Non-gonococcal inflammations of the female genitalia are of very common occurrence and many of them correspond to forms of non-gonococcal urethritis in the male. Some authors, including Ilyin (1966), have found various inflammatory processes of the lower urogenital tract in the majority of women who had had sexual contact with men suffering from non-gonococcal urethritis; such women may have va...

There is little question that the control of the venereal diseases should be one of the major priorities of the various health professions in the United States of America. It is estimated that one American contracts a venereal disease every 15 seconds, and there are believed to be over half a million persons infected with syphilis in the United States and 2,000,000 new cases of gonorrhoea annua...

The reports of the meetings of the International Union against Venereal Diseases and Treponematoses and other recent publications agree about the recent recrudescence of venereal diseases and what these illnesses represent from the moral, medical, and social aspects. What has been said once is constantly repeated, with slight variations depending on the local circumstances of each observer, but...

In a previous paper (Home, 1950) the results of a study of some aspects of the male " defaulter" in a venereal diseases clinic were reported. Many of these results were unexpected, and since the numbers of patients in the groups were relatively small and most of them were drawn from one clinic (Edinburgh), similar groups at another clinic have since been studied. These latter groups comprise pa...

Disquiet has been expressed in the past at the treatment of patients suffering from venereal diseases by non-specialists (British Medical Association/British Cooperative Clinical Group, 1959). Mariners, however, are at greater risk than the general population with regard to non-specialist treatment, because of the readily available drugs in the ship's medical stores for use when at sea, and the...

Accepted: November 15, 2012 SUMMARY Until the works of Fran Gundrum, there was no comprehensive analysis of sexuality in Croatia. In this article, we investigate the background of Gundrum’s book Sexual Health Care, the first book on sexual hygiene in Croatia. We analyzed the motivational effect venereal diseases had on writing the book, as well as the metaphoric language he used to conceptualiz...

The spread of venereal diseases after the Second World War constituted a grave public health danger in Europe. Especially all four occupation zones Germany and Polish People's Republic high morbidity rates were observed. In order to limit diseases, respective administrations adopted specific regulations. aim this research is analysis comparison legal regulations for controlling combating these ...

Treponemal diseases comprise venereal syphilis (Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum) and the endemic (non-venereal) treponematoses, i.e. yaws (T. pallidum subsp. pertenue), endemic syphilis (T. pallidum subsp. endemicum) and pinta (T. carateum). Treponemal diseases are distinguished on the basis of epidemiological characteristics and clinical manifestations. They are at present indistinguishable...

First noticed in Uganda in 1863 by a European explorer, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) were cited as a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout this century. In 1908 the venereal diseases campaign was launched marking the real introduction of western medicine. By the mid-1920s, the campaign was combined with the medical service but throughout the colonial period (1901-1962) vener...