venereal diseases
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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 Immigration and Naturalization Service lists seven infectious diseases that are grounds for refusing immigrants entry into the U.S.: active tuberculosis, leprosy, syphilis and four other venereal diseases.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the venereal diseases are due to micro-organisms, I believe that they should be introduced in connection with the study of bacteria and other germs, either in school courses or in popular lectures.
From Sex-education A series of lectures concerning knowledge of sex in its relation to human life by Bigelow, Maurice Alpheus
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