American Social Hygiene Association
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Excerpt from Journal of Social Hygiene, Vol. 23: 1937 As indicated in the leading editorial, American history was made during this recent notable conference, held in Washington, D.C., December 28-30, 1936, under the chairmanship of Surgeon General Thomas Parran, United States Public Health Service. The relations of syphilis and gonorrhea to health conservation and human welfare were, the subjects of deliberation by the thousand distinguished representatives of science, medicine, public health, and other professional and lay leadership of the nation. Of such importance are the findings of the Conference, that the address of Assistant Surgeon General Vonderlehr has been supplemented by abstracts of the entire proceedings for ready reference by readers of the Journal in their active participation with the medical profession and health authorities in nation-wide application of the approved measures for control of syphilis and gonorrhea. The President's greetings and Miss Roches inspiring introduction of Doctor Parran set the stage for this conference, which marked the launching of a continuing campaign to stamp out syphilis and control gonorrhea. The significance of the recent events in the medical and public health phases of social hygiene have led not only to devoting this number of the Journal to them; but also a part of the February and March numbers, which will present the principal papers prepared for the Associations Annual Meeting, and describe National Social Hygiene Day activities. Page 46. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.