In Search of Sexual Health: Diagnosing and Treating Syphilis in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1890-1940

by Elliott Bowen

How did beliefs about syphilis shape the kinds of treatment people with this disease received? The story of how a town in the Ozark hinterlands played a key role in determining standards of medical care around syphilis.

During the late 1800s and early 1900s, the central Arkansas city of Hot Springs enjoyed a reputation as one of the United States' premier health resorts. Throughout this period, the vast majority of Americans who...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421438569
• ISBN13: 9781421438566
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"