Show Stop The Spread Of Syphilis By D. D D. D Carr M. M D. D Director Division of V V. D D. Control The Ibe chronicles of history thrill readers with their tales of mari martial martial mar mar- courage when dread enemies were halted But hi In all the record om military history there Is none so wonderful In hi such marvelous re results re- re for human happiness as the battles batties fought against disease battles battles bat bat- bat bat- batties ties fought In the laboratory Inthe Inthe in inthe the hospitals and at lonely be bed sides Smallpox yellow fever diphtheria diphtheria theria typhoid tuberculosis A- A Aone one after another these enemies of the human race have been or are rapIdly rapIdly rapIdly rap- rap Idly being conquered Knowledge has found their weakness and unlike unlike un un- like some martial victories these battles are forever r won Can the same victory be won against syphilis Doctors say that scientifically it has haa been won Tt The e great fight is still ahe ahead d and the victory Is yet to be won Syphilis has a helper that most other diseases diseases' do not have It has hIlS stealth on its side aide and hi In syphilis especially stealth Is la a foe that must be vanquished before science can do Its work Doctors tell us that syphilis could be practically wiped out of the United States In a single generation If every victim of it sought medical attention as soon as the disease manifested Itself The Ibe great consideration therefore therefore therefore there there- fore is not how to cure syphilis for that is known but how to awaken those who have syphilis to the need of seeking cure The present present present pre pre- pre pre- sent slay Jay physician knows how an and andis is usually ready and eager caler to do dl dohis dohis his part One Ono of the present great Ire needs is II to get the public enlightened enlighten ed and desirous of doing its Ita part The nation working together cando can cando cando do far more than stop the spread of syphilis syphilis-It syphilis It can stamp It out The need was never so great Syphilis Ills ilis Is spreading at the rate of half halfa a million new cases each year It U kills about one hundred thousand each year fifteen per cent of all blindness is due to it and it causes ten per cent of all aU Insanity These and other facts are appall In ing They are entirely unnecessary sary vary because unlike some come other ether Infections InfectioN syphilis can be conquer con ed No one because he or she has hat contracted syphilis need go through life tearing fearing Its untoward horrors for self or children It has hall been estimated that if it a victim of syphilis His ilis seeks treatment early and continues continues continues con con- faithfully the disease can almost always be rendered on in infectious and can usually be cured It Is Important then to know something of the symptoms for often the presence of syphilis can tin be determined in advance of the well known blood test Readers should mark these symptoms and remember them 1 Pint the suspicious sore BOre in the so called first stage the rash In the secondary stage mucous patches In hi the I mouth and sore throat pains hi In hithe the joints and fever The physician will recognize the signs sign If he wan wanto wants I Ito to make mak a microscopic examination or a s blood test let him If It he prescribes prescribes pre pre- II scribes treatment take it Treatment Treatment Treatment Treat Treat- ment soon stops the spread even evenIn evenin in the most dangerous cases I The Ibe surest thing in the fight against syphilis is s that It can be bewon bewon won If all aU will do their theft share Their best help Is to seek all possible aid I that m medical science has to offer Since the spread of syphilis can I be stopped our slogan must b be be e FIND IT TREAT IT PREVENT T ITS FURTHER SPREAD The Scandinavian Countries have donit done don doneIt e I It Great Britain Is doing it America Amer Amer- Amer ica lea must do It These articles on syphilis are are- beIng be be- Ing released by the Utah State i Board of Health In cooperation n with the American Social hygiene I Association I |