Essays about: "syphilis"

Found 4 essays containing the word syphilis.

  1. 1. The Secret Trade : Booksellers, advertisement and sexually transmitted diseases in eighteenth-century London

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Makrina Hjälm Ellnemyr; [2023]
    Keywords : Eighteenth century; London; England; medicine; booksellers; book trade; trade; syphilis; sexuality; advertisement; disease; history; trade card; bill head; Historia; 1700-tal; handel; bokhandlare; London; England; medicin; sexualitet;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 2. The Effect of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Implementation on the Spread of Syphilis: Evidence from Brazil

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Marcos Antonio Zaffari Jr.; [2022]
    Keywords : Health Economics; HIV; PrEP; Syphilis; Econometrics; Behavioural Economics;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. The Case of Boel Olsdotter

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Ingrid Lyberg; [2014]
    Keywords : syphilis; venereal disease; illegitimate child; church rituals; Kurhuset; lock hospital; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 4. Medical plants : change of use with time

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Science

    Author : Emelie Jansson; [2007]
    Keywords : medical plants; medical changes of use; Echinacea purpurea; Echinacea pallida; Digitalis purpurea; Digitalis lanata; Hypericum perforatum; herbal medicine; modern medecine; heart medicine; respiratory infections; psychological disorders;

    Abstract : 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