US Public Health Service (USPHS) Materials

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Cover)

Cover of a educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis.

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Pamphlet)

An educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis.

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Doctor, Test)

"Self-treatment and the quack are useless in syphilis. See your doctor of local clinic for adequate treatment."

"Find syphilis early. Serum from the first sore may reveal syphilis even before the blood test will show it."

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"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Darkfield Exam)

"A special dark-field microscope is needed to see the tiny, pale spirochete--the germ that causes syphilis."

Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a man looking through a darkfield microscope at…

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Spirochetes)

"These gleaming spirals are Spirochaeta pallida. It would take 3,500 of them, ent to end, to make an inch." Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a microscopic view of spirochetes, the germs that cause…

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Blood Test)

"A bit of blood is carefully drawn from the arm for the blood test. It's as simple as a smallpox vaccination."

"The completed blood test. The milky solution on the right shows syphilis. THe clear solution means health."

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"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Drug Preparation)

"Only a skilled physician can use arsphenamines, basic drugs in modern scientific treatment of syphilis."

Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a physician preparing drugs for syphilis treatment.

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Treatment)

"Thirty shots of an arsephenamine; forty shots of bismuth. For no other serious disease is there so sure a cure."

Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a physician using a syringe to inject treatment…

"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Cause, Spread, Cure)

"About SYPHILIS..We know : 1. The Cause (Spirochetes) 2. How it is Spread 3. And How it May Be Cured"

Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. This graphic summarizes the information included in the pamphlet about the cause,…

"Know For Sure, Get Blood Tests Before Marriage"

This poster featuring a happy newlywed couple advises people to be tested for syphilis before marriage.

"Is Your Family Safe?"

"Guard them against syphilis, Get a blood test today"

This poster advises audiences to get a blood test. It features an image of an African American mother and her baby.

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