Medieval syphilis and treponemal disease

Salmon, Marylynn.

Medieval syphilis and treponemal disease Marylynn Salmon - 1st ed. - Ceredigion : Arc Humanities Press, 2022. ©2022. - 1 online resource (106 pages) - Past Imperfect . - Past Imperfect Ser. .

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Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Contributions of Clinicians and Paleopathologists -- Chapter 2: Deciphering Two Opaque Sources on the Death of King Edward IV of England -- Chapter 3: Evidence from Medical Writings: A Suggestive Example -- Chapter 4: Evidence from Illuminated Manuscripts, Stained Glass, and Paintings -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Ground-breaking work showing that endemic and venereal treponematosis (bejel and syphilis) were present in late medieval Europe.

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Treponematose
Syphilis
Krankheit
Mittelalter
Paläopathologie


Europa



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