The Phantom of the Opera has Syphilis

It explains almost everything.

Ariadne Schulz
22 min readOct 14, 2020
Pictured: Euphemism.

Warning: This post will include pictures of human remains and descriptions of medical conditions. If these are offensive or disturbing to you, turn back now.

Also, spoilers for Phantom of the Opera musical and novel. But if you haven’t seen the musical by now … dude.

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Ariadne Schulz

Doctor of Palaeopathology, rage-prone optimist, stealth berserker, opera enthusiast, and insatiable consumer of academic journals.