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venereal diseases

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  1. Sexually transmitted diseases; these diseases are named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love.


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The historian AJP Taylor said cattily that free treatment for venereal diseases was “the only innovation in ‘welfare’ directly attributable to the first world war”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018

The boy, a brilliant student, attended schools in Vienna, including Sigmund Freud’s old “gymnasium,” and summered in Sofia, Bulgaria, where his father specialized in treating venereal diseases before penicillin.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2015

World War II fervor and the excitement over penicillin, then a scarce, new drug, contributed to the rush to test this promising medicine against venereal diseases that commonly afflicted soldiers.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2011

The court found that such partners have a legal duty to inform each other about their venereal diseases.

From Time Magazine Archive

The reformers had a strange ally in the growing fear of venereal diseases.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved