Historical account of venereal diseases in Mexico.

Historical account of venereal diseases in Mexico.

This paper reviews the history of sexually acquired diseases in Mexico. It is divided into four major chronological sections which discuss social attitudes and values, the development of services and of official policy, and historical epidemiology.

The terrible peril: a historical perspective on the venereal diseases.

I have chosen a historical theme for my lecture today to mark the creation of the first chair of genitourinary medicine in the world. The first part is concerned with the events leading to the creation of an organised clinical service for the venereal diseases in the UK and its subsequent growth. In the second part I will examine the history of the Middlesex Hospital in relation to these diseas...

Venereal Diseases

Venereal Diseases.

For many years in each of the Canadian provinces, the law has required that any person suffering from or suspected to be suffering from a venereal disease shall place himself under the care of a physician, and it has been the duty of that physician to report such cases to the Provincial Department of Health. It was not until 1944, however, that, as the result of a recommendation of the Dominion...

Venereal diseases.