May 2010
Beginner
304 pages
6h 13m
English
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Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
by Southern Illinois University David P. Clark - Department of Microbiology
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7. Venereal disease and sexual behavior
“That depends, my lord, whether I embrace your mistress or your principles.”—John Wilkes (1727–1797), replying to Lord Sandwich, who had just told him that he would die either of the pox or on the gallows.
Venereal disease is embarrassing
In recent times, there has been a tendency to replace the ugly term VD (venereal disease) with the supposedly less embarrassing STD (sexually transmitted disease). Despite this, accurate data on the frequency of venereal disease is hard to obtain, even in advanced nations. The reason is obvious enough: embarrassment.
The history of venereal disease suggests that, over the long term, periods of promiscuity might alternate with periods of puritanism. Diseases transmitted ...
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