This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on Web of Science (2)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Yehudi M. Felman, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1982;118(3):145-146.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

The years just before and after World War II saw a proliferation of antisyphilitic programs in the United States because of the phenomenal increase in the incidence of syphilis noted in the military and civilian populations preceding and during the war. Thus, although Congress had passed the May Act in July 1941 to try to prevent persons from engaging in and abetting prostitution within certain limits of military establishments, the War Department went further. Working through the Federal Security Agency, it ordered the enlistment of civilian authorities and referred problem areas to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.¹ There was good reason for these measures. With the deployment of GIs abroad and their return home to the United States, the number of civilian cases of infectious primary and secondary syphilis soared from 68,231 in 1941 to 106,539 in 1947.² In terms of the numbers of cases and the related . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Brooklyn, NY

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?