Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson.

  • Robson, H. N.
Date:
1911
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Credit: Sexual disease and its medical prevention / by H.N. Robson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ences only are available for science, and these are somewhat hard to get, and require time and patience. There are French, German, and Austrian societies for the prevention of venereal disease, but Great Britain lags behind, and has not got one; the medical profession might do worse than bring itself up to date by starting one for the good of the nation. These societies could work together and assist the army and navy doctors in their good work, and in a few years these social diseases would probably be brought under control without any legislation. I have to thank the War Offices of London, Paris, and Berlin for kindly giving me most interesting information ; but figures and statistics have been avoided, as they lead to argument and contradiction. Both at Paris and Berlin the idea is, that it is not yet time for the army medical services to pronounce a decided opinion as to the practical value of the prophylactic treatment in vogue, and probably it will take time to educate the men up to its value, so as to enable them to carry it out efficiently. It is necessary to bear in mind that, in addition to the large amount of venereal disease in the United Kingdom, there are fresh supplies con-