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 traveled there did so because they had (or thought they had) syphi…
"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…
"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…
