10位有可能感染過梅毒的歷史名人(下)

espeare May Have Quit Writing Due To Syphilis

3.莎士比亞放棄寫作源於梅毒

Even though William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers in history, his life remains a mystery to this day.

雖然威廉·莎士比亞是歷史上最爲著名的作家之一，但至今，他的生活仍是一個謎。

The little we do know comes from outside records and speculation, but at least one theory could explain why Shakespeare abruptly quit writing and went into retirement. The idea comes from Shakespeare's own handwriting.

我們知道的那一點來自外界的記錄和猜測，但至少有一種說法可以解釋爲什麼莎士比亞突然放棄寫作，停筆不作。而這種說法的根據則是莎士比亞的筆跡。

At 36, Shakespeare's handwriting, including his signature, became noticeably different, showing evidence of a tremor in his hand. Why would Shakespeare have developed a tremor so early in life?

36歲時，莎士比亞的筆跡，包括他的簽名，很明顯變得不一樣，看出他的手在發抖。爲什麼莎士比亞這麼年輕手就會發抖呢？

In his plays, Shakespeare developed an obsession with syphilis, a disease usually ignored by society at that time.

在他的劇本中，莎士比亞對梅毒——一種當時的社會經常會忽略的的疾病——非常着迷。

As author D.H. Lawrence wrote: "I am convinced that some of Shakespeare's horror and despair, in his tragedies, arose from the shock of his consciousness of syphilis."

恰如作家D.H.勞倫斯所寫："我相信，莎士比亞那些暗含在悲劇中的恐懼和絕望都是源自他對梅毒的認知。"

Being involved in the theater, Shakespeare was believed to have had a vigorous sexual appetite, so that's one way he might have become infected. Even gossip from the time said that Shakespeare became involved in a sexual scandal in which he and others caught the illness.

由於混跡於劇院，莎士比亞性慾旺盛，因此，這是他有可能感染梅毒的一種途徑。甚至有傳言說，莎士比亞捲進了一個性醜聞事件，其中，他和其他人都感染了此病。

At that time, the treatment for syphilis was mercury. Some of the side effects of mercury are psychological changes and the tremors that Shakespeare developed.

那時，治療梅毒的方法是水銀。水銀的某些副作用就是心理變化以及莎士比亞表現出來的顫抖。

ent Van Gogh's Syphilitic Inspirations

2.文森特·梵高的靈感來源於梅毒

Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous names in the art world, but he suffered a tragically short life of almost constant poverty and depression.

文森特·梵高是藝術世界最著名的人物之一，但是他短暫而又悲慘的一生都在貧困與失意中度過。

However, the genius behind the beautiful art can't be denied. Was van Gogh's art created from the suffering he may have had from syphilis?

然而，不可否認的是，他是美麗藝術世界裏的天才。但他的作品有沒有可能是因染上梅毒而創作的？

In the 1880s, van Gogh left his childhood home and went to the city of Antwerp in Belgium where he engaged in a libertine lifestyle. There, he started to drink absinthe and regularly hired prostitutes.

在十九世紀八十年代，梵高離開童年時的家，去了比利時的安特衛普市，過着放蕩的生活。在那裏，他開始喝苦艾酒，定期僱用妓女。

Although he left Antwerp in 1886 to live with his brother in Paris, van Gogh would have a lasting reminder of his time in Belgium: syphilis.

雖然他在1886年離開安特衛普和他哥哥一起住在巴黎，但那段在比利時的日子令他無法忘懷：因爲梅毒。

During this time, he started the most productive period of his life, but he also became increasingly plagued with seizures and delusions.

在此期間，他迎來了一生中創作的高峯期，但他經常抽搐和妄想。

In 1888, van Gogh left his brother and in a fit of insanity, famously sliced off his own ear and presented it to a prostitute as a love gift.

1888年，梵高離開他的哥哥。衆所周知，他瘋狂地切掉自己的耳朵，並作爲愛的禮物送給一個妓女。

He was placed in an asylum where he experienced manic episodes, visions, and paranoia.

他被安置在一個精神病院，在這裏他經歷過躁狂期發作、幻想、妄想。

Throughout all of this, van Gogh's paintings became darker and more bizarre.

經過這一切，梵高的畫越來越黑暗奇怪。

In 1889, he checked himself into an asylum in Saint Remy where he seemed to partially recover. He made some of his best paintings there.

1889年，他住進了聖瑞米的精神病院，他在那似乎好了一些。他最好的畫作便是在那兒創造的。

In 1890, he checked out of the asylum, although he was still mentally unbalanced. Things seemed to be looking up for van Gogh as critics started to recognize his work.

1890年，儘管梵高的精神疾病沒有完全康復，但他還是離開了精神病院。那時評論家開始注意到他的作品，這對梵高來說是"柳暗花明又一村"。

However, van Gogh went to a field and shot himself. He Died two days later on July 27, 1890.

然而，梵高還是跑到一片麥田裏，向自己扣動了扳機。兩天後，這顆耀眼的明星隕落，時間是1890年7月27日。

Some people still believe that it was the effects of syphilis that caused van Gogh to kill himself.

一些人仍認爲梵高因爲梅毒的影響而自殺。

Others believe that other mental illnesses may have caused van Gogh's madness, although syphilis is believed to have had a major effect on his life.

雖然梅毒對他的生活產生了最大的影響，但也有人認爲其他精神疾病也可能造成梵高的瘋狂。

r Wilde Died Insane With Syphilis

1.奧斯卡·王爾德死於梅毒

For a time, Oscar Wilde was one of the biggest celebrities of 19th-century England with his sharp wit, whimsical behavior, and curious personality.

有一段時間，奧斯卡·王爾德因爲其聰慧，行爲古怪，特立獨行而成爲英國19世紀最大的名人之一。

Widely beloved by the upper class when he wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray, his literary legacy seemed assured.

他在寫《道林·格雷的畫像》時，受到上層階級的廣泛愛戴，他的文學作品似乎也有了一席之地。

However, a shocking scandal and a sensational trial ruined Wilde. As a final blow, he may have contracted syphilis, which could have affected his mind.

然而，一個令人震驚的醜聞，一場轟動的審判毀了王爾德。他可能已經感染了梅毒，也就是這最後的一擊，影響了他的想法。

Researcher Richard Ellmann believes that Wilde contracted the disease after a youthful escapade with a prostitute in 1878.

研究院理查德·艾爾曼認爲王爾德在1878年和一個年輕妓女的發生越軌行爲後便感染上梅毒。

However, descendants of the Wilde family have disagreed, stating that he didn't have syphilis. The problem is that there is some evidence that he did have the disease.

然而，王爾德家族的後裔否認說他沒有梅毒。問題是，有證據表明他已感染了該病。

As early as 1912, biographers claimed that Wilde had syphilis.

早在1912，傳記作者聲稱王爾德感染了梅毒。

Reginald Turner, Wilde's only friend who remained with him during the last weeks before his death, had this to say about Wilde's illness: "The disease was only shortly before his death diagnosed as a tertiary symptom of an infection he had contracted when he was 20."

雷金納德·特納，王爾德的唯一的朋友，在王爾德死前最後幾週期間一直和他呆在一起。他談到了王爾德的疾病：在他死後不久，他的病就被診斷爲第三期梅毒的症狀，而這種病在他20歲時就感染了。

The wording is vague, but it would match the timeline when Wilde was said to have caught syphilis.

他朋友措辭含糊，但這與王爾德被認爲感染到梅毒的時間是匹配的。

Over the years, many of his former friends came to believe that he had syphilis, some even claiming that he had inherited the disease from his father.

這些年來，他以前的許多朋友都認爲他有梅毒，有的甚至聲稱他是從他父親那裏繼承了這種疾病。

Although his death certificate doesn't list a cause of death, it's generally agreed that Wilde died of cerebral meningitis, which is inflammation of the lining of the brain.

雖然他的死亡證書中沒有列出死因，但人們普遍認爲王爾德死於腦膜炎，這是一種大腦內膜炎症。

Cerebral meningitis can be caused by syphilis because syphilis causes deterioration in the brain. It's also known that Wilde had regular mercury treatments, a common therapy for those with syphilis.

腦膜炎可由梅毒引起，因爲梅毒會引起大腦的惡化。人們還認爲王爾德定期做汞治療，而這是梅毒患者都會做的治療。