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Chapter 14 - Syphilis and the Public Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2022

Michael J. Aminoff
Michael J. Aminoff
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University of California, San Francisco
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During and after the late 1890s, Horsley turned increasingly from diseases of the individual to the ills of society, as discussed in earlier chapters. Prominent among his concerns were attempts to limit the extent and spread of venereal diseases (defined then as syphilis, gonorrhea, and soft chancre or chancroid) and to improve the certification system for disease.

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Victor Horsley
The World's First Neurosurgeon and His Conscience
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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