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This film begins with the story of a young Italian-American couple whose baby is stillborn due to syphilis. It also tells the story of a young man who contracts the illness from a brothel. The film explains the effects of syphilis, emphasizes the importance of treatment, and warns against quacks. (Click on the link below to download from OPA.)
This image conveys that venereal disease is a threat to industrial production and the war effort. Gonorrhea and syphilis appear as planes bombing a factory while a worker looks on.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, C.D. Batchelor Cartoons, 1940-1941, Box 177, Folder 23.
National Archives, Record Group 112: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), Series: Posters Promoting Venereal Disease Prevention and the Prevention of Other Diseases, circa 1942-1944.
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This is an epidemiological chart that shows how one syphilis epidemic spread. This image was created earlier in the 1930s. Here it appears with a new heading. ]]>2015-07-18T09:40:13+00:00
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Title
"How Syphilis Spreads Through Prostitution"
Description
"Outbreak of syphilis infections in a rural county : Monroe County, Tennessee"
This is an epidemiological chart that shows how one syphilis epidemic spread. This image was created earlier in the 1930s. Here it appears with a new heading.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, ASHA, The Attack on Commercialized Prostitution, 1941, Box 177, Folder 28.
This comic strip shows Jane consulting her doctor and getting a prenatal syphilis test. She has a healthy baby. There is also text accompanying the strip that gives more information.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, C.D. Batchelor Cartoons, 1940-1941, Box 177, Folder 23.
This comic strip shows the initiation of an industry syphilis control program. It makes clear that screening employees for syphilis improves efficiency and that results will be confidential.
This comic strip shows a couple, Frank and Ann, who consult their physician and get premarital syphilis exams. There is also text accompanying the strip that gives more information.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, C.D. Batchelor Cartoons, 1940-1941, Box 177, Folder 23.
This comic shows the positive choices soldiers make when a town provides them with "wholesome recreation" and social events, nice places to stay, and "nice" girls to spend time with. At the end of the comic, Bill and Jim comment that they enjoyed themselves and there is no need to get a medical exam. There is also text accompanying the strip that gives more information.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, C.D. Batchelor Cartoons, 1940-1941, Box 177, Folder 23.