The wreck of Blackbeard's flagship, the " Queen Anne's Revenge ", has since been discovered and found to include a urethral syringe ( used to treat syphilis ), pump clysters ( used to provide enemas ), a porringer ( possibly for bloodletting ), and a brass mortar and pestle for preparing medicine.
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Specific artifacts that support this conclusion include; a brass coin weight bearing the bust of Queen Anne of England, cast during her reign ( 1702-1714 ), the stem of a wine glass decorated with diamonds and tiny embossed crowns, made to commemorate the 1714 coronation of Queen Anne's successor, King George I ., the remains of a French hunting sword featuring a bust that closely resembles King Louis XV, who claimed the French throne in 1715, and a urethral syringe for treating venereal diseases with a control mark indicating manufacture between 1707 and 1715 in Paris, France.