This comic poster shows servicemen talking about women. One brags he can tell from looking at a woman if she has syphilis. They seek out the medical officer to settle the debate. He explains that only a blood test can confirm if someone has syphilis and explains the effects of the illness, and the importance of full treatment and prophylaxis.
Source
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.
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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"V.D. (Venereal Diseases) Can Be Cured : Go to Your Doctor or Clinic Today"]]>2013-11-08T10:11:32+00:00
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"War Front of Home Front, America Needs You Healthy!"
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"Be Fit: Bureau of Social Hygiene, New York City: See Your Doctor : Be Examined : Have a Blood Test"]]>2013-11-08T09:04:33+00:00
National Archives, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949, Box 650.
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"The man who has contracted gonorrhea or syphilis may bring suffering upon the innocent. When he marries, and the baby comes, it may be defective."]]>2015-02-25T13:05:49+00:00
"Clinics give free : Blood Tests : Medicine : Advice : Pamphlets : These are given confidentially : Any one who has been exposed should go at once to a good doctor or a good clinic : By certain tests : The presence of syphilis or gonorrhea germs can be discovered : These germs can be just as easily recognized as any criminal whose picture is in the Rogues' Gallery"
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National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine, purl.
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"Every child has a right to be well-born : If the father or the mother has syphilis, the child may be born or defective"]]>2015-02-25T13:06:57+00:00
This comic strip is one in the "Health Helps" series. It shows a worker, Jerry, who visits a quack for syphilis treatment. His employer advises him to see his family physician. It is featured in the NSHD broadside.
]]>https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/310Survey Graphic giving an update on the state of syphilis control in the US.]]>2013-09-27T09:12:42+00:00
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"Are We Checking the Great Plague?" (Detail--Quack Poster)
This image is a poster warning audiences about quack treatments. It urges people to see a physician or health officer. This is from an article by R.A. Vonderlehr in Survey Graphic giving an update on the state of syphilis control in the US.
]]>https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/306Survey Graphic giving an update on the state of syphilis control in the US.]]>2015-07-09T11:51:31+00:00
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"Are We Checking the Great Plague?" (Detail--Trailer)
This photograph shows a trailer clinic in rural Georgia. There is a physician and some African American patients outside the trailer. This is from an article by R.A. Vonderlehr in Survey Graphic giving an update on the state of syphilis control in the US.
]]>https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/305Survey Graphic giving an update on the state of syphilis control in the US.]]>2013-09-27T08:54:59+00:00
This graphic highlights the important steps in controlling TB and syphilis. It is from a reprint of Parran's article in Survey Graphic on syphilis, TB, and African Americans.
]]>https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/300Survey Graphic Reprint)]]>Survey Graphic on syphilis, TB, and African Americans. The cover image features black medical professionals. The cotton on the bottom right references the South.]]>2015-07-18T09:10:44+00:00
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"No Defense for Any of Us" Cover (Survey Graphic Reprint)
This is the cover for an article reprint of Parran's piece in Survey Graphic on syphilis, TB, and African Americans. The cover image features black medical professionals. The cotton on the bottom right references the South.
This pictorial statistic shows the rates at which syphilis is detected via Wasserman exams when it is given routinely and only when the illness is suspected. The image is a graphic print for an image that appeared in Parran's 1937 book, Shadow on the Land.
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Papers of Dr. Thomas Parran, Jr., MD, Box 41, Folder 537, University of Pittsburgh Archive Service Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
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This poster features a newsboy and informs viewers that gonorrhea and syphilis can be treated quickly.]]>2015-07-18T08:51:50+00:00
"Gonorrhea can be cured in a few hours : Syphilis can be treated in a few days : Visit Your Doctor of Clinic : There's a Clinic Near You"
This poster features a newsboy and informs viewers that gonorrhea and syphilis can be treated quickly.
Source
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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"Don't Ever Forget When She Has Allure, An Ounce of Prevention, Is Worth A Pound of Cure! So Bear It in Mind--When On One of Your Sprees, It Can Happen to You--Venereal Disease!"]]>2013-08-12T07:54:31+00:00
This poster advises servicemen to use prophylaxis.
"Don't Ever Forget When She Has Allure, An Ounce of Prevention, Is Worth A Pound of Cure! So Bear It in Mind--When On One of Your Sprees, It Can Happen to You--Venereal Disease!"
This is the cover to a syphilis pamphlet created for African American audiences. It shows a mother getting her blood drawn for a blood test while her husband and daughter look on.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, Venereal Disease Projects, Negro Project, VD Pamphlets for Negroes, Box 119, Folder 02, http://purl.umn.edu/111229.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, Venereal Disease Projects, Negro Project, VD Pamphlets for Negroes, Box 119, Folder 02, http://purl.umn.edu/111229.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, Box 176, Folder 03, http://purl.umn.edu/112299.
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 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 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.
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, American Social Health Association Posters, World War II circa 1940-1943 Box Oversize flat 1 and map case drawer 11, http://purl.umn.edu/62570.
This poster shows 4 men in hospital beds. Each of them explains his error that led to contracting VD: "I could pick the safe ones," "I tried to treat myself," "I refused prophylaxis," "I knew it all. I ignored the advice of my CO my chaplain and the doc."
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, American Social Health Association Posters, World War II circa 1940-1943 Box Oversize flat 1 and map case drawer 11, http://purl.umn.edu/62528.
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This poster promotes adequate treatment by a physician and reminds viewers that syphilis can affect the family.]]>2013-07-29T07:32:38+00:00
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, United States Government and Military VD Graphic posters, 1940s, Box Oversize flat 1, http://purl.umn.edu/62529.
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"1. Health every employee get a blood test, especially accident and chronic sickness cases. 2. Keep examination results condiential between doctor, patient and health officer. 3. Enlist support of employees in a health campaign against syphilis and gonorrhea. 4. Don't fire an employee because of syphilis. Health him get cured. 5. SUpport local and state efforts to reduce syphilis in and near your town. 6. Help your town provide recreation for all ages. 7. Fight quackery and commercialized prostitution--archive accomplices of venereal diseases. 8. Consult your local health authorities and the American Social Hygiene Association about your problems."]]>2015-07-18T09:58:49+00:00
This infographic informs employers about the components of an industrial syphilis control program.
"1. Health every employee get a blood test, especially accident and chronic sickness cases. 2. Keep examination results condiential between doctor, patient and health officer. 3. Enlist support of employees in a health campaign against syphilis and gonorrhea. 4. Don't fire an employee because of syphilis. Health him get cured. 5. SUpport local and state efforts to reduce syphilis in and near your town. 6. Help your town provide recreation for all ages. 7. Fight quackery and commercialized prostitution--archive accomplices of venereal diseases. 8. Consult your local health authorities and the American Social Hygiene Association about your problems."
ASHA, Herald of Social Hygiene, February, 1940, Papers of Dr. Thomas Parran, Jr., MD, University of Pittsburgh Archive Service Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Box 41, Folder 541.
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This poster promotes the inclusion of syphilis blood tests in routine physicals. ]]>2015-07-09T11:53:15+00:00
American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, United States Public Health Service posters, 1940s Box Oversize flat 1, http://purl.umn.edu/62451.
]]>https://vdarchive.newmedialab.cuny.edu/items/show/80Three Counties Against Syphilis]]>
(Click on the link below to download from OPA.)]]>2013-07-22T07:43:44+00:00
This film documents a mobile trailer clinic program. Though the program only served African Americans in rural Georgia, it is highlighted as a success in syphilis control that could be applied to any population in any part of the nation.
(Click on the link below to download from OPA.)
National Archives, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949, Box 640.
National Archives, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949, Box 640.
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Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. This graphic summarizes the information included in the pamphlet about the cause, transmission, and treatment of syphilis. ]]>2015-07-18T10:11:08+00:00
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"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, transmission, and treatment of syphilis.
National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
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Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a physician using a syringe to inject treatment drugs into a patient's arm.]]>2013-07-18T07:05:45+00:00
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"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 drugs into a patient's arm.
National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
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Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. The photograph shows a physician preparing drugs for syphilis treatment.]]>2015-07-18T09:43:34+00:00
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"Syphilis, Its Cause, Its Spread..Its Cure!" (Detail--Drug Preparation)
National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
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"Find syphilis early. Serum from the first sore may reveal syphilis even before the blood test will show it."
Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. One photograph shows a doctor talking to a patient. The other depicts the preparation of slides to identify samples positive for syphilis. ]]>2015-02-25T13:20:59+00:00
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"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."
Detail from an educational pamphlet by the USPHS on syphilis. One photograph shows a doctor talking to a patient. The other depicts the preparation of slides to identify samples positive for syphilis.
National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
National Archives, Box 648, Record Group 69: Records of the Works Progress Administration, 1922-1944, Series: State Project Reports and Research Publications, compiled 1933-1943, documenting the period ca. 1605-1949.
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"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 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island."]]>2015-02-25T13:05:50+00:00
This poster encourages couples to be tested before marriage to ensure healthy children.
"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 Stuyvesant Place, Staten Island."
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"50% of babies born with syphilis have impaired eyesight : Consult a reputable physician."]]>2013-07-18T06:56:32+00:00
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"It can be prevented and cured : For examination and free pamphlets go to your doctor or Dept. of Health clinic."]]>2015-07-18T10:00:59+00:00
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"Gonorrhea Causes Blindness - Arthritis, Invalidism and Misery"
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"91% of syphilitic infections relapse in this period : The disease may be transmitted to others who contact the lesion : Consult a reputable physician."]]>2013-07-18T06:54:12+00:00
"91% of syphilitic infections relapse in this period : The disease may be transmitted to others who contact the lesion : Consult a reputable physician."
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"If you fear you have contracted a disease don't let false shame destroy health & happiness : Consult a reputable physician."]]>2013-07-18T06:52:06+00:00
This poster urges audiences to visit a physician if they believe they have venereal disease, discouraging feelings of false shame that keep people from hiding their illness.
"If you fear you have contracted a disease don't let false shame destroy health & happiness : Consult a reputable physician."
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"Know the risks involved : Syphilis is acquired and transmitted largely by youth : Youth should receive special attention : Consult a reputable physician. Last year a half-million cases of early syphilis were reported in the United States : 100,000 were under 19 yrs of age : 13,000 were between 11 and 15."]]>2013-07-18T06:50:07+00:00
This poster uses statistics in order to convey that young people are significantly affected by syphilis.
"Know the risks involved : Syphilis is acquired and transmitted largely by youth : Youth should receive special attention : Consult a reputable physician. Last year a half-million cases of early syphilis were reported in the United States : 100,000 were under 19 yrs of age : 13,000 were between 11 and 15."
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"Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted : Consult a reputable physician."]]>2013-07-18T06:49:22+00:00
Library of Congress, “Prints and Photographs Online Catalog,” Prints and Photographs Division, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b48914. LOC Reference: Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press, c1987, no. 219.
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"Your blood is bad means you have syphilis : You can give it to others through sexual intercourse and in other ways : You must keep up treatments for at least six months to one year following infection : Consult a reputable physician."]]>2013-07-18T06:48:42+00:00
This poster advises audiences that "bad blood" is another name for syphilis, how the disease is spread, and that six months to a year of treatment is required.
"Your blood is bad means you have syphilis : You can give it to others through sexual intercourse and in other ways : You must keep up treatments for at least six months to one year following infection : Consult a reputable physician."