Sex, Sin, and Science: A History of Syphilis in America

摘要

At of end his book, John Paras-candola writes, "It is my hope that the reader ... acquired a broader apprecia-tion of disease as a social as well as a medical construct and of the way in which social and cultural factors influ-ence our understanding of and reaction to any given disease." The social con-text of syphilis is nicely summarized by the title, Sex, Sin, and Science: A History of Syphilis in America. Be-cause syphilis is sexually transmitted, it is often considered as a moral issue, and thus people who have syphilis have sinned. This perception is both absurd and insightful