Pox : genius, madness, and the mysteries of syphilis / by Hayden, Deborah

Table of Contents: “…-- The revenge of the Americas -- A brief history of the spirochete -- Shedding light on the poison of the darkness -- From poisonous cures to wonder drug (almost) -- The physician's viewpoint -- Detective zeal : the fragile art of retrospective diagnosis -- Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 -- Franz Schubert, 1797-1828 -- Robert Schumann, 1810-1856 -- Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867 -- Mary Todd, 1818-1882, and Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865 -- Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880 -- Guy de Maupassant, 1850-1893 -- Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890 -- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900 -- Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900 -- Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), 1885-1962 -- James Joyce, 1882-1941 -- Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945 -- A gallery of pox : the myth of syphilis.…”

Fashion victims : the dangers of dress past and present / by Matthews David, Alison

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