were Spanish soldiers serving in the French army - recently returned from the New World, where some hypothesize the disease originated - some dubbed it the Spanish disease; as it spread across Europe, it became the Portuguese disease, the Polish disease, the Russian disease, and so on.

This plush measures approximately 5" high and 3" wide. It is made of pink plush. It comes with a short description of the history, symptoms, and treatment of syphilis.

For children ages 3 and up.

Looking for a somewhat less giant version of this giant microbe? Have a look at the petri dish three-pack version here!

1 plush organism
Stock #GM7002 * $8.00

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