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Sex, sin, and science : a history of syphilis in America / John Parascandola ; foreword by Richard H. Carmona.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parascandola, John, 1941-
- Series:
- Healing society--disease, medicine, and history 1933-5938
- Healing society--disease, medicine, and history, 1933-5938
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Syphilis--United States--History.
- Syphilis.
- Syphilis--history.
- History.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Syphilis--history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-188) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781567206685
- 1567206689
- Publisher Number:
- 99988587470
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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