An edition of Sex, sin, and science (2008)

Sex, sin, and science

a history of syphilis in America

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An edition of Sex, sin, and science (2008)

Sex, sin, and science

a history of syphilis in America

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Praeger Publishers
Language
English
Pages
195

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Sex, sin, and science: a history of syphilis in America
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Table of Contents

The great pox: origins and European background
A "secret disease:" syphilis in America before the First World War
"Continence is not incompatible with health:" syphilis in World War I
"Congress apparently thought the spirochetes of syphilis were demobilized:" the interwar years
"Fool the axis - use prophylaxis": syphilis in World War II
"Magic in the form of penicillin:" syphilis in America since World War II.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Westport, Conn
Series
Healing society--disease, medicine, and history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
616.95/13
Library of Congress
RC201.5.A2 P37 2008, RC201

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Pagination
p. ;
Number of pages
195

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16658179M
Internet Archive
sexsinsciencehis0000para
ISBN 13
9780275994303
LCCN
2008009953
OCLC/WorldCat
213008128
Library Thing
9024891
Goodreads
6009750

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