Like AIDS today, venereal disease existed in epidemical proportions in eighteenth-century Britain and France. In the 18th century, as today, venereal disease (VD) was not discussed in polite company.

University Press of Kentucky, 1996 - Medical - 269 pages. Like AIDS today, venereal disease existed in epidemical proportions in eighteenth-century Britain and France. Medical practitioners of every stripe - legitimate and otherwise - knew little but wrote volumes about its origins, symptoms, and "cures. The pathology of the disease remained elusive throughout the century despite frequent and loud debates on the topic in the press. Yet syphilis and other diseases reached epidemic proportions and affected every level of society.

The Secret Malady book. Venereal disease existed in epidemical proportions in 18th-century France and Britain. Linda Merians offers a detailed study of the disease. Initially regarded as the subject for jokes and boasts of Restoration promiscuity, its prevalence as the century wore on forced people to take it seriously.

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Venereal disease existed in epidemical proportions in 18th-century France and Britain.

Venereal disease existed in epidemical proportions in 18th-century France and Britain.

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Linda E. Merians, ed. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. Richard Stockton College.

The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France. Linda Merian's introduction effectively sets the stage for the articles that follow, remind- ing twentieth-century scholars,judging by the few books on the subject, that they have tended to honor the secrecy imposed by eighteenth-century values. The articles in part one discuss the historical and medical contexts of venereal disease. Susan P. Connor, in "The Pox in Eighteenth-Century France," describes the often horrific treatment dispensed to prostitutes with venereal disease.

MERIANS, Linda . ERIANS, Linda E. American, b. 1955. Genres: History The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, 1996. Career: University of Maryland at College Park, instructor in English, 1983; Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, assistant professor of English, 1984-87; La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, assistant professor, 1987-91, associate professor of English, 1991-, director of Women's Studies Program, 1989-91. Lecturer at educational institutions. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, 1996.