The Pox: The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease

Author:   Kevin Brown ,  Kevin Brown
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
ISBN:  

9780750940412


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 September 2006
Format:   Paperback
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The Pox: The Life and Near Death of a Very Social Disease


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From almost the time when man first discovered the pleasures of sin, he has also experienced the torments of the Pox. Drawing on references from art and literature, stories of famous sufferers and medical documents, this book presents the history of syphilis and gonorrhoea, and their treatment, from the Renaissance to the antibiotic age.

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Author:   Kevin Brown ,  Kevin Brown
Publisher:   The History Press Ltd
Imprint:   The History Press Ltd
Edition:   UK ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9780750940412


ISBN 10:   0750940417
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   21 September 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Kevin Brown has been Trust Archivist and Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum Curator, at St Mary's NHS Trust, Paddington since 1989. He set up the archive service at the hospital and established the Museum in 1993. He is chairman of the London Museums of Health and Medicine, and the author of Penicillin Man: Alexander Fleming and the Antibiotic Revolution.

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