From almost the time when man first discovered the pleasures of sin, he has also experienced the torments of the Pox. Drawing on references from art and literature, stories of famous sufferers and medical documents, this book presents the history of syphilis and gonorrhoea, and their treatment, from the Renaissance to the antibiotic age.
From almost the time when man first discovered the pleasures of sin, he has also experienced the torments of the Pox. Drawing on references from art and literature, stories of famous sufferers and medical documents, this book presents the history of syphilis and gonorrhoea, and their treatment, from the Renaissance to the antibiotic age.
Engelska
Fittest of the Fit : Health and Morale in the Royal Navy, 1939–1945
Fittest of the Fit : Health and Morale in the Royal Navy, 1939–1945
The Seasick Admiral : Nelson and the Health of the Navy
Passage to the World : The Emigrant Experience, 1807–1940
Poxed & Scurvied : The Story of Sickness and Health at Sea
Poxed & Scurvied : The Story of Sickness and Health at Sea
The Seasick Admiral : Nelson and the Health of the Navy
Passage to the World : The Emigrant Experience, 1807–1940
Fighting Fit : Health, Medicine and War in the Twentieth Century
Penicillin Man : Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution