Revealing the hidden affliction how much infertility was due to venereal disease in England and Wales on the eve of the Great War?
By the turn of the twentieth century the British nation's declining birthrate was increasingly the subject of anxious public and scientific debate, as the Registrar General's annual reports continued to confirm a downward national trend, which had in fact commenced from the late 1870s.
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2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Hidden Affliction: Sexually-Transmitted Infections and Infertility in History - Simon SzreterPART 1. THE HIDDEN PITFALLS IN THE EARLY DOCUMENTARY RECORD(The Wrong Kind of) Gonorrhea in Antiquity - Rebecca Flemming"Poxt and Clapt Together": Sexual Misbehavior in Early Modern Cases of Venereal Disease - Olivia WeisserPART 2. THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND THE HISTORY OF THE STI MICRO-ORGANISMSBioarcheological Contributions to Understanding the History of Treponemal Disease - Charlotte RobertsBioarcheological Contributions to Understanding the History of Treponemal Disease - Rebecca RedfernA Long-Standing Evolutionary History between Chlamydia trachomatis and Humans: Visible, Ocular and Invisible, Genital Variants - Ian N. ClarkeA Long-Standing Evolutionary History between Chlamydia trachomatis and Humans: Visible, Ocular and Invisible, Genital Variants - Hugh R. TaylorChlamydia: A Disease Without A History - Michael WorboysPART 3. POPULATION DECLINE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTHPopulation Decline in Island Melanesia: Aphrodisian Cultural Practices, Sexually Transmitted Infections and Low Fertility - Tim Bayliss-SmithCommunity Infertility in Papua New Guinea: Uncovering the Role of Gonorrhea - Roy F. ScraggFertility, STIs and Sexual Behaviour in Early and Mid-Twentieth Century East Africa - Shane Doyle"A Wise Provision of Nature for the Prevention of Too Many Children": Evidence from the Australian Colonies - Janet McCalman"A Wise Provision of Nature for the Prevention of Too Many Children": Evidence from the Australian Colonies - Rebecca KippenPART 4. INFERTILITY AND THE SPECTRE OF VENEREAL DISEASES IN MODERN EUROPE"The Archenemy of Fertility": Gonorrhea and Infertility, Germany 1870-1935 - Christina BenninghausFecundity in a World of Scourges: Venereal Diseases, Criminal Abortion and Acquired Infertility in France c.1880-1950 - Fabrice CahenFecundity in a World of Scourges: Venereal Diseases, Criminal Abortion and Acquired Infertility in France c.1880-1950 - Adrien MinardRevealing the Hidden Affliction: How Much Infertility Was Due to Venereal Disease in England and Wales on the Eve of the Great War? - Simon SzreterRevealing the Hidden Affliction: How Much Infertility Was Due to Venereal Disease in England and Wales on the Eve of the Great War? - Kevin SchürerList of Contributors.
