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

Author/creator Allen, Peter L., 1957-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Descriptionxxiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Sexually transmitted diseases--Social aspects.
Sexually transmitted diseases--Moral and ethical aspects.
Sexually transmitted diseases--History.
Sexual ethics--History.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases--history.
Ethics--history.
Social Conditions--history.
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.
General noteNotes: p. [163]-178.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-193) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
LCCN 99048603
ISBN0226014606 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780226014609 (alk. paper)
ISBN0226014614
ISBN9780226014616

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks RA644.V4 A45 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold
Laupus Books - Stacks WC 140 A428W 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold
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