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Shadow on the Land (Syphilis) Exhibit
"Fell'as You Bet I'm Going to Think--"
This poster appeals to servicemen's concerns about family, warning that VD could threaten their future plans. It features an image of a young woman and a baby.
"Inherited Syphilis"
"A man may transmit syphilis to his children. His children's children…
Tags: children, congenital syphilis, father
"Blind Boys"
"These boys are blind because their mothers had gonorrhea, in most cases contracted from the father. Most of the blindness in children is…
Tags: blind, children, father, gonorrhea, photograph
Defective Baby
"The man who has contracted gonorrhea or syphilis may bring suffering upon the innocent. When he marries,…
Secretions
"The secretion of the ovaries makes the girl grow into a woman : The secretion in the testes makes the boy grow into a man : The ovaries and testes also…
Tags: children
"The Venereal Menace: An Exhibit for Adults"
Tags: blind, children, germ, lab, law, marriage, menace, microscope, microscopic view, pick-up, prostitution, quack, recreation, sex ed
Keeping Fit Promotion Brochure (African American)
Tags: African American, children, mother, photograph, recreation, social hygiene, sports, woman
Public Health Exhibit Exhibit
Tags: children, infectious disease, polio, rickets, TB
"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Cause, Spread, Cure)
Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. This graphic summarizes the information included in the pamphlet about the cause,…
"Live up to it soldier--"
Tags: children, gonorrhea, prophylaxis, serviceman, soldier, syphilis
"Expectation of Life at Birth" (Survey Graphic Reprint)
Tags: African American, children, grave, life expectancy
"A Community Program for Tuberculosis and Syphilis Control" (Survey Graphic Reprint)
"The Infected Person May Choose"
"Outcome of Latent Untreated Syphilis During Pregnancy"
"Cases of Syphilis Traced to One Person in One Year"
Tags: children, infographic, man, pictorial statistic, prostitute, spirochete, syphilis, wife, woman
"How Syphilis Spreads" (Survey Graphic Reprint)
This infographic shows how syphilis is spread in prostitution and marriage. These graphics are based on case records from the NY State Department of Health. The image is from a reprint of the July 1936 article…
Tags: children, death, marriage, microscopic view, prostitution, spirochete, syphilis
"Outcome of Latent Untreated Syphilis in Pregnancy" (Survey Graphic Reprint)
"What Kind of Parents Will YOUR Children Have?"
Tags: children, military, social hygiene
"Stamp Out Syphilis"
"Every baby is entitled to be born healthy : Blood test & examination should be made before marriage by your doctor or Bureau of Social Hygiene Clinic, 51…
"The Great Crippler"
LOC Notes: Produced for the town of Hempstead Health Dept.
Tags: children, crutch / cane, shadow, syphilis
"Syphilis: A Message to the Negroes of Mississippi"
Tags: African American, arm, blood test, children, DOH, physician, syphilis, tourniquet, woman
"My Boy Was Wounded"
Tags: children, cigar, father, man, military, prostitute, shame, street, street walker
"Health Helps: Jane Has a Healthy Baby"
"Health Helps: Frank and Ann Guard Against Syphilis"
Tags: blood test, children, couple, family, man, marriage, physician, premarital exam, syphilis, woman
"For Home and Country."
Three figures, a soldier, a sailor, and a pilot, salute a woman and child sitting outside a suburban home. A US flag flies in front of the house. The text advises servicemen to avoid venereal disease with their family and…
"The Things That Count"
Tags: children, enemy, family, prostitution, social hygiene
"Expectant Mothers!"
"You Can Have A Healthy Baby : Ask your Doctor to give you a Careful Physical Examination including Blood Test as soon as you know a Baby is Coming."
"Cleaning the Windows Through Which Children View the World---"
Tags: children, home, recreation, sex, sex ed, social hygiene
"Blinded by Gonorrhea"
"If the mother has gonorrhea, her child may be blinded at birth :…
"A Syphilitic Baby"
"Every child has a right to be well-born : If the father or the mother has syphilis, the child may be born or defective"
"Our Family Are Having Their Blood Tests Like Thousands of Others"
Tags: African American, blood test, children, family, father, man, mother, photograph, physician, syphilis, test tube, tourniquet, woman
"Parents Are the Child's First and Best Social Hygiene Teachers!"
"If your child asks a question regarding sex, answer it simply, naturally, and in your own…
"How Syphilis Spreads Through Prostitution"
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.
Tags: children, congenital syphilis, contacts, family, man, prostitute, prostitution, rural, sex, south, syphilis, wife, woman
"Outbreak of Gonorrhea among Pupils of a Public Elementary School"
Tags: children, contacts, family, father, homosexual, mother, prostitute, school