• Whereas the upper strata could call upon specialized care givers and/or discreet therapy (such as Van Swieten's liquor--mercury and brandy), the poor were treated in public facilities designed for those of "moral and physical decrepitude."
• Punishment was both explicit and implicit in therapy
  • Prior to 1701, it was a matter of public policy to have women whipped unless she could prove infection from her husband or a soldier.

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