Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. From Body To Community 1
7. Introduction Beyond Mercury: Venereal Disease In Context 3
8. Chapter 1. Getting Sick: Signs, Sin, And Social Worth 21
9. Chapter 2 .Encounters Of The Third Kind: Medical Assumptions And Patients 38
10. Chapter 3.Melting Pot: The Hospital De Santiago’S Patients 55
11. Chapter 4.Safeguarding Reputation: Gender, Hospitalization, And Textiles 70
12. Chapter 5.Between Body And Soul: Treatment At The Hospital De Santiago 88
13. Chapter 6.Getting Hitched: Pox, Sexuality, And Marriage 105
14. Chapter 7.Making Ends Meet: Disease, Work, And Family 123
15. Chapter 8.Playing Nice With Others: Pox And Community 144
16. Conclusion Patients As People: Disease, Society, And Beyond 166
17. Notes 171
18. Bibliography 229
19. Index 251