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The wages of sin : sex and disease, past and present / Peter Lewis Allen

Catalog Data

Author:
Allen, Peter L. 1957-  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2002
Notes:
NMAH copy purchased with funds from the NMAH Library Endowment.
Contents:
Sex by prescription : lovesickness in the Middle Ages -- To live outside the camp : medieval leprosy -- The just rewards of unbridled lust : syphilis in early modern Europe -- A broom in the hands of the Almighty : bubonic plague -- The heinous sin of self-pollution : medicine, morals, and masturbation -- AIDS in the U.S.A
Topic:
Sexually transmitted diseases--Social aspects  Search this
Sexually transmitted diseases--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Sexually transmitted diseases--History  Search this
Sexual ethics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1106094