The wages of sin : sex and disease, past and present / Peter Lewis Allen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2000Description: xxiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0226014606
- 9780226014609
- 306.461 21
- RA644.V4 .A45 2000
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Notes: p. [163]-178.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index.
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.
"Throughout history, Western culture has often viewed disease--from leprosy to syphilis and AIDS--as punishment for sin. The Wages of Sin offers a remarkable history of this perception, and explains how these ancient views continue to shape contemporary life and public policy."--Publisher description.
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