The Scars of Venus : a History of Venereology /
In the last decade of the 15th century a new and deadly disease called Morbus Gallicus, or syphilis, appeared and spread rapidly throughout Europe. The effects of syphilis were so severe that it, and those suffering from it, where regarded with horror and despair. It is difficult for the modern read...
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London :
Springer London,
1994.
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Table of Contents:
- Origins
- The French Disease
- "Mr. Hunter's Singular Opinions: Early and Experimental Syphilis
- "He Sees Syphilis Everywhere": Late Syphilis
- "The Sins of the Fathers": Congenital Syphilis
- Spirochaeta Pallida
- "For One Pleasure a Thousand Pains": Treatment of Syphilis
- Chancroid and Donovanosis
- Gonorrhoea Virulenta
- Gonorrhoea after Neisser
- Viruses and Chlamydiae
- Venereologists and Others
- Public Health Matters
- No Happy Ending.