In Search of Sexual Health

"This book examines the "venereal peril" of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from the perspective of medical practice and the many sufferers who annually journeyed to Hot Springs, AR, seeking relief for their venereal ailments. Syphilis's status as a stigmatized disease of "others" (namely, prostitutes, immigrants, and African Americans) had a direct impact on the kinds of treatment that patients received, and this led to very different outcomes for the Hot Springs pilgrims"--