Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1948, Tokyo, Japan Page two Pacific stars and stripes m per. 13 education cited As cd control measure this is one of a series of health information articles prepared by the department of Public health on Guam the old taboo on Frank discussion of venereal disease has been abolished by All enlightened countries and Progress can now be made in combating them with education. These diseases Are found All Over the world and Guam is no exception. While the Over All rate is relatively Low Here these diseases Are found on Guam exactly where one would expect to find them in prostitutes and Loose women and in men who Consort with them. The More common of the veneral diseases Are syphilis general Miller chief chaplain to visit Guam and gonorrhoea. Syphilis is caused by a specific organism which is found in an open sore Chancre on the genitals or elsewhere in the body of an infected person. Contact with these sores will give one syphilis causing a similar sore which incidentally May be very Small and painless at the place of Contact. The organism quickly gets into the blood and then becomes a generalized infection. General not local treatment is Neces sary to cure it. If untreated syphilis will cause serious and often fatal damage to the body especially to the heart and Central nervous system. Gonorrhoea commonest of the venereal diseases is caused by a specific germ and is contracted by sexual Contact with another person who has the disease. Gonorrhoea is Pri Marily a local disease of the sex organs. It appears two to 15 Days after sexual con tact and its usual Early amp Toms Are a burning and pain fat sensation in the sexual parts accompanied by a Pur Lent discharge. This discharge is particularly dangerous not Only because it can transmit the disease to others but by causing a serious infection of the eyes by Transfer on the fingers. While recently developed drugs have greatly improved the chances of curing a Vene r tribesmen ate i walked alone t y3u tmbou6hth6jun6le, \ of to yeujn6 Fok Tuemo to \ Buck thcs4e on come Orr to tear sur Tau could use but a i ear a a Sone hoped a when Spear or two vow Iii came f 2cm nowhere an a left a sub me so v3uk Natlis ex-labokeb5 my Fot Meh. Chw heckled you of coat tue Cah Wikum 1iwr Czar Iskot harvested Terry Well you Glun Pomor v4l6ntiuff.-.i-rm of you Kips Cal fltf6mtsnfip. Compliment on seen co we axiom Ever vans wll remain Hgoc until we Akrive. The6 1$ no Neep Fok. The pass Nefs to pi6covce. That thek6 16 a sli6ht chan66 it the see itinerary. 9 f Juke Taser twi Grof. Two i out Palm to spot Arkep Omav up Jah i shop it Advt l i asap one wartime bomber of convincing. A strip have you Chart Kep the
