From its appearance in Europe at the end of the fifteenth century until its cure with the discovery of penicillin, syphilis has inspired wildly varying--and cul

The book presents the first comprehensive history of the origin of syphilis, from its appearance in Europe at the end of the fifteenth century to the present da

This book traces the history of syphilis and efforts to control the disease in the United States, from Colonial times to the present.

Syphilis / Geschichte.