Sex, sin, and science : a history of syphilis in America / John Parascandola ; foreword by Richard H. Carmona.

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.

195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

The great pox: origins and European background -- A "secret disease": syphilis in America before the First World War -- "Continence is not incompatible with health": syphilis in World War I -- "Congress apparently thought the spirochetes of syphilis were demobilized": the interwar years -- "Fool the Axis--use prophylaxis": syphilis in World War II -- "Magic in the form of penicillin": syphilis in America since World War II.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-188) and index.