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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. 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 demostrates 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 the tendency to view venereal disease as both a punishment for sexual misconduct and an index of social decay. This tension between medical and moral approaches has significantly impeded efforts to develop "magic bullets"--drugs that would rid us of the disease--as well as effective policies for controlling the infections' spread.
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This book is devoted to tracing the historical record of this distinctive set of infectious diseases from the late nineteenth century to current epidemics of herpes and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
About the Author
Allan M. Brandt is Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Kass Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0195034694
- ISBN 13 9780195034691
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Richard Rossiter (illustrator). First Edition 1st Printing. BOOK: Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; Free Front Endpaper Missing; Front, Rear Endpapers Pulled From Removal of Jacket Cover; Corners, Spine Bumped; Moderate Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Previous Owner Markings (Price Clipped); Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; Slight Yellowing Due to Sun Exposure; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880. CONTENTS: Introduction: Sex, Disease, and Medicine; I. "Damaged Goods": Progressive Medicine and Social Hygiene; II. "Fit to Fight": The Commission on Training Camp Activities; III. "The Cleanest Army in the World": Venereal Disease and the AEF; IV. "Shadow on the Land": Thomas Parran and the New Deal; V. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet: Venereal Disease in the Age of Antibiotics; Appendix; Note on Sources; Manuscript Sources; Abbreviations; Notes; Index. SYNOPSIS: From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America requires us to examine social attitudes as well as purely medical concerns. This brilliant study is the first book to chronicle the range and direction of American reactions to the VD problem over the last hundred years. As Allan M. Brandt makes clear, the medical promise of "magic bullets" - drugs that would rid us of disease - is, in the case of VD, a promise unfulfilled. Despite dramatic advances, these diseases continue to exist in epidemic proportions. Focusing on this paradox of effective medicine and persistent disease, Brandt recounts the assorted medical, military, and public health responses to the problems that have arisen over the years; these have ranged from the widespread incarceration of prostitutes during World War I to the legal requirements for premarital blood tests. In Brandt's view, American concerns about venereal disease have been inextricably tied to a set of social and cultural values relating to sexuality, gender, ethnicity, and class. He shows how plans to combat sexually transmitted infections have typically emphasized the regulation of individual conduct. At the heart of such efforts, Brandt argues, is an ongoing tendency to see venereal disease as both a punishment for sexual misbehavior and an index of social decay. The tension between medical and moral approaches to VD has significantly impeded efforts to control these infections, Brandt contends, for it has too often been assumed that merely controlling behavior is the answer. In tracing the social history of VD, Brandt offers a lucid, perceptive commentary on the relationship between medical science and cultural values, between sexuality and disease. Allan M. Brandt is Assistant Professor of the History of Medicine and Science in the Department of Social Medicine and Health Policy, Harvard Medical School, and in the Department of the History of Science, Harvard University. He holds degrees from Brandeis University and Columbia University. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 000794
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