Syphilis, sex and psychiatry, 1789-1925: Part 1

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  Kaplan, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

History; Psychiatry; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARESIS; REVIEW; SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT;

HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

EID: 77049123501     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398560903295709     Document Type: Review

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