Kipkeepers, Pox and Gleet Vendors: A Rapid History of Syphilis - Therapy and societal responses, 16th-18th centuries

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Syphilis was accepted as disobedience to the laws of religion and morality, and those who suffered received their just deserts.
From the onset of the epidemic, arrest and quarantine of infected persons, prostitutes, foreigners and other high-risk persons was practiced.
- Prostitution was variably outlawed and subjected to regulation.