UNrIL THE twentieth century, venereal diseases presented almost unmanageable problems to Western man. In times of war they took an especially heavy toll, producing as late as the nineteenth century a rate of infection sometimes double that of peacetime. Given the vast movement and dislocation of people and the relaxation in morals associated with war, military leaders had no choice but to resig...

The venereal diseases services in Great Britain was established over half a century ago in 1916 as a result of a report by a Royal Commission set up to advise the government. An Act of Parliament, the Venereal Diseases Regulations of 1916, instructed local authorities to build, equip, and staff clinics in all areas of the country, where treatment was to be free and confidential. Further legisla...

RECENTLY the writer has had the good fortune to make a prolonged survey of venereal diseases in Southern Rhodesia. During this undertaking some 17 cases of granuloma inguinale were observed during six months 'in widely scattered parts of the country from Concession,north of Salisbury, to Belingwe, south east of Bulawayo. 10 were males and 6 were females. It was estimated that to find these, som...