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Title: Man's mission on earth : a contribution to the science of eugenics : a short treatise on the genito-urinary organs of the male in health and disease, with a chapter on syphilis
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Kahn, R. J. (Robert Johnstone), 1860-
Subjects: Genitourinary organs Syphilis Urologic Diseases
Publisher: New York : Isaac Goldman Co.
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School

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goodfamily, who, I am sure never had connection withany other man. The numerous Boards of Health throughout theworld, by valiant and vigorous fighting, have con-trolled the spread of Tuberculosis (The Great WhitePlague), and lessened the evil results of disease, andthe present generation stands protected against manyvarieties of contagion and infection that seriouslymenaced our forefathers; yet against The Great Se-cret Plague no such battle is being fought. TheBoards of Health shirk the responsibility, the parent,the teacher and the family physician ignore the dangeruntil they meet it face to face; and the great socialreformers (sic), like the ostrich of fable, bury theirheads deep in the sands of ignorance and then loudlyexclaim, We see no necessity for admitting the ex-istence of such an evil! The plain, unvarnished truth about the matterIs an unpleasant subject, but modesty should not bepermitted to stand in the way of health. A young girl could better have her attention PLATE I.
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PCQ ACUTE ANTERIOR GONORRHOEA G.—Gonococci. P. C.—Pus Corpuscles. P. C. G.—Pus Corpuscles containing Gonococci. M—Shreds of Mucus. U. E. G.—Urethral Epithelia containing Gonococci. R. B. G—Red Blood Corpuscles. (122) SOME STATISTICS. 123 called to the evil and disease in the world, eventhough it shocks her delicate, sensitive nature, thanas a young woman to suffer the tortures of infecteduterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries, followed by asterile middle life, or death on the operating table. A boy could better survive the evil results, whichmight possibly come from a sexual education, thanbecome impotent as a result of Gonorrhceal infectionof the prostate, testicles or seminal vesicles; followedperhaps by cystitis and a catheter life. For theseare the almost certain results of neglected Gonorrhoea,and neglected Gonorrhoea is always the result ofignorance on the part of the victim. A leading gynecologist of Philadelphia makes theastounding statement that ninety-five per cent,

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