Szreter The Hidden Affliction

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Infertility in History
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78744-582-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 46, 450 Seiten

Reihe: Rochester Studies in Medical History

Multidisciplinary collection of essays on the relationship of infertility and the "historic" STIs--gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis--producing surprising new insights in studies from across the globe and spanning millennia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szreter, Simon

Weitere Mitwirkende

Minard, Adrien

Roberts, Charlotte

Benninghaus, Christina

Cahen, Fabrice

Taylor, Hugh R.

Clarke, Ian N.

McCalman, Janet

Schürer, Kevin

Worboys, Michael

Olivia Weisser, Olivia

Flemming, Rebecca

Kippen, Rebecca

Redfern, Rebecca

Scragg, Roy F.

Doyle, Shane

Szreter, Simon

Bayliss-Smith, Tim

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Hidden Affliction: Sexually-Transmitted Infections and Infertility in History - Simon Szreter
PART 1. THE HIDDEN PITFALLS IN THE EARLY DOCUMENTARY RECORD
(The Wrong Kind of) Gonorrhea in Antiquity - Rebecca Flemming
"Poxt and Clapt Together": Sexual Misbehavior in Early Modern Cases of Venereal Disease - Olivia Weisser
PART 2. THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND THE HISTORY OF THE STI MICRO-ORGANISMS
Bioarcheological Contributions to Understanding the History of Treponemal Disease - Charlotte Roberts
Bioarcheological Contributions to Understanding the History of Treponemal Disease - Rebecca Redfern
A Long-Standing Evolutionary History between Chlamydia trachomatis and Humans: Visible, Ocular and Invisible, Genital Variants - Ian N. Clarke
A Long-Standing Evolutionary History between Chlamydia trachomatis and Humans: Visible, Ocular and Invisible, Genital Variants - Hugh R. Taylor
Chlamydia: A Disease Without A History - Michael Worboys
PART 3. POPULATION DECLINE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
Population Decline in Island Melanesia: Aphrodisian Cultural Practices, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Low Fertility - Tim Bayliss-Smith
Community Infertility in Papua New Guinea: Uncovering the Role of Gonorrhea - Roy F. Scragg
Fertility, STIs and Sexual Behaviour in Early and Mid-Twentieth Century East Africa - Shane Doyle
"A Wise Provision of Nature for the Prevention of Too Many Children": Evidence from the Australian Colonies - Janet McCalman
"A Wise Provision of Nature for the Prevention of Too Many Children": Evidence from the Australian Colonies - Rebecca Kippen
PART 4. INFERTILITY AND THE SPECTRE OF VENEREAL DISEASES IN MODERN EUROPE
"The Archenemy of Fertility": Gonorrhea and Infertility, Germany 1870-1935 - Christina Benninghaus
Fecundity in a World of Scourges: Venereal Diseases, Criminal Abortion and Acquired Infertility in France c.1880-1950 - Fabrice Cahen
Fecundity in a World of Scourges: Venereal Diseases, Criminal Abortion and Acquired Infertility in France c.1880-1950 - Adrien Minard
Revealing the Hidden Affliction: How Much Infertility Was Due to Venereal Disease in England and Wales on the Eve of the Great War? - Simon Szreter
Revealing the Hidden Affliction: How Much Infertility Was Due to Venereal Disease in England and Wales on the Eve of the Great War? - Kevin Schürer
List of Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Szreter Simon:
SIMON SZRETER is Professor of History and Public Policy as well as a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, UK.Szreter Simon:
SIMON SZRETER is Professor of History and Public Policy as well as a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, UK.