Charlotte Vosper
Academic and author specializing in the history of medicine, gender and sexuality, presenting research on early modern venereal disease and treatments featured in the book The Dreaded Pox.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 39min
Sores, sweat and secretions: the pox in early modern London
Charlotte Vosper, academic and author who studies the history of medicine, gender and sexuality, explores the pox in early modern London. She traces how the disease was defined and blamed, reveals bizarre and secretive cures, and shows how stigma, space and gender shaped diagnosis, treatment and legal uses of venereal disease.
