Essays about: "Syphilis"
Found 4 essays containing the word Syphilis.
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1. The Secret Trade : Booksellers, advertisement and sexually transmitted diseases in eighteenth-century London
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the relationship between booksellers, medicine for sexually transmitted diseases, and advertising in eighteenth-century London. The analysis is based on trade cards, prints and advertisement in newspapers and periodicals. READ MORE
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2. The Effect of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Implementation on the Spread of Syphilis: Evidence from Brazil
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study investigates the effect of offering Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV, as a public policy, on the spread of syphilis through behavioral changes on the willingness to engage on riskier sex behavior (i.e. condomless sex). READ MORE
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3. The Case of Boel Olsdotter
University essay from Lunds universitet/HistoriaAbstract : By the mid-19th century, syphilis had been established for several hundred years as a disease associated with immorality, from which the poor in particular suffered. Although hospitals for the treatment of venereal diseases existed in most European countries, there would be no cure for another hundred years, and physicians battled unsuccessfully against disfigurement and death. READ MORE
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4. Medical plants : change of use with time
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop ScienceAbstract : Since the beginning of time, the humankind has used plants to cure all sorts of diseases, both physiological and psychological. With the entry of modern medicine the herbal remedies became unpopular but today herbal medicine is becoming more and more popular all over the world. READ MORE