The myth of syphilis : the natural history of treponematosis in North America
"Exploring the long standing question of the origins of syphilis, this book proposes a new understanding of the dynamic interactions of disease and culture in the New World. It brings together a complete picture of the diverse pathological evidence of treponematosis, a bacterial disease manifest in the North American archaeological record at the time of Christopher Columbus's first journey, presenting a strong argument against the earlier identification of modern venereal syphilis with indigenous North American treponemal disease."--BOOK JACKET
eBook, English, 2005
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 2005