The Cruel Madness of Love

Against a backdrop of contemporary social and sexual concerns, and potent fears surrounding the moral and physical degeneration' of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century society, The Cruel Madness of Love' explores a critical period in the developing relationship between syphilis and insanity. General paralysis of the insane (GPI), the most commonly diagnosed of the neurosyphilitic disorders, has been devastating both in terms of its severity and incidence. Using the rich laboratory and as