Wages of Sin Sex and Disease, Past and Present

Name: Wages of Sin Sex and Disease, Past and Present
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ISBN: 9780226014616

ISBN-10: 0226014614

ISBN-13: 9780226014616

Edition: 2002

Authors: Peter Lewis Allen

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Throughout history, Western culture has often viewed disease as punishment for sin. This text offers a history of this perception and explains how these ancient views continue to shape contemporary life and public policy.

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 226
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



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.


Conclusion: The Week Nobody Died


Notes


Bibliography


Index