From body to community : venereal disease and society in Baroque Spain /

"Known in early modern Europe by many names--the French Disease, the Bubas, and, eventually, syphilis--the Great Pox was a chronic disease that carried the stigma of sexuality and produced a slow and painful death. The main institution which treated it, the pox hospital, has come down to us as...

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Main Author: Berco, Cristian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2015.
Series:Toronto Iberic.
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