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Disease, Decay and Debauchery: the Rake in The Country Wife
Mercury the Roman god of messengers, commerce, travel and
thievery.
The metal Mercury was also used to cure such Venereal diseases
as Syphilis in the Restoration period
Picture found on Google Images
William Wycherley's "The Country Wife"
The 1734 version of the Country Wife, in its original form as found on ECCO.
The Spread of Venereal Disease
A set of modern articles from many different sites discussing the spread of Venereal disease. Contains a description of the spread of venereal disease, the severities of the different types, as well as a list of the known types. It also discusses the severity of the effects of the various diseases in male and female patients.
Outbreak: The Spread of Moral Decay through the Agency of Physical Corruption in "The Country Wife"
a link to a word copy of my final essay for English 333. The paper discusses the way Horner's supposed impotence due to venereal disease is used as an agent for Horner's spread of moral decay.
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