THE VENEREAL DISEASES. A Manual for Practitioners and Students. By James Marshall, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Pp. 338. Illustrated. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1944. 21s. THIS is another contribution of high standard to the study of Venereal Diseases. The book is set out in an attractive manner in four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of the subject, the third and fourth parts d...

Public fears of widespread venereal disease led in 1913 to the appointment of The Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases (RCVD). In 1916 its Final Report offered only a single cautious and somewhat imprecise summary statement about the likely prevalence of venereal diseases in England and Wales. Although the significance of contemporary attitudes to venereal disease has attracted a good deal of ...

One of the most serious health problems occurring among population living in the post-war Poland comprised venereal diseases, including mainly syphilis, which reached proportions that had not been observed since the second half of the 20th century 1). As it was believed at that time, the spread of the said diseases became epidemic. It concerns particularly Regained Territories, where 20-30% of ...

Early yaws in a 9 year old girl from Ghana, diagnosed as imported disease in The Netherlands is reported. She had lived in The Netherlands for six months. Tropical non-venereal treponematoses are rarely seen in Europe, and only a few case reports have been published. Migration and travelling may confront the medical profession with cases of tropical diseases such as yaws. Positive serological r...