After Venus, mercury: syphilis treatment in the UK before Salvarsan

Sex Transm Infect. 2015 Feb;91(1):68. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051778.

Authors

Adriane Gelpi¹, Joseph D Tucker²

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA Social Medicine Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA International Diagnostics Centre, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SCIENCE; SYPHILIS.

Publication types

Historical Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
Arsphenamine / therapeutic use
Bismuth / therapeutic use*
Delivery of Health Care / history*
Delivery of Health Care / methods*
History, 20th Century
Humans
Mercury / therapeutic use*
Syphilis / drug therapy*
Syphilis / history*
United Kingdom

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Arsphenamine
Mercury
Bismuth

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