Social Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 4 |
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Page 197 - Any person afflicted with either of these diseases, who shall knowingly transmit or assume the risk of transmitting the same by intercourse to another person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof be fined in the sum of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned in the county jail not to exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment. And in addition thereto, shall be liable to the party injured in damnges to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Page 204 - ... infectious, communicable and preventable, and constitute a serious menace to the public health, thus properly coming under the charge of the public health authorities, and Whereas, It is well established that no administrative control of such diseases is possible without a system of notification and registration, associated with provision for the municipal care of patients unable or unwilling to place themselves under proper medical care and to take the precautions necessary to prevent the infection...
Page 176 - help of God' (1) to treat all women with respect, and endeavor to protect them from wrong and degradation...
Page 192 - Conservation of our natural resources is universally approved, but of what value would material resources be unless we conserve the moral, intellectual, and physical future of the coming generation ? Prevention is recognized as better and less expensive than cure. The Boy Scout movement takes the boy at that time of life when he is beset with the new and bewildering experiences of adolescence and diverts his thoughts therefrom to wholesome and worth-while activities. In this manner our character-building...
Page 172 - The educational campaign which has been conducted by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for a number of years has proven that it is possible to present the basic facts regarding health and disease and in particular the care and prevention of the latter In such a fashion that even the man on the street will become interested and will follow the instruction which is given to him. "The question at issue is this: Can the social hygiene program be similarly popularized; can pamphlets or literature...
Page 176 - To be modest in language, behavior and dress. 3. To avoid all conversation, reading, art and amusements, which may put impure thoughts into my mind. 4. To guard the purity of others, especially of my companions and friends.
Page 223 - I repeat, nowhere as yet by any means accomplished. Let us not, however, deceive ourselves into thinking that such a direct frontal attack absolves us from effort in other and different directions. Further achievement depends upon alterations in the constitution of society and its component parts. In so far as prostitution is the outcome of ignorance, laws and police are powerless; only knowledge will aid. In so far as prostitution is the outcome of mental or moral defect- laws and police are powerless;...
Page 196 - ... city health officers have been active in encouraging physicians and institutions in the use of the laboratory facilities to a greater or less degree. The following State Health Departments have issued pamphlets, cards, folders, or other publicity matter in regard to venereal disease: Idaho Indiana Texas Wisconsin Connecticut Rhode Island The following City Health Departments have issued pamphlets, cards, folders, or other publicity matter in regard to venereal diseases : Newark Seattle North...
Page 191 - ... developing, the home influence is unfortunately constantly lessening, so that its grasp upon the boy and the girl is not as strong as it was in the past, making the development of character largely a matter of chance — surely it is largely a matter of environment. Since the home is losing its influence and the public schools cannot concern themselves definitely with the development of character, it is left largely to chance or accident with the average boy and girl. Of course, there are exceptions...
Page 198 - ... increased the number of its sections actively interested in our work from 7 to 33. Most of these sections have had lectures on sex hygiene by physicians, and some have started study circles, cooperating with other organizations — Women's Clubs, School Improvement Associations or School Extension Courses. Valuable work in this latter connection has been done in the Public School Extension Course of Birmingham, Ala., where a series of lectures to mothers have been arranged and delivered by the...