Fun fact : in Strasbourg, there’s a (very pretty) district called Petite France (“Little France”). Its name comes from a former hospital that treated syphilis at a time when Strasbourg was a part of Germany.

Respect for Croatia

It’s pretty clear the French are to blame.

Ottoman one should be “French disease” as well though. While Frenk was used as European as in general, it comes from French.

The Italians were right to blame the French though. They brought it to Italy from the Americas during a military campaign in Naples