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- Topic
- Human Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Infectious Diseases, History
- ISBN
- 9780226014609
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Psychology, Medical, Social Science
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 17.3 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 226 Pages
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Near the end of the century, a new and terrifying disease arrives suddenly from a distant continent. Infecting people through sex, it storms from country to country, defying all drugs and medical knowledge. The deadly disease provokes widespread fear and recrimination; medical authorities call the epidemic the just rewards of unbridled lust; a religious leader warns that God has raised up new diseases against debauchery. The time was the 1490s; the place, Europe; the disease, syphilis; and the religious leader was none other than John Calvin. Throughout history, Western society has often viewed sickness as a punishment for sin. It has failed to prevent and cure diseases--especially diseases tied to sex--that were seen as the retribution of a wrathful God. The Wages of Sin , the remarkable history of these diseases, shows how society's views of particular afflictions often heightened the suffering of the sick and substituted condemnation for care. Peter Allen moves from the medieval diseases of lovesickness and leprosy through syphilis and bubonic plague, described by one writer as a broom in the hands of the Almighty, with which He sweepeth the most nasty and uncomely corners of the universe. More recently, medical and social responses to masturbation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and AIDS in the twentieth round out Allen's timely and erudite study of the intersection of private morality and public health. The Wages of Sin tells the fascinating story of how ancient views on sex and sin have shaped, and continue to shape, religious life, medical practice, and private habits.
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University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226014606
ISBN-13
9780226014609
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1633666
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Human Sexuality (See Also Psychology / Human Sexuality), Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Infectious Diseases, History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Genre
Psychology, Medical, Social Science
Number of Pages
226 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
17.3 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ra644.V4.A45 2000
Publication Name
Wages of Sin : Sex and Disease, Past and Present
Table of Content
Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sex by Prescription: Lovesickness in the Middle Ages 2. To Live outside the Camp: Medieval Leprosy 3. The Just Rewards of Unbridled Lust: Syphilis in Early Modern Europe 4. A Broom in the Hands of the Almighty: Bubonic Plague 5. The Heinous Sin of Self-Pollution: Medicine, Morals, and Masturbation 6. AIDS in the U.S.A. Conclusion: The Week Nobody Died Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
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Lccn
99-048603
Dewey Decimal
306.4/61
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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