INTRODUCTION A GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF DISEASE COMMUNICATION MAJOR WORLD WAR II DISEASES: THE BIG FOUR Tuberculosis Venereal Diseases Malaria Hepatitis OTHER INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES IN WORLD WAR II THE BIG FOUR IN KOREA THE BIG FOUR IN VIETNAM PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECTS OF THE BIG FOUR Tuberculosis and Screening Venereal Diseases and Ambulatory Treatment Malaria and Vector Transmission Hepati...

Diseases. By Otto May, M.A., M.D., M.R.C.P. Pp. 240. London : Oxford Medical Publications. 1918. Price 7s. 6d. net. During this time of national appreciation of the urgency of the prevention and treatment of venereal diseases Otto May's book appears opportunely. It presents the case fairly and in judicious language, and should be of service to anyone who is working in an attempt to combat vener...

COMMON SKIN DISEASES. By A. C. Roxburgh, M.A., M.D.(Cantab), F.R.C.P. Sixth Edition. London: 194I. Messrs. H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., pp. 448 with I79 illustrations and 8 plates in colour. Price, i6s. net. THE appearance of this new edition within two years indicates the popularity of the work, which offers a reasonable introduction to the more common diseases of the skin. Both the text and the in...

COMMON SKIN DISEASES. By A. C. Roxburgh, M.A., M.D.(Cantab), F.R.C.P. Sixth Edition. London: 194I. Messrs. H. K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., pp. 448 with I79 illustrations and 8 plates in colour. Price, i6s. net. THE appearance of this new edition within two years indicates the popularity of the work, which offers a reasonable introduction to the more common diseases of the skin. Both the text and the in...

With the world -wide rise in both gonorrhea a nd syphilis in the face of the existence of s pecific curative m eas ures a nd of demonstra ted hi ghly successful public h ealth progra ms , a nd in spite of experi ence with and success in the u se of proph ylaxis , paI'ticula rly under conditions of social stress in two world wars, it see ms appropria te to a ssess again the ro le of prophylaxis ...

Despite the advances of therapy and technical research, and despite modern improvements in social and economic conditions, venereal diseases are still to be reckoned with, and an important part of the world's population continues to be infected with them. In France and elsewhere, syphilis has been steadily increasing since 1954, gonococcal urethritis is becoming more frequent, non-gonococcal ur...