Pox: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis by Deborah Hayden

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This brilliant work of social history reveals the hidden impact of syphilis on many of history's famous figures--from Wilde to Hitler to Abraham Lincoln--and its influence on the culture they created. Was Beethoven experiencing syphilitic euphoria when he composed "Ode to Joy"? Did van Gogh... read more

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WHEN Lou ANDREAS SALOMÃ‰ JOINED THE FREUD GROUP in 1911, she brought with her the rich mythology of having had an intense intellectual companionship with Friedrich Nietzsche in the summer of 1882, when she was twenty-one.

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