Sex, sin, and science : a history of syphilis in America / John Parascandola ; foreword by Richard H. Carmona.
| Uniform Title: | Healing society--disease, medicine, and history.
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| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger,
2008.
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| Series: | Healing society--disease, medicine, and history.
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| Physical Description: | 195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
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.