Patients, Disability, Syphilis, and History

This paper explores the experiences of working-class patients treated for tertiary syphilis at the Neurology Dispensary of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Infirmary for Nervous Disease of the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital from 1878 to 1917. Using the twin lenses of medical...

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Published in:Bulletin of the history of medicine 2023-09, Vol.97 (3), p.369-393
Main Author: Golden, Janet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annual reports
Archives & records
Ataxia
Clinics
Disability
Disease
Historians
History of medicine
Hospitals
Humans
Medical records
Neurology
Paresis
Patients
People with disabilities
Philadelphia
Physicians
Potassium
Public health
Syphilis
Working class
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Summary:This paper explores the experiences of working-class patients treated for tertiary syphilis at the Neurology Dispensary of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Infirmary for Nervous Disease of the Philadelphia Orthopedic Hospital from 1878 to 1917. Using the twin lenses of medical history and disability history, it foregrounds the struggles of individuals whose physical condition cannot be reversed.
ISSN:0007-5140
1086-3176
1086-3176
1896-3176
DOI:10.1353/bhm.2023.a915267