ISBN-13: 9781604132427 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 144 str.
Looks at Syphilis from historical and epidemiological perspectives, describing the discovery of the bacterium that causes syphilis as well as the medical advances that shed light on how the disease spread, how that spread could be prevented, and the development of effective treatments. This edition includes statistics of syphilis rates in the US.