Patients, Disability, Syphilis, and History

Bull Hist Med. 2023;97(3):369-393. doi: 10.1353/bhm.2023.a915267.ABSTRACTThis paper explores the experiences of working-class patients treated for tertiary syphilis at the Neurology Dispensary of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Infirmary for Nervous Disease of the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital from 1878 to 1917. Using the twin lenses of medical history and disability history, it foregrounds the struggles of individuals whose physical condition cannot be reversed.PMID:38588192 | DOI:10.1353/bhm.2023.a915267
Source: Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Category: History of Medicine Authors: Source Type: research