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Chapter Five Chlamydia
(2019)
Since the late 1990s chlamydia has been the most commonly reported sexually
transmitted infection (STI) in Europe and the United States. The
infection is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis),
and ...
Chapter One (The Wrong Kind of ) Gonorrhea in Antiquity
(2019)
Studying the relationship between disease and fertility in antiquity is challenging.
The first difficulty is establishing the presence, and then prevalence,
of any particular condition before an assessment can be made ...
Chapter 9 The Invention of the 'Stressed Animal' and the Development of a Science of Animal Welfare, 1947-86
(2014)
Stress is one of the most widely utilized medical concepts in modern society. Originally used to describe physiological responses to trauma, it is now applied in a variety of other fields and contexts, such as in the ...
Chapter 3 Defining Difference
(2017)
Ovariotomy provides a useful way of unpacking not just the process of
surgical innovation but also the usefulness of innovation as an analytical
category in the history of medicine. How might we pin down the meaning
of ...
Chapter Five Chlamydia
(2019)
Since the late 1990s chlamydia has been the most commonly reported sexually
transmitted infection (STI) in Europe and the United States. The
infection is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis),
and ...