Gayle Davis, ‘The cruel madness of love’: sex, syphilis and psychiatry in Scotland, 1880–1930, Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine, Clio Medica 85, Amsterdam and New York, Rodopi, 2008, pp. 285, illus., €58.00, $78.00 (hardback 978-90-420-2463-2).

Robert A Houston

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Gayle Davis, ‘The cruel madness of love’: sex, syphilis and psychiatry in Scotland, 1880–1930, Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine, Clio Medica 85, Amsterdam and New York, Rodopi, 2008, pp. 285, illus., €58.00, $78.00 (hardback 978-90-420-2463-2).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 54 , Issue 1 , January 2010 , pp. 139 - 140

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Gayle Davis, ‘The cruel madness of love’: sex, syphilis and psychiatry in Scotland, 1880–1930, Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine, Clio Medica 85, Amsterdam and New York, Rodopi, 2008, pp. 285, illus., €58.00, $78.00 (hardback 978-90-420-2463-2).

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