The paperback (276 p.) has an additional chapter on AIDS. `Well-researched, accurate, and clearly written...' New England Journal of Medicine .
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The paperback (276 p.) has an additional chapter on AIDS. `Well-researched, accurate, and clearly written...' New England Journal of Medicine .
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Add this copy of No Magic Bullet to cart. $30.43, fair condition, Sold by Lisa Van Munster rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oshawa, ON, CANADA, published 1985 by Oxford University Press, Inc..
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Richard Rossiter. Fair in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 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.
Add this copy of No Magic Bullet: a Social History of Venereal Disease to cart. $85.18, very good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Oxford University Press, USA.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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