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Record Nr.

UNINA9910616389203321

Autore

Zbar Andrew P.

Titolo

Syphilis : a short biography / / Andrew P. Zbar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9783031089688

9783031089671

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 pages)

Disciplina

616.9

Soggetti

Syphilis

Syphilis - Diagnosis

Syphilis in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Announcing the Disease: A Brief Chronology of Syphilitic Events -- Abstract -- 2 Fracastoro's Poem and the Origins of Illness -- Abstract -- 3 The Protean Manifestations of Disease -- Abstract -- 4 In Search of the Organism and a Zauberkugeln (Magic Bullet) for Treatment* -- Abstract -- 5 Notable Victimhood: Syphilis and the Arts -- Abstract -- 6 Syphilitic Politics: Ethical Breaches, the Tuskegee Experiment and Beyond -- Abstract -- 7 Syphilocentricity in Brief: Disease in the Post-HIV Era -- Abstract -- Bibliography.