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What disease did the French call Italian and what did the Italians call French?

The disease syphilis was given this name by the Italian poet and physician Girolamo Fracastoro in 1530. Until that time, in Italy it was known as the "French disease", and in France, on the contrary, as the "Italian disease". In the Netherlands, syphilis was called the "Spanish disease", in Russia - the "Polish disease", in the Ottoman Empire - the "Christian disease".

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What are gases?

Matter exists in different forms. When it resembles air, it is a gas. Gas is made up of tiny particles that move freely. They seek to spread in space as far as possible. Therefore, the gas does not have a definite shape. It takes the form of the vessel in which it is located, spreading and occupying the entire volume of the vessel.

When a gas is in a container, its moving particles hit the walls and bounce off. Trillions and trillions of particles are constantly bouncing off the walls. When hit, each particle produces a push. Together they create pressure with these shocks. If the container is made smaller, it will have a smaller volume, the gas particles will be compressed more. They will be given less room to move. They hit the walls more often. Therefore, if the volume decreases, the pressure of the gas increases.

If the gas is heated, its particles move faster and the pressure increases. If the temperature drops, the particles move less quickly. If the temperature is low enough, the attraction of the particles to each other causes them to combine and remain in this state. The gas ceases to be a gas. It liquefies and becomes a liquid.

There are many different gases. The most common gas is air. In fact, it is a mixture of gases, the main ones being oxygen and nitrogen. Other common gases are nitrogen, carbon dioxide (which we exhale), carbon, exhaust gases (very abundant), helium, hydrogen, and methane.

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