Between sin and disease. A historical-sociological study of the prevention of syphilis and AIDS in Belgium (1880-2000) KU Leuven
Venereal diseases (VD) have always been associated with the idea of sin, yet from the late 19th century, these pathologies gradually emerged und er a new light in western societies as a collective health threat, succe eding a long tradition in which venereal disease infection was merely se en as a self-inflicted punishment for committed vice. This historical-so ciological study explores the ways Belgian society dealt with sexually t ransmitted ...