Can you close your eyes without falling over?
Hugh Pennington: Symptoms of Syphilis, 11 September 2003
Pox: Genius, Madness and the Mysteries of Syphilis
by Deborah Hayden.
Basic Books, 379 pp., £20.99, January 2003,0 465 02881 0 Show More
by Deborah Hayden.
Basic Books, 379 pp., £20.99, January 2003,
“... administered therapy. Forgetting about traditional adversaries makes it easier for them to return. Deborah Hayden’s book reminds us of the havoc syphilis wreaked in the pre-penicillin era, and examines its effects on the lives of the famous, on composers, poets and ... ”
