U.S. opens war on social diseases. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28.
The first nation-wide effort to combat venereal diseases was launched in Washington today when 300 delegates from 32 states attended the opening session of a three-day conference call by the United States Public Health Service.
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- 1936-12-28
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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