No Magic Bullet

Author: Allan M. Brandt
Edition: Expanded
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0195042379
Category: Medical

No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880 (Oxford Paperbacks)

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical concerns. Download No Magic Bullet medical books for free.
In No Magic Bullet, Allan M. Brandt recounts the various medical, military, and public health responses that have arisen over the years--a broad spectrum that ranges from the incarceration of prostitutes during World War I to the establishment of required premarital blood tests.

Brandt demonstrates that Americans' concerns about venereal disease have centered around a set of social and cultural values related to sexuality, gender, ethnicity, and class. At the heart of our efforts to combat these infections, he argues, has been Get No Magic Bullet our bestseller medical books.

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