Treponema Tango

Natural marvel or painting masterpiece ?
No, treponema pallidum...

Treponema Tango

Sam Adams

Treponema pallidum is a difficult-to-eradicate pathogen and responsible for the sexually-transmitted disease, syphilis, also known as The Great Pretender..  The English and Italians called it the French Disease or the French Pox (morbus gallicus); the French; called it the Neapolitan sickness; Russians referred to it as the Polish sickness; Poles called it the German sickness; Flemings, Dutch, Portuguese and North Africans called it the Spanish or Castilian sickness; and the Japanese called it the Canton Rash or the Chinese Ulcer.

 From the Sam Adams obit

Samuel T. Adams, Jr. (1928-2016) - Sam Adams, "The Prince of Parody," announces that he has completed his 88-year gig on planet Earth, and is available for other engagements. Sam, also known as "Sonny" Adams, was a fixture on the New Orleans entertainment scene from the 1940s until fairly recently. He was a modern minstrel, miraculously managing to earn a living over this period not only as an incomparable pianist and clarinetist, but also as a humorist, puppeteer, and TV "Bozo the Clown".  (...)  Funeral and celebration arrangements are a bit confused at this time, which is the way Sam would have like it.