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Pox

by Deborah Hayden

HistorySyphilisNew York Times reviewedHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 19th CenturyFamous Persons

Presents a tour of syphilis' grisly history. Presents case studies of various nineteenth- and twentieth-century luminaries rumored to have been syphilitic.

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