Journal of Social Hygiene, Volume 5

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American Social Hygiene Association, 1919 - Hygiene, Sexual
 

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Page 229 - The initiative was undertaken by an officer appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate, and so it was through the instrumentality of the United States government these women are in limbo.
Page 609 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500, or to undergo imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 429 - ... to such universities, colleges, or other suitable institutions or organizations, as in the judgment of the Interdepartmental Social Hygiene Board are qualified for scientific research, for the purpose of discovering and developing more effective educational measures in the prevention of venereal diseases, and for the purpose of sociological and psychological research related thereto.
Page 477 - Vice-Chairman of the Board of Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Chairman of the Commission ; Prof.
Page 114 - Many of us who have experimented with licensed prostitution, or kindred measures, hoping thereby to minimize the physical evils, have been forced to the conclusion that they are really ineffective. Abraham Flexner has argued the case so convincingly, that, on the scientific side, it seems to me there is no escape from the conclusion that what he terms "abolition," as distinguished from "regulation," is the only effective mode of combatting this age-long evil.
Page 108 - ... becoming a menace to others, the establishment of free clinics for the treatment of venereal diseases, and the elimination of conditions favorable to the spread of venereal infections.
Page 2 - That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed during the present war to do everything by him deemed necessary to suppress and prevent...
Page 41 - In establishing quarantine the health officer shall designate and define the limits of the area in which the person known to have, or reasonably suspected of having, syphilis, gonorrhea...
Page 387 - Information, a magazine published by the Division of Venereal Diseases of the United States Public Health Service.
Page 17 - Treasury, (1) to study and investigate the cause, treatment, and prevention of venereal diseases, (2) to cooperate with State Boards or Departments of Health for the prevention and control of such diseases within the States; and (3) to control and prevent the spread of these diseases in interstate traffic...

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