That the artist chose to include this image in a series of works celebrating the New World indicates how important a treatment, however ineffective, for syphilis was to the European elite at that time.
该艺术家选择在一系列作品中纳入此图像来庆祝發现新世界，这显示出对当时的欧洲菁英份子而言，梅毒的治疗（即使无效）有多重要。