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[Syphilis, medicine and morality]
Medizin, Gesellschaft, Und Geschichte : Jahrbuch Des Instituts Fur Geschichte Der Medizin Der Robert Bosch Stiftung
|December 17, 2003
Abstract:
This paper analyzes the relation between sin, punishment and syphilis during the 19th and 20th centuries. Examination of preventive and therapeutic strategies for venereal infection shows that the deep-rooted connection between conceptions of sin, punishment and venereal disease has lasted well into the 20th century.